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elusive…

19 Sunday Mar 2023

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had a fun time in the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden at The Leaf on Thursday… it wasn’t too cold outside and bright so there was lots of activity…

a fair number of people were in the space and there were many butterflies…

apparently I was enamoured with the orange ones, lol…

this little one sat and offered different poses;-)…

and, of course, I tried to catch the elusive Blue Morpho… there were quite a few of them, but what makes it elusive is that you need to catch it in flight to capture the blue colour, lol… but I did get a partial shot;-)…

at least you can see some of the blue…

spending time in this space sure does make me happy;-)…

wall…

18 Saturday Mar 2023

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had another great visit to The Leaf on Thursday…

we arrived about 10:45 am and it felt like we walked into a wall of moisture… clearly the humidity level has gone up considerably since we were last here…

there were a good number of people in the space, but it didn’t feel crowded…

the waterfall is still spilling into the walkways, but it seemed at a lesser degree…

the plants are visibly growing and are lush and bright, even on a partially overcast day…

they seemed so much happier than on my last visit, when many of them looked like they might not survive…

lots of different flowers blooming throughout both the tropical and Mediterranean biomes…


every walk through the biomes brings something different and interesting… can’t wait to see what future visits will produce…

green…

17 Friday Mar 2023

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I have always dressed for special days, such as red on Valentine’s Day, green on St. Patrick’s Day, etc…

today, I spent a number of minutes looking through the closet in search of something green… this is rather funny considering I am home alone all day, lol…

what I found was the blue and green rash guard shirt that I got in Hawaii… so that’s what I put on… this shirt doesn’t get much wear…

certainly not a bright green, but still green… and I’m sure the fish are pleased with my choice;-)…

designing…

16 Thursday Mar 2023

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Wednesday was the day… I took the bouquet that came twelve days ago and separated it into three different arrangements…

the roses have been gone for quite a while but the remainder were doing quite well…

the biggest problem had been getting the water into it as the foam really filled up the top so there wasn’t room to easily add water…

started with designing this first arrangement in an oval shaped vase… it came out nicely I think… it is going upstairs into the bedroom…

ready for a new life…
in oval vase and looking good…
in its new spot in the bedroom…

there were so many greens that I filled another small container with them and added two of the carnations… this one has gone into the bathroom…

finally, the mums and a couple of daisies went into a very small bottle and were put in the den…

so that meant that the orchid collection has returned to the living room table…

flowers everywhere;-)…

white…

02 Thursday Mar 2023

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happy that I finally got a nice photo of the cute new little white orchids…

have had the plant for a few weeks now, but just couldn’t get a nice shot of a single bloom…

looks cute on the living room table along with the other new orchid and two little grape hyacinths which have just started to scent the air;-)…

and the new display in the table looks nice as well… some of my rock collection from Goose Spit with a few crystals thrown in;-)…

braver…

19 Sunday Feb 2023

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spent a good portion of Thursday out and about shopping… I am getting much braver these days although I still wear a mask everywhere…

were in Home Depot and Rona, getting bits and pieces to fix a few things in the house… then we wandered up and down every aisle at Costco and picked up a few items…

our final stop was Safeway where I was able to obtain some flowering plants and a few bunches of flowers…

and everyone knows they make me happy, lol…

bedside…

02 Thursday Feb 2023

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to make cleaning easier I always put most of the items on the bedside table into the drawer before the cleaners arrive…

after they leave I bring the items back out…

I absolutely love the amethyst heart that I purchased for my birthday when we were in Hawaii…

it sits at the edge of the Google Display and makes me smile every time I see it;-)…

took it downstairs into the sunlight to get a good photo before returning it back to its spot;-)…

thrift…

01 Wednesday Feb 2023

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great excitement…

got a call from my next door neighbour… we are both readers and share books on a regular basis…

she was at a thrift store and found books by one of our favourite authors… she wanted to check to see if we had read all the ones that were available…

we chatted and went through the list that I’ve made as I’ve read the books… I used the list inside one of the covers and have noted each book we’ve read…

we discovered six… yay…

once she dropped them off, I went through the list and marked the books in order of where they are on the list, which is the order I will read them… I also included three that I had just purchased…

so, you may not hear from me for a while, lol…