23 Friday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, food, widow, moments, basil, short, zucchini basil soup
today I made zucchini basil soup… I may have been a bit short of basil, lol…
it tastes good, and I’ve made it with someone special in mind…
I hope they like it😊…
18 Tuesday Nov 2025
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. soup, basil, big girl pants, blessed, craving, delicious, family, food, moments, widow, zucchini, zucchini basil soup
the other day when I was talking with my daughter, she mentioned they were having zucchini basil soup for their supper…
made me realize that I hadn’t made it for ages, so then I was craving it, lol…
yesterday morning I started it… it is a simple recipe with just a few ingredients…
after cooking it, it was blended and made a delicious smooth soup…
cooked some chicken thighs to add to it…
so tasty…
01 Thursday Aug 2024
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basil, big girl pants, blessed, cream cheese, cucumber, garden, moments, peas, picked, plants, sandwich, sourdough, widow
this morning I went to the garden to harvest some peas…
while I was out there I discovered that the cucumber I saw on Monday had grown like crazy… apparently they like crazy heat, lol…
I collected the peas, some basil, and the lovely cucumber…
decided on a cucumber sandwich for lunch… with some fresh sourdough and cream cheese…
after peeling the cucumber, I used the mandolin to make thin slices…
enjoyed the sandwich in the garden with coleslaw I’d made on Tuesday;-)…
16 Tuesday Jul 2024
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basil, beans, big girl pants, blessed, cucumbers, garden, moments, nature, peas, plants, rain, some, tomatoes, veggie garden, weather, widow
all of the rain has made some of the veggie garden plants quite happy…
the tomatoes are doing well and growing bigger each day…
the peapods are filling out rather nicely and I had my first peas… from just one pod, lol…
the beans are growing up the arch but don’t have any flowers yet and the cucumbers are very slow in flowering…
I think that I may need to plant more beans and even cucumbers… sadly the butternut squash seed did not produce…
and, finally the basil has started to fill the pot;-)…
23 Saturday Jul 2022
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basil, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, food, friends, garden, happy, Hilda the Gardener, moments, nature, plants, pond, ripe, tomatoes, visit, waterfall, widow
Wednesday was another beautiful day…
put out all the cushions as a dear friend was coming over later in the day, and it always looks so much nicer when they are all set out…
Hilda the Gardener came and weeded and moved a few plants… we had a lovely visit while that was happening…
I climbed into the pond and cleaned the filter which made the waterfall happy;-)…
read a good book and had lunch on the back deck with some of my ripe tomatoes and fresh basil…
had a delightful supper and visit with a friend I haven’t seen for ages and toured the garden with her…
also shared some poppy and morning glory seeds…
04 Wednesday Aug 2021
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basil, big girl pants, blessed, food, garden, grape tomatoes, happy, moments, nature, pearls, plants, widow
very excited to gather some of the ripe cherry tomatoes to add to my lunch…
also picked basil to go along with the bocconcini pearls that have been waiting in the fridge…
a delicious fresh lunch;-)…
23 Sunday May 2021
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basil, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, cold, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple, walk, weather, widow
took a walk around the garden this afternoon to see how everything is doing in this rather chilly and wet weather…
over the winter the bunnies were nibbling on the lilac so I was worried as to whether it would survive… last week I saw a few bits of green on it and today it has tiny buds… yay;-)…
the two morning glories and basil seem to be doing okay… they were the only plants I have left out… although I did read today that basil doesn’t like the cold and may end up stunted, so we will see…
spent a few minutes in the garage to see how all the plants are fairing in there… it isn’t heated, but certainly warmer than the garden, lol…
happy to spot a little morning glory blooming there…
it is supposed to be warmer tomorrow… maybe I will be able to plant a few baskets…
29 Wednesday Aug 2018
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basil, big girl pants, bread, colleagues, croissants, dinner, eats, fresh, La Belle Baguette, lunch, treat, widow
had some delicious eats today…
picked up a loaf of bread and some croissants at La Belle Baguette on my way into the office…
the car smelled amazing all the way downtown and the croissants were a hit with my colleagues…
at lunch I made a tomato sandwich, and a cucumber one as well, with the fresh bread and a ripe tomato from a colleague’s parents’ farm… used basil instead of lettuce… oh my, it tasted wonderful…
for my supper I finished off the shrimp from last night and the last of the mango slices I picked up the other day…
yummy day…
14 Monday Mar 2016
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. soup, basil, beloved, big girl pants, conversation, entertaining, garden, pictures, ReImagining, salad, St. Patrick's Day, widow, zucchini
had a wonderful day…
began with making my favourite zucchini basil soup for tonight’s dinner…
took the time to take pictures of each step in the process…
turned out great… as I worked on each step I thought of the people coming for dinner and how lovely it will be to see them and spend time together…
the hardest part of making this is finding the basil and zucchini at the same time… much simpler in the summer, lol…
had the screen door open as I was working on the soup… was so beautiful, decided to eat my lunch on the deck and read for a bit… the sun was so warm…
set the table and went for a walk…
planned the dinner with St. Patrick’s day in mind, thus the green soup, lol… enjoyed preparing it as I don’t do much entertaining these days…
made a huge garden salad and shredded a bbq rotisserie chicken to go along with the soup and some fresh bread… the salad reminded me of my beloved’s wonderful salads… have not been able to recreate them…
also set up our conversation spot to focus on lean-to/support to go along with a program one of the group had sent everyone…
took the last few minutes before their arrival to sit and relax…
dinner was enjoyed by everyone, and we had some thoughtful conversation…
03 Saturday Oct 2015
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barbecue, basil, big girl pants, busy, fire, fire pit, IKEA, table, volleyball
worn right out…
worked on a project first thing…
my daughter picked me up and we went to IKEA to purchase a table and chairs for their new house…
it is a housewarming, anniversary and Christmas gift…
rushed over to the other side of the city for a volleyball game…
had to get reacquainted with the rules, but enjoyed watching it… bonus was that they won this one…
stopped off for a few groceries after the game and picked up a basil plant… going to keep this one in the house… the ones that were on the deck didn’t do well with the frost last week…
had a lovely barbecued steak for dinner at the new table…
I don’t get much cooked on the barbecue these days, so really enjoyed it…
after dinner we sat around their new fire pit… beautiful end to a very busy day…
my son-in-law drove me home and I am headed to bed…
