18 Monday Sep 2017
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stayed home to rest and recover from this silly cold and plugged ear…
looking out the bedroom window I noticed a wasp on the outside… tried to get a picture but that apparently scared it…
I went outside once to take a few pictures of the hibiscus and discovered another wasp on it…
happy with the pictures…
did eventually get one of the hibiscus flower, lol…
14 Thursday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, changing, flowers, garden, George, leaves, moments, purple, sky, sun, virginia creeper, widow
enjoyed the Virginia creeper this morning…
it is changing everyday and starting to look quite lovely, but unfortunately this also means that fall is coming…
the pergola that George built looks spectacular right now…
of course there were flowers blooming…
lots of purple today…
the sun was trying to make it through the smoky sky as we were driving downtown…
strange, but beautiful…
13 Wednesday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, chocolate, flowers, garden, morning glories, odd, pictures, purple, sky, sun, walk, widow
one of my favourites from the garden this morning… I do love purple, and morning glories…
as I was leaving the office took a few shots of the sky… it had been looking very odd for a good portion of the afternoon… possibly from the smoke from fires…
as I was walking towards the house took the picture of the sun…
it was international chocolate day I decided on chips and chocolate for a snack after work;-)…
12 Tuesday Sep 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, bugs, flowers, garden, memories, morning glories, nature, pictures, purple, remembering, widow
very early this morning I came across this… in the bedroom… right by my bed…
but, I put my big girl pants on, and dealt with it…
then I was out in the garden admiring the flowers when I spotted this bug…
maybe it is the one that’s been eating my flowers… hmmmm…
did get a few shots of the morning glories;-)…
really been missing my beloved over the last few days… can’t put my finger on a reason…
but I sure do…
11 Monday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, dahlia, dots, elm tree, flowers, garden, ladybugs, moon, moonflower, morning glories, removal, sunflower, widow
early morning in the garden…
saw lots of flowers…
dahlia, morning glories, moonflower (maybe), and one of the two sunflowers…
while I was waiting for my ride I got this shot of the pretty moon…
and some ladybugs…
on my way home tonight I took a shot of the dot on this elm tree which has been tagged for removal…
reminded me of the early morning ladybugs…
10 Sunday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, family, flowers, fun, garden, grandson, hibiscus, lunch, many, morning glories, shopping, widow
flight arrived around 4:15 yesterday and my son-in-law picked me up and brought me home…
was contemplating a nap, but my daughter texted wanting to know if I wanted to go to ManyFest with her, the younger boys, and a friend’s three year old twins… said yes, thinking it would be a bit later in the day… they arrived about half an hour later… no nap for me, lol…
had fun with all the kids and stood in many lines for food… we were quite the little parade as we travelled around the site… there are always many people…
managed to get this picture of the Golden guy as we were walking around…
I don’t remember turning off the tv, but it was off this morning… apparently I was tired…
happy to wander around the garden this morning and check on all my flowers…
the morning glories were blooming and I took a few pictures because I really missed them… the hibiscus had many flowers and buds…
usually the kids come for dinner on Sunday, but today lunch worked better for them… my grandson picked me up and we went downtown to meet the others and have crepes…
only the second time I’ve been to Kawai Crepes and it was delicious…
and then we went to see The Emoji Movie… it was very cute… I ate nearly a whole bag of popcorn…
they headed to their place… I stopped and picked up a few groceries, came home, watered the garden and did many loads of laundry… roasted a chicken for lunches this week and watched a bit of tv…
been a busy few days… had imagined that I would have time to rest up before heading back to work, lol…
going to bed…
01 Friday Sep 2017
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2017 Ottawa day 2, big girl pants, chocolate, family, garden, hummingbird chocolate maker, Jojo Coco, Kingston, Ottawa, paddle board, roof rack, SUP, vacation, widow
another busy day…
slept in, and my daughter made tasty omelettes for our breakfast after I harvested zucchini and cucumbers from her garden… then we ate chocolate cake…
we went and picked up her new stand up paddle board… ended up being quite the process which involved going back to the Auto Racks store to be sure it was fastened correctly to the roof rack…
then we headed off to find two chocolate stores… Jojo Coco and hummingbird chocolate maker where we may have purchased a few bars, lol…
then it was off to Kingston…
you can’t spend any time with my daughter and not have some chocolate so on our drive here we had raspberry chocolate from one of the chocolate shops we visited today…
a short rest and we went downtown to Chez Piggy where we had a delicious dinner…
a walk around the harbour to get in a few steps and take a picture with the Kingston sign, a bit of Pokémon hunting and home to bed…
29 Tuesday Aug 2017
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berries, big girl pants, exploding, flowers, garden, hot, laugh, memories, morning glories, pergola, plants, purple, table, treadmill, water, widow
had to skip walking on the treadmill this morning so I could water the plants in the garden…
it has been amazingly hot over the last few days… I don’t like to water in the evening, so was happy to take the time early to get the job done…
the morning glories are exploding everywhere… the ones that are trying to come up through the table make me laugh…
for years we have had Virginia creeper growing along the north side of the garage and it never had berries… it has grown over the pergola into the south side and since that has happened it started to produce the berries…
this morning I got a few nice shots of some of them…
too bad we can’t eat them, lol…
28 Monday Aug 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, deck, friends, garden, hot tub, light, memories, morning glories, widow, wonderful
just spent the evening with the most wonderful women in my life…
we had a short stint in the hot tub and then sat out on the deck and caught up on our summer…
a beautiful evening which ended under the stars…
lovely to have time together…
below are a few shots of the morning glories that began my day…
they have the most wonderful light emanating from their centre… always make me think of my beloved…
25 Friday Aug 2017
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big girl pants, flowers, garden, hydrangeas, moments, morning glories, purple, seeing, special, time, widow
started my day with flowers in the garden…
very few purple morning glories today… for whatever reason the flowers are much more pastel these days…
I ended the day with this shot of my bouquet in the bedroom…
the sun was coming through the window and highlighting some of the daisies and the hydrangeas from the garden…
so happy when I get to spend a few moments seeing the beauty around me…
hope your day had a special moment or two…
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