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amazing, atmosphere, big girl pants, blessed, moments, sky, widow
the sky was absolutely amazing tonight…
so happy that I looked outside at just the right moment…
atmosphere…
24 Tuesday Sep 2019
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Category Archives: nature
thunder…
23 Monday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, cars, classic cars, odour, picture, smell, smoking, thunder, thunderbird, widow
tonight I followed a car with the licence plate “57TBIRD” all the way along Portage Avenue…
I couldn’t get a photo as I was driving, but I went online and found this photo of a thunderbird…
made me laugh a bit as the exhaust smelled terrible… the windows were open and at least one person was smoking a cigarette…
seemed like they were still living in 1957, lol…
also made me think of the thunderstorm on Friday night…
flicker…
22 Sunday Sep 2019
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berries, big girl pants, birds, cane, Fall, flicker, nature, virginia creeper, widow, window, woodpeckers
for the last few days I’ve been watching the flickers on the roof of the garage enjoying the berries on the Virginia creeper… it has been a nice distraction as I go up and down the stairs, still using the cane…
they seem to gather around this time of year to fill up on ants and berries before heading south…
the other interesting thing about them is although they are woodpeckers, usually I see them on the ground, or in this case, on the garage roof…
opening…
14 Saturday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, flowers, moments, morning glory, opening, watch, widow
pictures of a morning glory… nice to be here to see it…
starting at 11:38 am… next at 2:07 pm… finally at 5:15 pm…
fun to watch the opening…
simple…
12 Thursday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, garden, grateful, moments, morning glory, nature, simple, time, widow
been thinking of all I am grateful for in my life…
things as simple as my beautiful morning glories…
the option to take a cab somewhere if that makes the most sense…
the ability to make whatever I would like for my dinner…
opportunities to visit with friends…
being able to thank special people…
having time…
pole…
11 Wednesday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, bird, Downy Woodpecker, feeder, phone, photos, pole, widow
my daughter called yesterday morning and while we were chatting I looked out the window and spotted this downy woodpecker…
it first landed on the metal pole and I was very worried it might try to drill into the metal and hurt itself, lol…
while we were on the phone I took quite a few photos as it moved over and gathered sunflower seeds…
not sure I’ve ever seen one of these guys at the feeder…
share…
10 Tuesday Sep 2019
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back to it, big girl pants, dark, early, Google Home, share, widow
so… all summer I woke up in the morning and the light from outside was enough to start my day…
now I am talking to Google so she can turn on the lights, advise the temperature in the house, share information about the weather and the drive to work…
as I leave the house I have to remember to tell her I am out of here so she turns everything off, or down, for the day…
feels too soon to be back into this practice…
blossoms…
09 Monday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, blossoms, flowers, garden, happy place, mandevilla, moments, morning glories, purple, rain, widow
got this shot of the morning glories before leaving for the office…
not only can you see the bloom that opened this morning (purple) but yesterday’s one as well (pink)… even a few mandevilla blossoms are visible…
good thing because it has been raining since leaving the office…
riding…
08 Sunday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, family, horses, jumping, memories, riding, sister-in-law, Spruce Meadows, widow
been enjoying some show jumping on TV from Spruce Meadows…
beautiful horses and quite amazing riding…
reminded me of my wonderful sister-in-law who came for a visit last weekend… she’s been recovering from a riding accident in June…
it was lovely to have her in the garden…
glories…
07 Saturday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, flowers, garden, glories, happy place, memories, morning glories, plants, purple, sunshine, widow
I am over-the-moon with excitement…
some time ago I realized that I hadn’t planted any morning glories and was very sad because I really love the flowers… the inner light is mesmerizing…
recently I realized that some seeds from last summer had sprouted in a large container of soil that was sitting under the deck… they hadn’t had any water or sunlight but were growing…
I moved the pot out into the sun and made sure to put water in it… and watched it every day…
a week ago I saw what looked to be buds and I’ve examined them each day to see what would happen… since then we’ve had quite a bit of rain, overcast skies, and cooler temperatures, so I’ve been worried they wouldn’t bloom…
but… this is what happened…
I spent extra time in the garden today sitting and enjoying the purple flowers…
I am in my happy place… flowers really do make me happy;-)…
