26 Thursday Jun 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, food, Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar, gyro, housemate, lunch, moments, treat, widow, wrap
had lunch at Gather and it was delicious…
I had the gyro…
and it was very tasty;-)…
my housemate had the wrap and enjoyed it immensely…
both meals were filling and reasonably priced…
as always, it felt like a treat to be there…
19 Thursday Jun 2025
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, discourage, food, fresh, garden, happy, moments, nature, plants, snack, squirrels, strawberry, strawberry plant, treat, weather, widow
excited this morning to spot the strawberry that was ripe enough to eat… and pleased that the birds and/or squirrels hadn’t beaten me to it…
I did paint those rocks red and put them around the plant to discourage thieves, lol… maybe they worked…
the strawberry was delicious;-)…
this plant was purchased two years ago and lives in a pot over the summer…in the fall it is transplanted back into the bathtub garden to overwinter;-)…
15 Sunday Jun 2025
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bibs, big girl pants, blessed, Charleswood Rotary Club, delicious, dinner, fixings, food, friends, fun, garden, housemate, lobster, moments, party, pond, relax, rest, Rotary, sunset, Technology, time, weather, widow
Friday was a delightful day… the sun shone and the temperature rose to 25°C…
throughout the day, I prepped for a dinner party… between organizing and setting the table on the deck, there were plenty of opportunities to sit, read, and relax…
preparing a space or food for special people is always enjoyable for me as I think about those who I am doing this work for and how important they are to me…
for this gathering, it was mainly about making the space comfortable and considering what dishes we would need as the food was being picked up from a Charleswood Rotary fundraiser…
they provided a whole lobster, baked potato, fresh bun, coleslaw, brownie, small bottle of wine, with a bib and a lobster fork;-)… each person received a shopping bag with all of the goodies in it… I added a few fixings for the potatoes, warm facecloths with lemon for our fingers, and garlic butter in warmers…
once the food was warmed up, we had a lesson in how to eat the whole crustacean… I was a bit slow, lol, so had to keep having information repeated…
the weather was perfect, well, except that the wind kept blowing out some of the butter warmers… lots of conversation and story telling kept us busy throughout the meal…
my housemate took the requisite group photo which he was happy to do (and not be in) before we spent time around the pond…
happily, the fish came out for a short visit before returning to their favourite spot under the bridge…
and before you knew it, everyone headed off into the sunset;-)…
02 Monday Jun 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, food, garden, moments, nature, painted, plants, red rocks, sprouting, strawberry plant, widow
quite awhile ago the last of the plants made their way into the garden, either in pots, or the ground…
I’ve been watching daily to see if things are sprouting out of the planters… so far, three of the dahlias have popped up, but one has not, and it was the one I was most looking forward to, lol…
the strawberry that had gone into the ground in the fall has moved into a pot and has quite a few blossoms on it… as well as the beginnings of berries…
I painted rocks red to hopefully keep the birds from eating the berries before we get to them…
apparently the birds will go for the red rocks and decide that red things aren’t worth it, lol…
23 Friday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, food, good food, invited, lunch, moments, sushi, treated, widow
what a treat;-)…
last Saturday I was invited out for lunch… it was cold and overcast, so a nice bright spot in a dull day…
we went to Sushi Cushi and had a lovely meal… we often over order, but this time we got just the right amount…
a fun time and I enjoyed every single bite;-)…
13 Tuesday May 2025
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annual, big girl pants, blessed, food, friends, happy, high tea, Lilystone Cafe, moments, Rosenort, treat, weather, widow
today we celebrated two birthdays with a drive out to Rosenort and High Tea at Lilystone Cafe;-)… it is becoming an annual tradition as this was our third visit…
and to top it off, we were there on this exact day last year… how cool is that…
this photo was from our last visit…
today we enjoyed the items on the menu and had a variety of delicious teas to go with the tasty treats… I had one of everything, lol…
my tea was Peach Apricot which I just love…
we’ve always found the staff happy to deal with our food issues, and eager to please…
even though it was 38°C, (crazy weather we are experiencing) the room we were in was very comfortable…
such a lovely way to spend an afternoon with this amazing group of women;-)…
21 Monday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, cards, family, flickers, flowers, food, friends, geese, gifts, google, grandson, lobster, moments, Technology, treats, whoever, widow
on Friday, woke up to geese honking as they headed out looking for something to eat… and spotted flickers in the field across from the house;-)…
opened the beautiful cards and gifts from friends and family I’d been saving over the last few days, and laughed at Google singing to whoever was having the birthday, lol…
received a gorgeous purple handmade book, filled with photos of the garden and a book about monarchs with things I didn’t previously know… going to have to read that more thoroughly…
tried to vote, but the lineup was long, so headed out for breakfast at The Pancake House…
decided to vote Saturday when I would have more time…
friends arrived with cards and flowers and we had a lovely visit… the neighbour stopped by and gave an update on the house next door and collected Easter books for the littles…
received many texts and phone calls and had fun watching some F1 on tv…
cookies and hot cross buns arrived as I was reading in the living room, so I had to eat one of the hot cross buns, yum…
supper was steak and lobster, with fries and asparagus;-)… followed by a blizzard, yum…
what a delightful day it was…
19 Saturday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, family, food, moments, rolls, supper, sushi, Technology, treat, widow
my birthday week continued;-)…
went out for sushi on Wednesday and then took a drive to pick up a computer part for my grandson…
hadn’t had sushi for quite a while and the food was excellent… only had a few leftover rolls to bring home which is good because sometimes we order way too much, lol…
23 Sunday Mar 2025
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19 Wednesday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, carbs, family, food, meatballs, moments, remembering, sauce, spaghetti, supper, widow
this morning I dug meatballs out from the freezer…
then I made a sauce to go with them and decided to add the spaghetti to cook in the sauce…
once it was cooked, it went into the fridge to cool down which helps reduce the carbs…
when I reheated half of it for my supper, it was delicious;-)…
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