20 Thursday Nov 2025
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had a lovely day with my buddies…
we spent time at WAG/Qaumajuq checking out the various galleries;-)… so much to see…
this piece of art was the only one I took a photo of, and apparently a bit crooked, lol…
from there we walked over to the White Star Diner for lunch… fun time and tasty food…
we do love celebrating birthdays😊…
15 Saturday Feb 2025
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Banff, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, buddies, card, clothing, family, friends, hearts, moments, pizza, red, Valentine's Day, widow
yesterday, for Valentine’s Day, I wore a lovely red pullover that my beloved got me in Banff, many, many, years ago;-)… it is one of the few pieces of red clothing that I own…
a lovely reminder of him and how romantic he was, particularly at Valentine’s…
I received an early phone call from my daughter and had my breakfast in a heart-shaped bowl…
lunch was a heart-shaped pizza, yum…
all of which was quite lovely…
ended the day with a hand-delivered card from my little buddies next door;-)… what a treat;-)…
12 Tuesday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blanket, blessed, buddies, deck, friends, garden, geese, happy, jacket, moments, nap, nature, outside, skeins, sunshine, weather, widow
what a delightful time I had yesterday…
spent an hour and a half on the deck, reading in the glorious sunshine…
started out with a blanket and my winter jacket, but eventually put away the blanket and changed to my spring jacket… woohoo…
while I was out there I heard at least two skeins of geese fly by, although I never did see any of them, lol…
spent a few hours with my Monday buddies, read in the living room, and napped;-)…
08 Monday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, buddies, coffee, cookies, friends, gather, holidays, moments, pistachios, time, widow
had a great time with my buddies…
we usually meet every week, but over the holidays we didn’t gather, so I was very happy to see them today;-)…
had a fun time preparing the coffee, setting out pistachios and digging out some cookies to share…
we always have a good time when we gather…
excellent start to the new year…
25 Monday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, buddies, car trouble, friends, gifts, happy, moments, Olympia Diner, process, restaurant, time, treat, widow
on Wednesday I had a lovely lunch with my BS buddies… we went to the Olympia Diner and had delicious food, lots of laughs and shared great stories…
it was quite the process for us all to get there as car trouble caused a bit of excitement, but eventually we all made it…
the food is always tasty and the portions are large… I had spanakopita, with lemon potatoes and Caesar salad, and had leftovers for the next day…
parcels were exchanged (which will be opened on Christmas), and one gift was our lunch… a lovely treat…
we always try to get a holiday photo and our waitperson took a number of photos to be sure we had a good one…
these women are so important to me and such a gift;-)…
11 Monday Nov 2019
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on this Remembrance Day, I watched the Ottawa ceremony on tv, thinking of the members of my family and all the others whose service provided us with the freedom we enjoy… I also thought proudly of my sick son-in-law who was participating in the service I was watching…
then when I was in the kitchen I decided to make a few dishes from those who have left us…
I started with homemade coleslaw which I’ve been craving for a while… it is based on a recipe from a special woman who often fed large groups of people, so my well-worn recipe has a few different options for measurements, lol…
then I made chicken and dumplings, one of my mom’s recipes…
finally I decided on meatballs and sauce… I used store-bought meatballs but made my dad’s homemade sauce… the recipe is just in my head… I cooked spaghetti and packaged meals for lunches and suppers this week…
will share some of these meals as I don’t like to freeze things if I don’t have to;-)…
ended the evening with my BS buddies… I truly am blessed…
14 Monday May 2018
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big girl pants, birthday, buddies, cafe, cloud, flowers, friends, petunia, walk, widow, Yafa Cafe
took some nice shots over the last few days… the cloud formation was very pretty last night… and this morning I took a few photos of the flowers that we picked up yesterday… one is quite beautiful, called starry sky… it is a petunia and I’m not fond of them but it was too beautiful not to bring home…
once I got home tonight I walked over to the Yafa Cafe to meet my buddies for a birthday dinner… we tried a number of items and enjoyed them all…
lovely time with wonderful women;-)…
21 Thursday Dec 2017
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big girl pants, blessed, buddies, Cafe Dario, celebration, friends, greenery, lobster, moments, treats, widow
had a holiday celebration with my buddies today…
as I was waiting for my ride, went out and took a few pictures of the greenery and actually cut off the hangers from two of them… been meaning to do that for ages and used the new clippers I picked up yesterday…
we had a wonderful lunch at Cafe Dario… I had the Caribbean lobster tail grilled and smothered with compound butter… yum… others had the beef, duck and chicken… all were delicious…
it was busy and fairly loud but by the time we were finished eating it had emptied out and we traded gifts before heading to our various activities…
here’s the collection that I brought home…
sure am blessed with my friends and treats and special moments…
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