18 Tuesday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, boat, BOATsmart, daughter, exam, mail, moments, skills, son-in-law, studying, water, widow
was so excited yesterday with the mail…
in it was my BOATsmart licence;-)… I worked hard the last week of August to get it after my daughter sent me the link…
when we went camping on the long weekend it was great fun to let my son-in-law know that I had passed the exam…
now for the real life practice…
looking forward to next summer as I work on my boating skills;-)…
17 Monday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, branches, leaves, moments, street, summer, trees, virginia creeper, weather, widow
looking forward to spending the evening with my BS buddies… we haven’t met too often over the summer…
ah, the summer… took this picture yesterday as I was coming home from the grocery store…
many branches on the trees are bare… and the street is covered with leaves… when I took the picture I was focusing on the leaves on the street… only discovered the bare branches when I was preparing the picture… yikes…
and the Virginia creeper is moving into its fall stage…
not only is it changing colour… something is enjoying it as a snack!
must continue to take the time to focus on special moments because time is whizzing by…
16 Sunday Sep 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, family, fern, grandparents, green thumb, parents, plant, widow
today, while I was out I picked up this cute little asparagus fern…
my parents had one in their apartment… I believe it was passed down from one set of grandparents, although I don’t remember which ones… my beloved would have known that little detail;-)… both of them had green thumbs…
was very happy that it fit right into one of the pots in the cupboard…
the fern reminds me of my mom and dad… hope it likes its new spot…
15 Saturday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, flowers, moments, morning glories, pjs, relaxed, widow
a most lovely relaxing day…
watched tv, did some work in the computer room, checked out the flowers and made meals…
stayed in my pjs all day;-)…
14 Friday Sep 2018
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almonds, big girl pants, chocolate, chromecast, family, iPhone, photos, relearning, sons-in-law, Technology, widow
this morning an MTS tech came out and installed a booster for the internet signal…
he felt that it solved the problem perfectly, but I am not so sure… still taking a long time for some things to load, sigh…
the best news was that my son-in-law showed me how to chromecast my photos onto my tv… my other son-in-law taught me the first time, lol…
I love learning (and relearning) new technology… wrote the instructions down this time so hopefully I won’t forget them…
spent time checking out other technology while enjoying some chocolate and almonds;-)…
13 Thursday Sep 2018
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angry, big girl pants, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, pictures, sky, stash, storm, Technology, treats, widow
two storms during the night and the power was off… not sure for how long, but it came back on at 6 am… I know that because I heard what sounded like a car not starting… after a few minutes I realized it was the printer coming on line…
the sky was still quite angry…
when I got home had a beautiful view as I came out of the garage into the garden… even after an all-day overcast sky, the morning glories were smiling at me…
ended the very long week with a delicious treat… a bit of chocolate, almonds and two shortbread cookies from my stash, lol… 
happy weekend;-)…
12 Wednesday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, canopy, colour, construction, photos, street, trees, widow
was able to pull over and take this photo this morning as I was going down the next street…
big construction on the street that I usually travel to get to work and I keep forgetting to turn north out of the driveway, lol…
the trees are lovely even as they change colour…
the canopy on this street doesn’t meet up in the middle as much as some of the other streets… still beautiful…
always trying to get a shot of one of these streets without cars, lol…
11 Tuesday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, clouds, drops, everywhere, rain, sky, thunder, widow
this morning the sky was interesting wherever you looked…
I took a few minutes before I left home to take pictures of it all around me…
while I was taking pictures I could hear the rolling thunder and as I drove to work the lightning was all around…
no rain until I was parking the car and then just a few drops…
10 Monday Sep 2018
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a few days ago I turned on the radiant heater in the bathroom because the floor was chilly…
sun is going down earlier and coming up later every day… seems like it was just June and here it is September, sigh…
also I’ve been noticing that the trees and plants are changing colour… the cedars are filled with cones… have never seen so many before… seems too soon to be fall…
09 Sunday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, cooking, dad, dinner, family, flowers, memories, missing, morning glories, pasta, rain, raindrops, remembering, rummaged, sunshine, tomato, treat, weather, widow
odd weather today… went from cloudy to sunny, to rainy, and back again a number of times… ended with sun shining through the clouds…
the poor morning glories took a beating early on… nearly every time it rained the drops were huge…
thinking of my dad today as I took hours to make fresh tomato sauce to go with some spaghetti for supper… I keep buying grape tomatoes to make caprese salad and then never use them all up… he would add all kinds of condiments to add flavour and it always ended up delicious… as I rummaged through the cupboard, I remembered watching him do the same thing, lol…
it turned out great and was a lovely treat as I don’t often have pasta… made some homemade coleslaw to go along with it and have a bit of both for lunch tomorrow;-)…
