rime…

18 Friday Mar 2022

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, drive, family, hoarfrost, memories, moments, nature, pictures, rime, sky, trees, weather, widow

I was surprised this morning when I looked out the window and spotted the hoarfrost on the trees…

it is such a gift of nature and looks so delicate (apparently like feathers)… I spent some time researching the difference between rime ice and hoarfrost, once I came across the term, lol… still not a hundred percent sure I understand…

hoarfrost always reminds me of my last drive with my beloved… he drove me around the Park and a few neighbourhoods so that I could take pictures of the beautiful designs that morning…

it was just a few days before his death…

but now, the sight of hoarfrost on the trees reminds me of wonderful times together;-)… I truly am blessed…

starting…

17 Thursday Mar 2022

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yesterday I put up a photo on Instagram that showed my Japanese Maple just starting to leaf out… this picture below came up in my Google Photos today showing the same tree two years ago… made me laugh because it is so different, lol…

the good news is that it is starting…

and obviously, I should have put it up today, on St. Patrick’s Day, when we are all Irish;-)…

at the bottom of the tree, shamrocks have been growing since the first summer it went outside and the shamrock plant jumped into the pot…

it was fun taking the pictures;-)…

tricks…

13 Sunday Mar 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, goldfish, iPhone, moments, online class, Photography, tricks, widow

I’ve been taking an online iPhone photography course…

it has been excellent so far and I have enjoyed practising a few of the things I’ve learned… and I even got some pretty good pictures of the fish today…

happily, I’ve also realized that I already know many of the tricks of the trade…

designs…

12 Saturday Mar 2022

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the blowing snow is getting a bit tiresome but it has also produced some beautiful designs…

this was the view from the den yesterday morning… the pergola and Virginia creeper collect the snow in some stunning ways…

stretching…

04 Friday Mar 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, fun, moments, nature, seeds, snow, snowbank, squirrel, stretching, weather, widow

today I had fun watching a squirrel eat from the feeder at the front…

it was basically just stretching up from the snowbank…

I’ve been waiting to see that as the snow has gotten higher and higher…

looking forward to some melting;-)…

slides…

01 Tuesday Mar 2022

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I downloaded an app the other day, rather excited as it was supposed to copy old slides into electronic versions…

I found the slides I had put aside and followed the instructions and it made six great photos…

then, it advised I needed to buy the program to be able to save the photos… very disappointing… it is frustrating when the apps aren’t clear that you need to pay a certain amount to use them… with only a few slides paying $8 a month seemed a little excessive, lol…

it was fun to see the photos, even if only for a few minutes…