poll…

16 Friday Oct 2026

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this morning I voted in the advance poll at Polo Park… they are really strict about not allowing photos to be taken, and instead of stickers, had a banner you could use… maybe it saves money 🤪…

as a reward we got pretzels… mine were mini sesame ones… and I found them easier to eat;-)…

my favourite is the garlic and salt, but I was heading to The Leaf to volunteer and didn’t want to breathe garlic on the visitors, lol…

and as a special treat we came across three deer…

what a lovely bonus…

meals…

11 Sunday Oct 2026

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I’ve been thinking of the great meals we had on the train… the first morning we didn’t know where the dining car was and made the best of what we found in another car,,,

then we discovered where the dining car was, and had excellent meals from then on, lol… at each meal you got to choose between three options…

and at each meal we ended up sitting with people who we hadn’t met before…

High Tea – Butchart Gardens…

24 Thursday Sep 2026

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when we first arrived at the Butchart Gardens we went to book our High Tea at the restaurant… unfortunately they weren’t open yet, but my daughter convinced them to add us to the reservation list…

when we arrived at the designated time, we were seated outdoors, overlooking the large green open area…

they had blankets at each table, which was great as it was a little cool…

because of allergies we ended up with a tower each…

one of the little cakes on my tower had jelly on the top… it became the favourite for a wasp that really enjoyed the jelly…

everything was delicious… I needed my fork to hold up many of the sandwiches, lol…

but I didn’t eat the jelly part, lol… and it was sweet that they included a happy birthday chocolate on my cupcake 😊…

the staff were excellent and we had such a fun time… first High Tea of the trip…

then, it was back to the gardens…

spit…

23 Sunday Aug 2026

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I took this photo on Wednesday…

I can’t remember what these tiny tomatoes are called but they are very cute…

today I took one off the plant and bit into it…

it clearly isn’t ripe because I spit it out almost immediately after biting into it…

hope they taste better when they are fully ripe…

although I’m not sure how to tell that😂…

nitrogen…

06 Thursday Aug 2026

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great excitement the other day when I checked the giant tomato plants in the side garden…

I’d read that beans provide nitrogen, which tomatoes like so I planted them between the 3 tomatoes… then I also read that coffee grounds are good for tomatoes, so I dumped the weekly coffee grounds in there as well…

I think the tomatoes loved all of that, because they have grown huge… but, not a single flower was seen…

and then, I discovered numerous flowers on each of the plants… and even two marble sized tomatoes…

very happy, although there are very few beans coming along, lol…

renovated…

19 Friday Jun 2026

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celebrated a birthday lunch for one of our group…

we went to the newly renovated Park Cafe…

it is always fun to figure out a time that works for everyone, even though we are all retired, lol…

the restaurant was very busy and after a short wait we made it onto the patio… the birthday girl’s choice…

a bit overcast, and cool, and it did spit for a few minutes, but we were protected by the large umbrellas over the tables…

there were burgers eaten and the new spinach salad, with falafel, was devoured…

dessert included banana pudding and the berry good sundae;-)…

we always have a great time together;-)…

hamburgers…

09 Tuesday Jun 2026

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since our new bbq – Glowy – arrived in April, we (my housemate!) have been barbecuing much more often…

recently we had hamburgers which were delicious… I’ve gotten a bit more lazy and have been buying premade patties, but they are much tastier than previous versions…

this bbq has extra btu, so it is easy to get good heat for searing and lovely grill marks;-)…

we’ve also done chicken, steak, lobster, sausage, and lamb, as well as zucchini, potatoes, and onions…

wondering what we might try next;-)…