the light on the trees was great the other day… had to take some pictures…
so lucky to live in an area with trees everywhere…
light…
03 Monday Feb 2020
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theatre…
02 Sunday Feb 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, dinner, friends, fun, lunch, memories, moments, P.F. Changs, PTE, theatre, time, treat, widow
dinner and the theatre… well, more like lunch and the theatre, lol…
tried out PF Changs before we went to PTE…
it is a nice spot although a bit loud… we were treated to a dynamite shrimp cocktail while we waited for our lunch… it was delicious…
we ordered and shared two items… Crispy Honey Shrimp and Kung Pow Brussels sprouts… both were good…
there was an issue with our bill but the manager was able to sort it out and offered us a dessert the next time we go…
from there it was off to PTE, where we saw Ghost Light… it was very well done with a minimal set… it was both funny and poignant…
I do enjoy our theatre dates;-)…
aquarium…
01 Saturday Feb 2020
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had the best time watching the videos we took when we were in Maui…
gave the card, from the GoPro we rented, to my daughter when we came home and just got my copy when I was in Ottawa…
spent quite some time trying to get photos from the videos and eventually found the option to save a single frame as a picture;-)… that was entertaining…
the smile on my face says it all… snorkelling was such fun and being in the giant aquarium with the fish and turtles was amazing;-)…
such a lovely reminder of the wonderful time we had in and under the water…
also, there were photos that my daughter took of me on the stand-up paddle board…
need to spend a bit more time working on balance…
such wonderful memories;-)…
cluttered…
31 Friday Jan 2020
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had some fun when I was tidying up the tv/guest room… the cleaners are coming on Monday and it was a bit cluttered in there…
put many things away and in the process found some valentine hearts and other items and put them out;-)…
love is in the air;-)…
expedition…
29 Wednesday Jan 2020
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went out on a shopping expedition today with a friend…
checked out the Fromagerie Bothwell on Provencher… I thought it was just a cheese store, but it isn’t… it has all manner of other locally produced goodies as well… I picked up some De Luca’s pasta sauce, a pepperoni and cheese snack, soft goat cheese, and some of their marble cheese…
from there we went along the street to Chocolatier Constance Popp where I picked up some coconut dark chocolate macaroons (delicious), a sugar-free bar, a coconut and lime bar and finally a Manitobar to send to my daughter… that was fun…
back to St. James to check out Winners/Homesense… found a number of items which had been on my shopping list for a while… a cute little backpack, thermal socks, salt for my grinder, a soap dish, a lemon squeezer and a small container for my bedside table…
great fun…
happiness…
27 Monday Jan 2020
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one of the reasons I went shopping on Sunday was to get flowers…
it is that season again when I really need them to brighten the atmosphere in the house… it is also a time when I particularly miss my beloved…
he always made sure I had flowers all the time during these cold and dreary months… and all over the house…
I can see and smell them in every room;-)…
I hope you have something in your life that brings you happiness…
keychain…
26 Sunday Jan 2020
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Friday I received a parcel in the mail…
in it was the cutest handmade keychain…
a gift from my daughter… she is planning to send me something regularly throughout the year — instead of an Advent calendar that just comes in December;-)…
how lovely is that…
I love all the pieces it is made of, but the little bird is a reminder of the wonderful morning we spent at Mer Bleue feeding the chickadees…
my goal for the Spring is to train my chickadees to eat from my hand… this is a wonderful reminder…
I am very excited to get working on this…
jungle…
24 Friday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, home, jungle, light, moments, orchid, plants, purple, sunshine, widow
Monday I wandered around the living and dining rooms taking photos of the plants in the sunlight…
it was shining so beautifully on the jungle of plants that are filling the space… the furniture and even the purple snowflakes in the window were just beautiful;-)…
I’ve being paying close attention when it is shining to be sure to enjoy the light…
what a glorious time… sunshine is so energizing…
composting…
23 Thursday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, composting, family, green, Ottawa, paper towels, recycle, widow
I’ve been trying to be a little more caring of the planet…
while in Ottawa I was reminded of their recycling programs…
garbage is only put out every second week and cardboard and other recyclables are collected on the other… composting happens every week…
my daughter has been green for many years and she is an example for me to follow…
she has been composting and using cloth (not paper) towels for years… hers snap together and roll up like regular paper towels…
I am going to stop using paper towels… I’ve watched a few programs recommending ways to accomplish this… going to give it a try…
I’ve gathered some face clothes and dish towels that weren’t being used much… I have the clean ones on top of the microwave, ones I am still using on the counter, and a bin for the ones ready to be laundered…
already I can see that I am reusing them more even before putting them into the bin…
bricks…
22 Wednesday Jan 2020
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another lovely quiet day…
so happy to know that my shovellers will be by whenever it snows… Saturday it was the partner who did it all with a shovel… there was a lot of snow out there…
when it wasn’t snowing or blowing it was beautiful…
last night the city plowed the street and built some good sized windrows in front of the sidewalk… they did a great job cleaning out the end of the driveway though…
I texted my shovelled and he was by within an hour to clear out the bricks of frozen snow…
think this process is going to work well for both of us… him, not having to dig it out when it has frozen back into one large clump and me, having a clear walkway for my company…
