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commemorate…

14 Friday Aug 2020

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what a wonderful evening we had on Wednesday…

our BS group met for dinner in the garden to celebrate a birthday…

I spent a good portion of the day ensuring that there were enough chairs available and physically distanced… it was very warm and the sun was shining in most of the garden…

in the end, we ate on the deck as it was shaded, lol… had dinner and dessert delivered and it was tasty…

after dinner we moved to the garden and carried on our visit…

took a very distanced photo as we usually commemorate special times together and I used my phone as the remote to take the shot…

although we video call each Monday night it was lovely to be together again in person…

polish…

10 Monday Aug 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, friend, happy, making memories, massage, moments, nail polish, pedicure, polish, purple, toes, widow

my toenails are purple again… I think they’ve been naked since January…

while we were at the cottage my friend and her daughter combined a red nail polish with a dark blue polish and produced a one-of-a kind, just for me, purple… it was lovely to have a foot massage and get my nails painted…

I keep looking down at my toes and thinking what is that, lol…

what a wonderful treat… I am so blessed…

fed…

10 Monday Aug 2020

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for five days I have been fed by others… what a wonderful treat… the majority of time I am fine with cooking, but some days I particularly miss my beloved, because he would often take a turn preparing our food…

the variety and complexity of meals was amazing… we had crepes, with freshly made blueberry sauce; spatchcock chicken with potato salad, pan stuffing and green beans; sausages and toast; hot dogs with onions; steak, baked potatoes and salad; bacon, eggs and toast; pork tenderloin, rice and roasted cauliflower; homemade enchiladas with guacamole and homemade sour cream; and the most tasty almond bars and Rice Krispie squares… plus many snacks…

my friends are both excellent cooks and they had nearly as much fun preparing the food as we had eating it…

my contribution was dishwashing, lol… and they use Dawn, which makes bubbles if you squeeze it;-), which I did, numerous times… I may have to switch to Dawn because the bubbles bring me such happiness…

I am glad to do dishes because it doesn’t involve any complicated activity and saves the cooks from cleanup after all their work to produce a meal;-)…

kayak…

09 Sunday Aug 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, friends, fun, kayak, learn new things, memories, moments, water, widow

had a great time learning to kayak this week…

for some reason I imagined that my legs would be uncomfortable, but that wasn’t the case at all…

I had a great instructor which made the whole process fairly smooth… of course the getting in and out was a process, but I had helpers;-)…

I really had fun and would like to do a bit more of it…

bedroom…

08 Saturday Aug 2020

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twice in July I have had dragonflies land on the screen in my bedroom…

although they sit there for hours, it is very hard to get a photo that shows their wings;-)…

I love dragonflies so it is a treat when they come to visit;-)…

foaming…

07 Friday Aug 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, foaming, grandson, habit, personal shopper, shopping, soap, widow

I was so excited when I got a call from my personal shopper (oldest grandson) asking if I still wanted the soap that we’d been looking for since March… I had just started using another brand of foam soap which I was finding had an overpowering smell, lol…

I am a creature of habit and found this particular foaming soap quite a few years ago… it is light and doesn’t really have a scent… which makes it perfect for me…

he picked up three containers so that I will not run out…

hurray…

bridge…

06 Thursday Aug 2020

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had a wonderful walk to and around a portion of Assiniboine Park…

it was a bit nerve wracking as I crossed the bridge, but no one else was crossing at the same time… I think if both people stay right at the edge there are six feet between them…

I made it to the English Garden only to discover that it doesn’t open until 9 am due to COVID-19…

instead I walked around the Riley Duck Pond, although there weren’t many ducks and geese around, lol…

did come across someone I know and we had a nice chat before going on our way…

nice to get that first trip done and hoping to do it again…

sadly I won’t be visiting the English Garden or Leo Mol Garden for a while, as I am walking very early so I don’t run into lots of individuals…

fence…

05 Wednesday Aug 2020

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big girl pants, construction, display, exposed, fence, moments, neighbours, watched, widow

the neighbours have been building a new fence…

I’ve watched the process… once the fence came down between our yards it seemed very exposed…

they cut down two volunteer elm trees that have been growing next to my garage and took all the junk to the dump…

then a company came, dug the holes for the posts, and installed them… the neighbour and a friend put up the frame and then they got most of the boards installed…

that looked very nice and he then worked on the gates and the cap;-)… pretty sure their puppy was happy when it was all done and she could get off the rope…

pleased to have it back up which makes me feel much less on display, lol…

accomplishment…

04 Tuesday Aug 2020

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beautiful day for a walk…

finished tidying for the cleaners and left the house just as they arrived… always feels like an accomplishment when everything is ready, lol…

I still don’t want to be in the house while they are here and don’t usually go back in for an hour after they leave, lol… once they are done they send a list of what they accomplished which is nice to review…

nineteen and sunny as I walked along a nearby street and many of the bunnies were out and about;-)…

this house caught my eye with the lovely flower beds… and lots of shade…

way more people out and about at 9 am than at 7, lol… got quite a few more steps as I crossed streets to stay out of their way…

pinky…

03 Monday Aug 2020

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big girl pants, coneflower, early, flowers, moments, morning glories, nature, pictures, pinky, purple, roses, walk, widow

on my walk this morning all the photos of flowers that I took were pinky/purple, lol…

although it was a holiday and I left the house a bit later than normal, there were few people out and about…

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