• Background…
  • Here’s the Scoop!

herbiggirlpants

~ the new reality of a "70 something"

herbiggirlpants

Tag Archives: fresh

discourage…

19 Thursday Jun 2025

Posted by sulis303 in food, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

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;-)…

sand…

09 Monday Jun 2025

Posted by sulis303 in family, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, blessed, drywall, family, fresh, grandson, happy, moments, paint, rain, sand, weather, widow

my middle grandson came over Sunday to help replace the carpet on the front steps… of course it poured so that didn’t happen…

instead he did a final sand of the drywall in the laundry area and gave it two coats of paint…

what a difference it makes, and it looks so fresh with the white paint…

today we put everything back… those dressers were heavy…

boiled…

14 Friday Jul 2023

Posted by sulis303 in business, food, health, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, blessed, boiled, food, fresh, garden, happy, mango, moments, nature, shopping, summer, Tea, veggies, widow, Wolseley Farmers Market

my friend picked me up Tuesday and we went to Wolseley Farmers Market… first time this season…

so happy… fresh veggies…

also picked up a new mango tea to try…

cooked the potatoes and put them in the fridge to cool… popped country style spareribs into the oven and then boiled green and yellow beans, with snap peas… mixed in the potatoes and added butter… yum…

the first veggies of the season always taste so delicious 🤤…

launder…

28 Tuesday Feb 2023

Posted by sulis303 in life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

bedroom, big girl pants, blessed, curtains, fresh, happy, home, hung, launder, moments, Spring, widow

finally took the time to take down and launder the bedroom curtains…

they came out very nicely and smell fresh as they are now rehung in the space…

spring is coming;-)…

cleaned…

02 Thursday May 2019

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, cleaned, fresh, fresh air, memories, Spring, sunshine, trees, walk, widow

on my walk home tonight I enjoyed the fresh air and sunshine…

some places have already cleaned up their yards…

trees seen from every point of view…

shhhhh, it might be Spring;-)…

eats…

29 Wednesday Aug 2018

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

basil, big girl pants, bread, colleagues, croissants, dinner, eats, fresh, La Belle Baguette, lunch, treat, widow

had some delicious eats today…

picked up a loaf of bread and some croissants at La Belle Baguette on my way into the office…

the car smelled amazing all the way downtown and the croissants were a hit with my colleagues…

at lunch I made a tomato sandwich, and a cucumber one as well, with the fresh bread and a ripe tomato from a colleague’s parents’ farm… used basil instead of lettuce… oh my, it tasted wonderful…

for my supper I finished off the shrimp from last night and the last of the mango slices I picked up the other day…

yummy day…

market…

17 Thursday Aug 2017

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, flowers, food, fresh, gladioli, market, purple, shopping, supper, walk, widow

went to the Farmers Market today and picked up a few things…

got tiny cucumbers and potatoes, a cauliflower, peas, two kinds of buns, a chocolate bar and 3 purple glads…

as I walked home with my treasures lots of people commented on the gladioli…

for dinner I had roasted country style spareribs along with new potatoes and dill, beets from last week, and cucumbers in vinegar and water… delicious…

wonderful to have access to fresh food so close to the office…

life is good…

market…

30 Thursday Jun 2016

Posted by sulis303 in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, brie, delicious, Downtown Farmers Market, fresh, market, supper, veggies, widow

had a great time at the Downtown Farmers Market today…


picked up some lovely small new potatoes; red and white radishes; tiny beets and greens; peas; asparagus and strawberries… also picked up some Thai coconut soup, gluten-free perogies  and an adorable purple hat… lots of fun…

and I was only away from the office for thirty minutes…

hadn’t taken any meat out for dinner so cooked the beets with greens, half of the potatoes and some of the peas… added a bit of Brie and some fresh dill… 


oh, so yummy… looking forward to more delicious dishes over the weekend…

summer has arrived…

fresh…

02 Sunday Aug 2015

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, nature

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, fresh, garden, light, lobster, morning glory, paint

out and about this morning… picked up painting supplies so my daughter can paint the front and back doors… they are purple, but very faded so she is going to freshen them up for me…

  
also picked up some gray trim paint to go around the back door and patio door… will look lovely and fresh when this is done… 

  
right now the paint is peeling horribly…

thrilled today to see a morning glory from the deck…

  
to see the others I had to be in the garden area…

spotted two of the tiny tomatoes starting to turn colour, oh yay!

  
looking forward to eating them soon…

yesterday I purchased some fresh green and yellow beans which we included with our dinner tonight, although only my daughter and I eat them…

also picked up the fixings for steak and lobster dinner today… that was usually our anniversary splurge… amazingly, all of the grandkids like lobster already… don’t think our girls even got to taste it until they were in their teens, lol…

dinner was great and the lobster delicious… lobster is fine for me, but that butter, not so much…

now I am sitting in the garden, with a blanket on, watching a red squirrel do acrobatics to get seeds out of the bird feeder…   

it had been there for ages, but as soon as I went to take the picture it darted away, lol…

been a busy day, and the light is fading… 9:40 and I had to put a light on in the garage to put things in their places…

fresh…

21 Tuesday Jul 2015

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, nature

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, fresh, shrimp, veggies, Vic's Fruit Market, water canna

checked out Vic’s Fruit Market today… what a lovely place… lots of different and interesting items… also got in a visit with someone I haven’t seen much of lately…

collected a great bagful of goodies…

  
the fruit and veggies were beautifully displayed and in excellent condition, much fresher than most places I shop…

the tiny baby potatoes were adorable… usually I have to pick through to find the smallest ones, but they had them already bagged…

brought everything home and made a delicious dinner with some steamed shrimp… enjoyed each mouthful…

 

had my dessert first with a bowl of raspberries and cream… yum… 
  
this water canna is quite spectacular… can’t even count the number of blossoms it is going to have… looks like it will be blooming for days… woohoo…

have I mentioned how much I love summer…

← Older posts

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 516 other subscribers

Previous

Tags

beloved big girl pants birds blessed chocolate Christmas cold dinner family fish flowers food friends fun garden George grandson grandsons happy health hibiscus hot tub light lunch memories moments morning glories nature orchid photos pictures plants pond purple rain remembering shopping sky snow sun sunshine supper Technology time treat trees walk water weather widow

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • herbiggirlpants
    • Join 516 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • herbiggirlpants
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...