10 Sunday Nov 2019
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aquasize, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, fish, food, French fries, memories, moments, oil, widow
made fish and chips for my supper recently…
the house smelled of cooking oil… triggered some lovely memories…
on aquasize night when I got home, there would always be fish and chips ready…
and my beloved made the world’s best french fries…
27 Sunday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, condo, family, fish, garden, grandsons, pond, searched, son-in-law, widow
all the boys came for dinner tonight…
they searched for fish in the pond, but the fish are trying really hard not to be found… wish we could tell them they are going to freeze if they don’t come into the condo;-(…
my son-in-law is much more patient than the younger boys although he only caught a few… two more of the babies and one bigger one…
we talked about catching the fish with grandpa and how the three biggest ones have been in the tank and pond since before he died…
we will continue to see if we can find more… still time before the pond freezes over…
16 Wednesday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, everyone, family, fish, shopping, sushi, time together, widow
recently had a wonderful afternoon with my grandson…
he picked me up and took me to vote at the advance poll… then we went out for sushi and a visit to what is becoming our favourite fish store…
from there it was on to Costco, where everyone in St. James appeared to have decided to go at the same time as us, lol…
home and he helped put everything away, including all of the items that needed to go downstairs…
then it was off home to make supper for his siblings…
15 Tuesday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, fish, fun, garden, goldfish, grandsons, hiding, home, nature, pond, snow, stirring, supper, thanksgiving, why, widow
what a busy day yesterday… I’d prepped everything for our dinner ahead of time… good thing…
my three grandsons and a friend arrived at 1:30 and we were busy until around 7…
the younger two shovelled the driveway and the older two started working on getting the condo ready for the fish… they cleaned the tank, washed the gravel and rocks, spent time placing the rocks and then put in pond water and tap water…
all of them worked on catching the fish in the pond… that didn’t go so well as they only caught seven and one of the teeny babies… there must be another fifteen still out there, lol… hoping that the daddy will be able to collect the rest…
my beloved was always very patient in the catching process, although sometimes in the spring we might find one that hadn’t made it inside…
at about this point we discovered that the pump in the tank wasn’t working so the two older boys ran out to the Pet Store and were able to get a replacement…
then we finished getting supper ready and on the table… it was fun because I gave each of them a task to complete…
the middle grandson wanted to know why I did this every year because it was a lot of work, lol… he was stirring the gravy;-)…
supper was delicious and we had great conversation… they headed out shortly after we finished and I had a rest before starting on the disaster in the kitchen;-)… seems like the more helpers you have, the bigger the mess…
finished cleaning up this morning and had a very tasty plate of leftovers for my lunch…
25 Sunday Aug 2019
Posted in garden, life, nature, Photography
spent some time out in the garden watching for the baby fish which I spotted a few days ago… I saw at least two sizes, so am eager to see how many there are…
they move really quickly, so the chances of getting any shots of them is slim…
but I did get a few pictures of the rest of the fish sunning themselves…
I’ve also been taking photos daily of the water lily bud as it slowly grows toward the surface of the pond…
really hoping I get to see it bloom…
20 Saturday Jul 2019
Posted in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, travel, Uncategorized
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barbecue, Barbie, big girl pants, dinner, family, fish, garden, goldfish, grandson, pond, quickly, small, widow
last night my grandson came over for dinner…
I cooked a roast, as well as a combination of potatoes, onions and mushrooms on Barbie, the barbecue;-)…
came out perfect and delicious…
after supper we sat in the garden and my grandson decided he should catch the goldfish that we had popped into the top of the pond hoping they would grow a bit before joining the other fish as they were very small… they have grown quite nicely so we thought they could move to the other section of the pond…
those little fish move very quickly we discovered… he was able to catch and move two… rest of them are going to stay there until they get bigger, and possibly easier to catch…
11 Thursday Jul 2019
Posted in camping, family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, travel, Uncategorized
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adventure, big girl pants, boat, camping, camping 2019, day 5, fish, fishing, small-mouth bass, time with family, widow
final day of camping was busy…
I woke up and sat outside for quite a while reading while the rest slept… the view out the window was beautiful… the campfire was still smoking from the night before…
and then took a walk with my son-in-law to check out the beach and the area around it…
on our way back to the campsite we watched a red fox cross the road in front of us… what a treat…
then it was off in the boat to fish… pulled up this odd looking drop along with some reeds, lol... finally I caught a fish… we got a small-mouth bass into the net, but due to a little issue with lines, we lost it before getting an official photo… the one in this photo my son-in-law caught a few minutes later… it is slightly bigger… but I did get to hold it…
the final fish of the day was another one for the daddy… a Jack…
then on to some tubing, swimming and back to the campsite… farewell to a wonderful time…
cleaned up the site, packed up the truck and headed home…
what a great time… besides spending time with my family, being on the boat is my absolute favourite…
16 Sunday Jun 2019
Posted in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
this morning I had a cup of my favourite tea with a bowl of red curry lentils and rice… not my usual breakfast…
yesterday I made the curry as a gift, and kept a tiny portion for me… and apparently was craving it…
we had ribs and potato salad for supper… delicious… always love the first potato salad of the year;-)…
so happy about the tea… great to have a full box… it makes it even more special and I enjoyed every sip…
also got the waterfall running, and the fish are in the pond…
my grandson and I are planning to pick up some new goldfish in the next few weeks as we are down to three… it will be nice to have a small school, lol… hopefully the big ones won’t eat the new little ones…
13 Saturday Apr 2019
Posted in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, travel, Uncategorized
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beach, big girl pants, fish, hot, Maui day four, people watching, picnic, sans, scary, snorkelling, urchins, vacation, widow
I went snorkelling today and it felt like the first time ever…
I’ve been in Mexico, but with terrible equipment, and in Alaska, where it was cold and we were dressed in wetsuits…
so today was amazing… and a bit scary at the beginning… I kept feeling as though I was going to stop breathing through my mouth and swallow the ocean…
there were lots of waves and I’d been hoping for calm… took a while, but eventually I got the hang of it…
my daughter hated the mouthpiece but stayed with me and showed me all kinds of fish, large and small; sea urchins; and coral… as always she spots things way before I do…
it was a bit like swimming in a fish tank…
when we came out of the water I could barely walk, lol… it is strenuous work;-)…
we left everything in the car except for our chairs and the snorkelling gear so there weren’t any pictures at the time…
afterwards, we brought the rest of our stuff down… had a picnic lunch and enjoyed people watching for a while under our umbrella… the wind came up and eventually we had to put the umbrella down, at which point we realized how hot it was and that it was time to leave… just before we left I took a few photos of the area…
the above photos are from the entire beach, clockwise from the left to the right…
this is the section where we snorkelled… the fish were all around the rocks…
here we are having some fun just before we left;-)…
what a glorious time…
03 Wednesday Oct 2018
Posted in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
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beloved, big girl pants, calendar, Chihuly, condo, family, fish, garden, George, pond, remembering, tank, turned, widow
turned the calendar over on Monday and found this lovely picture…
on Sunday the kids caught most of the fish;, emptied, cleaned and filled the tank; and later in the evening I poured them into their condo…
we think there are still a few in the pond, although I haven’t spotted any when coming or going through the garden…
made me think of the year that George brought them in the first week of December and had to break the ice on the pond;-)…
