26 Thursday Sep 2019
26 Monday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, bridge, family, fawn, fishing, geese, memories, moments, rain, walk, widow, woodpecker
so far we’ve seen a fawn, frogs, geese and a pileated woodpecker… and we’ve only been here since noon;-)…
we’ve hiked around the campground and taken a few photos from the bridge that is usually in my pictures…
we’ve fished, or more precisely, practised casting, lol…
and are currently sitting around a campfire waiting for it to die down so we can cook hotdogs for our supper…
why is it that hotdogs taste so delicious when cooked over a fire…
pretty fine day considering we were led to believe it was going to rain all day…
16 Friday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, English Garden, flowers, gaggle, garden, geese, iPhone, Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, nature, photos, pond, walk, widow
this morning had a great walk to the Park…
on my way saw a bunny and a gaggle of geese… crossed the street so as not to disturb them… was a bit of a surprise to see them on a sidewalk, but maybe they were checking out the Little Library, lol…
crossing the walking bridge I spotted a brief of pelicans… I think there were nine in total and there was a cormorant with them… it was clearly preening time…
my camera battery quit midway through my walk so I took the rest of the photos with my iPhone… it always makes me giggle when it announces that it is exhausted, lol…
today I seemed to lean toward white…
although I did focus on a few frogs, lol…
a much less crowded visit than the one on Sunday… the one sad thing was that our bench was being watered so I couldn’t sit…
ended the visit checking out the ducks and geese at the Riley Family Duck Pond…
20 Monday May 2019
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big girl pants, ducks, finches, geese, Great Blue Heron, heron, purple, treat, widow
noticed a number of birds over the last few days…
common or purple finches at the bird feeder, and ducks and geese at the Park…
the mallard was at the door to the Leo Mol Gallery… not sure if it was waiting to go in, or what…
but, the most exciting creature I’ve seen was the great blue heron by the bridge to the Park…
I was so excited to see this beauty… I must have stood watching it for ten minutes before it flew away…
herons are everywhere in Ontario and BC, and I’ve seen a few at Manitoba lakes, but not in the city…
a wonderful treat…
08 Wednesday May 2019
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, geese, grass, nesting, Qualico Family Center, roof, walk, widow
took these photos Sunday, on my walk in the Park…
clearly some geese were setting up their nest on the roof of the skating shelter by the Duck Pond…
sort of funny when you think that the roof on the Qualico Family Center, just a few steps away, is made of grass, lol…
07 Tuesday May 2019
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beaver, big girl pants, geese, lodge, rear view mirror, teacher, widow
this morning there were a pair of geese at the end of the street as we were heading to work… caught this cool shot of them in the rear view mirror… hope they decide to nest here…
as I walked up the street on my way home, chatted with a woman who was looking into the creek… she’s a teacher and was trying to find the beaver’s lodge so she could bring her class to see it… that’s pretty cool…
on Sunday I took this shot of one of the trees that the beaver has been working on…
26 Friday Oct 2018
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adapt, appointment, big girl pants, breakfast, buddy, English Garden, friend, geese, halloween, honking, insurance, Leo Mol Garden, neighbours, widow
this morning I started my day at the clinic doing bloodwork before my next appointment…
on my way back to the car I kept having to stop and watch the geese flying overhead… I cannot keep from looking up when I hear them honking…
then I met up with my walking buddy… we had breakfast at The Park Cafe, and noticed that all the geese that usually spend time in the pond were off filling up somewhere else, lol… afterward we wandered through the English and Leo Mol Gardens which are rather sad just now but it was great to be outside…
I dropped her off and we checked out her newly renovated garden… as I was leaving I got this pic of a neighbour’s Halloween decorations;-)…
when I arrived home, had a lovely visit with one of my neighbours… haven’t been outside at the same time for ages so it was great to catch-up… they usually spend a few months at their property in Arizona but with health issues they can’t get insurance so will be selling… they do have a winterized cottage just outside the city, so will spend time there…
seems like we have to adapt quite a bit as we get older…
25 Thursday Oct 2018
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early morning… beautiful sky… changed every few minutes as I drove downtown…
saw dozens of geese flying low overhead… what an amazing sight… and a wonderful way to start the day…
had a smoothie for breakfast, butternut squash soup for lunch and ended the day with a late supper of jumbo shrimp and wild rice… healthy and tasty…
good way to start off my weekend;-)…
17 Friday Aug 2018
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big girl pants, boat, camping, cottage, day eight, family, fishing, geese, headache, Master, widow
sadly I woke up with a headache which stayed through the whole day… up around eight and relaxed around the campsite… the sun looked cool through the trees and I got a few neat shots of lichen on a branch… saw quite a few geese today when we were down by the water…
then we were off fishing… the boys had great success… my son-in-law caught a 39 inch Jack, just shy of a Master…
after lunch all the boys went to the beach while I tried to sleep off my headache… didn’t work, but I had a nap…
got ready for supper and my daughter arrived from the city… hot dogs and smokies on the fire, clean up and off for an evening ride on the boat…
fun to see how different the cottages look all lit up…
25 Sunday Mar 2018
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barbecue, big girl pants, covers, geese, ice, JUNOs, Shadow, skein, Spring, wedge, wheel covers, widow
been waiting to go to Canadian Tire to pick up new wheel covers for Shadow… this is the final piece following her accident, although I have to be back in touch with MPI to be reimbursed…
wasn’t 100% sure what I needed so I waited for a day when my son-in-law was available… today we ran over and found just the right covers, and when we got home he installed them…
as we arrived home a group of Canada geese flew over the house… can’t decide if it was a skein, a wedge or a team, lol… very exciting… made the dull overcast seem less oppressive… a sure sign of Spring…
ended the day with barbecued steak for our dinner…
the last bit of ice in the covered entryway to the backyard has also been removed which makes me happy…
now to watch the Junos…
