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heron…

20 Monday May 2019

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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…

recliners…

25 Tuesday Dec 2018

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had a lovely day…

up at 5 to FaceTime and exchange gifts with the Ottawa kids…

my son-in-law was working so he left the house around 6… this year it wasn’t nearly as cold as last, lol… which was good… last year when he headed off it was -40 with the windchill… this morning, when I checked a while after he’d gone it was only -18… practically a heat wave…

everyone was up by about 7:30, so I didn’t even have to bang pots…

thoughtful gifts were shared and everyone was pleased with their haul…

one of my gifts was a lovely top with herons on it and another was a Fitbit Charge 3 which I have been eyeing for quite some time;-)…

we had a sausage, potato, spinach and cheese casserole and then headed off to the movies…

went to see The Grinch at Grant Park… the theatre has what appear to be recliners for everyone to sit in and you pick your seat ahead of time (like on planes)… we sat in the wrong ones but eventually got to the right spot…

then it was on to my house where naps were had by many as the dinner cooked…

supper was ready as the daddy arrived just after 7… delicious turkey dinner followed by his presents, a few minutes of device time and away they went…

a bit of time tidying up and now I am relaxing in front of the tv… wondering how long I will stay awake, lol…

restful…

20 Thursday Dec 2018

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today I finished wrapping the presents and put them under the tree…

also received a parcel from Ottawa with a few pieces to add to the pile:-)…

it came with a lovely card… it has a heron on it… I love herons…

was going to walk to get my hair cut but after taking out the recycling and garbage decided that it was way too slippery…

enjoying these restful days before the busyness of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day…

flight…

05 Wednesday Sep 2018

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woke up to a text from my daughter in Ottawa sending me some photos and video of a great blue heron…

I love them and she spotted this one while having her breakfast at Dows Lake before walking to her office…

a few minutes later I came across this memory on Facebook… two years ago we decided at the last minute to see if we could get a balloon flight… and we made it…

I had booked a trip a few years before just to be able to have an opportunity to fly in a hot air balloon… that time, it took five tries to actually get up into the air, so this was a treat…

lovely way to start the day…

Ottawa Outing Day 5…

23 Monday Apr 2018

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our plan was to go to the newly opened Science and Technology Museum today as my daughter had to work and it is within walking distance…

this morning, when I checked their hours, I discovered they weren’t open on Mondays, apparently like many of the museums…

eventually we decided to go the Central Experimental Farm… very round about taxi ride finally got us there and we had great fun checking out the animals, especially the sheep…

the babies were very cute…

we visited the other exhibits and had the snack that we’d packed in the backpack…

we then walked over to the conservatory through a big field where we came across this giant tree that was planted 107 years ago…

the conservatory was tiny but had a few flowers blooming…

then we walked to Dow’s Place where we called a taxi and spotted a heron while we were waiting… we saw some cute flowers as we walked…

when we got home computer games and napping took place…

out for burgers on our last evening here…

home for a movie before bed…

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