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13 Sunday Jul 2025

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finally made it to a farmers market today… when I worked we would often get to the market which was either beside, or in, the Hydro building…

this is just a small one, located in the parking lot of a fairly close grocery store…

so excited to get peas, yay… and carrots, radishes, green and regular onions, garlic, asparagus, baby potatoes (both white and red), and dill…

so far I’ve had peas with my lunch and supper, lol…

next up will be potatoes with peas, carrots, asparagus, and dill… yum…

cucumbers…

04 Monday Sep 2023

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spotted the Farmers Market by Foodfare on our way home last Saturday, so popped in to see what they had… and there were cloth vegetable bags in the car;-)…

picked up pickling cucumbers (my favourite), tiny red potatoes, a cabbage, and a cauliflower…

I keep forgetting that this market is here…

then for my lunch I had some cucumbers, cherry tomatoes from a friend, avocado, and a bit of cheese… yum…

what a treat;-)…

market…

08 Wednesday Jan 2020

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on Sunday we had breakfast out at Stan’s Diner, which seems to be similar to the “A”…

then a trip to pick up mushrooms, maple syrup, bread, a raspberry scone, and squash…

we also tasted truffle butter and truffle ice cream;-)…

then home for a relaxing day…

discontinued…

28 Thursday Feb 2019

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today I went in search of tea… my all-time favourite one has been discontinued and I’ve been searching for a replacement…

I stopped in at the Farmers Market at City Place and talked with two different tea companies… going to pick up a sample next time from one, and got a few samples from the other…

I also went online and ordered my second favourite tea… and it was delivered to the office within a few hours…

lovely collection…

will be filling some tea bags tomorrow…

Lugg…

19 Thursday Oct 2017

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as I left the house this morning I had my new Lugg bag with me, ready for aquasize tonight…

it holds everything for the class… even had a spot for my shoes and wet swimsuit… also took my new Turkish towel… it is very pretty but not as absorbent as my others…

my pass was at zero dollars so I had to purchase another ten visits… and then the lovely young woman didn’t charge me for today’s class… how nice was that… excellent customer service…

at lunch time a few of us went over to Cityplace to check out the Farmers Market… unfortunately it is only there every two weeks, which meant not this week, lol…

I printed the schedule and put it up on the bulletin board so we get it right next time…

aquasize went well… I survived, lol… first time this year and we had a new teacher… she was very energetic and fun…

now to sleep…

2017 Ottawa day 4…

03 Sunday Sep 2017

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started our day with tea and a snack… I had almonds and leftover strawberries from yesterday’s Farmers Market… very tasty…

then it was off to the Memorial Farmers Market... fun to get to both of the markets here… we found carrots, peppers, salad greens, baby bok choy, Brie bread, apple cinnamon rolls, eggplant, crackers, dip, kombucha, and eeny pears (which look like green crabapples)… and a maple bacon butter tart…

it was rainy this morning so we had on rain gear and brought umbrellas…

then the free ferry to Wolfe Island which was great fun, even in the rain… also had a little chocolate snack on the way over…

we were excited to go to The Wolfe Island Grill for brunch… sadly we don’t recommend it… I was imagining a brunch with choices… no… food was mediocre at best, little choice, only type of eggs were poached, small amounts of everything and not really hot… disappointing…

lucky for us, we went across the street to the Wolfe Island Bakery… got some truffles and the most delicious pain de chocolat… made up for the less than stellar brunch;-)…

we sat in the car, in the rain, for over an hour, in the lineup for the return ferry…

home, watched a movie and then back to the docks for a 3 hour dinner cruise… it was lovely and I think I got enough boat time today, lol…

home now and ready for bed… although we didn’t get much walking in, the day has been full…

farmers…

25 Thursday May 2017

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had a fun time at the Farmers Market today… it was in the Hydro Building… think it’s the first time I’ve been to it in there…

found treats at every turn, lol…

so happy to get more of this delicious teamate tea… and it was on sale… going to make a cup tonight…

found a few bars of chocolate… some from Constance Popp, and some from Aschenti… going to have a piece of one of them with the tea;-)…

and found this cool wooden BBQ cleaner… might end up being a present, not quite sure yet…

fun time… next week they will be outside…

shopping…

06 Thursday Apr 2017

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been a long full week…

did have some fun at lunch when a few of us went shopping at the final Farmers Market at CityPlace…

picked up a gift, Aschenti chocolate, peach and ginger tea, and a cooling neckband…

at the end of the day I was exhausted, but my daughter called and wanted to meet and take a wander through the Home and Garden Show…

so, after work I met her and a friend and we walked over to the Convention Centre and toured the show…

found a few treasures… delicious fudge, very similar to what my dad would make… cool hooks that appear to be invisible… and some neat containers that flatten when not in use… and we ran into a number of people we knew…

on our way back to the cars we stopped at Boston Pizza for wings and nachos…

a very late supper… but a fun time with these young women…

here’s the loot;-)…

good thing I don’t get out much, lol… no longer tired and a great start to my weekend…

Ottawa day 4…

04 Sunday Sep 2016

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really going to need to have a vacation when I get home…

today we were up and out of the house by 5 am… decided we would see if we could get a hot air balloon flight… if it didn’t work this morning then that was a sign that we weren’t meant to go…

by 6:30 we had a flight booked and were heading to the Gatineau Airport for lift off…

although the expectation was that we would go straight up and come right back down as the air was very still, we were up for an hour and a half and went to 3000 feet…


spectacular… this time when we got back to the Park, we all had Apple Cider together and got pictures with Annie, one of the pilots of La Magie de L’Air… what a great team they are… maybe next time we will take in the International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu;-)… 

then we headed to the Farmers Market at Landsdowne… lots of people there, most of whom seemed to be lined up for the bread…

we stopped at the Lindt store and Whole Foods for dinner supplies and headed home for a well deserved nap…

later we took a long list to IKEA and as we were leaving saw the balloons on their evening flight… 

once home, we even saw a few as they floated through the air close by…


ended the day with a stunning light show…

power…

16 Thursday Jul 2015

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the mandevilla looks amazing… even though it rained last night it was in good shape…

  
picked up some peas and baby cucumbers at the Farmers Market downtown today, so I added them to my dinner plate… I also went outside and picked a few of the green peppers… 

unfortunately they are hot and powerful… put one in my mouth and started to cough and choke… had to take quite a few drinks of water to get my breath back, lol… and there are tons of peppers on the plants…

  
got a letter in the mail saying that Hydro were having trouble getting a reading on my power meter… they suggested I take a picture of the meter so they could read it… I must say reading it has been difficult… wondered why they hadn’t suggested this before… way simpler for me and they get the reading much quicker, without it being done incorrectly…

power in a number of places…