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hiatus…

31 Friday May 2024

Posted by sulis303 in business, family, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, travel, Uncategorized, weather

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this morning the mandevilla and Japanese Maple made their annual hiatus to the garden…

the mandevilla is probably four or five years old… it started out on the deck and has come in each fall and lived over the winter in the living room like any other houseplant… it has grown quite tall, but always loses a ton of leaves so I spent time pulling off many brown crispy dead bits, lol… it now has a very tall obelisk in the pot and most of the growth is at the top… looks good now that it is cleaned up…

the Japanese Maple travelled by car from Vancouver island about ten years ago, when it made the trip with the kids as they moved from Courtenay to Ottawa, with a short visit here on their way… it had done well over that time but hasn’t grown much… today I repotted it in a bigger container with some fresh soil… hope it likes it;-)…

they will be in the shade for a few days and then move to their summer locations…

sweet…

13 Monday May 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, friends, Lily Stone Cafe high tea, moments, quiche, sweet, treat, weather, widow

we had another wonderful time at Lily Stone Cafe in Rosenort…

it was just over a year since we were last there, and it was as delightful as it had been previously…

once again, we had a room to ourselves…

we had a variety of teas and a tasty assortment of sandwiches and dainties…

my favourite savoury items were the the cucumber sandwiches and the quiche…

surprisingly, my favourite sweet was the decadent Kit Kat cheesecake, considering that I am not that fond of cheesecake, lol…

we were stuffed and happy when we left and weren’t rushed out the door, even though it was their closing time;-)…

the drive there and back was not too long and although it was overcast we only encountered a few drops of rain on our way home…

but, it still amazes me that there seems to be traffic everywhere and at all times these days, lol…

sarongs…

04 Thursday Apr 2024

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time to update the living room table…

I decided on sarongs in each square and then books from various trips for me to enjoy during this birthday month…

ran the sarongs through the wash to get rid of any wrinkles and then filled in the squares… went with purple and orange… purple for me, and orange for my daughter, with whom I went on many of the trips, lol…

looks bright and fresh and I have lots of special moments to enjoy;-)…

lavender…

23 Saturday Mar 2024

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Ali’i Kula Lavender, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, lavender, Maui, memories, moments, nature, pictures, plants, purple, remembering, vacation, widow

recently I saw something on Instagram which reminded me of our wonderful visit to Ali’i Kula Lavender on Maui…

it was a beautiful place, with nice lavender fields, but also amazing gardens filled with stunning flowers…

I found a few photos from that day…

this hand towel usually hangs in the bathroom as a lovely reminder of that wonderful day and trip…

so nice when something comes along and reminds you of special moments…

oasis…

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;-)…

harbinger…

31 Sunday Dec 2023

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on Thursday the blue screen of death showed up on the laptop…

apparently on Monday, when the camera kept failing during our video call, it was a harbinger of the computer’s end of life…

I spent quite a bit of time on Friday morning searching for the sales slip from January 2nd, 2020, when I purchased it in Ottawa, without success… I did find the record in my credit card statements, but after contacting Best Buy, discovered there was no extended warranty…

did some research and went to Best Buy… had a plan to purchase the same computer, but an updated version…

in the end I found a slightly higher quality machine and was happy they actually had it in the store… after consulting with my two computer geeks, brought it home and we spent time in the afternoon getting it filled with all “the stuff” I need…

the old machine fit beautifully into the box the new one came in, and will take a trip to my son-in-law to see if he is able to save anything on it…

I had some fun in the evening doing some personalization and making it my own, lol…

it will be interesting to see what I forgot I needed, lol…

thawing…

26 Tuesday Dec 2023

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I found out in the morning on Christmas Eve that we were going to have lunch on Christmas Day between trips my grandson was making between his various family clans;-)…

it was a quick trip to the freezer to pull out a beautiful chicken and get it thawing… I had been planning on a Cornish hen, with all the fixings, so it wasn’t a lot more to do to cook the chicken;-)…

a turnip was peeled, cut, boiled (so that the water would be available for the chicken gravy), and mashed…

mashed potatoes were also prepared and put into the fridge which helps with making a resistant starch…

stuffing was made and packaged, ready to go into the chicken…

took most of the day to thaw the chicken, lol, but it was ready for the oven in time…

everything turned out beautifully and we had a delicious Christmas lunch…

possibly a new tradition;-)…

faded…

07 Thursday Sep 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, faded, garden, Maui, memories, moments, nature, pictures, rain, rainbow, rainbows, remembering, sky, weather, widow

on Monday night, just before supper, I looked up and spotted a beautiful rainbow…

it faded and then a double one started up, and after it faded, there was a third one, with very bright colours…

what a treat…

reminded me of our time in Maui when we saw five different rainbows in an hour…

extension…

31 Thursday Aug 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, drive, eavestrough, extension, friend, garden, grandson, happy, Home Hardware, moments, Selkirk, shopping, sunburst, water, widow

went for a drive to Selkirk with a friend and found the eavestrough extension that I’ve been looking for…

once at home we extended it, drilled holes in the bottom, and laid it out along the back of the pond garden…

a few twist ties and the trough portion came down straight along the sun’s rays and then was hooked into the extension…

we might straighten it out a bit more once everything dies back in the garden, but by next spring it won’t be visible at all and will put rainwater all along the garden;-)…

barn…

27 Sunday Aug 2023

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drove out to Dugald on Thursday to pick up some roasting chickens from a new place – Hoogies Ranch…

it was a lovely drive and the weather vacillated between sun and cloud…

besides two dogs wandering the yard, these cute barn cats were very friendly…

so far, we’ve had one of the chickens and it was delicious… there was lots for supper, a chicken salad is in my future, and chicken vegetable soup with dumplings has been requested;-)…

I’m sure we will order from them again…

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