trail…

12 Friday Oct 2018

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big girl pants, camera, Friday, plants, sunshine, trail, trail mix, walk, widow

today was my first Friday back in the office since May…

started the day with a visit to the dentist’s office… have lovely clean teeth now…

dressed casual to ease back into being in the office on a Friday, lol… and brought a snack for everyone… it was the leftover trail mix from Thanksgiving dinner… I had picked up a number of bulk seeds, nuts and smarties and mixed them together… came out great and everyone loved it…

on my lunch break I went for a walk in the sunshine and checked out some cameras… still looking for just the right one to replace my Nikon…

a few pretty plants out there although they were looking a bit rough around the edges close up…

coolpix…

25 Saturday Aug 2018

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big girl pants, camera, coolpix, missing, Nikon, old friend, repair, replacement, widow, zoom

I am really missing my camera… on the first day of our camping trip it died…

the zoom opened, but then would not close… I tried all the possibilities – turned it off, turned it back on, took out the battery… sadly, nothing worked…

this is how it still looks, sigh…

at this point I don’t think it is worth repairing… I’ve had it for at least ten years and it has been repaired two or three times… don’t think it is worth the money… current technology is so advanced that now is the time to look into a new model…

I’ve been looking into replacing it and had hoped it would last until Christmas, but no such luck… it feels like an old friend so it is sad to see it go… will have to save up for a while to get a replacement…

it is quite amazing how much you can miss something or someone….

display…

31 Wednesday Jan 2018

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big girl pants, camera, display, early, eclipse, happy, moon, photos, widow

got up at six am as I was heading into the office early with a colleague as we were carpooling…

hadn’t planned to get up early to watch the eclipse because it was supposed to be overcast…

when I looked out the window I was so excited to actually see the moon in the midst of the eclipse…

got out my camera and tripod and took a few pictures…

between taking photos and making my lunch I sat and watched the beautiful display out my front window…

what a glorious start to the day…

no spectacular shots but I did have lots of fun…

favourites…

04 Tuesday Apr 2017

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big girl pants, camera, Chihuly, favourites, hibiscus, ladybug, shells, tree, widow

in my camera app you can save favourites…

when I like a picture for some reason or other, I put it into the favourites folder and wait for the right time to use it…

today I have a few that I’ve been saving and thought I would share…

on one of our walks on vacation I took this picture of a lovely hibiscus…

this shot of the new shell additions to the living room table… one square has the purchased ones and the other all of the ones we found along the beach…

newest page on my Chihuly calendar…

I love April…

this cute little ladybug was wandering along the baseboard in the bedroom the other day…

wonderfully gnarled tree in the English Gardens…

once I’ve used them I remove them from Favourites… and on to the next;-)…

brush…

23 Monday Jan 2017

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got out to the car around 7:15 pm and there were huge fluffy snowflakes on it… not tons, but enough that I needed to brush them off…

was in a hurry to get home as my Monday night friends arrive between 7:30 and 8 and I wanted to have the coffee going when they turn up…

got out the brush and then had to go back into my purse and get out the camera so I could take a few pictures…

luckily my spot is right by a light so I could get some good shots…

this was the best one…

snowflakes are so beautiful… glad I took the time to check them out…

giggle…

10 Tuesday Jan 2017

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bendy bus, big girl pants, camera, forgot, fun, giggle, morning glory, pictures, Pokémon, widow

been a crazy busy day… but lots of fun…

had to giggle at lunchtime when I realized I forgot the hot portion of my lunch in the fridge at home, but I did bring the veggies, lol…

enjoyed taking photos throughout the day… a treat to spend time with my camera…

my grandson met me at the office and on our drive home we watched a bendy bus go by…

he took this shot for me… bendy busses make me smile whenever I see them…

on our slow drive home – it was very slippery and every car was moving at a snail’s pace – he caught numerous Poke balls and a few Pokémon as well…

he shovelled, I cooked, and when he was done, sent him home with dinner when his dad picked him up on his way home from work…

then I spotted sprouts in the Morning Glory can…

woo hoo…

tech…

16 Wednesday Nov 2016

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Apple Store, big girl pants, camera, eTransfers, iPhone, tech, technophile, widow

been working with a lot of difficult technology issues over the last few weeks…

makes me happy when my own technology is working well, lol…

when I was in Atlanta with my daughter in June she had this cool gadget that would let you upload photos from your camera directly onto you iPhone… as soon as I got home I picked one up at the Apple Store and carry it with me all the time, along with my camera…

I’ve also been starting to use eTransfers… my credit union has just started to take them… my kids and friends are starting to send me money and I even know how to send it to others, lol… it is very cool…

a young friend commented on how well my big girl pants are fitting when we discussed a recent eTransfer, lol… she is a technophile as well…

privileged…

03 Monday Oct 2016

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big girl pants, camera, cleaners, flowers, health, leaves, lunch, money, priviledged, walk, widow, work

been reminded a few times recently of how privileged I am…

today I was able to take an extra half hour and have lunch with a great friend… we try to get together every month or so and check out different downtown restaurants, mostly within walking distance of my office… today we went to the Velvet Glove…

had a good visit and a fine meal…

not only am I able to take a little extra time for lunch but get to spend time with friends…

did laugh at the end of the day when I realized how much of what I ate was green… even the soup had green pumpkin seeds in it, lol…

yesterday I walked to and around the English and Leo Mol Gardens with my camera… another privilege that many people don’t have…

the fact that I have the time, am fit and healthy and able to take on such an activity is great too…still lots of flowers around… and the leaves are turning colour at an alarming rate… for some of my walk it felt like it was raining leaves…