08 Wednesday Jan 2025
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what a lovely treat on Saturday evening…
I got to meet a delightful one month old who stopped by for a visit along with her sibling and parents…
she is sweet and agreeable and we had some lovely cuddles before she fell asleep in my arms…
so I just sat there, happy as a clam;-)…
looking forward to more cuddles;-)…
09 Tuesday Aug 2022
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25 Monday Jul 2022
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what a treat it was to watch a new batch of baby house sparrows test out their wings…
they kind of hover when they are trying to figure out where they want to land…
and they don’t really understand that a person might not be safe to land close to…
once they’ve finally found a spot, they sit there and call mom or dad to come and feed them… I finally got a photo of the feeding, although it is a little fuzzy, lol…
so cute to watch…
24 Tuesday May 2022
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Baby, big girl pants, birdhouse, blessed, family, fence, garden, moments, neighbours, pond, snuggles, treat, widow, wood
this afternoon my neighbour on the south side came by with the cutest birdhouse for me…
last year he took down and rebuilt a new fence between us… and then he made some bird houses with the leftover wood…
it is very cute… I’ve never had one so now I will have to figure out where to put it…
tonight, he and his partner brought over their four month old baby to meet me… he is adorable and I look forward to playing with him over the summer…
first baby snuggles I’ve had in over two years…
04 Sunday Jul 2021
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Baby, big girl pants, blessed, exciting, fish, garden, gold, goldfish, moments, nature, patience, pond, remembering, watching, water hyacinth, waterfall, widow
I spent a lovely and quiet hour sitting right next to the pond this morning…
I had planned to turn the waterfall on as soon as I got into the garden, but decided to sit close to the pond and watch the fish…
yesterday, when I was in the pond cleaning it up, I spotted a baby swimming by… they move really quickly, so I only saw it for a moment…
my goal this morning was to check for any others that might be there…
and I spotted two… maybe the whitish one I saw yesterday and an actual gold one… they are much harder to spot in the pond as they look black… of course I didn’t get any pictures, lol…
great excitement and I will keep watch for more;-)…
sure miss the water hyacinth as its roots were a wonderful safe hiding place for babies as they started their journey as the goldfish eat them when they are very small…
26 Wednesday May 2021
the cutest baby bunny visited the garden as the work was being done in the garden on Monday…
when I went out to the garage yesterday morning to move the plants back outside, I spotted the baby bunny under the table filled with plants…
I opened the overhead door and tried to encourage it to go out, but of course it went the other way… I carried on moving plants and didn’t see it again, but just to be safe I left the side door open for the day…
later I spotted it again outside… it came right up to me beside the garage door… I am sure it wanted to go back in there… I felt bad so I put out a few carrot bits for it…
I was very careful as I put the plants back into the garage to be sure it didn’t get in, lol…
05 Wednesday Dec 2018
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24 Friday Aug 2018
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appointment, Baby, big girl pants, blessed, camping, friends, Indi, lunch, moments, Park, pretzel, walk, whisperer, widow
been a full day… up early to get to my doctor’s appointment…
from there went to get Indi washed… she’s happy to be clean after all the bugs and dirt from camping… I think she was a bit embarrassed to be seen while she was so dirty;-)…
on to Polo to pick up meds and a warm pretzel as a reward for a good appointment…
home to put everything away and then walked to the Park to meet a friend and her baby for lunch and a walk around the Gardens… sure do love baby snuggles…
maintained my baby whisperer status as I managed to get her to have a lovely nap as we wandered around…
stopped in at an upholstery shop on the way home to see about getting some sewing done…
now to rest…
02 Friday Dec 2016
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Baby, beloved, big girl pants, friends, gifts, party, shower, special people, widow
what a lovely time tonight… a group of sixteen gathered to celebrate the coming birth of a baby… pretty cool timing, eh…
had a cup of tea and looked over the space before everyone arrived…
we had lots of fun, conversation, good food and there were some great gifts as well…
this was the first big party that I’ve hosted since my beloved left me…
it might have been here, but there were many others who helped make it a success… from the planning team who decided on each step of preparation, to the friends who came and helped with Christmas decorating, to the ones who set up the planter, to the ones who made the centrepieces, to the ones who came at noon and helped with salad prep, to the ones who picked up the pasta and organized the kitchen… to the ones who brought various bits and pieces of yummy treats and gifts, to the ones who cleaned up and left the house the same as it was before anyone arrived…
my life is filled with such special people…
25 Sunday Sep 2016
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Baby, bench, big girl pants, colours, errands, FaceTime, George, memories, PokeStops, snuggles, walk, widow
another fall day… overcast with rain off and on…
drove to the Formal Gardens at the Park and walked two loops… it was drizzling about half the time I was walking…
needed poke balls and this is a great place to find PokeStops and get in the walking, all at the same time…
the actual garden always looks lovely and you can see how the wind was blowing…
the trees are starting to change colour and it was hard to decide which picture to put up…
last time I walked in this spot a friend shared that her family had a memorial bench for her husband there, as they would walk this circle and he often needed to stop and take a break…
the bench says stop and rest awhile so I sat down for a few minutes and listened to the geese flying overhead… a special moment… reminded me of George and my special bench in the Leo Mol Garden and the memories that fill my heart when I sit there, even now…
still haven’t seen the trees turning red in the East so I’m always looking for bright colours here, lol…
when I got home after running a few errands I had the marvellous gift of spending an hour with this lovely baby and her mom… and my Ottawa daughter via FaceTime… we had a wonderful visit and lots of baby snuggles…
snuggled up on the bed, watched tv and read while my dinner was cooking…
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