19 Friday Jan 2018
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27 Wednesday Dec 2017
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enjoyed some beautiful flowers today…
was at the office for a few hours and the African violet was still blooming and looked so nice…
I was laughing when I got home to see that the hibiscus was blooming again… the buds started opening when my daughter arrived in the city… she and my son-in-law have been house-sitting for a friend and while she’s been gone it has not bloomed… she arrived home about five minutes before I took this shot…
finally, while I was out today, I picked up this cute little tree that was on sale at Safeway… I bought it instead of flowers;-)…
a lovely addition to my tree collection;-)…
27 Monday Nov 2017
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yesterday my hibiscus started to bloom…
when it moved into the house in late September it lost some of its leaves…
it didn’t bloom outside until really late in the season, so I was very happy when the buds started to form in the house…
it always takes a long time from the first bud to the blossom so I was surprised when I found it open yesterday and this morning the second bloom opened…
sure does brighten up the living room;-)…
a touch of red for the season…
11 Saturday Nov 2017
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big girl pants, buds, flowers, happy, hibiscus, paper whites, perk, perk me up, planting, widow
great time with plants…
yesterday I potted some paper whites…
set them in the living room hoping to get flowers at some point…
also saw some lovely flowers when we were out for lunch…
really is quite amazing how flowers can perk me up;-)…
this morning I spotted buds on the hibiscus…
24 Sunday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, family, flowers, garden, grandsons, hibiscus, memories, purple, quiet, rainy, shopping, supper, weather, widow
mostly a quiet day, except when I went out to grocery shop and run a few errands…
it rained on and off the whole day…
was chilly too… the late blooming hibiscus doesn’t seem to be minding the colder weather…
had been planning to pick up some flowers but instead picked up this water bottle which jumped right off the shelf into my cart:-)… and it was on sale, so I really had no choice, lol…
my grandsons came for dinner and we had a good time… dad was working and mom was home sick… they helped get supper ready and with clean up…
a minute ago the oldest was being born… now the three of them come and visit on their own… time flies crazy fast;-)…
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…
10 Sunday Sep 2017
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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…
21 Sunday May 2017
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big girl pants, cold, dreary, green, hibiscus, morning glory, rain, water hyacinth, widow
rained all day long… spent the time reading, watching PVRed shows and napping…
cooked a roast and made coleslaw for dinner with the kids…
looked dreary…
took the hibiscus outside during the day yesterday, but today it was only around 6 for most of the day so kept it inside, although I’m sure it would have liked the rain…
the morning glories are starting to twist around each other… hope that I can get them separated when it is finally time to plant them, lol…
not ready to put the water hyacinth outside because, although they are serious weeds in the south, they don’t like cold and will die off if the weather is too chilly for them…
certainly lots of green around…
04 Tuesday Apr 2017
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big girl pants, camera, Chihuly, favourites, hibiscus, ladybug, shells, tree, widow
in my camera app you can save favourites…
when I like a picture for some reason or other, I put it into the favourites folder and wait for the right time to use it…
today I have a few that I’ve been saving and thought I would share…
on one of our walks on vacation I took this picture of a lovely hibiscus…
this shot of the new shell additions to the living room table… one square has the purchased ones and the other all of the ones we found along the beach…
newest page on my Chihuly calendar…
I love April…
this cute little ladybug was wandering along the baseboard in the bedroom the other day…
wonderfully gnarled tree in the English Gardens…
once I’ve used them I remove them from Favourites… and on to the next;-)…
06 Thursday Oct 2016
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beauty…
I love flowers and during the winter months I try to keep some around me because they keep me happy…
been enjoying some lovely blooms on the plants that came in from the garden…
the hyacinth is still flowering although its leaves are falling off… this is often the pattern when they come in from outside…
the gardenias are starting to open and perfume the air… it might just be happier inside the house…
this morning as I was leaving the house I got this picture of the begonias in the planter…
cool to see how some plants just keep on blooming while leaves are falling off everything else around them…
last few bits of summer… such a treat…
