05 Friday Sep 2025
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such small things give me joy;-)…
this morning, on a drive downtown to the dentist’s office, I spotted two different bendy buses;-)…
since I first saw one in Ottawa, while visiting my kids, just seeing one brings me happiness, lol…
great start to the day…
21 Monday Oct 2019
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I’m not sure why but I love bendy buses…
I’ve ridden in them in Ottawa, when visiting my daughter and son-in-law… there are lots of them there…
there haven’t been many here until recently…
for whatever reason they’ve been driving down the street by our office and I got a photo the other day…
not sure why, but when I see them they make me smile…
05 Tuesday Sep 2017
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2017 Ottawa day 5, beavertails, bendy bus, big girl pants, calm, family, Great Blue Heron, Ottawa, paddle boarding, Rideau Falls, vacation, waterfall, widow
watery things today… so happy…
likely, by now, you all know about my obsession with bendy buses, lol…
on our way to Byward Market we saw many… so I had to get a picture…
then we picked up beavertails and drove to the Rideau Falls… I had some chocolate on my arm so had to clean it up which proved very humorous for my daughter…
shared the beavertails and walked to, around and over the two sets of Falls…
was very excited to spot a Great Blue Heron at the bottom of the second set… they are such majestic birds and remind me of a trip to the East Coast we took many years ago and saw them everywhere…
also took a few shots of this sculpture… for years my daughter collected worlds, lol, so it was fun to see this one with her…
I spent an hour or so sitting alone on a sandy beach at Petrie Island while she paddleboarded… the water was like glass and tunes were playing in the background for the beach volleyball game going on behind me as the sun went down on this beautiful day…
ended the evening at the Soul Stone Sushi Bar & Grill… the food was excellent… if you go there order the Fusion roll… OMG…
10 Tuesday Jan 2017
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bendy bus, big girl pants, camera, forgot, fun, giggle, morning glory, pictures, Pokémon, widow
been a crazy busy day… but lots of fun…
had to giggle at lunchtime when I realized I forgot the hot portion of my lunch in the fridge at home, but I did bring the veggies, lol…
enjoyed taking photos throughout the day… a treat to spend time with my camera…
my grandson met me at the office and on our drive home we watched a bendy bus go by…
he took this shot for me… bendy busses make me smile whenever I see them…
on our slow drive home – it was very slippery and every car was moving at a snail’s pace – he caught numerous Poke balls and a few Pokémon as well…
he shovelled, I cooked, and when he was done, sent him home with dinner when his dad picked him up on his way home from work…
then I spotted sprouts in the Morning Glory can…
woo hoo…
18 Thursday Aug 2016
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last night I planned to get up around two and take some shots of the full moon for a friend who always knows when the moon is full... took this one on my phone before I headed to bed…
sadly when I woke up around one, it was too late… was overcast and stayed that way all night…
even in the morning the sky was dull and there was no moon visible…
headed out earlier than usual as I had a dentist appointment to have a filling shaved down a bit…
even though I dislike being at the dentist, I don’t like to be late… got there before they had even unlocked the door, lol… should have gone back right after I discovered the filling wasn’t quite right… would have if I’d believed how simple and pain-free the process of smoothing it off was…
on my way home tonight I saw one of the bendy busses along Portage Avenue… I love to see them because they make me smile… always driving when I see them, so never get a picture…
Winnipeg bendy bus photo from the internet…
looking forward to riding on some when I head to Ottawa next month for a short visit with my daughter…
don’t ride the bus here but it is kind of fun there with someone who knows the system…
just last week I bought my grandson one of the peggo cards which are similar to what they use in Ottawa so people don’t need to carry bus tickets or cash…
photo by the proud recipient of the peggo card…
15 Monday Jun 2015
was up early, had a hot tub and breakfast…
finished packing my bag…
and there seemed to be lots of room left in it… wonder what I forgot!?
taxi to the airport and a short wait before boarding the plane…
nice flight…
landed in Ottawa, met by my daughter and we took a bendy bus to her house… there are many bendy buses here… at home there are two for the entire city…
then we walked to the local strip mall and had a pedicure on our way to pick up groceries for supper…
seems like I travelled a lot today using quite a number of modes of transportation, although I didn’t take a boat, lol…
glad to be here safe and sound and have a few days with these kids…
19 Friday Sep 2014
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on my way to work this morning I took a few pictures of the lovely cloud formations…
luckily had to stop at a few lights so I was able to get good pics… often when I see something, the traffic flows so smoothly that I don’t have the needed opportunity…
there were no morning glories at home, but when I arrived at the office a colleague had picked a beautiful one from her garden and brought it in…
got a shot of a bendy bus as I was sitting through five lights at Portage Avenue… knew that we had a couple here, but hadn’t seen any:-)…
it was just before five and the traffic was absolutely crazy… had been overcast all day and started to pour just as I turned onto Portage and it rained all the way home…
finally starting to feel better…
25 Friday Apr 2014
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started with rainy snow…
flew east through and then over the clouds…
arrived in Ottawa and Cyndi met me and we took a bendy bus back to their place… almost immediately we headed downtown to Poutine Fest…
tasted six kinds of poutine, one of which was lobster…
yum, yum, yum…
the weather was beautiful, nice with just a sweater on… we walked to the Centennial Flame in front of the Parliament building where I took a few pics with my Nikon…
saw Quebec from a distance and returned to the apartment…
opened lovely birthday presents, which had a purple theme, had a short rest, and then headed to St. Laurent Mall to find something to wear tomorrow afternoon… we had a very productive visit…
home now and thinking about bed…
and I walked 11,535 steps today… think my teammates will be happy about that:-)…
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