23 Monday Jan 2023
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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, caught, exercise, fun times, gloves, happy, match, moments, PanAm Pool, purple, swim gloves, Technology, time with friends, widow
enjoyed the aquasize class although I lost a quarter when the key wouldn’t come out of the slot, lol…
the new gloves really do work well, although they caught on the rail as I was getting out of the pool…
next time I will take them off before I get to the stairs… but they sure look great with my water shoes;-)…
22 Sunday Jan 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blurry, fish, garage cam, goldfish, in the garden, moments, nature, pond, raccoon, tail, Technology, weather, widow
I was surprised to see this on the garage cam yesterday morning…
it is a bit blurry, and at first I thought it was a cat, but then I recognized the tail…
thought these guys were gone for the winter, lol… although I don’t care if they come by when there aren’t any fish in the pond for them to eat;-)…
21 Saturday Jan 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blurry, cold, garage cam, garden, moments, nature, raccoon, snow, surprise, Technology, weather, widow
I was surprised to see this on the garage cam this morning… it is a bit blurry, and at first I thought it was a cat, but then I recognized the tail…
thought these guys were gone for the winter, lol… although I don’t care if they come by when there aren’t any fish in the pond for them to eat;-)…
20 Friday Jan 2023
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Assiniboine Park Conservancy, big girl pants, biomes, blessed, cacao, elevators, fish, flowers, garden, koi, moments, nature, photos, plants, pond, splash, Technology, The Leaf, time, water, waterfall, widow
spent an hour and a half wandering through The Leaf in the daytime…
we took ample time to search out the plants as we wandered through the tropical biome… and we found the cacao tree;-)…
the waterfall continues to over perform…
I am betting that there are people working very hard to figure out how to end up with less splash, lol…
I spent at lot of time on the bridge, watching the beautiful koi swimming around the pond… a lovely treat;-)…
there were a lot of people there, but it didn’t feel too crowded… we wore masks but the majority of others didn’t… since I was last in the space there have been large fans added, so there did appear to be a lot of noise, but once through the doors into the Mediterranean biome, it was quiet…
the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden was a much busier place with numerous butterflies flitting about… it is always fun to search for the ones that have landed and are blending in with the foliage… as visitors move through this area they are quiet and will sit and patiently watch the action…
there are two elevators to take you up to the canopy and the Butterfly Garden and only one was working… seems to slow the flow down a bit…
there was ample space for jackets in the coat room, many volunteers to answer questions and direct the flow of people, and lots of open space…
19 Thursday Jan 2023
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arctic char, big girl pants, blessed, char, fish, food, gather, health, moments, Park, potato salad, service, The Leaf, treat, widow
went to The Leaf, had lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen and Bar, and then wandered through the biomes…
lunch was relaxed and delicious… the burger was juicy… the arctic char on potato salad was smoky with a touch of dill and very tasty…
as our food arrived we went online and purchased our tickets… wanted to be sure we didn’t have to rush our meal…
ended with chocolate mille-feuille and Earl Grey Creme Brûlée, both of which were delightful…
a sharp knife made eating the mille-feuille much easier and the spoon worked perfectly for the brûlée, lol…
we watched bus loads of folks arriving to tour the gardens as we enjoyed our lunch…
the space is comfortable, the staff attentive, and the company excellent;-)…
looking forward to the next visit…
18 Wednesday Jan 2023
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I’ve had fun checking out the birds on my Audubon calendar each day…
it has been interesting to see birds I don’t know and I also enjoy thinking about when I’ve seen those I already know…
17 Tuesday Jan 2023
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had lunch with my buddies on Monday to celebrate a couple of birthdays…
ordered from Spice Circle the day before and we picked it up… we always need to check because many restaurants are closed on Mondays, which we have learned the hard way, lol…
we had a variety of items and found the food hot and tasty… my goat thali was very nice… the one thing I might change was the packaging as it didn’t all fit into one container…
but there were leftovers for another meal for everyone;-)…
16 Monday Jan 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, Christmas mugs, dresser, label, list, memories, moments, mugs, remembering, widow
the project for Saturday was to return the regular mugs to the cupboard and put away the Christmas/holiday ones…
first thing I did was go into the office to get the boxes out from under the dresser…
and they weren’t there… even got down on my knees to be sure…
kind of freaked out wondering if I had accidentally put them in the giveaway pile which had gone out before the holidays;-(…
looked in the basement, kitchen and all over the messy computer room again… then I checked in the den closet and there they sat… clearly I put them in there knowing they would end up upstairs, but thinking I would save some steps when it came time to repack them…
whew… that got the blood pumping, lol…
didn’t take too long to get them changed over and looking good…
they sat on the stairway and then made it upstairs to wait for next Christmas…
and they will go to the spot I expect them to be…
in the dresser, in the office closet, not underneath it, with a label on the front🤪…
15 Sunday Jan 2023
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Audubon, big girl pants, birds, calendar, chickadee, cold, eating, hand, memories, moments, nature, remembering, seeds, train, travel, widow
the Audubon calendar for Friday and Saturday was a chickadee…
and yesterday a memory came up on Facebook of me feeding a chickadee in Mer Bleu three years ago while I was visiting…
I had hoped to train my chickadees to eat from my hand, but so far, no luck…
I did catch this little one dashing to and from the feeder, lol…
14 Saturday Jan 2023
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