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21 Sunday Jan 2024

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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, creations, displays, Fleurs de Villes, florists, flowers, friends, garden, gift, Inspire, members, membership, moments, nature, oasis, plants, Technology, The Leaf, time, visit, Voyage, weather, widow

for Christmas I gave friends a visit to The Leaf to see Voyage by Fleurs de Villes… it was fun because they got the card at Christmas, and then we got to spend time and have fun together during some very cold days in the city…

I was so excited when I saw that it was coming as I had gone to a similar show with my daughter in a mall in Ottawa and had been blown away with the amazing creations the florists had produced…

this was my favourite, but all the florists did a wonderful job…

I attended three times over the last week and every time I was there it was filled with many people (although I didn’t feel stressed) and the place was bustling… besides being a great exhibition, it looks as though it brought many new people to visit the space…

I had conversations with folk who had never been to The Leaf, members who had been many times, and others who had heard from friends and family about the show and decided to come for this special event…

seeing it in the biomes was much lovelier than in the centre of a mall, lol…

spending time in this wonderful oasis is like a little vacation in southern climes… well, for an hour or so, lol…

my membership, to both The Leaf and the Zoo, has been worth every penny and the cost of a membership for a senior is very reasonable and means I can visit as often as I wish all year round…

it was a wonderful treat and I enjoyed each visit… I had considered going for one last time this evening as I hadn’t been at night, but the tickets were sold out…

way to go Winnipeg… hope we get more shows like this;-)…

mannequins…

16 Tuesday Jan 2024

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what a delightful time I had on Friday for my first visit to Voyage by Fleurs de Villes at The Leaf…

went with a friend who hadn’t made it to The Leaf before and it was such a treat to show her this gem…

we went around 2 pm and the parking lots were all full… we found a spot when someone left, at the very end of the gravel lot… even though there were many people, there were a good number of hangers to make leaving coats outside the biomes easy…

there was a lineup to get into the biomes, but it moved quickly and most people went directly into the Mediterranean Biome for the display, but we went through the Tropical Biome and admired the lush growth… my friend said she thought it was like the old Conservatory, but on steroids, lol… the plants are getting enormous and we were dripped on a few times, maybe from the humidity…

from there we moved into the Mediterranean Biome to see all the beautiful mannequins…

there were many people when we started our tour, but by the end it had thinned out nicely… I took photos of all the descriptions as it was so crowded around each one, lol…

after we sat and reviewed all the pictures we took, we decided on our favourites and filled out our ballots before heading home;-)…

fun way to spend a cold and snowy afternoon…

silent…

13 Saturday Jan 2024

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since Tuesday, when I shovelled the snow in the sunshine, I have been out three times, two of them while it was still snowing…

during one of those times, it was magical… the snow was gently falling, there was no wind, and it was absolutely silent… no cars, no animals, no people…

I have been trying to get some good shots of the snow falling but it has not gone well, lol…

and the snow was light as a feather;-)…

sun…

12 Friday Jan 2024

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Tuesday went out and shovelled the sidewalks and steps again…

the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day, even though the weather app said it was -25°C…

the sun has been a bit elusive over the last while so it was a real treat;-)…

it had snowed a bit on Sunday and Monday, although there wasn’t too much on the ground…

took a few photos as I was working away, lol…

snow, sun, trees…

all make me enjoy the moments and try to capture them;-)…

tub…

02 Tuesday Jan 2024

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many people start their New Year’s Day with a cold plunge;-)…

I like to start with a hot tub… it was beautiful out, the sun was shining, there wasn’t much wind, and the chickadees were busy at the feeders…

a lovely way to begin the year…

I took out the fancy selfie stick and set it up to get a photo of me in the tub, even though Google told me it felt like -20° Celsius… which it didn’t, lol…

I did look at the plunge tub for a hot second as I walked past it, lol… if my housemate had been home I might have gone in…

that’s my story and I’m sticking with it;-)…

postcard…

10 Friday Nov 2023

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much as the snow can be a pain, it is also beautiful… especially if you don’t have to be somewhere and drive through it, lol…

the view out the windows were delightful on Thursday morning…

the snow clung to the trees and made it look like a postcard outside…

and the squirrels were busy at one of the feeders… if you look closely you will see the three in this picture…

I went out and shovelled the sidewalks and got a few photos while I was out there…

such a blessing to be able to be home, able to shovel, and enjoy the beauty;-)…

displays…

31 Tuesday Oct 2023

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I’ve been collecting photos of Halloween displays since the very beginning of October when they started popping up on my walks in the neighbourhood;-)…

here are some that I enjoyed🎃…

decorating for Halloween has certainly become a popular pastime…

the very tall skeletons were cool, but I kind of like the happy displays, more than the scary ones, lol…

the majority of these were taken before the snow landed (and hasn’t left) which has since curtailed my walks;-)…

spare…

27 Friday Oct 2023

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this morning I got up early as I had a dentist appointment and my grandson was going to drive me down before he went to class…

it was dark and there was a lot of snow out there…

I put on a vest, dug out a hat and gloves, and made sure I had cash for the taxi…

it lightened up before we left and I went out to start cleaning off the car… there was easily six or seven inches of snow on it…

made it to my appointment, and when it was done walked to the Delta Hotel to get a taxi…

got a few nice photos of snow-covered trees on the short walk…

as I was riding along in the taxi, I realized that I didn’t have a house key😳…

thankfully, after my beloved died and I was on my own in the house, I put a spare key in the backyard for just such an occasion…

and, I was able to get through the snow and collect it, lol…

I unlocked the door and put the key back before shovelling the front sidewalk and steps and the back deck and hot tub area…

got that adrenaline going, in the taxi, and in the yard;-)…

rediscovered…

02 Monday Oct 2023

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took some time to begin the process of changing the living room table display for the fall…

removed the shells that I rediscovered in the spring… I won’t forget where I put them this time (upstairs in the Computer room closet🤪), lol…

I decided to put my camera collection out… I had to move the glass to fit one of them in…

next I printed photos to put in each of the squares… that was a bit of a process between the iPhone, computer, and printer, lol… besides having to choose only sixteen (well, seventeen)…

I’m rather pleased with how it came out;-)…

next change will be glittery things for the holiday season…

picnic…

14 Thursday Sep 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, books, flowers, happy, little library, moments, nature, picnic, pictures, purple, walk, weather, widow

finally went for a walk a week ago…

took a few books and dropped them off at a Little Library…

on my walk I got a few nice photos…

this flower bed had purple in it and on the planter and behind is a purple picnic table;-)…

didn’t go all the way to the Park, but want to get back into the habit, so decided to start small…

felt good;-)…

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