18 Thursday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, Hart Trail, moments, nature, Technology, walk, widow, wildflowers
had a lovely walk on the Hart Trail this morning with my adventure buddy, and enjoyed checking out all the wildflowers…
a lovely and relaxing walk…
what a treat;-)…
16 Tuesday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, hardware, hardware cloth, moments, morning glories, nature, pallet, planter, widow
a few days ago, I planted morning glory seeds in the pallet planter box…
had some strange idea that the squirrels wouldn’t want to eat the seeds, lol…
checked it yesterday only to discover that the squirrels like to dig in the fresh soil, even if they ignored the seeds…
found a piece of hardware cloth that fit perfectly, so pinned it in…
let’s see if they can get past that;-)…
15 Monday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, hot air balloons, moments, picnic tables, prairie, prairie picnic, succulent cushions, The Leaf, widow
had a good time checking out the new display at The Leaf… it is titled Prairie Picnic and lived up to the name…
as you walk up there are at least five little hot air balloons turning in the air…
the space is open, without a lot of height, just like the prairies…
picnic tables with place settings filled with plants, picnic baskets throughout…
and an adorable circular pergola with succulent cushions…
so cute…
14 Sunday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, family, grandson, moments, monstera, moss, nature, plants, repotted, Technology, widow
the monstera has been struggling and leaning forward…
we picked up hardware cloth and made a tube for moss which apparently the monstera will cling to and grow up higher…
then we wedged in a few 2x4s to keep the moss tube centered in the pot…
the plant was divided into two pots and fastened to the pole… rocks, soil, and coconut husks were added and the two new plants moved into the living room…
we will see how they do;-)…
11 Thursday Jun 2026
Posted in garden, health, life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, blessed, damaged, garden, hostas, marble-sized, moments, nature, poppies, thunderstorm, weather, widow, windows
the storm on Tuesday was quite something…
I was worried the hail was going to come right through the windows even though it was only marble-sized in our neighbourhood…
yesterday when I wandered around the garden, I could see how much the hail had damaged the plants…
the hostas took a real beating and the poppies were knocked over by a branch which fell down from the elm tree next door…
but their colour still popped;-)…
10 Wednesday Jun 2026
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and the first poppy has popped…
yesterday I went out to have my breakfast in the garden and spotted the bright orange all the way across the garden… with its reflection in the pond…
woohoo, what a great start to the day
looking forward to more;-)…
06 Saturday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, dozen, garden, light, moments, plants, poppies, warm weather, weather, widow
the light was shining nicely on the poppies as they get ready to open…
looks to be about a dozen buds, and possibly more to come…
this year everything is quite behind, but the hot weather has made some things bolt;-)…
I always feel that the warm weather is finally here once the poppies start blooming;-)…
still going to be a few days before they open, I think…
05 Friday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, food, French toast, friends, Gather Craft Kitchen and Bar, moments, mushroom toast, toast, widow
had a lovely lunch at Gather with my adventure buddy… our server, Nicky, was very helpful…
I had the French toast, with a side of bacon…
my buddy enjoyed the mushroom toast…
she also enjoyed the Basque Cheescake
with Strawberry, mint, delivered by Brian, the new GM…
after the delicious lunch, we had a wander through the Gardens at The Leaf…
always happy to find another view of The Leaf;-)…
04 Thursday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, blooms, garden, happy, inukshuk, lilac, moments, nature, produced, purple, widow
last year we moved the little lilac bush from the garden to the front yard…
it just didn’t seem happy in the spot we had it and for the last couple of years it hadn’t produced any flowers at all…
the hope was that it would like the extra sun it would get out front…
not too long after it arrived in its new spot we built an inukshuk beside it with a collection of limestone pieces that we had…
this spring it didn’t look as though it had survived and then, all of a sudden, it sprang up…
and, just this morning, I spotted at least four little bunches of buds… can’t wait for them to open…
so exciting;-)…
03 Wednesday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, dragonfly, frog, garden, moments, nature, rust-coloured, widow
today, I spotted a small black butterfly with rust along the bottom third… it flew away before I got a picture, lol…
not long after, a tiny little wood frog hopped across the deck by the pond…
not much bigger than a thumbnail…
and finally, a beautiful rust-coloured dragonfly…
such fun to see so much nature;-)…
