22 Wednesday May 2019
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been thinking about what to plant in the garden this year…
wondering about doing something a bit different… maybe only choose three or four types of plants and using them in multiples…
have someone coming over to see if they might help me with the maintenance of the garden… excited to see how that turns out…
21 Tuesday May 2019
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alyssum, available, big girl pants, flowers, fuchsia, garden, lobelia, peaceful, petunias, planting, purple, widow
went to look at what plants were available in the stores on Sunday…
it is too soon to do any planting so my goal was to see what is out there…
but then I bought a few things…
picked up a flat of white alyssum and one of purple lobelia… I’ve used these for a number of years in the planters around the deck… the colour and scent add to the peaceful feeling in the garden…
then I chose a basket of midnight stars petunias… petunias have not been one of my favourites, but the flowers on this plant are amazing… this will go into the planter right outside the front door…
finally, a hanging basket of fuchsia, red and purple, which will hang close to the hot tub…
considering that I wasn’t going to buy anything, I guess I did well to stop when I did, lol…
19 Sunday May 2019
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artificial, awapuhi, big girl pants, flowers, ginger, Maui, plastic, purple, travel, vegetation, widow
saw a picture of this particular Hawaiian flower recently, and it reminded me of ones we saw when we were on Maui…
it’s known as spiral ginger, red tower ginger or red velvet ginger… the Hawaiian name for ginger plants is awapuhi…
it is one of the flowers that looks like it is made of plastic, lol… this is from a bouquet we had in the Gingerbread house Airbnb we stayed in…
this one, possibly shampoo ginger, had us touching it a few times because we were convinced it was artificial… but then the little piece opened up… with a bit of purple in it…
it’s always so interesting to see the different vegetation when travelling…
12 Sunday May 2019
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big girl pants, birds, bloom, creeping Charlie, finches, flowers, garden, identify, sparrows, widow
spent some time in the garden reading this afternoon…
I’ve also been watching the birds…
yesterday I spotted a couple of finches and have been hoping to get a photo of them so I can identify them… I even took my camera upstairs and left it on the landing hoping I might spot them again when going up or down the stairs…
no luck so far, but there are at least four different types of sparrows out there;-)…
and the creeping Charlie is starting to bloom…
03 Friday May 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, bliss, favourite, favourite thing, flowers, food, garden, leaves, moments, nature, orchid, orchids, photos, pictures, trees, vacation, waterfall, weather, widow
I’ve been asked by a number of people to share my favourite thing about Maui…
so I’ve been thinking about it… and I can’t come up with just one thing…
over the last week I’ve printed a group of my favourite photos… and have been looking them over and remembering the particular moments each one represents…
there were so many special times… the ocean, the beaches, the rainbows, the trees, the turtles, the vegetation, the orchids, the flowers, snorkelling, the waterfalls, the food, the helicopter flight, the cacao trees, and on and on…
it really was two weeks of bliss;-)…
30 Tuesday Apr 2019
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big girl pants, birthday, black currant, family, flowers, girl, mailbox, memories, moments, parcel, postcard, Tea, treat, widow
started the day admiring a few of the flowers from my birthday bouquet… yesterday morning I removed a few and returned the remainder to the office…
when I got home and checked the mailbox I was very happy…
there was a parcel and a postcard from Hawaii;-)…
the parcel was from one of my “girls” who lives in Vancouver now… she sent me some lovely black currant loose tea… what a sweet girl…
the postcard was from my daughter… she is always sending postcards and while we were on Maui she found one with orchids on it and sent it to me;-)…
just made a cup of the tea… it is lovely…
26 Friday Apr 2019
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big girl pants, colleagues, flowers, hugs, missed, notes, presents, surprise, widow
been away from the office for sixteen days…
today when I returned there were notes and presents at my desk, and hugs from colleagues… nice to feel missed…
shortly after I went into a meeting I was called into another meeting at which point there was singing, flowers and a card… I was surprised as I was thinking that my birthday celebration would be on Monday…
sure is great to be appreciated;-)…
25 Thursday Apr 2019
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big girl pants, flowers, grandson, laundry, memories, orchid, purple, rocks, sarongs, shopping, souvenirs, stones, widow
had a lovely day…
woke up at nine and had a relaxing morning…
in the afternoon grocery shopped with my grandson and did loads of laundry… basically all the clothes I took got washed, although I didn’t wear everything, lol…
in the process of emptying the suitcases I gathered up my souvenirs and decided where they will live;-)…
picked up a heart-shaped amethyst and two rocks…
they have all gone into the coffee table for now and fit in nicely with the shells that are currently on display… I did find a few shells, but decided to take pictures and not bring any home…
picked up a cute little bag and a hand towel…
just possibly I have a problem with sarongs… got four all together, but I do use them all the time…
cooked chicken and potatoes for my dinner, with enough leftovers for a lunch, and made a batch of zucchini-basil soup…
bit of tv and then early to bed as I am back at the office tomorrow;-)…
16 Tuesday Apr 2019
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beach, big girl pants, flowers, garden, Maui day six, moving, pictures, rocks, turtles, widow
today was moving day…
we moved from the Maui Beach Hotel to the Gingerbread House Airbnb…
and we went to Ho’okipa Beach Park and saw green sea turtles… we were at this park a few days back but didn’t notice the turtles…
it is easy to think they are rocks on the beach, lol… they are protected and the area around them is blocked off so you can’t get too close, but I got a few good shots with my camera… they move very slowly but leave a serious trail in the sand… watching them move when they are on the beach is quite different from their arrival as they surf onto the sand…
15 Monday Apr 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, cacao, cacao trees, chocolate, flowers, glorious, lavender, Maui day five, moments, pictures, purple, sunshine, widow
today we went to Ali’i Kula Lavender… we thought it was just a lavender field but it turned out to have a whole lot of flowering plants and trees as well…
had a lovely wander around and took a few photos, lol…
from there we headed over to Maui Chocolate and Coffee Tours at Kupa’a Farms where we had a wonderful visit with Ann and Janet and Gerry… we talked about jewellery and Instagram and then we got to see cacao trees… somebody was very happy…
we saw all kinds of other trees and learned how chocolate is made, followed by a great chocolate tasting…
what a glorious afternoon…
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