27 Thursday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, building, CMHR, garden, iPhone, photos, rain barrel, squirrel, widow
out and about today…
this morning caught a few shots of the CMHR as we were driving by…
I’ve tried many times to get a good photo of this building but still haven’t taken one that really makes me happy…
while I was waiting for my supper to cook, I got a few photos of this squirrel… it has taken a fancy to the rain barrel and I’ve spotted it quite a few times but this was the first time I got a picture…
26 Wednesday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, garden, gardener, landscape, perennials, removed, weeds, widow
great excitement when I got home…
the back garden looked very different than first thing this morning…
before I left home…
and this is how it looked tonight…
all the weeds have been removed… next step will be to place landscaping cloth down around the perennials and then cover the entire area with rocks or mulch…
so happy that my gardener has been here to get things done…
25 Tuesday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, dropping seed, green, moments, research, stress, trees, walk, widow
saw the most interesting seeds on the ground as I was walking home tonight…
I think they were seeds… looking up the street portions of the sidewalk were green and I couldn’t figure out why…
when I got to those spots the cement was covered in what looked like tiny green leaves… I’ve never seen this before…
clearly it had to do with a particular type of tree, not sure what kind… did a little research but no particular tree jumped out at me…
I did read something about a response to stress causing a huge drop of seeds;-(…
24 Monday Jun 2019
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altered, big girl pants, blessed, daisy, flowers, garden, happy, iPhone, moments, nature, photos, pictures, wasp, widow
this morning I walked around the garden to get a few photos of the daisies that had opened overnight…
and I discovered this wasp (I think)… it was sitting on the daisy and not moving… I took a number of photos and then started to wonder if it was alive…
as I took the last two photos I could see it breathing, so was really happy…
I am rather pleased with this photo because it has not been altered at all;-)…
23 Sunday Jun 2019
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beloved, blessed, clusters, family, loss, Maui, memories, moments, orchids, remembering, shopping, smile, tears, treat
it has been over seven years since my beloved left us…
I still have difficult days… they often come in clusters and I’m in the midst of one right now…
today, when I was grocery shopping, orchids were on sale… so as a lovely reminder of my beloved I picked up two…
they do make me smile when I think of all the ones he brought home for me over the years…
he would have enjoyed the orchid farm on Maui…
I miss him so much…
22 Saturday Jun 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blooms, English Garden, garden, huge, poppies, widow
yesterday I was enjoying the poppies in the English Garden… they were huge…
reminded me of some others I’ve seen recently…
… one of the blossoms as it was opening in our garden…
… a photo that my daughter sent me from Ottawa as she was taking a walk…
… the giant poppies at the Park…
… then there is the postcard I received in the mail…
… and finally, a shot of the sunlight shining on one of only four blooms this year…
my beloved and I have always loved poppies and seeing them makes me remember him and fun times in the garden…
21 Friday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, English Garden, eyes, friend, looking, lunch, photos, pond, waiting, walk, water lily, widow
today I had an eye appointment… good news is that my eyes are looking great… not so good news is that I probably need to consider new glasses… had to wait for a while to see my eye doctor…
spent a few minutes waiting by Sargent Sundae…
then met a friend and we went for lunch at the Park Café and a walk around the English Garden… it was overcast and a bit windy, but it was nice to be outdoors…
one of my favourite photos from our time in the Garden… I’m always looking for flowers and frogs in the ponds, lol…
first water lily of the season…
20 Thursday Jun 2019
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I can’t think of a week that I’ve eaten out more…
Monday was an amazing catered dinner at the office…
Tuesday was lunch out with a good friend…
Wednesday, it was breakfast out, followed by pizza brought in for lunch…
today, had delicious homemade muffins and scones, wth fruit and cheese for breakfast, and went for lunch at Smith…
don’t have any plans for tomorrow, lol… how sad is that…
19 Wednesday Jun 2019
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early this morning watered all the plants in the garden with a bucket… it meant that I got lots of steps in and did a bit of weight training, lol…
summer is nearly upon us…
so enjoy the time to wander around the space and enjoy the beauty…
morning is my best time… by the end of the day I am often just interested in vegging out in front of the tv…
18 Tuesday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, delicious, dinner, menu, Modern Plate Catering, purple, treat, widow
had the most delicious dinner last night…
started with a salad of compressed melon, whipped goat cheese and apple compote, mint, red wine vinaigrette, dill salt, local pea shoots… it was yummy…
and then we had a wonderful chicken breast that was so moist… lemon brined chicken, rhubarb and brown butter sauce, crispy quinoa, beets, Swiss chard…
ended the meal with strawberry shortcake, with a purple flower on it… sugar scone, macerated strawberries, coconut whipped cream, hibiscus and ginger syrup… oh my…
Lyndsay, from Modern Plate Catering, did a magnificent job… she arrived with a chef and a server… they looked after everything…
the menu descriptions above come directly from her;-)…
what a wonderful treat…
already dreaming about the next time…
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