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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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…
02 Tuesday Apr 2019
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tonight I walked home from Portage…
it was a bit chilly, but a lovely walk… the streets were clear of snow and just a bit wet so my feet made it home unscathed…
really happy now that I know the sidewalks are in good shape so that I can start walking on a regular basis;-)…
although there is very little snow remaining on the ground, it snowed off and on for a good portion of the day… crazy…
the creek is full of water, nearly all the ice has melted… the mix of cold and warm and wind have slowed down the melt so it doesn’t look like it will overflow…
25 Monday Mar 2019
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tonight, as I walked up the street, I took a photo of the road and creek…
there is lots of water out there, which is exciting because that means it is Spring…
yay, yay, yay…
been wearing sandals since last Wednesday (start of Spring and all), so have had to do a bit less walking on the sidewalks because they are still slushy, or icy, or filled with puddles…
there is still a great deal of snow out there, particularly on the lawns and in yards, but it is certainly melting more every day…
30 Thursday Mar 2017
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on my way home tonight stopped by the creek to get a shot of the high water/ice…
noticing more and more each day how quickly the snow is melting away… makes me happy…
before too long I’ll be sitting on the back deck by the pond…
enjoying the hyacinth which is blooming so nicely…
sadly I can barely smell it’s beautiful perfume… my cold is giving me a run for my money, lol…
and I was very pleased to discover the purple Superstore boxes that my kids dropped off today… I traded some green ones…
little things continue to make me happy…
08 Tuesday Mar 2016
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it was lovely out this morning and I stood outside waiting for my ride…
lots of melting yesterday…
on my walk from the corner tonight took a few shots of the creek which was filled with water… amazing because it was overcast all day, not a single ray of sunshine…
the solar lights in the garden are on tonight… very exciting that the sun is strong enough to light them up…
maybe spring is here…
20 Wednesday May 2015
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as the weather is supposed to be back to normal here, I moved a basket of flowers outside this morning, to one of the planters at the front… looked beautiful…
took a few minutes to put out the solar lights that I picked up yesterday…
the creek is very high from all that rain on the weekend… was rather surprised how full it was…
once I got home from work I stuck the lights into the ground around the pond… looking forward to seeing how they look after dark…
gorgeous day so I ate my dinner on the deck… yay spring…
still a chance of frost, so I have brought the flowers back in, lol…
one of these days I’m sure they will be able to go out and stay… preferably before they die from being in the house…
04 Monday May 2015
well, today was more like it… second day of my .9 time and a beautiful one…
slept in a bit and had a leisurely breakfast… headed out and got a few errands done… even booked an oil change for the car…
new shoes, bra, swimsuit and groceries…
nice haul… once I got home I took a walk around the creek…
saw a wood duck couple and got a few pictures…
very exciting because we’ve only seen mallards in the creek… the mallards have been nesting here for the last thirty years…
here’s the fella… beautiful…
later, spent a bit of time weeding the front flower bed… the rubber mulch isn’t doing quite what I was hoping for… grass is still coming through, sigh…
beautiful day… looking forward to many more like it:-)…
12 Thursday Mar 2015
had another lovely walk home tonight… passed a number of bushes that have started to produce buds… tried to get a picture but it didn’t turn out…
but I did get a great shot of the creek which is filled with running water…
so wonderful to see the snow melting away more and more each day…
got a wonderful card a few days ago from a friend who knew what a hard time I have been going through…
it came at the perfect time and was a lovely gesture which warmed my heart…
life is so special and moments like a walk in the afternoon and enjoying a card make it even better…
