16 Wednesday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, blustery, creek, flowers, leaf, moments, nature, snowdrops, walk, weather, widow, windy
started the day with a morning walk…
it was chilly and the wind was a bit blustery…
not much new growth, but the snowdrops I saw the other day had multiplied;-)…
the ice is completely gone so the creek is running clear now…
looking forward to the trees leafing out;-)…
10 Thursday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, creek, flowers, moments, nature, snowdrops, Spring, walk, weather, widow
finally made it outside for a walk…
it was overcast and around +2°C…
had on my sandals, gloves, a toque, and a spring jacket…
walked by some infill housing construction but happily didn’t get my shoes too muddy…
lovely to be outdoors… I was watching for signs of spring and was happy to see the water flowing in parts of the creek, although closer to home the creek was still ice-covered…
did find these cute little snowdrops…
but that was it… guess it is going to be a while yet before things start to pop up;-)…
31 Wednesday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, coyote, creek, daytime, moments, nature, snow, streets, weather, widow, wildlife, worry
as I was walking on the spot looking out the living room window this afternoon, I watched a coyote across the way… it was headed towards Portage Avenue along the creek…
I didn’t have time to get the camera out, but took a photo with my iPhone, which is cropped a bit here…
when I was up in the middle of the night, not too long ago, I watched one walk up the street…
fun to see wildlife but a bit of a worry that they are having to come out in the daytime and amongst the city streets…
07 Sunday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, bushes, cedar, creek, deer, garden, happy, memories, moments, nature, phone, resting, treat, widow, window
when I’m on the phone I usually walk on the spot at the front window…
yesterday, as I was there, four deer walked along the other side of the creek… just last year at this time I saw two in the same location, lol…
even though they were there it was nearly impossible to spot them as they stood still amongst the bushes and trees…
I couldn’t get a picture of all four of them, just these two, but did find this one having a rest a bit later;-)…
and when I spotted the resting one, I also noticed a bunny relaxing under the cedar tree in the front yard…
both bunny and deer seemed very comfortable…
25 Thursday Aug 2022
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ashes, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, creek, family, flowers, memories, moments, monarch, nature, remembering, walk, widow
today we walked by the spot along the creek where we scattered my beloved’s ashes…
it was nice to wander past…
just a moment later I spotted this monarch in a field of wild flowers…
felt like a sign from him;-)…
04 Wednesday May 2022
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Sunday afternoon I spent at least fifteen minutes at the front window…
I had looked up from my reading and spotted something moving in the field across the creek…
when I got up to take a closer look, I saw a deer looking around for something to eat…
as I stood and watched, another one materialized and I watched the two of them go right into the yard of the last house…
even when a person and their dog walked past on this side of the creek, they kept munching away… they can blend right in to grass or bushes…
it was a surprise to see them here, and I am thinking the winter has been hard for them and food is scarce…
I took a few photos although they were still fairly far away, but what a treat to catch the moment…
12 Tuesday Apr 2022
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it looks like the goose couple may be moving in across the way… I’ve seen them two or three times recently…
this morning I spent time enjoying their activities…
one eats while the other acts as a guard to be sure no enemies come along and disturb them…
I think they are spending time in the creek, but I haven’t spotted them there yet…
maybe I will see a nest before long…
that is of course if they stay through the blizzard🤪…
11 Monday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, car, concerning, creek, moments, nature, new normal, shopping, snow, walk, weather, widow
the creek is very full as the majority of snow has melted…
a bit concerning as we are expecting a blizzard with upwards of 15 inches of snow in a few days…
I walked down and took a few photos today after returning home from the appointment with my doctor…
the other concerning thing was the doctor’s comment after I told him I had actually gone into a store recently… he knows how careful I’ve been and noted that he didn’t need to tell me I shouldn’t take any unnecessary risks…
made me think we aren’t quite as far along in returning to the new normal as we’ve been thinking;-(…
28 Tuesday May 2019
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as I was walking home last night I stopped by the creek and watched the mallard couple for quite a while…
they were swimming up and down the creek calmly…
was so busy enjoying the moment that I didn’t take any photos…
but I have this one from last week, when a mallard popped out of the water at the Duck Pond…
cute, eh…
23 Thursday May 2019
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big girl pants, creek, low, snow, walk, water, water level, widow
on my walk home tonight I stopped at the creek and spent a few minutes looking it over…
the water level is very low…
doesn’t seem that long ago that there was water everywhere…
after all the snow, it seems amazing that everything is so dry now…
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