28 Thursday Sep 2017
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the sky was filled with clouds at the start and at the end of the day…
although they were the same, they were also completely different…
last night there was a sun dog in the sky as we headed to a volleyball game…
it was quite spectacular and very odd as usually we see sun dogs in cold weather…
so much to see when you look up;-)…
20 Tuesday Jun 2017
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big girl pants, birds, celebrate, evening, garden, illness, moments, pond, reminder, savouring, squirrels, waterfall, widow
it is a beautiful evening… the sun is shining and there isn’t a cloud in the sky…
the squirrels have been eating at the feeder… not sure if the birds are getting any seeds…
the sound of the waterfall is soothing and relaxing…
I am savouring every moment…
over the last few days I’ve been struggling with some stomach issues and tonight am finally feeling better… being under the weather brings to mind all of the serious illnesses that I’ve dealt with through the years…
a reminder to celebrate the good times…
18 Thursday May 2017
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aquasize, big girl pants, bunny, evening, fish and chips, move, trees, walk, widow
had a lovely stroll home after supper with my swimming buddy… following our aquasize class we went out for fish and chips…
it was a beautiful evening so I decided to walk home…
nearly home I met up with this cute bunny…
at first he thought if he didn’t move I couldn’t see him… then we walked nearly a block together…
street is looking beautiful as the trees have leafed out…
27 Monday Mar 2017
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big girl pants, cake, collages, dessert, evening, friends, gifts, Irish stew, purple, ReImagining, Spring, widow
lovely evening with my ReImagining group tonight…
we haven’t met for the last few months as weather and other activities intervened…
been carrying around their Christmas gifts in the trunk of the car in my favourite purple bag, lol…
these are the last few which weren’t chosen…
supper was Irish stew with mashed potatoes… so good and the potatoes were a wonderful treat…
and then there was dessert…
we got to make collages and talk about Spring plans…
wonderful evening…
04 Thursday Aug 2016
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bears, big girl pants, butterflies, dinosaurs, evening, flower, horses, member, treats, widow, zoo
right after work was picked up by the kids and headed to the Assiniboine Park Zoo for a special member only evening…
especially nice to get to spend time there in the evening, as the zoo usually closes at 5…
we finally managed to check out the dinosaurs…
all of the food was half price so it made for a very reasonable option for dinner…
and treats;-)…
we saw a couple of bears, one of the horses and finished at the Butterfly Garden…
checking out the variety of chrysalis… not too many butterflies to see today… likely because it was cooling off and the sun wasn’t out…
always manage to find a flower to get a picture of, lol
great way to end my week…
25 Thursday Jun 2015
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big girl pants, bunny, evening, goldfinch, hot tub, red squirrel
what a wonderful relaxing evening I have spent in the garden…
on my walk home I met up with this bunny…
this was the precursor for the rest of the evening…
while my dinner was cooking, I sat outside on the deck by the hot tub to watch for the goldfinch family… and look who turned up…
after supper, had a short nap and came back out to finish my book and have spent the last hour or so enjoying the antics of a little red squirrel…
he started out on the bench by the bird feeder…
happily snacking on fallen sunflower seeds, he spent some time on the bottom deck…
moved over to the planters on the main deck and happily posed for me by the flowers…
under the deck and onto the steps where some leaves were the meal of choice…
sparrows have been cleaning up the leftovers under the feeder right beside him and everyone has just gone about their business…
he’s been back and forth just a foot from me for the whole evening, clearly not considering me a threat of any kind…
what a wonderful treat to have the time and opportunity to enjoy the antics in the garden…
08 Monday Dec 2014
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quite a busy evening for me, lol…
put something into the oven after I got home, and headed upstairs for a nap…
heard a quiet ring and decided to go see if there was someone at the door… and discovered my grandson who has been hired by my Ottawa kids to shovel for me…
he had taken the bus from school and had a fair walk as he might have been on the wrong bus… after he warmed up for a few minutes he shovelled… not too much snow had come down, but it had swirled around a bit…
once he finished, I made him some hot chocolate and we had a visit before he headed off to catch a bus home…
what a lovely Christmas gift, clean walks and visits with a special young man…
had my supper and napped a tiny bit… my BS friends arrived just after eight and we had an excellent time catching up… we hadn’t met for a few weeks…
while we were sitting there, cars were coming and going on the street and people were getting in and out of them… then more cars were in the lane, and finally people were walking along the creek with flashlights… bizarre… it will be interesting to hear about what was going on…
all was quiet when everyone left…
fish are happy and the tank is finally clear…
08 Monday Dec 2014
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quite a busy evening for me, lol…
put something into the oven after I got home, and headed upstairs for a nap…
heard a quiet ring and decided to go see if there was someone at the door… and discovered my grandson who has been hired by my Ottawa kids to shovel for me…
he had taken the bus from school and had a fair walk as he might have been on the wrong bus… after he warmed up for a few minutes he shovelled… not too much snow had come down, but it had swirled around a bit…
once he finished, I made him some hot chocolate and we had a visit before he headed off to catch a bus home…
what a lovely Christmas gift, clean walks and visits with a special young man…
had my supper and napped a tiny bit… my BS friends arrived just after eight and we had an excellent time catching up… we hadn’t met for a few weeks…
while we were sitting there, cars were coming and going on the street and people were getting in and out of them… then more cars were in the lane, and finally people were walking along the creek with flashlights… bizarre… it will be interesting to hear about what was going on…
all was quiet when everyone left…
fish are happy and the tank is finally clear…
21 Monday Jul 2014
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Angel's Trumpet, Assiniboine Park, datura, delphiniums, English Garden, evening, Leo Mol, nature, orange sky, water lilies
rushed home to meet young friends who were wanting to borrow a prop for a birthday party…
they left and my friend arrived to pick me up to go for a walk at the Park… as we left home it had just stopped spitting… we had a lovely walk through the English Garden and around the Duck Pond…
the delphiniums were stunning in purple and blue,
delphiniums in main garden…
lovely water lilies in the Leo Mol garden although all the ponds were filled with algae… not so pretty for us but likely make the ducks and geese happy…
water lilies in Leo Mol garden…
and a wonderful rose in the main garden… think this was my best shot…
rose with rain drop…
the datura were also quite amazing… in our zone, these are annuals… the gardeners lift them up in the fall, overwinter them in the greenhouses, and then put them out again the next year…
datura, also known as Angel’s Trumpet…
we arrived back at the car just as the rain began…
then we went to my friend’s place for a lovely tenderloin dinner with rice, Asian vegetables, tomato and cucumber salad with peach pie and shortbread cookies for dessert… what a lovely treat…
home to watch a few shows and then as I was heading to the computer to write my blog post I looked out at the sky, found my camera and went to the front door…
the sky was orange… the colour in this picture is the exact shade…
sky around 9 pm…
very busy evening for me… now to bed, lol…
11 Thursday Jul 2013
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big girl pants, evening, feeder fish, fifty-six fish, filled the white pond, fish family, listening, next to pond, reading, shubunkins, watching
stopped on my way home and picked up a bunch of feeder fish, as well as two lovely shubunkins…
once home fifty went into the big pond along with the two shubunkins… that pond how has fifty-six fish in it…
spent some time with the pond next to the garage and got it filled and put another ten feeder fish into it…
then spent the rest of the evening beside the big pond, enjoying the sound, watching the fish and reading…
waterfall running…
funny thing is that it looks like there might be a dozen fish in it, lol…
