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moonlight…

28 Thursday Mar 2024

Posted by sulis303 in garden, health, life, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, full moon, garden, mesmerizing, moments, moon, moonlight, nature, odd, photos, sky, Spring, weather, widow

the moon has been doing some odd things over the last while…

three days before the full moon the moonlight was amazing… it looked as though it was a full moon and this is very odd…

I’ve caught a few interesting photos over the last few days…

this was from the 5:30 on Tuesday morning, taken without my glasses on, lol……

this one was from 7:30 this morning…

the moon is so mesmerizing;-)…

shutter…

16 Tuesday Jul 2019

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

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big girl pants, camera, crisp, feeder, finch, friends, full moon, garden, moon, photos, purple, purple finch, shutter, widow

last night met with my friends on the deck… although the temperature was in the 30s, there was a gentle breeze blowing which made us very comfortable…

the purple finch family were back at the bird feeder, and chased off a squirrel…

we watched a huge yellow moon rising while we visited;-)… I didn’t get any photos, just enjoyed the view…

later in the evening I spent some time back on the deck with my camera and tripod getting some pictures of the nearly full moon…

I am always amazed at how quickly the moon moves when you are taking pictures…

after all was said and done, this is my favourite photo…

my new camera is supposed to let me use my phone to click the shutter, but for some reason it just won’t work… hoping to find a way to get that option working and maybe take crisper pics…

headphones…

21 Thursday Feb 2019

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

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big girl pants, camera, full moon, headphones, jiggle, moon, photos, treadmill, widow

this morning, rather than spend fifteen minutes on the treadmill, I had a lovely time taking photos of the moon…

although I used my tripod, next time I will use my headphones to take the photos so that the camera doesn’t jiggle…

still learning what this camera can do;-)…

patient…

28 Wednesday Feb 2018

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

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beautiful, big girl pants, full moon, moments, moon, patient, tulips, widow

there’s a beautiful full moon out there tonight…

didn’t even get my camera, just enjoyed a few wonderful moments of soaking it in…

my colleague is away but these tulips are patiently waiting her return… hope she gets back while they are still beautiful;-)…

late…

18 Thursday Aug 2016

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bendy bus, big girl pants, dentist, full moon, late, moon, Ottawa, peggp, widow

last night I planned to get up around two and take some shots of the full moon for a friend who always knows when the moon is full... took this one on my phone before I headed to bed…

sadly when I woke up around one, it was too late… was overcast and stayed that way all night…

even in the morning the sky was dull and there was no moon visible…

headed out earlier than usual as I had a dentist appointment to have a filling shaved down a bit…

even though I dislike being at the dentist, I don’t like to be late… got there before they had even unlocked the door, lol… should have gone back right after I discovered the filling wasn’t quite right… would have if I’d believed how simple and pain-free the process of smoothing it off was…

on my way home tonight I saw one of the bendy busses along Portage Avenue… I love to see them because they make me smile… always driving when I see them, so never get a picture…

Winnipeg bendy bus photo from the internet…

looking forward to riding on some when I head to Ottawa next month for a short visit with my daughter…

don’t ride the bus here but it is kind of fun there with someone who knows the system…

just last week I bought my grandson one of the peggo cards which are similar to what they use in Ottawa so people don’t need to carry bus tickets or cash…

photo by the proud recipient of the peggo card…


they’re kind of cute too…

home…

20 Monday Jun 2016

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

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Atlanta, bags, big girl pants, duty free, full moon, home, seats, travel

woke up to another great day in Atlanta…


lazed around a bit and packed up our bags… always interesting how difficult it is to get the same stuff back into your bag, lol…

headed to the airport hoping we could get seats together on the plane… apparently you need to book online as soon as you can because when we went to check in there were no empty seats and we were at opposite ends of the plane…

decided to head out early and have a nice breakfast at the airport… not to happen… when we finally got to the correct terminal – after taking the train again – all they had was a food court, sigh…

this was my breakfast…


wasn’t quite what we imagined it would be… it was a full moon after all…

at the gate we were advised we were stuck in the seats we had been assigned… I ended up in the furthest window seat at the back of the plane, where there is no window and the seats don’t recline at all… really felt claustrophobic the whole flight… strange that they were far apart as we booked them together…

my daughter had purchased some duty free liquor and when we arrived in Toronto and made it to the security line we were advised it wasn’t in the right bag, duh, so we had to leave the area and go back to WestJet check in and leave her bag, with the liquor there to be checked… luckily we had a spare cloth bag… then we had to go back through security again… omg… good thing there was time before our flights…

we ordered some lunch in an Irish pub place and it took a long time to arrive… thankfully it was right beside the two gates we needed…

after lunch we spent a last few minutes to say goodbye between the two gates before we each headed to our flights…


standing in line I could see her waiting for her flight…

two and a half hours later and I was home… unpacked a bit, had a bite of supper and heading off to bed as I work tomorrow…

a great trip and lots of fun… 

now, back to reality…

blooming…

06 Thursday Nov 2014

Posted by sulis303 in life, nature, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, bloomimg, full moon, George, hibiscus, scalloped potatoes

took this picture yesterday morning of a bud…

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the hibiscus tree has about 20 leaves on it… the rest fell off once the flowers bloomed the first few weeks after I brought it in…

full moon today… when we were driving to swimming the moon was huge above the trees… by the time we finished it had risen quite a bit higher, but was about half the size…

happily I had scalloped potatoes and ham for my supper, which my friend dropped off tonight… I cooked some snow peas to go along with it… these were the scalloped potatoes that our group had peeled and sliced for her family dinner after her brother’s memorial service last week… they were delicious… although there were lots of onions in them, her system of cutting the slices into small pieces infused the potatoes with the flavour but not great bits of onion…

this is the blossom tonight…

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so happy to have blooming flowers in the house… George brought me orchids or other blooming plants often throughout the cold weather…

busy…

13 Sunday Jul 2014

Posted by sulis303 in life, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, busy, full moon, goldfinches, hot tub

got up and had a hot tub just before the rain started… I sat there very still as the goldfinches were flitting about, as well as a couple of squirrels running around the fence and into one of the feeders, while the blue jays were flying through the garden… rather busy…

then, while one boy finch was at the feeder I thought I saw another yellow something fly past… wasn’t positive…

girl and boy goldfinch eating...

girl and boy goldfinch eating…

went for breakfast with the kids in St. Boniface, wearing those big girl pants again, and on to a few stores, including one where we got Jeff his belated birthday and Fathers’ Day gift – a new barbeque…

I headed to Safeway for groceries and when I got home and was looking out the window I saw two boy goldfinches at the feeder… yay…. didn’t get a picture, but will be trying to do that in the next few days…

last night the moon was full and very beautiful… spent a bit of time and got this photo…

full moon last night...

full moon last night…

was rather pleased with the outcome…

 

my Valentine…

14 Friday Feb 2014

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Canada Day shirt, full moon, my beloved, my valentine, Olympics, romantic, roses

hard day today… Valentine’s Day and a full moon, lol…

woke up early thinking of my beloved… he was quite the romantic… one of the things he always did was make sure both of the girls got a rose… sometimes they would be delivered but most often he would deliver them himself…

for the last two years I have sent them a rose in remembrance of their dad, who loved them so much… this year I sent them the day before so they would have them for the whole of Valentine’s Day…

Crystal's rose...

Crystal’s rose…

did well at work except for the email that a friend sent which brought a tear to my eye… sometimes I forget that I am still loved…

Cyndi's rose...

Cyndi’s rose…

had a little meltdown at the end of the day when there was conversation about partners and their level of romanticism… had to leave, and as I drove home tears were streaming down my face as I remembered my beloved and how special he would make me feel…

in 2012, our last Valentine’s Day together, he gave me a jacket I had been eyeing for quite a while, along with a beautiful red rose, heart chocolates and candies… I considered wearing that jacket this morning but decided I should wear red, rather than purple…

the only red thing in my closet that wasn’t too warm was a red Canada Day shirt which also seemed like a good plan today as the Olympics continue…

card from George, 2012...

card from George, 2012…

how lucky I have been to have such a romantic in my life…

 

Saturday…

19 Saturday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, donation items, dumpling recipe, full moon, leaking pond, lent car, overcast, reorganized the kitchen, Saturday, tons of leaves

spent a quiet day… mostly overcast with a bit of rain here and there… didn’t have any urge to go out anywhere…

Crystal came by to pick up and drop off the car, which she was borrowing for a few errands…

reorganized the kitchen a bit by moving the recycling box under the counter… made chicken and dumplings for my dinner which got me thinking about my mom… the dumpling recipe I use is one she always used… these days I am cutting it in half as I don’t want to be eating dumplings for days, lol…

when I made the turkey stock the other day, I roasted the bones first and I am not sure if I like the flavour or not…

put chemicals in the hot tub, watched some tv and cleaned out my closet… even managed to put a few clothing items into a box to give away…

felt like I just did what I wanted which was very nice…

had to unplug the pump in the pond because it appeared to be running out of water… which leads me to think that the leak is still not fixed… I am going to have to deal with that again this week and also need to rake both the front and back yards as the trees have very generously donated leaves everywhere… sadly the tree next door still has lots of leaves on it, so no doubt we will have to rake again…

got this shot of the full moon the other night as I was arriving home from my dinner out, and the hour-long drive home… the lights on the new baby are much brighter than on the last car…

full moon over the garage...

full moon over the garage…

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