28 Saturday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, colours, home, look out, memorable, moments, nature, photos, sky, time, weather, widow, window
the sky today has been a beautiful canvas of colour and light…
woke up and saw this gorgeous view… had to run back and get my iPhone so I could take a few pictures…
this was just after eight am;-)…
and tonight around seven pm…
both memorable;-)… what a treat to spend a few moments enjoying the beauty…
19 Wednesday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, caterpillars, change, colours, flowers, garden, milkweed, moments, monarch, multiply, nature, plants, pond, purple, widow
strange happenings with the milkweed…
I am very happy as they continue to multiply…
not too many caterpillars, and they seem to nest on the plants closer to a wall rather than the ones nearest to the pond… maybe there is more protection from predators there… too bad for me, as pictures are easier beside the pond, lol…
the odd thing is that the plants along the edge of the pond, all with the same origin, have produced two different coloured flowers…
the usual pink/purple flowers…
and these white ones which are turning yellow…
will be interesting to see what they do next year, lol…
06 Thursday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, colours, decorations, Fall, halloween, moments, nature, walk, weather, widow
went for a walk the other day and enjoyed the colours…
the trees were looking so beautiful…
I came across these Halloween decorations just waiting to be turned on…
I bet they will look great when they are blown up…
I had a lovely time…
07 Monday Oct 2019
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the sky has been doing some quite lovely things…
last night I got a great shot out the front window and the daylight this morning was amazing…
the colours came out exactly as I saw them… that doesn’t always happen…
13 Wednesday Jun 2018
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the last few days I’ve been watching the sky on my travels to and from the office…
a few mornings the sun has been sending rays through the clouds… of course I never get to take pictures on the drive…
this particular picture is from the night we went to a soccer game close to me… the sky that night was a show of great views… in the end the game was cancelled due to lightning… I really liked the sun shining down through the clouds…
the sun against the blue sky in the evenings has been lovely as well…
I was looking through my photos to find a picture that would show the beauty…
the pinks and blues of this shot last Friday don’t really replicate the amazing colour that evening…
it is always wonderful to take the time to enjoy the beauty around us…
more and more I focus on those moments…
15 Friday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, cold, colours, cool, Friday, overcast, SkipTheDishes, sky, virginia creeper, widow
this morning the sky was overcast and dull…
and it was rather cool…
got a few pictures of the Virginia creeper growing up the fireplace chimney at the front of the house…
the colours sure are cool…
very happy that it is Friday… seems like it has been a long week…
I am getting the start of a cold, which is not cool, sigh, so I treated myself to a lovely Thali dinner via SkipTheDishes…
20 Saturday May 2017
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started my day with tea in my newest mug… it’s the one my grandson brought me from Chicago…
feels nice in my hand and keeps the tea warm…
out for lunch with my daughter…
had spicy mussels with flash fried Brussels sprouts… yummy…
went window shopping for plants for the garden… did pick up a couple of butterfly bushes… they are white and will smell like vanilla… not exactly the type I was wanting but these are supposed to be perennials… we will see… also got two water hyacinth… will keep them in the house till it is just a bit warmer…
have decided that I am going to focus on white, purple and blue for the colours in the garden…
thanks to both of my girls I found some purple pots… been looking for a while and haven’t seen any… on the phone this morning with my Ottawa daughter she mentioned that she’d seen some at Loblaws… my Winnipeg daughter took me to Superstore this afternoon while we were out and about and I found a bunch…
very happy because my pots have been cracking and breaking for the last year or so…
now to fill them up… as soon as the weather makes up its mind that it really is Spring, lol…
27 Tuesday Sep 2016
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autumn, begonia, big girl pants, blessed, colours, flowers, gardenia, purple, trees, widow, work
so excited this morning to take a few pictures of the gardenia blossoms…
there are eight or nine buds and I can hardly wait for them to open…
autumn is coming on strong… as I was driving home tonight I stopped on a side street and got a picture of the trees…
the colours are changing daily, maybe even hourly…
and even in the cooler weather there are plants blooming like crazy…
this planter is filled with neverending begonia blooms, and some lobelia…
took a few minutes to savour the beauty of the freshly purpled door… it is beautiful…
today marks four years since my return to work following my cancer/hernia surgery… I had been off for ten weeks…
I am so blessed… in so many ways…
25 Sunday Sep 2016
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Baby, bench, big girl pants, colours, errands, FaceTime, George, memories, PokeStops, snuggles, walk, widow
another fall day… overcast with rain off and on…
drove to the Formal Gardens at the Park and walked two loops… it was drizzling about half the time I was walking…
needed poke balls and this is a great place to find PokeStops and get in the walking, all at the same time…
the actual garden always looks lovely and you can see how the wind was blowing…
the trees are starting to change colour and it was hard to decide which picture to put up…
last time I walked in this spot a friend shared that her family had a memorial bench for her husband there, as they would walk this circle and he often needed to stop and take a break…
the bench says stop and rest awhile so I sat down for a few minutes and listened to the geese flying overhead… a special moment… reminded me of George and my special bench in the Leo Mol Garden and the memories that fill my heart when I sit there, even now…
still haven’t seen the trees turning red in the East so I’m always looking for bright colours here, lol…
when I got home after running a few errands I had the marvellous gift of spending an hour with this lovely baby and her mom… and my Ottawa daughter via FaceTime… we had a wonderful visit and lots of baby snuggles…
snuggled up on the bed, watched tv and read while my dinner was cooking…
11 Thursday Feb 2016
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aroma, big girl pants, colours, mushroom, portobello, slice, soap, waste
had a bit of a giggle today… saw the most beautiful soap slices on the counter in the washroom…
sadly, the aroma overpowered me… won’t be using that particular washroom for the next while… but the colours were beautiful…
tonight I made a portobello burger for my supper…
the mushrooms were soaked in a marinade for about an hour and then baked in the oven for twenty minutes…
delicious…
this is the second time I’ve made this recipe… and I’ve been pleasantly surprised as to how great it tastes… didn’t miss meat at all… wasn’t sure when I sliced it in half if it would topple over, though… used up the last of the ciabatta buns…
really happy with the way I am using up all of my food purchases without waste… preplanning my meals has certainly helped me make use of everything I cook…
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