30 Thursday Dec 2021
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had a photo shoot with my bouquet of flowers…
I’m happy that I’ve taken lots of shots since I received them as they are starting to fade…
got out the actual camera and had a fun time… light was good and tunes were playing…
flowers make me happy;-)…
22 Wednesday Dec 2021
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had some fun wandering around and taking a few pictures of the various decorations…
nice to enjoy them close up…
who knew there were so many dragonflies;-)…
of course the purple was no surprise…
it always reminds me to look at things from different viewpoints;-)…
10 Friday Dec 2021
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had a delightful afternoon reading and watching my feathered friends at the window feeder…
I was reminded of the quote on yesterday’s Christmas card:
“The joy of retirement comes in those everyday pursuits that embrace the joy of life.” ~ Byron Pulsifer
having the time and space to just sit and watch the birds, and read in between their visits, was and is a real gift…
and the beauty of the House Finch couple made me happy…
07 Tuesday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, friends, moments, moon, nature, night sky, photos, sky, Venus, weather, widow
last night a friend called and suggested I check out the moon…
it was a sliver in the sky with a very bright Venus above it…
I dug out the tripod, which was deep in a closet, and headed to the front step… even though it was cold, I took a few minutes and got some good photos…
so happy to have received that call;-)…
23 Tuesday Nov 2021
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as I was walking down the stairs this morning I looked outside and spotted one of my bunny buddies…
I went to get the camera but it was exhausted so there were no closeup pictures…
the bunny sat there for the longest time before eventually leaving… I was happy that it was okay…
there are lots of bunny prints in the garden, lol…
16 Tuesday Nov 2021
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had some fun at the dining room window this afternoon… trying to get a photo of the icicles dripping…
not really successful, but got some lovely photos… took a lot… the icicles refused to drip when I wanted them to, lol…
the sky was quite lovely too…
03 Wednesday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, bird feeder, birds, blessed, feeder, moments, nature, plastic, widow
I’ve been having fun watching the birds coming to the window feeder in the living room…
so far there have been chickadees, house finches, nuthatches, and blue jays… I had hoped to be able to take photos but the plastic distorts the pictures…
now I just sit and enjoy them;-)…
I’ve had to go out and wash the glass as they have made a mess of the window…
they make quite a noise as they decide which seed is the one they need and then sometimes open it right there by tapping it on the edge of the drawer…
they have also knocked out the little drawer that sits in the feeder… eventually I taped it down and so far it hasn’t fallen out again…
21 Tuesday Sep 2021
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06 Monday Sep 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, bumblebee, flutter, garden, lily pad, moments, nature, pictures, pond, sparrows, wasp, widow
the critters have been active in the garden…
birds and squirrels are always flitting about… today I captured a flutter of sparrows lined up waiting for their turn at one of the feeders…
and lately the tiniest winged critters have been visiting quite a bit…
this cute bumblebee was enjoying a rest in the sunshine on the datura… and the wasps have been spending time on the lily pads, getting drinks I think…
there have also been a number of grasshoppers in the front yard…
so happy that retirement has given me more opportunities to enjoy the nature around me…
05 Sunday Sep 2021
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woke up and watched half an hour of FMG balloons taking off from the Gatineau Airport…
brought back such wonderful memories… our first flight took five tries in 2013 but when we finally made it, it was spectacular…
that flight was from the grounds of the Festival…
in 2014, we made it the very first time and ended up taking off from the same airport as I watched the liftoff online…
the Festival happens on the September long weekend and I am hoping to make it there again… someday;-)…
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