30 Tuesday Jul 2024
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this memory came up from July 28, 2013, lol…
and this photo is from Friday morning, the 26th after a night out;-)…
it was cool with a lovely breeze, so once again no mosquitoes;-)…
the lounge chair was nice, but the air mattress is definitely more comfy…
it is so nice to have a sleep-out… like camping, without the travel, lol…
31 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, camping, comforters, deck, garden, lounger, moments, nature, nest, night, rain, sleep, stars, weather, widow
on Friday evening I brought the lounger onto the deck and put a number of comforters on it…
then, once it was dark I headed out for my version of camping, lol…
had a pretty good sleep and enjoyed looking at the stars whenever I woke up during the night… and there were no mosquitoes;-)…
the weather looked good and that went so well that I decided to sleep out again on Saturday night…
around 4:30 am drops began to land on me😳, and shortly thereafter all of the paraphernalia was on the kitchen floor and I headed upstairs to my bed, lol…
10 Wednesday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, camping, garden, moments, mosquitoes, nature, sleepout, widow
had a sleepout on the deck a few nights ago…
quite a few mosquitoes, so I didn’t go out until around eleven, and by then they were mostly gone… and there were none around in the morning…
this was my cozy little nest…
there weren’t a ton of stars, but the ones I saw were bright…
always fun to go camping, lol… and the washrooms are excellent;-)…
30 Monday Aug 2021
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17 Monday May 2021
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big girl pants, camping, garden, memories, moments, nature, photos, remembering, skunk, smell, widow
this morning, as I was reading in the garden, a small skunk darted under the gate from the back lane, along the sidewalk, and out to the driveway…
it was way too quick for a photo, yikes… I had smelled what I thought were coffee grounds when I woke up and wondered where the scent had come from… now I know…
reminded me of the time we were camping and a skunk sauntered through the campsite as we were sitting by the fire…
the girls jumped on top of the picnic table while I sat still as it wandered along under the table, by my feet, and then out of the site…
I thought if it was going to spray us, standing on the table wouldn’t help, lol…
this time I did go and close the garage door so if it came back it wouldn’t go in there…
11 Thursday Feb 2021
I always put sweetener and evaporated milk in my tea… usually the can goes into the fridge, but yesterday I poured my evaporated milk into a container as the can had a dent from being dropped as it was brought up to the house, lol…
the container came from Atlanta when we were there in 2016 to see the Chihuly Exhibit… we went to a Farmers Market and I picked up a chocolate drink in it… it was tasty…
lovely to remember the fun we had;-)…
it also reminded me of our camping trips over the last few years… well, not last year…
keeping my milk in the jar saved spills in the cooler, not that that ever happened;-)…
fun to remember the history of items in the house…
27 Monday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, camping, deck, family, garden, grandson, hot tub, memories, moments, monarchs, nature, space station, stuffing, time, widow, youngest
my youngest grandson and I spent a few days together… it was lovely as we don’t get to spend the amount of one-on-one time that I have with the other boys…
we did a few chores around the garden and spent a great amount of time with the monarch butterflies…
we planned meals, watched the fish, birds and squirrels, and talked about life… he was even happy to take a selfie with me;-)…
we made stuffing muffins (chicken stuffing put into muffin pans), one of his favourites, lol… we had chicken and mashed potatoes for our supper to go along with the muffins… we made twice stuffed potatoes for our second supper and he reminded me to put in green onions as he likes the flavour they add to food now…
we watched the space station fly over from the hot tub…
we slept out on the decks… he thought it was a very funny thing to do, but got right into it, bringing out his comforter, a blanket and pillows;-)… I slept in the gravity chair, which wasn’t as comfortable as the lounger I normally use…
he played games with his friends on his phone and watched tv shows when it was too hot (and maybe boring) for him outside…
how wonderful it was for me to have these special moments with this young man;-)…
09 Thursday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, camping, deck, garden, memories, moments, sleep, space station, squirrels, widow
last night I went camping on the deck…
instead of putting out the big air mattress, I brought up the lounge chair, put two cushions on it, brought out a quilt, a throw and a pillow and settled down for the night…
the space station was going to be visible at 3:22 a.m. so it seemed like a good idea;-)…
I did wake up around 3, but the sky was covered in clouds so I went back to sleep and when I woke up this morning it was clear again…
as I lay there I could feel the squirrels running over the deck beside me, lol…
such fun;-)…
02 Monday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, camping, family, garden, grandson, magic, making memories, moments, pizza, pond, widow, Za
yesterday my grandson came over…
he cleaned the pump in the pond, but for some reason it wouldn’t start up… will have to get my son-in-law over to see if his magic fingers can get it going…
we went to Za Pizza Bistro for supper with some out-of-town family… first time I’ve been there and it was delicious… I was able to have a white sauce on mine, which I really enjoy, and the crust was thin and crispy… it was great fun choosing the exact toppings I wanted…
before it got dark he headed home on his bike…
I really enjoy spending time with him…
30 Friday Aug 2019
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our last day of camping was sunny but windy…
after a hike along the beach the decision was made not to take the boat out… the whitecaps were big…
got some great photos along the way…
so, we packed up and headed toward home… we stopped at Seven Sisters Falls on the way and had a lovely wander along the river…
beautiful scenery… a reminder of lovely visits that my beloved and I took to this spot… it was fun for the boys to see it for the first time…
while we were there the boys spotted many frogs… made me giggle because I often take photos of frogs… they use a much more hands-on approach…
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