30 Sunday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bunnies, dogs, fun, garden, moments, nature, paths, snow, trails, weather, widow
fun to watch the garden after the snowfall to see any fresh trails…
the bunnies have been busy…
even caught some through the window into the neighbour’s yard… their trails are made by dogs, not bunnies…
06 Thursday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, framed, friends, fun, installation, matting, memories, moments, nature, photos, pictures, project, remembering, slipped, water lilies, widow
had a fun time remembering the “installation” which a friend helped me install a number of years ago as I was making adjustments to them…
the installation consists of twenty-nine photos of water lilies which I had taken…
over the years a number of the pictures had slipped in the frames and I finally got around to removing them one by one and taping the photos to the matting before reinstalling them on the wall…
there had been wine and a lot of laughter as we worked away to get all the pictures up on the wall, lol…
this time my housemate was able to help with the pieces I couldn’t reach, lol…
happy to have this project completed…
14 Friday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, fun, furry, hearts, memories, moments, ready, Valentine's Day, widow
yesterday I remembered a bag of hearts, so I brought it downstairs and had some fun putting them around the house…
started in the bathroom with three small hearts…
then I put two furry hearts over the plants…
two glass hearts replaced the dragonfly and angel sun catchers which usually hang in the front window…
put the bag they came in at the top of the stairs…
finally, I put the heart wreath on the front door…
it was fun to decide where to place each piece, or grouping…
so I was all ready for today;-)…
09 Sunday Feb 2025
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adventure buddy, big girl pants, blessed, crowd, date night, fun, light ballet, moments, out late, Technology, weather, widow
wow, last night we went to see a light ballet…
it was fun to go out in the evening because I don’t do that very often anymore, lol…
reminded me of when my housemate and I went to see a candlelight music presentation last year… standing in a long line beforehand and then how quickly it moved once the doors opened…
there was wine available and it was interesting to see the variety of people who attended, from young girls to elderly couples… seemed like date night for many in attendance…
besides the five dancers, a violinist played at various points during the show…
while the performance was on there was not a sound in the audience…
parking went well and even the cold temperatures didn’t bother the crowd…
01 Wednesday Jan 2025
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03 Tuesday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, boat tour, CMHR, early, family, fun, landmarks, moments, nature, treat, water, weather, widow, Winnipeg Waterways Tours
went for a ride on one of the Winnipeg Waterways Tour boats yesterday morning…
while we waited to board, saw some ducks and geese and had to take a few pics, lol…
our driver, Pete, shared lots of interesting facts, many I wasn’t aware of, as we travelled along the Assiniboine and Red rivers…
it was fun to see some of the city landmarks from the water…
I was happy to get a few nice photos of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights…
and this one from the back of it…
a lovely treat;-)…
25 Thursday Jul 2024
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adventure, big girl pants, blessed, buddy, delicious, drive, food, friend, fun, lunch, moments, Pineridge, Pineridge Hollow, restaurant, shopping, treat, weather, widow
it was a beautiful day for an adventure yesterday… and we hadn’t been on one for awhile…
my adventure buddy and I drove out to Pineridge Hollow for lunch and a wander around the new shops that are there…
we had a lovely drive out and only got a little lost, lol…
we were just in time for our lunch reservation so we ate first… we shared a number of things…
rosemary and salt beet chips with a goat cheese ranch dipping sauce… my oh my, those were addictive…
next we shared a small Pineridge salad with mixed greens, apples, candied pecans and smoked Gouda tossed in a maple Dijon dressing… I forgot to take a photo before we dived in, lol… the small was more than enough for the two of us… and it was delicious… actually it was my favourite of all we ate…
she had the pulled pork tacos and I had the carpaccio – seared beef tenderloin, pickled rhubarb, strawberry gastrique, fresh herbs, arugula, pistachios, and a garlic scape aoli…
it was fun to try something different;-)…
and because we hadn’t eaten enough, she had schmoo and I had panna cotta with haskap berries…
we could have just had the beet chips and salad, maybe with a bit of chicken in it…
but we enjoyed everything and had leftovers to bring home…
from there we wandered through the shops and picked up a few items before heading home for naps, lol…
20 Saturday Jul 2024
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, cottage, fun, garden, hawk, moments, nattering, nature, remembering, song, sounds, squirrels, widow
had a bit of a giggle as I was sitting on the deck eating breakfast and listening for bird songs…
when we were at the cottage we would hear a huge variety within just a few minutes…
of course that was also at migration time so I’m not sure how many you might hear now…
here, I can hear house sparrows, chickadees, the odd crow, squirrels yelling, and recycling/garbage trucks going up and down the lane, lol…
it has also been quieter lately because there is a Cooper’s Hawk hanging around, which makes for some very quiet times when all the birds and squirrels go into hiding…
you know it has left the area when all of a sudden large numbers of sparrows start getting drinks and gathering seed from the feeders, nattering the whole time…
21 Thursday Mar 2024
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, bunny, create, Easter, eggs, flowers, fun, moments, purple, widow
this morning I spent time with the flowers from March 5th…
last week I took out the carnations and today I divided the remaining mums into three containers…
one went into a glass vessel and made its way onto one of the kitchen counters…
the second container held two and went into the bathroom…
the final batch went into a purple mug on the living room table…
I also added a bunny, a glass egg, a candle, and chocolate mini eggs… Easter is coming after all;-)…
such fun to create something new from a single bouquet…
16 Friday Feb 2024
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baking, big girl pants, blessed, cookie cutters, cutters, family, fun, holidays, memories, moments, project, shopping, sugar cookies, widow
over the last two or three weeks I’ve purchased a few different sets of Valentine cookie cutters as I’ve worked on a project…
the end result of the project didn’t turn out quite as well as I wanted, but after a lot of trial and error I was satisfied with the results…
so I decided to use the cookie cutters for their actual purpose, lol…
I made cookies for the first time in I don’t know how long…
I can’t even think of how many I have made over the years… I made them for every holiday for the girls’ classmates as well as for family and friends…
it was fun to make them again as I remembered so many I had previously produced…
they came out very nicely and we have been enjoying them…
