29 Wednesday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, blooming, colleagues, fish tank, flowers, memories, moments, nameless, purple, widow
my plant is flowering… I don’t know what it’s name is…
it was given to me four years ago for my sixty-fifth birthday by my work colleagues…
it is so purple… it was blooming then, but hasn’t bloomed since… I think it likes being next to the fish tank…
very exciting to watch it…
27 Monday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, flowers, garden, growing, planted, purple, rain, tubers, weather, widow
had a busy morning in the garden yesterday…
opened my box from The Dahlia Expert and took out my eight new tubers… I’d set it on the floor out of the way for a few days after it arrived to be sure it was safe;-)…
found pots, cleaned them out and matched the tubers with the appropriate pot…
left them outside for the rest of the day hoping that the rain might give them a drink… it did rain for a very short time but not a lot…
took quite a while, but eventually all eight were nestled in their new homes…
brought them in just before dark and put them back out for the day this morning…
they will be coming in and going out for the next while as I wanted them to get a head start on growing before they can live outside permanently;-)…
so excited to watch them grow…
26 Sunday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, chewed, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple, Spring, sprout, sun, sunshine, weather, widow
this morning, while I was searching for something in the garage, I came across an envelope of morning glory seeds that had been there for at least a year… apparently a critter had chewed open the end of the envelope, but left the seeds… not so tasty maybe…
I sprinkled them over two planters along the deck and then covered them with soil… will watch and see what happens…
no idea if they will sprout, but I thought it was worth a chance…
will be fun to watch;-)…
20 Monday Apr 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, expert, flowers, garden, memories, moments, purple, shopping, The Dahlia Expert, tubers, widow
the dahlia tubers are here, the dahlia tubers are here;-)…
they are a variety of colours and sizes…
I am very excited… I will let them sit in the box for a few days before opening it up and then plant most of them in pots so they can start to grow in the house…
I ordered them through an Ontario company, The Dahlia Expert, and they were very helpful…
the first ones we ever got were from a lovely gentleman on Vancouver Island… we spent hours in his garden and garage deciding on which ones to bring home on the plane…
they grew beautifully but we didn’t store them correctly for the winter and lost all of them… hoping I do a better job with these;-)…
30 Monday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, deadhead, family, flowers, friends, garden, happy, memories, moments, plants, purple, remembering, widow
Monday is now plant watering day… used to be Saturday, but this new schedule is working well…
was talking with someone about their friend who, whenever they visited, would walk around and deadhead all the plants in the house…
as I was wandering around the living and dining room this morning I was reminded of my mom and mother-in-law and how they both did that in my house… they were both gardeners and certainly had green thumbs, actually – hands, lol… the plants always seemed happier after they had been over…
I think of my friends who are also amazing with plants… right now I am working on growing an avocado following one of their directions;-)… hope it works…
I also spent a bit of time enjoying the newest blooms…
flowers sure do make me happy…
24 Tuesday Mar 2020
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Advent All Year, big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, camera, daughter, envelope, family, flowers, happy, leaf, nature, paper clips, purple, stickers, treat, widow
mail…
yesterday I received an envelope with a beautiful card and goodies in it…
another of my Advent All Year packages from my daughter…
a nice treat in this time of staying at home…
the card had a butterfly and flower on it and there were cute leaf stickers and two very cute camera paper clips inside…
thinking of where I am going to use those paper clips…
such a pleasant surprise…
19 Thursday Mar 2020
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. soup, activities, big girl pants, chicken soup, cold, flowers, food, health, Nikon, photos, pictures, purple, remember, Technology, widow
this morning’s activities included two particular items…
I started a pot of chicken soup as I now have a cold… the aroma permeated the house throughout the day and I was very eager to eat it for supper…
it was very tasty😋…
the other, and more exciting, thing that I did was pick up my Nikon and walk around the house taking pictures of flowers and greenery… can’t even remember when I last used it…
planning to practice with the camera over the next while and see if I can’t improve my photos…
although this one is basically the same as my last camera, I am not doing near as good a job of producing great pictures…
13 Friday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, flowers, grocery store, health, purple, shopping, Spring, stressful, virus, washing hands, widow, worry
I went grocery shopping this morning…
I was almost out of tea and spinach and decided that today would be quieter (with less people) in the grocery store, rather that on the weekend…
while there I wondered whether I should keep my gloves on when pushing the cart… I tried to stay away from other people in the aisles… I picked up items with just a few fingers, and wondered how many people had punched in their codes at the credit card terminal…
as soon as I got home I hurried into the bathroom and washed my hands…
I could not believe how stressful the whole thing was…
brought home a pot of Spring flowers to help make the kitchen a brighter place…
planning to stay home for the next while unless really needed;-(…
10 Tuesday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, forward, growth, moments, nature, orchid, plants, purple, Spring, sunshine, weather, widow
had a lovely wander around the living room and dining room to check on the plants…
a few of the orchids are starting some new buds and the other plants are doing nicely…
it was a nice treat to wander around and see the growth…
we just sprang forward on the weekend and I think Spring is really coming…
08 Sunday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, empowering, equal, Famous Five, flowers, friends, hands, International Women's Day, leader, matriarch, memories, mentor, moments, Ottawa, raise up, remembering, support, widow, women
I have been so impressed with the responses to International Women’s Day this year…
businesses and individuals have made concerted efforts to share information about the number of women in their organizations or focussed on amazing women they know or work with… watching women lifting up other women is so empowering… there is much to do, but a positive sign as we continue to raise one another up and work toward an equal world…
this has made me think of the women in my life who have been excellent role models, mentors and friends…
the matriarchs in my family: my great grandmother Josephine, my grandmother Violet, my mother Audrey… the women who have lived through life with me: Janice, Naomi, Marlene and Pat… those who I have spent time and learned from and with over twenty-five years as we studied and reimagined the church, religion and spirituality…
my neighbours: Ellen, Lorraine, BA and Lynn… the wide range of women I have worked with over the years who have demonstrated what it means to be a leader… the young women in my life who have taught me so much…
as I was searching for just the right photo I found these three… the first is hands working together… the second is from the Famous Five statue in Ottawa… the last portrays all of those who circle me with their knowledge, support and love…
Happy International Women’s Day…
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