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discovery…

08 Wednesday Jun 2016

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early this morning I discovered a dragonfly in the kitchen… found a container, slid it in and popped it outside… kind of fun to find it and be able to deal with it…

took a walk around the garden and found a few lovely things…


purple flowers on the eggplant… looking forward to some fruit… also love the cute pansies in the background…

and I spotted some blooms on the little iris…


they are likely going to be purple too, lol…

watered all the pots and planters with rain water which also helped with my step count…

sure do appreciate having a few minutes to enjoy the garden first thing in the day… 

had a bit of a giggle as I drove through pouring rain on my way home… guess I didn’t need to do that early morning watering…

mums…

07 Tuesday Jun 2016

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this morning I drove to the office with some mums for company…


the base was wrapped in one of my cloth bags, in case the person getting them was in the office when I arrived… although they weren’t really hidden, lol… but they were lovely company for me and brightened up the drive…

and then I spotted a hot air balloon gently floating across the sky… want to take another ride in one of those…

what a treat…

before leaving home I checked out the poppy bloom in the garden… the sun was shining on it and made for a beautiful picture…


recently had a conversation about being a mum and how rewarding it can be… and some of the differences amongst children and their responses to life…

able to enjoy some time in the sunshine…

remembering to spend time outdoors when it actually shines helps keep me happy…

poppy…

06 Monday Jun 2016

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here’s how the day has gone…

when I arrived home tonight, after seven, I found the back door ajar…


cleaners were here mid afternoon… so, likely it’s been unlocked for three hours… 

I didn’t even hesitate to go in… or even bother to look around for intruders… clearly it just didn’t get closed properly…

then I looked out the window and saw this…


went out and spent a few minutes enjoying the poppy flower… it’s a beauty and may be the only one this year as I don’t see any other buds in the garden… 

the year George died there were over forty blooms… never had that many flowers before or since…

really happy that I saw it because they are usually a single day flower… might be gone tomorrow…

ups and downs, lol…

seeds…

05 Sunday Jun 2016

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spent a good portion of the day in the garden… mowed the backyard and managed to have two meals outside…

also did a bit of planting…


worked on some planters at the front…


this one is still in the backyard and I am going to have to figure out how to get it to the front… it is really heavy, lol…

filled and hung my new feeder at the front of the house…


looks beautiful…

this little guy was in the pond…


it snowed elm seeds all day long…

the sky is getting a bit darker as the evening progresses… hope it doesn’t rain…

soccer…

04 Saturday Jun 2016

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spent some time in the garden this morning pulling a few weeds… 

trying to decide if this is really purple coneflower or a very big weed…

was picked up just after eleven and proceeded to watch four soccer games… 3 in Headingley and 1 in North Kildonan…

got to see all three boys play which was great fun…

started at Blumberg with the oldest… saw about half of his first game before having to leave for the next game… it was overcast and a bit windy… also fitted in some baby snuggles at this game with a young friend’s little one…


then the youngest, his daddy and I drove across town to his second game of the day at Anderson Park in North Kildonan… it rained for about ten minutes as his game began, but then cleared up…

got this great shot when he scored a goal… he is number 8…


the rest of the family turned up when the other game was finished… 

then the two older boys, their mom and I had a pit stop at their house, checked out their new vegetable gardens, and headed back across town to the second game for the oldest, at Blumberg again…

when that game was over, we moved down a few fields and watched the middle one play his game… he is number 20…


they are all good players and it was a great opportunity for me to see them all play… 

the sun came out and it was rather warm for these last two games…

when the games were all over we went out for Chinese food to celebrate…


the little boys even tried the consume and liked it…

arrived home about 9:15… the boys had a hot tub and my daughter mowed the front yard…

played with the pond a bit, maybe saw one of the tadpole/frogs, and they headed for home…

after a very busy day I am going to bed…

benches…

03 Friday Jun 2016

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what a wonderful morning…

walked to the Park and met my buddy… we had a lovely wander through the English and Leo Mol Gardens…


I do like Bleeding Hearts but don’t seem able to grow them, no matter where I put them…


a peony starting to open… made me think of the peonies that we dug out of our front flower bed when we moved into the house… I dislike ants and therefore didn’t want the peony bushes which are usually covered in them… discovered later that they were prize winners, lol…


the benches are back, and they are new… we sat and visited for a while on mine – well the one that my beloved and I would always rest on when we walked through the Gardens…

every time I am in the Gardens there are new plantings and things to see… great to be making regular visits and seeing the constant changes…


a momma duck and her babies popped into the water as we were circling the Duck Pond… so cute…


took a number of pics of lilacs… actually  one of every four, lol… quite a few were in the Gardens, but also saw them on my way to and from the Park…

they smell delicious… and they’re purple…

time…

02 Thursday Jun 2016

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time for a new page on my Chihuly calendar…


a nice one… looking forward to visiting the installations at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in a few weeks…

gardens are such fun to visit and take photos in… amazing to me how many places I have travelled to in the last four years…

the other thing I took time to take a photo of this morning was the new stem and buds on the October orchid that I picked up from IKEA… the last blossom just fell off on Monday… I’ve had it since October… longest blooming orchid I have ever had…


seems like many of those in my extended circle are struggling with health issues… 

keeping them in my thoughts during these difficult times…

music…

01 Wednesday Jun 2016

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worked a bit late and while I was still there got a call from my oldest grandson…

he wondered if I wanted to go to his band concert tonight…

we figured it out, they picked me up from the office, and off we went…


they are very good… this is the grade 10-12 band…


here is the grade 9-10 jazz band… the music was excellent… their director tells a story/joke when she introduces each piece… they are always very funny… although we never get them because she tells them in French, lol… tonight I think the person beside me was translating for the person on the other side of her…

always so pleased when I can fit this type of thing in… he is growing up so fast and when you look at him now you see a young man, not a kid anymore…

very happy he called and we were able to make it work…

lilac…

31 Tuesday May 2016

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lilacs are one of my favourite flowers… and they have such a beautiful fragrance…


this morning a new colleague brought some in for another colleague and I…

she took a picture of the two of us with them…


such a lovely treat… what a thoughtful thing to do… great start to the day…


there were also some amazing roses…

flowers all day long…

special…

30 Monday May 2016

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had a lovely evening…

dinner with a most special woman to celebrate our friendship…

we sat on couches on a patio in the sunshine and traded gifts with one another…

she treated me to a beautiful purple bird feeder and a solar dragonfly for the garden…


for her I’d found a compact umbrella and wrapped it with a pretty scarf… she is one of the best wrappers I have ever come across, so I was feeling a bit of pressure to do a good job, lol… she thought it looked great, yay…

had a virgin Caesar that had three olives in it… practically a meal…


followed that with a delicious pizza… tasty…


once I arrived home I found that two of the dahlias are breaking through the soil in one of the pots… very exciting…


ended the evening with three more special women… we shared stories of recent activities and had a picture presentation of one’s recent trip to the Galapagos Islands…

what a treat the evening has been… 

I continue to be blessed with so many special people in my life…