29 Monday Oct 2018
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had a lovely evening with half of my BS buddies…
one was home feeling a bit under the weather and the other is on a road trip out west…
the conversation moved from vacation plans… to furniture… to family gatherings… to things we were up to…
besides great conversation we were treated to a delicious snack… homemade fudgy oatmeal bars… I think that was the name…
and I only had one piece;-)…
27 Saturday Oct 2018
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bench, big girl pants, camera, empty, English Garden, Fall, flowers, friends, Leo Mol Garden, moments, photos, pond, scaffolding, walk, widow
our walk through the English and Leo Mol Gardens was lovely…
it was cool and overcast but it was nearly empty… hardly anyone else in the entire space…
fabulous to get a bit of exercise and spend time catching up…
it looked like one of the statues was holding up the scaffolding, lol… had to work a bit to get a photo that wasn’t too risqué… looking forward to seeing what changes will be made…
easy to spot our bench, but it looks a bit dull… well, the whole place looks that way…
fun to take pictures with my new camera and see how the plants are preparing for winter…
pleased to finally make it to the Gardens… sorry that it has been so long and I have missed all the Fall beauty…
very happy that we got through the walk without any mist…
14 Sunday Oct 2018
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yesterday saw Prairie Nurses at PTE… it was funny and entertaining…
first show of the season and there was a full house…
beforehand we went out for lunch at the Falafel Place…
had some delicious falafel, and salad with hot cooked onions and garlic as part of the dressing… wasn’t sure how I would like it, but it was delicious…
enjoyed the show and had a lovely snack of Callebaut chocolate and some almonds…
walked home from the end of the street and got this shot of the many bare trees…
02 Sunday Sep 2018
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beautiful, beloved, big girl pants, camping, family, friends, internet service, LTE, memories, moments, nature, Opapiskaw, path, pink rocks, Sunday, widow
another beautiful day in paradise…
early this morning I walked down to the beach and got a few great pictures…
in an effort to find a good internet connection I walked down a very narrow trail to get to a spot where there was LTE service…
the trail brought back so many memories… all the years we camped at Falcon and Birds Hill and went on many hikes along trails that were just like this one…
at the end of the trail were some pretty rocks which I clearly am not going to be able to take home, sigh…
there are many poplars here and the sound of the wind blowing through them is also a reminder of camping in Birds Hill with friends…
missing my beloved… he would have loved this…
24 Friday Aug 2018
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appointment, Baby, big girl pants, blessed, camping, friends, Indi, lunch, moments, Park, pretzel, walk, whisperer, widow
been a full day… up early to get to my doctor’s appointment…
from there went to get Indi washed… she’s happy to be clean after all the bugs and dirt from camping… I think she was a bit embarrassed to be seen while she was so dirty;-)…
on to Polo to pick up meds and a warm pretzel as a reward for a good appointment…
home to put everything away and then walked to the Park to meet a friend and her baby for lunch and a walk around the Gardens… sure do love baby snuggles…
maintained my baby whisperer status as I managed to get her to have a lovely nap as we wandered around…
stopped in at an upholstery shop on the way home to see about getting some sewing done…
now to rest…
26 Thursday Jul 2018
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beet green buns, big girl pants, conversation, friends, George, meatballs, tomato, tomato sandwich, Transport Canada, vacation, widow
just had a lovely conversation with a friend I haven’t seen for years…
we worked together for Transport Canada when we were in our twenties… a couple of years ago, lol…
she made the very best little buns with beet greens inside them that were cooked in a cream sauce… absolutely delicious… I have found no one else who knows how to make them…
she mentioned that every time she makes meatballs she thinks of me… I taught her to use Worcestershire sauce and A1 when making burgers or meatballs… a trick from my dad;-)…
I often think of others when I do or make certain things, but it never occurred to me that others might think of me, lol…
was just thinking of the most amazing tomato sandwiches that George would make…
what a lovely way to start my vacation…
18 Wednesday Jul 2018
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this morning I was reminded that six years ago today I had surgery to remove my uterus and repair a large hernia… just a few months after losing my beloved…
how my life has changed since then…
I did have cancer, but removing the whole thing meant no further treatment needed to happen, other than frequent checkups for the next five years…
for ten weeks I couldn’t lift anything… friends and family came by to do everything that needed to be done…
since then I have been well, although two years later I was diagnosed with diabetes… I’ve lost weight, been more active and changed my diet… thankfully I do not need to take any meds…
tonight, as I ate rice rolls that a colleague brought me, I was reminded of how little I ate during those first weeks… I had no appetite and a friend who came to stay with me worked very hard to find foods that would temp my taste buds, lol…
one of my fondest memories was the day I was able to walk out of the house and into the garden after being stuck inside on the main floor for over a week because I couldn’t manage stairs…
the garden is such a healing place…
06 Friday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, camper, camping, day 8, family, friends, garden, grandsons, Pokémon, shopping, widow, wings, WWTB, zoo camp
final day of zoo camp… as we left the house we saw the bunny again… the older grandson and I dropped off the camper and wandered around the Gardens trying to catch Pokémon… the app stopped working for quite a while so we headed into the Park Cafe for a drink to pass some time…
then over to Costco to buy a few essentials and some treats to put away for our camping trips this summer… home to drop off the groceries, and back to the Park Cafe for lunch with a dear friend…
the Pokémon app worked better so we spent time afterwards walking around playing;-)… there were many new Pokémon to catch today…
picked up the camper and visited Save-On-Foods for a variety of chicken wings for our supper… went very nicely with the shrimp ring and Caesar salad…
after dinner we watered plants and baskets and I noticed that the pot that fell when the umbrella flew off the table yesterday was broken… very sad…
tv, video games and chatting with friends is the plan for the rest of the evening…
14 Thursday Jun 2018
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big girl pants, dinner, fireworks, friends, lightening, pedicure, purple, rain, sheets, spa, stunning, thunder, toes, widow
what a wonderful evening…
supper out with some very special women…
tried shrimp stuffed eggplant at Blaze Bistro… tasty…
then it was off for pedicures… such fun…
as we left the spa the sky was dark gray… getting into the car it was starting to spit…
by the time I arrived home I’d driven through sheets of rain, loads of lightening and waterlogged streets… that part wasn’t so fun, lol…
as I write this the thunder is rolling around the sky… it looks amazing out there… and is currently sounding like fireworks… yikes…
but my toes are stunning;-)…
14 Monday May 2018
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big girl pants, birthday, buddies, cafe, cloud, flowers, friends, petunia, walk, widow, Yafa Cafe
took some nice shots over the last few days… the cloud formation was very pretty last night… and this morning I took a few photos of the flowers that we picked up yesterday… one is quite beautiful, called starry sky… it is a petunia and I’m not fond of them but it was too beautiful not to bring home…
once I got home tonight I walked over to the Yafa Cafe to meet my buddies for a birthday dinner… we tried a number of items and enjoyed them all…
lovely time with wonderful women;-)…
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