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wings…

07 Friday Jul 2017

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seemed like there were lots of critters around and about today…

many with wings..

over the last few days I’ve noticed tons of dragonflies around… this morning when I came out to the garden there was a tiny one by the back door and then when I was sitting by the pond this one stopped by…

and posed rather nicely for me…

later in the day I caught this ladybug on one of the peppers in my daughter’s garden…

just a few minutes later this four legged turned up…

pretty little and my middle grandson thinks there might be a nest of them under the bushes…

a friend came by for a visit in the garden this morning and it reminded me of why I love it out here… even when it isn’t perfect it is welcoming and has a special feeling of peacefulness…

for the last half hour or so I’ve been watching the fish swim around in the pond… they haven’t been out much when I’ve been in the garden today, so it is a lovely treat to see them…

as I sit writing this, the solar lights are coming on one by one as it gets a tiny bit darker around the garden…

but, the bad news…. just spotted the first mosquito of the season;-(… not the type of critter I am happy to see…

trees…

06 Thursday Jul 2017

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tonight I enjoyed a delightful bit of chocolate… Brookside Dark Chocolate Tart Cherry Crisp with pomegranate flavour… might just take longer to say the name than it did to eat it, lol… 
it has a very cool tree on it…

just minutes after that my daughter sent me a picture of some screen printing she did at a class tonight…

another tree… how cool is that…

the really funny thing is that this was the picture I had already prepared to post tonight…

it is of two of my colleagues sitting in the sun for a few minutes over lunch yesterday… we try to get outside for at least a few minutes on sunny days…

the whole serendipitous thing is amazing… great way to start my weekend;-)…

compromised…

05 Wednesday Jul 2017

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about three weeks ago my credit card was compromised… someone tried to use it for a few things in the States…

the credit card company called and left a message… I called them back, using the number on the back of the card, instead of the one on the message in case it was a scam… 

sadly it had been compromised so they cancelled the card and couriered a new one to me within a few days as this is the only card I have…

lucky for me I only have one monthly withdrawal so was able to call them with the necessary information once the new card arrived…

just last week, I went to pay the credit card bill and realized I hadn’t added the new card… wasn’t sure about one of the questions when I tried to add it to the payees so called the credit union and they were able to add it while we were on the phone… excellent… 

so today, I get what I think is a similar phone call at the office, but didn’t hear the whole conversation so when I got home I checked for messages… and there it was another call from the Security department…

this is the situation my card is in now… compromised again…

the good news is that they are able to catch these activities quickly and be in touch…

the bad news is that I have to wait again for a new card… although now I am on top of all the things I have to do, lol… 

practice makes perfect;-)…

I’m worried that I am doing something wrong at my end, but the agent assured me that wasn’t the case… 

I am going to Ottawa in a few months and don’t want to have to go through this before, or during, my trip…

arghhhhhhhh…

insecta…

04 Tuesday Jul 2017

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I’ve noticed quite a few dragonflies flitting around the garden recently…

on Sunday, when I was taking pictures of the water lilies in the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, I caught a dragonfly on the lily pad…

and yesterday I spent a short time in the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden… it was sunny so the butterflies that were there were very active…

there weren’t many there but I got a few pictures… 

butterflies and dragonflies are part of the family of insecta…

I might have a small collection of memorabilia, but no actual butterflies or dragonflies…

hoping for some monarchs in the garden…

peacock…

03 Monday Jul 2017

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had made a date to go for a walk in the Gardens at Assiniboine Park this afternoon, but we decided to visit the zoo instead…

a beautiful afternoon, an excellent walk and a good visit… couldn’t ask for more…

we saw a few peacocks as we wandered along the paths but none were prepared to show their finery…

at one point I was standing in the shade with the stroller and one of the peacocks walked right beside me and then into the sun… I was shocked but cleverly got this pic…

gorgeous colours even without flaunting its tail feathers…

not three minutes later a gaggle of geese shot past me and around a huge crowd of people who were lined up for ice cream, ignoring everyone as they moved along, clearly with a destination in mind…

so blessed to have opportunities to spend time with friends and enjoy such a fun location…

littering…

02 Sunday Jul 2017

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was a bit behind this morning but eventually headed over to the Park for my weekend visit…

spotted this flag on the sandbar in the river by the walking bridge to the Park…

there were likely thousands of people in the Park last night for the fireworks and during the day for all the Canada Day activities and they hadn’t yet got it cleaned up…  garbage bags were piled around the garbage cans but there was also lots of trash along the paths… I should have taken a bag and collected as I walked because I am a bit crazy about not littering, just ask my kids, lol…

happy to see water lily flowers in the Arbour Pond…

the main lily pond is not doing nearly as well… only spotted one bud where usually by now there would be dozens of blooms…

once I got home I spent a few minutes admiring the clematis… it has exploded…

finally spent some time in the garden reading and watching the fish in the pond…

calendar…

01 Saturday Jul 2017

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had planned to spend the day in the garden, but woke up to rain coming down…

left the patio door screen open overnight so it was rather chilly when I got downstairs…

eventually the rain stopped and the sun came out… but then it clouded over again… sun peaked out now and again for the remainder of the day…

although I never left the house I put on red and white to commemorate Canada Day… started with long pants but then moved to shorts when I thought I’d go outside, only to discover it was chilly out again… never did get outside…

was very happy to see the new picture when I flipped the page on my Chihuly calendar… 

reminded me of our visit to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens last June… took these pictures of a similar tree which was stunning, during the day and at night…thinking about where we might go next to see more Chihuly…

looking forward to a week in Ottawa towards the end of the summer… we will be going to Mosai Canada to see a version of the Goddess which we saw in Atlanta…

have seen a few teaser pics on Instagram of how she will look… here’s one…


can hardly wait to see all of the installations at the Jacques Cartier Park… gardens and water, two of my favourite things;-)…

photos…

30 Friday Jun 2017

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up a little early to be sure I made it to the dentist’s office on time for my cleaning and check-up… looked out the front window and spotted two bunnies across the street, so I had to run and get the camera to take a few photos…

great way to start a Friday;-)…


only waited a few minutes to get in to see the hygienist and everything went well… even the x-rays…

my daughter called me to see if I wanted to go with them to see a movie after work… she picked me up and off we went to their house for Chinese food before the show…

she showed me her new tattoo… George’s signature on her wrist… she’s been thinking about having it done since he died…

at the movie I ate a whole bag of popcorn and am feeling just a little sick now, lol…

they dropped me at my car at the office and on my way home I stopped and got gas for Shadow…

took a picture of the moon while I was waiting for the fill and then when I was home and looked out the window, I noticed the star/planet just below and to the left…

not a great shot of the moon but you can see the planet…

very full day…

hiding…

28 Wednesday Jun 2017

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excited to see the fish swimming around in the pond tonight…

they’ve been outside for a few months now, but have spent all their time hiding under the bridge…

when I went out to take a photo tonight they were swimming around in the open area… yay…

as I was looking for a title for this blog, I came across this pic of the pond near the end of the construction… 

still makes me laugh a bit when  I think back to having the pond reconstructed… it had been leaking for a few years so I thought having it redone would be a bit of a memorial for George… he loved the ponds…

so happy the fish are finally getting more comfortable… it is quite amazing how much I miss them when they move out to the pond, lol…