25 Tuesday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, forest, melt, moments, seasonal, snowperson, tree, widow
got these two little cuties while grocery shopping the other day…
the tree will join the rest of the forest once they make their way out for their seasonal display…
not sure if the snowperson will join the melt (group of snow people), or make its way onto the Christmas tree…
13 Saturday Sep 2025
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big girl pants, bonsai, display, enchanted, forest, gardeners, grandson, moments, nature, plants, widow
spent time at The Leaf Thursday afternoon letting guests know that the biomes were closed until Friday…
happy to spot a gorgeous flower on the tall magnolia;-)…
there were two of us, so we had opportunities to take turns checking out how the work on the Enchanted Forest display was going… the gardeners were moving at warp speed to finish up…
I also had a lovely chat with one of the people from the Bonsai Winnipeg group as they waited to place their tree in the new display…
then, in the evening, my grandson and I attended a members-only viewing of the display… I was especially excited because I was able to bring a buddy… as everyone who knows me knows, I don’t like to do things on my own;-(…
what fun…
04 Sunday Jun 2023
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, forest, friends, further, garden, gardens, geese, moments, nature, pond, time, trees, walk, widow
met up with a friend and went for a walk at the Park… great to visit and catch-up;-)… and get some exercise at the same time…
need to get back to a regular routine of walking over and around the Gardens…
I may have gone just a bit further than I should have… one of my feet was just a touch irritated with me… but so wonderful to enjoy the Gardens…
16 Monday May 2022
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, forest, garden, geese, goslings, health, memories, moments, nature, Park, path, self-talk, trail, trees, walk, weather, widow
I walked to the Park today… first time in I don’t know how long… at least a year, and maybe longer than that…
took a bit of self-talk to get out the door… I am certainly feeling braver on the whole with being around other people, but I haven’t walked any distance for a long time…
so happy that I did it… the streets were clear of water… thank goodness… and there were very few people on the sidewalks and paths…
walking through the forest in the Park always brings me joy… and they have new signs with wonderful quotes along the way…
the trail has been renamed Story Trail and is part of the Indigenous Youth Storytelling Program… what a great idea… the trail has obviously been cleaned up and there was even a hut made with fallen branches… I am hoping that it might be covered with leaves as the summer progresses…
going through the English and Leo Mol Gardens was a bit disappointing, although really, considering the weather, what was I expecting, lol… the gardeners were everywhere raking and cleaning up the spaces, but there were very few blooming things… I saw one tree, a few daffodils and maybe a berginia in a few different locations…
the great news was that it was basically empty so I had ample time to stop and look whenever I wanted…
there were many geese and I did spot a few goslings, which was delightful…
I was a bit tired by the time I made it back to the house, so I had a nap…
17 Thursday Feb 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Cathedral Grove, family, forest, goosebumps, memories, moments, nature, remembering, time, trees, Vancouver Island, walk, widow
got a message today from someone who I had given a recommendation of places to visit on Vancouver island…
I had suggested Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Provincial Park… they thought it was amazing…
it is one of my favourite places ever…
within steps of the highway all traffic noises are gone and the walk through the giant trees is meditative and soul filling…
these pictures are from a visit with my beloved in the summer of 2011…
still gives me goosebumps when I remember what a special place it was…
22 Saturday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, christmas decorations, forest, moments, packed up, stairs, trees, widow
decided it was time the forest returned to the box…
brought up the tree box and then removed and packed each of the trees that lined the stairway…
always happy when things fit back into their container, lol…
still have one tree at the top of the stairs… it doesn’t go in the box so I may leave it there for a while…
or might move it to the window;-)…
01 Wednesday Aug 2018
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anniversary, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Cathedral Grove, forest, George, memories, moments, nature, peaceful, sound, trees, vacation, widow
been thinking of forests a lot lately…
after being in Cathedral Grove, BC, it has felt like we don’t really have many forests around here…
but when I walk through the forest in the Park I remember how special and rejuvenating trees are… it always seems extra peaceful and other sounds are blocked out…
took this shot looking up through the tree in the Leo Mol Garden… can never remember what the name of this particular tree is, although it is one of my favourites…
this photo is from July 2011 in Cathedral Grove…
we had a memorable time while visiting Courtenay and surrounds… it was a very special time and it was our last anniversary…
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