08 Sunday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, IKEA, jug, measuring cup, moments, smoothie, Technology, widow
had a laugh this morning when I realized I had made my smoothie in the suntea jug instead of my usual IKEA measuring cup…
couldn’t see the measurements on the side which tell me how much almond milk to add…
apparently I was only half awake…
07 Saturday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, family, flowers, gift, moments, nature, pass-through, subscription, widow
spent a little time with the last of my bouquet subscription flowers…
I had divided the bouquet into two vases, but they were pretty much done, so I collected the last of the good ones and put them into two small vases…
one in the bathroom and one on the pass-through…
I am already missing the weekly beauties…
06 Friday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, displays, flowerbed, flowers, house, ideas, moments, nature, plants, Rudbeckia, walk, weather, widow
saw some lovely flower displays on my walk yesterday…
this house looked nice with the lovely manicured flowerbeds…
I often take a photo of this display that looks pretty throughout the entire summer…
and these flowers made me think more about changing out the grass in the front yard…
05 Thursday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, books, different, little free library, moments, morning, new-to-me, walk, weather, widow
today I added a couple of books to my stair library…
picked them up at a Little Free Library on my morning walk…
both are from some of my favourite authors;-)…
this was a new-to-me library as I took a slightly different route today…
04 Wednesday Sep 2024
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, floating, hot air balloon, memory, moments, remembering, time, weather, widow
ten years ago I was floating over Gatineau in a hot air balloon… along with dozens of other balloons;-)…
I’d been waiting over twenty years for this experience… for my fortieth my beloved bought us tickets to fly at home, but the company ran away with the money…
it was everything I imagined and a very special moment in my life… the memory continues to be bright;-)…
03 Tuesday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, boat tour, CMHR, early, family, fun, landmarks, moments, nature, treat, water, weather, widow, Winnipeg Waterways Tours
went for a ride on one of the Winnipeg Waterways Tour boats yesterday morning…
while we waited to board, saw some ducks and geese and had to take a few pics, lol…
our driver, Pete, shared lots of interesting facts, many I wasn’t aware of, as we travelled along the Assiniboine and Red rivers…
it was fun to see some of the city landmarks from the water…
I was happy to get a few nice photos of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights…
and this one from the back of it…
a lovely treat;-)…
02 Monday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, little library, moments, nature, sod, walk, weather, widow
went for a walk around the neighbourhood Friday morning…
was surprised at the huge stacks of sod I spotted at one point, lol… could not figure out where it was all going to go…
lots of flowers and a few people along the way, but no books of interest at either of the Little Libraries I passed…
the weather was lovely though, and I collected a few Poke balls;-)…
01 Sunday Sep 2024
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beans, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, garden, moments, nature, plants, stepstool, stool, tomatoes, top and tail, widow
I picked beans for my supper a few days ago and had to use the step stool again, lol…
I also brought in the last tomatoes although they weren’t ripe…
I still have to cut the tomato plants down, but haven’t quite got to that piece of work…
it is always an enjoyable and relaxing job to top and tail the beans before cooking them…
and they were delicious…
31 Saturday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, Canada geese, Fall, garden, geese, honking, moments, nature, overheard, sound, widow
as I’ve been sitting in the garden reading and enjoying the birds and bunnies around me, I’ve been hearing the Canada geese as they have begun to fly overhead…
I do love listening to their honking to one another as they head north or south, depending on the time of day…
of course, the sad part is that means fall is coming, sigh…
30 Friday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, boccia, Gem, learning, moments, Paralympics, Technology, widow
I’ve been watching the Paralympics and enjoying every sport I’ve seen…
so far I’ve watched the opening ceremony, swimming, running, and rowing, learned about Boccia and wheelchair rugby, and look forward to learning more about other sports as the events go on…
this time there are way more hours of programming, which makes me very happy…
see you later, lol…
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