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mannequins…

16 Tuesday Jan 2024

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what a delightful time I had on Friday for my first visit to Voyage by Fleurs de Villes at The Leaf…

went with a friend who hadn’t made it to The Leaf before and it was such a treat to show her this gem…

we went around 2 pm and the parking lots were all full… we found a spot when someone left, at the very end of the gravel lot… even though there were many people, there were a good number of hangers to make leaving coats outside the biomes easy…

there was a lineup to get into the biomes, but it moved quickly and most people went directly into the Mediterranean Biome for the display, but we went through the Tropical Biome and admired the lush growth… my friend said she thought it was like the old Conservatory, but on steroids, lol… the plants are getting enormous and we were dripped on a few times, maybe from the humidity…

from there we moved into the Mediterranean Biome to see all the beautiful mannequins…

there were many people when we started our tour, but by the end it had thinned out nicely… I took photos of all the descriptions as it was so crowded around each one, lol…

after we sat and reviewed all the pictures we took, we decided on our favourites and filled out our ballots before heading home;-)…

fun way to spend a cold and snowy afternoon…

kaleidoscope…

12 Tuesday Dec 2023

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this morning in my Advent box I received a kaleidoscope of butterflies…

I love that name for a group of butterflies;-)…

some of them had broken free of their original home and had stuck themselves all over the inside of the box… it took a bit of time to get them all out, lol…

the glue on them is just down the centre of each one so their wings raise up a bit and they do look as though they are fluttering…

I put them on the bathroom mirror and they look very sweet there…

we will see if they stay or flutter to the ground as there isn’t much stickiness to them;-)…

F1…

21 Tuesday Nov 2023

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I had a nap in the afternoon and went to bed a little early Saturday night so I could get up to watch the F1 race from Las Vegas… usually the races are much earlier in the day, but this was a night race…

set my alarm for midnight and got up without a problem…

found a snack and drink and curled up in bed to watch the race…

stayed awake the entire time and enjoyed the action…

then I may have slept in a bit, lol…

displays…

31 Tuesday Oct 2023

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I’ve been collecting photos of Halloween displays since the very beginning of October when they started popping up on my walks in the neighbourhood;-)…

here are some that I enjoyed🎃…

decorating for Halloween has certainly become a popular pastime…

the very tall skeletons were cool, but I kind of like the happy displays, more than the scary ones, lol…

the majority of these were taken before the snow landed (and hasn’t left) which has since curtailed my walks;-)…

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;-)…

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;-)…