26 Tuesday Aug 2014
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beaver tails, big girl pants, ByWard Market, farm, maple leaf, Ottawa Day 2, paddleboat, walking
saw Cyndi off to work and then went back to bed…
when we were all up, we headed to the Experimental Farm and saw some animals…
liked the donkey…
we learned some of the science of agriculture…saw some lovely gardens…
the boys did some paddling…
we spent some time at the mall and finished off our adventure with beaver tails at ByWard Market…
full, but fun day… now to rest my feet, lol…
24 Sunday Aug 2014
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tonight the sky turned dark and the wind blew like crazy…
eventually it blew the storm right past us…
the sun shone through the clouds and the light in the front and back was beautiful…
the kids came over, mowed and whipper snipped the front yard, which looked as though the house had been abandoned, lol, and then we had supper before they headed home…
my nine year old grandson stayed behind… we had a fun time in the hot tub, found markers and colouring books, and cards for his backpack and he has headed to bed…
my suitcase and carry on are packed and we are ready to go…
taxi is picking us up at 6:15 and we will be on our way to Ottawa to visit Cyndi and Ron…
23 Saturday Aug 2014
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ahhhh, big girl pants, breakfast, dimsum, family, morning glory, packing
lovely first day of vacation…
up early and walked over to “the A” to have breakfast with my daughter…
of course I had to check the morning glories… still can’t believe it was the purple ones that seeded themselves…
it was misty when I stepped outside and Bruce Park looked cool…
delicious breakfast and good to spend time with my girl…
then we shopped at a few places… met the rest of the family and my nephew for dimsum and headed home…
had a nap, watched tv and ate leftover roti for my dinner…
got out my suitcase and started packing…
21 Thursday Aug 2014
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after I was dressed and ready to leave this morning, the power went out…
called Hydro with my cell because the house phone was dead… then I spent some time trying to decide whether to stay home or go to the office…
decided to head to work… on the way out I took a few pictures of the first morning glories… they seeded themselves from last year…
and they are purple…
got into the garage and went to push the button to open the garage door… duh… maybe I wasn’t going to work, lol…
called my daughter and while she was on the phone I pulled the cord that released the motor from the door…
opened it and drove the car out… closed it but it wouldn’t lock… didn’t know what to do and it was late, so I left it unlocked…
colleagues suggested it would reset when the power came on…
got a call about noon from Hydro advising that it was back…
when I got home I manually opened it and put the car in… tried the button and the motor came on but the door didn’t do anything… tried opening it higher but that still didn’t work…
went across the lane and asked my neighbour for help… he came over and showed me how to hook the motor back to the door…
if I have to do this again, will likely need to put the ladder in the empty garage to get up high enough, lol…
now, if only I can remember what to do…
20 Wednesday Aug 2014
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a few days ago as I was driving on my way to work, I saw a plastic cup, a water bottle and a soft drink can within about four blocks in my neighbourhood… downtown it is much worse, even though there are garbage cans in many places…
makes me crazy and also worried that people are just not caring about their surroundings…
I still put wrappers or other dry garbage in my pockets to take home when I am out and there isn’t a garbage can or recycling bin close by…
although George smoked he rarely tossed a butt out the window of the car or left it on the street…
the girls learned very early that littering was just not done…
crazy…
tonight I took a picture of another scary thing… a spider den in the basement… it has been there for a while now and every time I go down to the basement I have to check to make sure the spider, which is very big, is not out of his nest…
spider den in the drywall…
will have to have my son-in-law deal with it this weekend…
big girl pants aren’t fitting so well today…
19 Tuesday Aug 2014
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I am so blessed… I have an abundance of everything I need…
tonight I was in the garden pulling rhubarb and thinking about how fortunate I am…
I could see the flowers in bloom, hear the sound of the waterfall, watch the school of fish swimming in the pond, feel the warm air on my skin…
I have food to eat, a place over my head, work that I enjoy, and a group of friends and family to love…
plenty… of everything I need…
15 Friday Aug 2014
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and smell the roses, or in this case, the flowers…
I was rushing off to work but had to stop in the garden and get a few shots of these blossoms…
if you remember last time when I came home at the end of the day the flower had fallen off… wasn’t sure if it was the wind…
but, tonight, when I got into the garden the blossoms were both on the ground… possibly another one-day only flowering plant… must see if I can figure out the name of it…
there is another blossom which will hopefully open on the weekend and I can spend some time by the pond enjoying it…
14 Thursday Aug 2014
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the sky was lovely this morning as I drove to work… there were soft clouds across the sky which blurred the sun…
I got great pictures of beautiful roses with my phone and camera… I do love to take pictures of flowers…
on my way home I had to stop at Dairy Queen for a Blizzard… it was only to help the kids at Children’s Hospital, lol…
emptied the basement fridge freezer and put the garbage out for tomorrow’s pick up… excited to have the fridge and freezer down there removed by Hydro… they come on Monday to deal with the big freezer and Thursday for the fridge… already have some boxes down there for give away items and garbage…
I really have so much to be grateful for…
13 Wednesday Aug 2014
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big girl pants, Empty Full, goldfinch, moments, savour, shadows
today I found opportunities to savour the moments… spent a few minutes enjoying the gorgeous gladiolas and the light and shadow cast by the sun…
as I was backing out of the driveway I spotted one of the goldfinches at the front feeder… took a few moments to watch and get a few pictures… rarely do I get this close to them…
Empty Full has just been worked on and the waterfall and mist were beautiful this morning…
tonight I spent time by the pond and watched a squirrel enjoying a snack at one of the feeders… must have spent half an hour watching it, lol…
day full of wonderful moments…
08 Friday Aug 2014
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yesterday for my lunch I had shrimp rolls…
they were a treat from one of my colleagues who knows how much I love them…
they were the person who introduced me to shrimp rolls in the first place…
when George died, everyone from work came to be with me… they came in groups of twos and threes, and always brought me food…
I had no appetite and hadn’t eaten for days and when I finally did eat something it was one of the shrimp rice rolls…
I’ve had them a few times since, but yesterday it brought back all the memories…
they still taste yummy…
