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carts…

05 Friday Apr 2024

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went for dim sum on Wednesday… can’t even think of the last time I had it…

it was supper time and they worked from a menu, not just having the carts going around…

spent a few minutes with their fish…

as per usual we ordered too much, but that meant I had a lovely leftover lunch on Thursday…

it was delicious both times…

ended the evening on our way home with a cone from Dairy Queen…

yum;-)…

screws…

30 Tuesday Aug 2022

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Thursday, the actual paint went on the shelves and doors…

the dishes that weren’t staying were all packed up and a pickup scheduled for next week…

we had to run out to pick up some washers and screws to use on the doors…

we also stopped for ice cream… I got a blizzard and my son-in-law a banana split… yum…

what a great treat after all the work…

blizzards…

11 Thursday Aug 2022

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had the kids over for dinner…

we had steak and zucchini, which they barbecued…

mushrooms that my grandson cooked, even though it was his birthday;-)…

salad as well as twice stuffed potatoes, which I made;-)…

everything was delicious and we all enjoyed it…

then we went for blizzards…

I haven’t had one for many years and it was delicious… I ate more than half of it before putting the rest in the freezer, lol…

puzzle…

25 Friday Mar 2022

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it is my normal pattern to look out the bedroom window when I get up to check the weather and see if the snow has melted, or more has fallen, or whether the sun is shining, lol…

this morning I was surprised when I looked out and spotted Indi… she is home for a few days so that we have transportation while the guest is still here and because of all the snow there wasn’t room to go into the garage…

there were also treats… I received this lovely Monet bookmark from Paris which matches the sweet tray I was given the other day;-)… I put it right into the book I was reading…

and a bit later in the day this ice cream cone arrived… yum, haven’t had one since my booster shot…

we ended the day working on the puzzle I ordered quite some time ago – which I hadn’t been able to connect the edge pieces, so I had packed it up and put it away in disgust…

in about an hour the border was done… hmmm, what a difference a little help makes;-)…

every minute has been delightful…

vaccinated…

26 Saturday Jun 2021

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Wednesday was a busy day…

got the bathtub pond up and running…

then climbed into the main pond to clean out the pump…

after lunch my son-in-law and middle grandson came by… one levelled the waterfall stone so that water doesn’t leak out and need to be replaced as much… he also spread soil in the front, filled containers and tidied up the dirt pile…

the other mowed and whipper snipped the front and garden, including along the lane (sometimes we forget about that area)… he also helped with the soil cleanup…

they left, and the oldest grandson arrived to take me downtown where I got vaccinated for the second time;-)… as a treat we got ice cream cones on the way home;-)…

once home he changed a leaky hose and carried many boxes of books to the front step for pickup… we put them in plastic bags because they weren’t being picked up until Friday, but were too heavy for me to move, lol…

really was a busy one…

activity…

30 Wednesday Aug 2017

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all kinds of activity today…

a big fire kitty corner from our office… a colleague took the picture with the flames and a few seconds later I took the one with the smoke as they extinguished it…

my grandson picked me up at the office and we went and picked up a few slices of cake to take to my daughter…

treated to fish and chips for dinner and then home to finish the packing…

final treat of the night was a quick trip to Dairy Queen…

now off to bed… going to be a full day tomorrow;-)…

swimsuits…

26 Sunday Jun 2016

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up early again… no doubt tomorrow I will want to sleep in… 

another serendipitous moment when I peeked out the patio doors and caught sight of this beautiful goldfinch having breakfast at the feeder, on this overcast/rainy day… 

put on those big girl pants and drove around the Perimeter to get to my daughter’s place… we went shopping before the family birthday party for the middle grandson and his daddy…

picked up new swimsuits for everyone to have here for the hot tub and one for me to leave at their house for their new hot tub…


tested out the hot tub, and both it, and the new swimsuit, were great…

also picked up a Canada Day t-shirt…


my older daughter encouraged me a few years ago to have an appropriate shirt on Canada Day so I’ve been doing that…

after supper the birthday boys blew out the candles on a Blizzard Cake from Dairy Queen…


drove home and got a shot of two more hibiscus flowers… 


quite a fun day, even if I am exhausted, lol…

disappointing…

18 Tuesday Aug 2015

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picked up by my daughter and grandson after work today…

we wandered around Rona for a while and then went to The Keg for dinner... lobster summer… disappointing tonight…

  
my lobster was tasty and the steak was well done, but there wasn’t too much of it… the coleslaw wasn’t to my taste… had a bit of an Asian flavour to it which didn’t feel like it went with the rest of the food on the plate… felt like the prices have gone up and the standards have gone down… too bad as I’ve always felt you could get a good meal there…

then we went to Dairy Queen for dessert… my favourite thing is really just a small soft ice cream cone… but we were taken in by the cute little ice cream cupcakes…

  
sigh, should have got the ice cream cone…

always good to try new things, but sometimes it is best to stick with what you know, lol…

final disappointment of the evening… my daughter looked at the tv and came to the same conclusion as I had… it is dead… good news is they probably have one I can use…

great to spend time with them…

colour…

11 Friday Oct 2013

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this afternoon I got to leave work a little early and decided to stop at Dairy Queen for an ice cream cone… George and I would stop occasionally on our way home if he picked me up… I don’t think I’ve been to this particular store since he died… they have done a complete overhaul and besides looking very nice inside, they now have a drive-thru – for ice cream, I can’t believe it…

ice cream cone from Dairy Queen...

ice cream cone from Dairy Queen…

we would sit in the car in the parking lot and talk about our day and the kids… I sat there for a few minutes in my new car thinking about how much fun we got to have together… no tears, just happy memories…

trees from the living room couch...

trees from the living room couch…

when I got home I sat in the living room and talked with Crystal on the phone for a few minutes while looking out the window… it was overcast and the wind was picking up, but the leaves across the creek were very lovely with many shades of green and yellow…

evergreen next door...

evergreen next door…

got closer to the window and got a shot of my neighbour’s tree and some beautiful leaves on a little waif close to their house…

elm to the left...

stunning elm to the left…

went onto the deck and got a few lovely shots of the elm in the other neighbour’s yard… what leaves are on it are a gorgeous shade of yellow and as I took the pictures, leaves were flying through the sky like rain…

not long after that the rain started and apparently will continue through most of tomorrow…