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camping…

08 Saturday Aug 2015

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sitting around the campfire tonight one of my grandsons asked how long it has been since I last went camping…

    
must be twenty plus years, lol…

it was lovely to sit and watch the fire while hot dogs and smokies were being cooked…

they always smell so tasty cooked on the open fire… and the potato salad I made this afternoon went well with them too…

looking forward to lots of fun over the next three days…

now we are going for a walk to see if I can find some internet so I can post this…

photos…

31 Friday Jul 2015

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last night I spent some time on the deck trying to get a good shot of the full, blue moon…

  
this is one of the few that turned out… also took a few pictures of the light coming through the gate… 

  
set my alarm for 5:45 am which was going to be the height of the full moon… woke up at 5, so went out and got this shot…

  
back to sleep for an hour or so and when I got up, took a few photos of the morning glory...

  
took some with my camera as well, but they turned out blue, not the actual purple of the flower…

spent the day with two of my grandsons and the dog… we talked about grandpa while we were having our breakfast at the “A”…  

later one mowed the lawn and the other started picking up some of the mulch because now we are going to lay down landscape fabric and put the mulch back down… should have done that in the first place, lol…

got a lovely shot of a beautiful dragonfly this afternoon…

  
great day…

prep…

30 Thursday Oct 2014

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this morning I prepared for an afternoon memorial service as I got dressed… chose a purple top and a special scarf so that I could leave right from the office…

saw these geese as we were driving…

IMG_9032.JPGthey were everywhere… sadly I didn’t get a shot of them flying overhead…

here’s a picture of my afternoon snack…

IMG_9033.JPGtook the smallest plate because it had purple on it…

today the sky went from dark and filled with clouds, to sunny and clear as we drove home…

after supper I prepared the goodies to give out tomorrow… I put together 30 medical gloves filled with candy and 3 sets of Halloween gloves for my boys…

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bright…

10 Friday Oct 2014

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day started out with a bright spot…

IMG_8755.JPGthat sweet hibiscus with blooms… great way to start the day…

not such a bright spot when I headed outside and saw windows covered with frost…

IMG_8756.JPGbut when I got out of the car at the office and looked up, saw a lovely moon…

IMG_8757.JPGbright spot number three was getting to see my grandsons and have dinner with them and their parents… after dinner my son-in-law brought me home, on his way to work, and I had to take a picture of the beautiful sky…

IMG_8758.JPGgreat day…

next door…

28 Friday Mar 2014

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tonight as I walked up the driveway the neighbour’s dog had his head over the fence barking at me… the fence is about six feet high but there is so much snow on the ground that he could look over and see me…

they’ve only had him for about six months and he’s certainly grown by leaps and bounds in that time… sadly he has learned to bark…

when I look out my bedroom window I can see into their backyard… it is filled with paths that the dog has made and tons of dog doodoo all over…

made me think of my grandsons and the job of cleaning up after their two dogs… doing the cleaning up on a regular basis has been difficult for both of the older boys as they have had the job…

then of course, there is so much to pick up that they get frustrated, or leave it till spring when it turns all soft and mushy… there are often tears when clean-up actually happens…

my backyard looks rather pristine… even with the bunny visiting on a regular basis…

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sporty…

26 Wednesday Jun 2013

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been very busy with sports the last few days… last night had dinner with my daughter and oldest grandson and then went to watch his soccer game…

Kyler's team taking a well deserved break...

older one’s team taking a well deserved break, it was very hot…

tonight I went to their house and we had Chinese food for dinner – tomorrow is Jeff’s birthday – and then went to the second grandson’s soccer game…

Tavin on the way to a goal...

on the way to a goal…

both nights the weather was great, although clouds blew by… both boys played very well and I could see the improvement in the oldest, as I had been at one of his games before going to the coast…

reminded me of my dad… he was an athlete in his youth but as an adult he suffered from emphysema so couldn’t participate in sports but he loved to watch and support them… we often went to events at the Arena – for skating and running… Dad taught me that the important thing was to do your best and we always cheered for everyone, not just the front runners…

we followed that same philosophy with our children and now our grandchildren…

what a blessing to be able to see them having fun and learning great life skills…

rainbow on way home...

rainbow on way home…