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23 Thursday Mar 2023

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after some issues with the computer upstairs, it finally connected to the internet so I was able to work on the Mylio photo program I’d purchased a few months ago…

at last, after trying for a long time, it was able to delete duplicates pictures in my computer and laptop… I knew there were a lot and of the 192,000 images, it deleted 98,543…

it took hours, but the process has now been completed…

although, it found a whole bunch more photos… yikes…

going to need to spend some time deleting some of the multiples of various shots…

I am getting better at deleting excess shots right after I take them;-)…

elusive…

19 Sunday Mar 2023

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had a fun time in the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden at The Leaf on Thursday… it wasn’t too cold outside and bright so there was lots of activity…

a fair number of people were in the space and there were many butterflies…

apparently I was enamoured with the orange ones, lol…

this little one sat and offered different poses;-)…

and, of course, I tried to catch the elusive Blue Morpho… there were quite a few of them, but what makes it elusive is that you need to catch it in flight to capture the blue colour, lol… but I did get a partial shot;-)…

at least you can see some of the blue…

spending time in this space sure does make me happy;-)…

wall…

18 Saturday Mar 2023

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had another great visit to The Leaf on Thursday…

we arrived about 10:45 am and it felt like we walked into a wall of moisture… clearly the humidity level has gone up considerably since we were last here…

there were a good number of people in the space, but it didn’t feel crowded…

the waterfall is still spilling into the walkways, but it seemed at a lesser degree…

the plants are visibly growing and are lush and bright, even on a partially overcast day…

they seemed so much happier than on my last visit, when many of them looked like they might not survive…

lots of different flowers blooming throughout both the tropical and Mediterranean biomes…


every walk through the biomes brings something different and interesting… can’t wait to see what future visits will produce…

designing…

16 Thursday Mar 2023

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Wednesday was the day… I took the bouquet that came twelve days ago and separated it into three different arrangements…

the roses have been gone for quite a while but the remainder were doing quite well…

the biggest problem had been getting the water into it as the foam really filled up the top so there wasn’t room to easily add water…

started with designing this first arrangement in an oval shaped vase… it came out nicely I think… it is going upstairs into the bedroom…

ready for a new life…
in oval vase and looking good…
in its new spot in the bedroom…

there were so many greens that I filled another small container with them and added two of the carnations… this one has gone into the bathroom…

finally, the mums and a couple of daisies went into a very small bottle and were put in the den…

so that meant that the orchid collection has returned to the living room table…

flowers everywhere;-)…

sidewalks…

12 Sunday Mar 2023

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well, it was called a blizzard, but it just felt like a lot-of-snow day, lol… Google tells me we had about two inches…

it looks pretty now that the sun has returned… and everything is very quiet… not sure how long that will last before cars and people take over the street…

hopefully, someone else is going to shovel the sidewalks;-)…

foam…

08 Wednesday Mar 2023

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dug out an old watering jug so that I could set the vase of flowers into it and fill it with water so the floral foam inside the vase could soak up all the water it needed…

took a while, but after half an hour or so I was able to get it out with a bit of finagling…

sitting in the container of water…
just a touch over the top of the vase…
back on the table…

it is amazingly difficult to add fresh water to the container every day, lol…

treacherous…

07 Tuesday Mar 2023

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walked to and from the “A” on Sunday morning…

it took a bit longer than usual as it was icy so the walking was a bit treacherous…

but it gave me the opportunity to get a few photos of the beautiful trees…

happy to get outside and enjoy the fresh air…

eleven…

05 Sunday Mar 2023

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got a call from the florist Friday, advising they had a delivery for me…

not long after, the doorbell rang and a parcel was handed to me…

when I removed the packaging, I found a beautiful purple vase filled with flowers… what a treat…

they were from the kids in Ottawa… to celebrate my beloved… today will mark eleven years since he left us…

time has flown by and barely moved…

I am going to enjoy these beautiful flowers and take many, many, photos of them as I remember all the wonderful times we had together…

I have been, and continue to be, blessed…

photography…

27 Monday Feb 2023

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had some fun with shadow pictures… it reminded me of the great photography class I took with a colleague many years ago… we had so much fun…

the vase looks pretty cool in these photos…

enjoying the afternoon sunshine…

looked…

20 Monday Feb 2023

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had a quiet day… it was snowing when I got up and didn’t stop until around 4 pm…

then the sun came out and it looked beautiful… looked being the operative word as, sadly, right now it feels like -30 Celsius… brrrrr…

spent a good portion of the day on the couch reading a book by one of my favourite authors and barely got my steps in… when I am into one of those books, it is hard to stop to get up and walk around…

but, was happy to take a few pictures of the lovely blooms around the space…

life is good…