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09 Tuesday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, power, score, sky, soccer

early this morning the sky was quite spectacular…

  
it was the aftermath of a storm that put out the electricity in a whole section of the city… the one I live in:-)…

we have a contest going at work about motion of any kind, and I had big plans to walk for half an hour on the treadmill… apparently silly thing needs power…

happily it came on with enough time to walk for twenty minutes…

sitting in a field right now watching my oldest grandson play soccer… bit chilly but great to have the chance to see him play… 

  
great game with a few goals… score!

  

bright…

08 Monday Jun 2015

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bright, iris, poppies, sky, smoke, sun

this morning the sun looked very strange in the sky…

  
it was orange with a halo around it…

most of the poppies were blooming… all at the same time… think there might be one left…

  
made sure to get some photos because they often barely last a day…

 
leaving the driveway I got a picture of the front flower bed… looks nice after all my work on Saturday…

I picked two beautiful purple irises to take to the office…

 
they are beautiful and brighten up my space…

as the day went on the light outside changed and it looked as though the sun was covered by fog, which turned out to be smoke…

rather odd…

blooms…

07 Sunday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, blooms, English Garden, pond, poppies, pump, walk, weather

so excited this morning to see the first open poppy…

  
just love poppies and we have spent years seeing how many bloom each year… numbers have varied from two or three to over fifty… never clear why a certain number come up…

walking over to the Park to meet friends for brunch, took this picture of the sky…

  
wore a hat and brought a rain jacket just to be safe…

had a great visit with my friends and watched clouds come and go while we visited… thunder was rumbling across the sky when I left them, but I did a quick walk around the English Garden before heading home… 

  
smelled delicious… and the rose standards were nearly all in bloom…

  
made it home before the rain, and a while ago turned off the pumps in the pond so that I could fill it… water level is very low… testing to see if the level goes down when the pumps aren’t going…

  
the goldfish were busy finding all the algae they haven’t been able to get at, lol… I could actually hear them eating…

  
strange weather day, from cool and overcast, to sunny, to rainy, to clear and warm…

energy…

06 Saturday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, energy, garden, hot tub, moments, mosquito, pond, poppies, weeding

was up early, made a nice breakfast and planned to work in the garden when I was done…

sadly it started to rain when I went outside so didn’t get much done for a good portion of the day… passed the time watching tv :-)…

last night I had a hot tub and sat out in the swing chair watching the colours change on the waterfall… beautiful… this is the cute little remote that works the lights…

  
feeling good and full of energy, when the sky cleared up around four, I spent some time in the front flower bed cutting down wild roses and pulling out grass… filled a pail but only got about half of it done… hope to finish that off tomorrow…

kids came over and we had supper while the hot tub was emptying… after they left I cleaned and filled it… now to wait for it to warm up and put in a few chemicals…

sitting out, with a blanket on and reading by the pond…

 
good news is that the waterfall is still running beautifully… bad news is that the pond keeps needing more water…

   

oh well, we’ll figure it out… poppies are getting closer to opening every day and at least one of the dahlias I planted has popped through the soil…

  
life is good and I am lucky enough to realize that and enjoy every moment…

well, maybe not every moment… a mosquito just tried to bite me, lol…

fun…

05 Friday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, fun, orchid, soccer

excited this morning to take a picture of the blooming orchid…

  
spent a bit of time preparing a bag so I would be ready to head out after work for the evening’s soccer game…

picked up from work, drove across town to pick up the boys and dog, and headed back across town for the final game of the soccer series…

luckily, had a big bag of almonds which provided entertainment for the youngest as the game was played…

  
beautiful evening to sit outside and cheer on the nine and ten year olds… heard all about the importance of defence from my guy… did have to giggle as the dads’ were having a bit of trouble giving up being the coaches… fair bit of directives from the sidelines… 

wonderful opportunity to spend some time with my kids and a fun way to start the weekend…

warm…

04 Thursday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, energy, garden, leaking, lobelia, pond, warm

spent a few minutes this morning pulling grass out of a flower bed and topping up the water in the pond…

sun was shining all day and it was warm…

when I got home I sat outside for a while and talked with my daughter about my upcoming visit…

the pond was looking good…

  
and the fish appeared happy… lots of chasing around so maybe we will have babies before too long…

  
things are starting to bloom…

  
a bit amazed that the Veronica is blooming before the poppies… sadly it looks like there will only be seven poppies… the first summer after George died we must have had fifty blooms…

glad to have spent time in the garden before organizing supper… have to take every opportunity to be outside when there is a nice day…

  
the planters around the deck are doing nicely… first time I’ve had this colour lobelia… looks good…

the pond may still be leaking a bit but I am thrilled with the sheet of water falling from the rock… think I will run a hose under the deck and just below the grass to the edge of the pond… then when it needs to be topped up, it will be a simple turn of the tap to fill it…

feeling more energy and getting the odd job done during the week, which has been unusual for quite some time…

  

music…

03 Wednesday Jun 2015

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band concert, big girl pants, French, music, supper

lovely time tonight… 

caught this lilac as we walked into the restaurant…

  

supper out with the performer and his mom… had a very nice, and healthy, spinach salad with almonds, oranges and shrimp…

then an excellent band concert… 

  
three different bands followed by three jazz bands… the director has a wonderful sense of humour and tells stories with each piece… everyone was laughing, although we weren’t able to understand as they were all in French, lol…

lots of toe tapping and humming…

really amazing what these young people have accomplished in just a few years of band class…

  
wonderful treat to spend time with just the two of them… even got to see Kyler’s other grandpa…

music is such an important aspect of all of their lives…

leaving the concert just had to get a shot of the sky…

  
fun time…

positive…

02 Tuesday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, healing, moments, positive, struggles, wild rose

many people i know are struggling… many reasons – health, relationships, work… been thinking of them and sending healing vibes their way…

it is always wonderful when they take a step toward wellness… trying to remember to always be positive, with them and everyone I come into contact with… including myself…

recently read an article about focusing on the good, not the negative… an excellent reminder… it is so easy to fall down that rabbit hole and turn into a negative force…

on my walk home tonight I took a slightly different route and went past a gorgeous wild rose hedge… it smelled divine…

 
my wild rose isn’t anything like this one… the roses are trying to take over the yard… they are having a wonderful time in AND out of the front flower beds… need to wear two pairs of gloves when trying to cut them down, lol… apparently wild means they will grow anywhere except where you want them…
  
wonderful moments today…

walking…

01 Monday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, Cathedral Grove, ducks, eating out, lilacs, tulips, walking

this morning I took myself to the “A” for breakfast … this is about the fourth time that I have eaten out on my own, so I was feeling rather proud and certainly had those big girl pants on…

walked over to the Park and wandered around the English Garden and the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden…

took a lot of pictures… here are a few…

  
the path in the forest… not exactly like Cathedral Grove…

   
 

thousands of tulips… the main reason I wanted to get over there… didn’t want to miss them…

  
a couple of guys were taping a TV show about the city while I was sitting on my favourite bench…

  
moms with babies were doing some boot camp training beside the Duck Pond… and I got a few shots of ducks and geese…

   
 

spent some time under a canopy of lilacs… I do love the smell and the blossoms… they draw me like a  magnet…

   
   

there was a bit of wind and it was cool, but nice weather for walking…

   

the datura and rose standards were in place and starting to bloom… quite a change from my last visit when the gardens were basically bare…

 wonderful day with a spectacular sky to top it off…

water…

31 Sunday May 2015

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, nature

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big girl pants, bubble, frog, pond, pump, water

ran out and picked up groceries and then home to spend the day in the garden…

quite a few geese flying today and I caught these ones as they went over honking all the way…

  
lots of reading and relaxing… was so quiet that this guy didn’t even know I was in the garden when he came by for a drink of water…

  
also saw the cutest little brown frog in the pond but didn’t get a picture… very few birds around today…

  
my son-in-law spent some time fiddling with the pump and replaced the fancy one with the sump pump we had used before, and the sheet of water coming over the rock was beautiful… much nicer than the “special” pump produced…

  
he also put in a second pump to be sure the water is cycling through properly… 

had a lovely supper that I cooked on the barbecue and we sat around the pond for a while before they headed home… front and back yards look great as well, now that they’ve been mowed and whipper snipped…

  
kind of like this little bubbler now that I’m getting used to it…

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