11 Thursday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, display, enjoy, holiday display, lights, moments, nighttime, shift, Technology, The Leaf, volunteer, widow
so happy that my volunteer shift went until six…
got to see the new display when it was completely dark outside…
and the new hanging lights add such a delightful effect…
it is beautiful in the day, but if you have the opportunity to see it at night as well, go for it…
10 Wednesday Dec 2025
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got up early Saturday morning to watch the final F1 Qualifying of the season…
there is great excitement as these three were all in the hunt for the Driver Championship…
up a few minutes before to get a pot of tea ready, and then snuggled back into bed to watch the action…
watching live is much more fun than the PVRed version, although I do tape them to be sure to be able to see them if anything comes up and I miss the live show…
04 Thursday Dec 2025
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beloved, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, Christmas stocking, family, grandson, memories, moments, Technology, widow, widowhood, WordPress
as I sit here quietly in the living room I am thinking of two big events that took place in the last few days…
the first was a congratulatory note from WordPress… on December 1st, 2012 I began writing about my journey into widowhood… and have continued that since then, moving into commenting on my life…
the second was today, which would have been my beloved’s 77th birthday… this year we had burgers here, one of his favourite foods, while the kids in Ottawa had an apple galette… he loved apple pie… we had a video visit between the burgers and galette, lol…
my grandson is going to use his Christmas stocking for the first time…
I sure do miss him🤗…
15 Saturday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, moments, nature, picture, remote camera, sharper, Technology, widow
I’m really happy with the newest outdoor camera…
the night picture is much sharper than the other cameras around the house…
kind of makes me want to change them all, lol…
10 Monday Nov 2025
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authors, big girl pants, blessed, books, family, friend, GLOBOsapiens, moments, reading, releases, Technology, visit, widow
a friend dropped by for a visit on Saturday morning and brought me a few books…
a bit later my housemate and I went to Globosapiens to pick up some additional books… this time I chose some new releases as well as some of the authors I usually read…
the Halloween decorations had filled up most of the stairs as there were very few books left to read…
I took this (⬆️) photo on November 1st before the decorations came down…
now, the stair library is booming once again;-)… woohoo… I haven’t been enjoying the current read, so may just put that one aside and start on one of these;-)…
09 Sunday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, bird feeder, blessed, button, garden, memories, moments, poppy, remembering, Remembrance Day, widow
on Thursday I cleaned the poppy bird feeder and attached it to the front rail…
I noticed that I’d set it out a bit earlier last year…
I also dug out two poppies to put on my jacket and t-shirt…
last year I had purchased some little button pins to keep from losing them, lol…
I still make sure to make a donation as, before the pin, I ended up losing a couple and needing to replace them, lol…
31 Friday Oct 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, blue morpho butterfly, eclosion, moments, nature, Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden, volunteering, watching, widow
had a wonderful time watching the blue morpho eclosion this morning in the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden;-)…
so happy to have the opportunity to watch this taking place during my volunteer shift;-)…
by the time I left, seven of them were in the process of eclosing…
28 Tuesday Oct 2025
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bed, big girl pants, blessed, covers, foot, moments, pictures, sheets, sleeping, Technology, widow
had a conversation the other day about often putting my foot outside of the blankets to sleep…
I’d seen something on social media saying it can help a person go to sleep…
one person agreed they did it all the time, but another said they’d never heard of that, or done it…
so, I went online and found the following:
early this morning I tried to get a photo of my foot outside the sheet and blankets…
it was entertaining to get the photo in the dark, lol…
23 Thursday Oct 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, cacao, cake, daughter, family, food, moments, Ottawa, short, The Leaf, time, treat, visit, widow
had a wonderful, but short, visit with my Ottawa daughter over the last few days…
she had been to Calgary for an event and stopped here on her way home…
lots of time together as we caught up in person… late nights and early mornings while she was here… and lots of laughter…
always cake from Baked Expectations when she arrives;-)…
we spent a lovely morning at The Leaf noticing the growth since she was last here and counting cacao pods…
she also spotted the first chileo on the second tree… made me laugh cause I’ve been looking for ages trying to spot one on that tree…
we visited the butterflies although they weren’t very active as it was cool and overcast but it was fun to see them together… the Canadian Museum of Nature, in Ottawa, currently has a butterfly display as well so we often compare which butterflies we each see, lol…
we worked on a plan for our next trip together and did lots of research on the computer…
dinners in and out as we ate some of her favourites and then we were headed back to the airport for her flight home…
always a treat;-)…
12 Sunday Oct 2025
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big girl pants, COVID, flu, health, IDA, moments, pharmacy, Silver Heights IDA Pharmacy, Technology, vaccines, widow
walked over to Silver Heights IDA Pharmacy on Friday morning and got both my covid and flu shots… I’d been waiting as at my recent doctor’s appointment, the vaccines hadn’t yet arrived… I called the Pharmacy on Wednesday and booked an appointment…
they have the system down pat, you sign a form, sit down and wait maybe a minute, Devarshi comes in and pops a needle into each arm and away you go;-)…
once I got home I took some Advil hoping to stop any sore shoulders, lol…
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