06 Monday May 2019
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as I walked up the street tonight I saw a few couples…
the mallard couple have been coming to this creek for many years… these might be the children or even grandchildren now…
a few steps further along I came across the bunny couple… they weren’t sitting quite as close together, lol…
nice walk…
01 Sunday Apr 2018
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amethyst, big girl pants, bunnies, chocolate, decorate, eggs, search, slice, strawberries, table, widow
yesterday, while my grandson was here we set the table for Easter dinner…
together we decided on the tablecloth, dishes, platters, bowls, and how we would put the gifts on the plates… I used to buy books for all the special times, but now they are bigger I give them gift cards so they can make their own choice of something to read… also had a chocolate bunny for each of them…
while we were out shopping we picked up an angel food cake, strawberries and whipping cream for dessert… he cut the strawberries up before he left…
when the family arrived this afternoon the boys searched for treats from the Easter bunny… they found tons of mini eggs…
I had Easter treats too… got myself a beautiful heart-shaped amethyst from Poco Inspired, the kids brought me a bag of Ferrero Rocher mini eggs, and apparently there is a bag on my daughter’s mantle in Ottawa waiting for me;-)…
29 Thursday Mar 2018
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day started sunny, but cold… then mid morning it started to snow…
the sun was back as we headed home…
the sunlight in the dining room shone on the bunnies…
although one of my grandsons said the wire one looked like a bird on Sunday, lol…
in the living room the flowers shone…
sunlight and shadows are so beautiful…
really happy to have the next four days off…
20 Sunday Aug 2017
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big girl pants, bunnies, family, fun, goats, grandsons, memories, moments, petting, petting zoo, Stonewall Quarry Days, widow
the daddy and I took the two younger boys to Stonewall Quarry Days…
they had the most fun in the Petting Zoo where they petted, picked up, and fed many animals…
the huge turtle, maybe it was a tortoise, was a big hit… and then the bunnies…
the hens were fun but they ran away a lot, lol…
feeding the goats was very entertaining… we bought two ice cream cones filled with pellets and they really took their time sharing them out amongst all the animals…
wonderful how they are getting more gentle with animals and understanding that they shouldn’t just dump all the food in one place all at once…
they are growing up and it is such a gift to be able to spend time with them on a regular basis…
30 Friday Jun 2017
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up a little early to be sure I made it to the dentist’s office on time for my cleaning and check-up… looked out the front window and spotted two bunnies across the street, so I had to run and get the camera to take a few photos…
great way to start a Friday;-)…
only waited a few minutes to get in to see the hygienist and everything went well… even the x-rays…
my daughter called me to see if I wanted to go with them to see a movie after work… she picked me up and off we went to their house for Chinese food before the show…
she showed me her new tattoo… George’s signature on her wrist… she’s been thinking about having it done since he died…
at the movie I ate a whole bag of popcorn and am feeling just a little sick now, lol…
they dropped me at my car at the office and on my way home I stopped and got gas for Shadow…
took a picture of the moon while I was waiting for the fill and then when I was home and looked out the window, I noticed the star/planet just below and to the left…
not a great shot of the moon but you can see the planet…
very full day…
16 Sunday Apr 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, bunnies, dinner, Easter, family, grandson, help, moments, treats, widow
this afternoon I watched a bunny run across the neighbour’s yard… it looked tired, lol…
when the kids arrived my son-in-law fixed the floppy siding – which makes so much noise when it comes loose… which happens every now and then… and the garage door which had shifted and wouldn’t stay closed… for the last week I’ve had a stool up against it on the inside of the garage and had to come and go from the front of the house using the rolling door… been a bit of a pain… but, now it is fixed… yay…
the youngest brought me a picture he’d made for grandparents’ day at his school… he shared that he had traced the flower pot which was used as a template by the rest of his classmates;-)…
had picked up chocolate bunnies, gift cards for some of their favourite places, and fancy cookies…
and the Easter bunny had dropped off some mini eggs in the living and dining rooms…
had a lovely dinner… everyone lent a hand to get the last minute jobs done… my daughter is the meat/poultry carver… my oldest grandson now does the potato mashing, the two younger ones carry things out to the table… after dinner my son-in-law leads the clean-up brigade… by the time they leave the kitchen looks great and there is nothing left for me to do…
here’s how the table looked tonight…
and here’s how it looked last year…
always try to have lots of flowers, and bunnies…
my beloved has been gone five years but this is the sixth Easter without him… and for whatever reason I was missing him especially today…
spent some time thinking of the fun we had over the years as we celebrated Easter together and with the kids…
moments…
10 Saturday Dec 2016
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beloved, big girl pants, bunnies, comfortable, ornaments, purple, shine, star, sun, tracks
was up very early but excited to spot a star out the window… we have had little sunlight for over a week and the sky has been gray day and night… the star meant there was actual visible sky out there… yay…
kept stopping what I was doing to get some shots of the sunshine…
had to put my visor down because of the sun… woohoo…
had some fun with the ornaments on one of the trees…
lots of shine from outside…
it is so beautiful outside with all the snow… have to stop every time I go by a window… more fun from the inside as it has turned very chilly out there… -30 Celsius at the moment…
the critters are making lots of tracks in the garden… have spotted a few squirrels but no bunnies so far, although there are lots of bunny paw prints…
realizing how comfortable those big girl pants are much of the time… I’ve sorted out shovelling and looking after things like the hot tub without the blink of an eye…
but I sure do miss my beloved…
12 Friday Aug 2016
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big girl pants, bunnies, crowds, English Garden, Leo Mol, Lyric Theatre, people, water lilies, widow
today, if I’ve seen one bunny, I’ve seen twenty-five…
this was the first one on my first walk to the Park…
saw at least two more on the way and then spotted this one in the English Garden…
there were crowds of squirrels as well…
on my way home spotted this one and its partner…
at nine in the morning the Lyric Theatre looked like this…
at nine at night it looked like this…
and that doesn’t show the other two-thirds of the people that crowded in behind us…
in the Leo Mol Garden, early, there were a handful of people and the water lilies were still closed…
bit early for them to bloom…
but by five pm they were all open…
and the Gardens were jam packed with Pokemon Go players…
what a difference ten hours can make…
07 Thursday Jul 2016
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big girl pants, bunnies, cat, empty, outside, pond, squirrels, summer school, visitor, widow
seemed like the outside was front and centre today…
woke up early to a strange noise outside and when I went out to see what it was, discovered that the pond was nearly empty…
spent the next 45 minutes topping it up…
as I was backing down the driveway looked to my right and spotted this guy snacking on the neighbour’s lawn…
I must have sat there for five minutes watching… fun start to the day… I do love bunnies…
by the school, as I was waiting for the light to change, I watched a couple of kids waiting to cross the street going to the school… summer school, maybe…
as I drove up to the house at the end of the day I discovered this on my front step…
didn’t move while I went back to the car to get the phone to take a picture… sat there while I took out the garbage, recycling and yard waste… four trips back and forth… didn’t move…
finally sauntered off the step when I opened the door from the inside to see if there was any mail… apparently that carpet is cozy…
been watching the squirrels fight over the feeder for the last few hours… they are unable to share, so one tosses the other off every few minutes, lol… not clear to me if the same one is always the one left…
28 Monday Dec 2015
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big girl pants, bunnies, cats, coconut, Guylian, laundry, Lindt, shortbread, squirrels, sun, tracks, treats
sun was out again today… yay…
spent a bit of time at the window watching to see if I could spot any of the critters that have made numerous tracks through the garden…
didn’t spot any… I’m sure that some are from the squirrels and the neighbourhood cats, but maybe some are from bunnies too…
finished up the laundry from when my company was here… now towels, sheets and tablecloths are all clean and put away…
tonight I treated myself to a shortbread cookie from a friend and one of my Lindt coconut balls… they only come out at Christmas time and my daughter brought me a little collection of them…
also have some Guylian chocolates to enjoy…
being careful not to have too many treats because I don’t want my A1C to be high when I next have it tested…
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