lifeline…

07 Saturday Oct 2023

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had a great time on Monday, when I met with my BS buddies at the Park Cafe for a celebration lunch…

it was amazing because it was the birthday person’s birthday, lol… we don’t often have the celebration on their actual day…

we were there for a few hours…

the restaurant wasn’t too full, we had a lovely waitperson, the meal with very tasty, and we had lots of laughs and conversation (as always)…

these women have been my lifeline for over thirty-five years…

guide…

03 Sunday Sep 2023

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Tuesday, a friend picked me up and we had a wander through the Diversity Gardens…

it was her first time there and I enjoyed being the tour guide, lol…

we were so busy catching up that I barely took any photos…

I did take some of a few grasses we thought might work in the garden between the cedars which might cover it a bit more of the chain link now that the neighbours have removed their planters…

from there, we drove over and walked through the English sand Leo Mol Gardens…

we spent some time relaxing on a bench by the pond and learning about Pokémon as I have just started playing again and now have my own account;-)…

rocks…

29 Thursday Jun 2023

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took a while, but I made it all the way into the water…

Sunday we spent a short time at Albert Beach where I went in up to my knees for just a few minutes… while there we spotted a pair of eagles flying over, although I was only able to get a photo of one…

late in the afternoon we went down to our beach and went into the water… it was rocky at the edge but we got through, found the sand and stayed in for quite a while… it was lovely although I had a little spill coming out of the water, lol… lots of rocks, but there were no injuries…

waffles…

23 Friday Jun 2023

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came by a waffle maker not long ago and we decided to bring it with us to the lake and try making some…

this particular one had no instructions, so we went on YouTube to figure out the process…

not sure why, but I’ve never had, or made, homemade waffles, so it was a fun learning experience… a friend sent me their favourite recipe, which I printed off before leaving home… what I didn’t do was actually read the recipe, lol… so, we went to the store here to pick up a few of the necessary ingredients, like regular milk and baking powder, but we couldn’t find cake flour, so made do with plain…

it was fun searching the kitchen to find the items we needed for the process…

once everything was gathered, it didn’t take long to produce some rather tasty waffles.. we had fresh strawberries and also picked up whipping cream…

delicious and fun, although it does take a while to make them, lol…

a great experiment, and maybe supper will be chicken and waffles…

already thinking about other things that it might make;-)…

mouth…

20 Tuesday Jun 2023

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yesterday, the day began with tea on the top deck in the garden as everyone else in the house slept…

it ended with tea on a completely different deck with a view of the mouth of Lake Winnipeg…

very nice…

crackers…

07 Wednesday Jun 2023

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today, as I was enjoying the dill pickle soup that I didn’t eat when we were at Taverna Rodos on Monday, I remembered a lovely story shared by a friend…

with the soup, they included some Premium Plus Salted Top Cracker look-alikes… because the box is pretty big I haven’t had them in a very long time, so it was a nice treat… my favourite way to eat them is as a little sandwich, with butter or margarine…

my friend and their family really enjoy food, so they had quite a variety of crackers in their home…

one day one of the kids came home and advised that they had just had the most delicious crackers and that the family should get some…

it took a while, but eventually they were able to name them as Premium Plus Crackers…

so funny that with all the fancy crackers they had, the kids had never had the Premium ones…

such a chuckle, particularly as in my home that was the only type of cracker we ever had;-)…

liver…

06 Tuesday Jun 2023

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on Monday our BS group went to Taverna Rodos for lunch to celebrate an upcoming birthday… it was very hot so we chose the inside and had a great time…

I had liver and onions with gravy, along with a salad and French fries… it was wonderful and I enjoyed every bite…

other dishes included lemon rice soup, souvlaki, steak sandwich, and a chicken and Caesar salad… and maybe a few desserts;-)…

fun times as we considered how long we’ve used the birthday bag and the photo on it, lol…

lots of sharing, laughter, and some singing…

mushrooms…

26 Wednesday Apr 2023

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Tuesday we went to aquasize as my buddy had an appointment on Thursday…

from there we drove to Oak Bluff, where we had lunch at Roxy’s Restaurant & Lounge… I was very excited to find battered mushrooms on the menu, so we started with those… and they were delicious;-)… then I had a tasty beef dip with Caesar salad… the service was excellent, the food good and it was a nice spot…

onward to Carman where we visited the Golden Prairie Arts Council to see an exhibition by Connie Bart Hamel which was filled with a variety of mediums… she is very talented and a neighbour of my friend…

we stopped at Syl’s for ice cream and had a lovely drive home in the sunshine…

wonderful day;-)…

Paderno…

30 Thursday Mar 2023

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started Thursday morning with a stop at The Butter Tart Lady where we picked up some delicious items… pampushki and sausage rolls…

later we had a lovely wander through Canadian Tire as we had no time constraints… found the cutest hockey tape in rainbow and purple;-)… picked some scrubbies up and then found a new Paderno saucepan to replace one which had started to lose its non-stick coating, and was on sale…