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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balloons, big girl pants, blessed, flight, hot air balloon, memories, moments, weather, widow
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;-)…
17 Tuesday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, Cooper’s Hawk, garden, hawk, moments, nature, photos, surprise, widow
the sparrows, chickadees and a few cute little warblers were having a lovely time eating and drinking in the garden… I was particularly happy as the warblers hadn’t been around for a while…
suddenly they all flew into the trees and a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk landed on the wires over the deck… what a surprise…
the last few sparrows flew right over my head to get to the safety of the cedars…
the hawk watched from the wires and wandered along the top of the deck for about ten minutes before leaving…
it was very quiet for a while…
it was special to see as I’ve only seen hawks twice in the garden, but I hope it doesn’t come back as it really keeps all the other birds away, lol…
10 Tuesday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, car, family, garden, grandson, memories, moments, photos, purple, shopping, twenty-one, widow
today, my grandson turns twenty-one…
apparently I am getting lax in my old age as I haven’t been taking as many photos as usual…
these are three of the most recent ones with him in them, lol… but they cover the important things…
in this first one he is cleaning out the hot tub for me… he often comes over and looks after various household and garden jobs…
currently he has my car and here he driving me home after my first Covid-19 vaccination where he kept me company through the entire process… and suggested we get an ice cream treat…
this last one is him heading out in the car after delivering items off for me… he runs errands for me and drops off bits and pieces whenever needed…
what a wonderful time these twenty-one years have been…
he is a wonderful support…
02 Monday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, fun times, garden, grandson, happy, hot tub, lifesaver, memories, moments, photos, remembering, treat, water, widow
came across this photo yesterday… it is one of my all time favourites…
it was taken twenty years ago (so it isn’t quite as crisp as I would like) in a rented hot tub in our yard…
for a few years we would rent a hot tub for our anniversary weekend… it was such fun and a wonderful treat… so lucky to now have my own hot tub to use whenever I want;-)…
the lifesaver is so cute and his little face is adorable;-)…
our grandson just loved it then, and he still enjoys using hot tubs…
makes me smile to remember special times…
22 Thursday Jul 2021
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activity, big girl pants, birds, blessed, close, garden, moments, nature, open, pictures, pond, purple, squirrels, water lily, weather, widow
hot and partly overcast today, but not nearly as smokey…
and lots of activity in the garden…
must have counted six squirrels at one time and took a few pictures of different ones eating… none of the gray squirrels wanted to have their photos taken, lol…
there was also a great deal of bird action… dozens of house sparrows, numerous finches and chickadees, as well as at least one nuthatch…
such a wonderful way to spend the day;-)…
the water lily bloom continues to open with the light and close as the evening arrives…
21 Wednesday Jul 2021
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aquarium, babies, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, lilies, moments, nature, overwinter, pictures, plants, pond, shubunkins, watching, water, widow
was very surprised to see a water lily flower in the pond a few days ago…
I’d been watching for buds, but hadn’t spotted any… these two lilies had overwintered in the aquarium so I wasn’t sure how they would do, which made it even more thrilling…
I took many, many pictures trying to get just the right one… it is difficult to take one that shows the yellow in the centre of the flower correctly…
eventually, I put down a cushion and laid on it taking pictures and then watching the fish…
the waterfall has been off for a few days and they seem to come out from under the bridge more often…
I must have laid there for half an hour watching to see if I could spot the babies…
so far, I’ve seen two shubunkins (the multi-coloured ones) and at least two goldfish… the goldfish (yellow) are hard to spot as they look black… I tried to get pictures but they hide really well and are also very quick…
but what a fun time watching…
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