04 Friday Jul 2025
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33°C, big girl pants, blessed, clouds, hot, moments, nature, pink, sky, Technology, weather, widow
it was a hot one…
right now, at 9:50 pm, the temperature is 28°C and feels like 33°C…
looked out the window to see these beautiful clouds;-)…
and just a few minutes later, they were gone…
so happy when I catch a lovely moment;-)…
29 Sunday Jun 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bucket, garden, hot, moments, nature, pea pod, reading, relaxing, rest, virginia creeper, weather, widow
it was a hot one yesterday… spent most of it in the garden…
started out with breakfast and a book while it was still cool…
then I took a break and trimmed virginia creeper which had gone crazy with the rain we’ve had recently…
after half an hour I’d filled my bucket between the garage door, entry pergola, and hose area…
back to relaxing;-)… after lunch and a rest in the lounge chair, the time came to move into the house to cool off for a while…
brought in all the cushions as there was a threat of a thunderstorm…
I watched an F1 qualifying session and headed back outside, where there had not been a storm or any rain, lol… had a wander around the vegetable garden and spotted the first pea-pod…
more reading on the deck, followed by a lovely steak for dinner…
finished my book and watched a bit of tv before bed;-)…
22 Monday Jul 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, hot, moments, morning glories, nature, photos, purple, shades, smile, walk, weather, widow
had some fun wandering around the garden this morning…
focussed on the morning glories…
different shades of purple;-)…
morning glories bring such a happy smile to my face…
12 Friday Jul 2024
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air, air conditioner, barbecue, Barbie the Barbecue, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, garden, grandson, hot, moments, nature, option, weather, widow
it has been very hot here for the last few days, with no rain, woohoo…
last night’s supper was pork tenderloin with potatoes, onions, and mushrooms and asparagus…
all cooked on Barbie the Barbecue…
nice to have an option for preparing supper in this heat…
sadly, it appears that the air conditioner has shared its last cooling;-(…
30 Wednesday Aug 2023
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allée, Assiniboine Park, benches, big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, grandson, happy, hot, long walk, moments, nature, path, people, plants, Pokémon, pond, sunny, Technology, water lilies, weather, widow
on Sunday we went for a walk around Assiniboine Park to catch Pokémon… apparently it was a special event around the world… it was hot and sunny…
there were people everywhere… many of them with their heads down, focussed on their phones, with cords connecting to power packs in their pockets, lol…
we walked around the allée that circles the Diversity Gardens… it was fully shaded and there were many people along the way…
from there we walked across the Park to the English and Leo Mol Gardens… it was a long way, lol… we stopped now and then for a rest and sip of our water, and got to walk down one of my favourite paths…
it has been months since I’ve been to the Gardens, so it was a treat… besides all the people, there were lots of flowers in bloom with beautiful water lilies, and frogs, in the English Garden…
the cricket fields had some good items as we headed back to the car…
nice to enjoy a walk, although my feet were a little tired;-)…
20 Monday Jun 2022
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barbecue, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, grilling, hot, irrigation, memories, moments, nature, steak, weather, widow
it was a hot one on Sunday…
I spent a good part of the day in the garden… the sun was blazing…
went around and watered all of the planters and then turned on the irrigation system… it worked fairly well and I am excited to get the rest of it connected…
had a nap in the house over the hottest part of the day and then sat on the upper deck in the shade and read…
dug out the grill and barbecued a steak which I enjoyed with some homemade potato salad and asparagus…
nice to do some grilling… my beloved would have cooked the steak better, but as time goes on, I am learning;-)…
19 Monday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, food, garden, hot, moments, nature, treat, vegetable, water, weather, widow
I’ve been watering my neighbour’s vegetable garden when they are away, since it has been so hot…
it makes my few tomatoes, cucumbers and basil look like a joke, lol…
there are raised beds filled with beans, dill, cucumbers, peas, beets, carrots, lettuce, potatoes and tomatoes of all kinds…
it has been fun to watch the growth when I am giving them a drink…
and look what I received;-)… a bag filled with beans, ready to cook… they will be tomorrow’s supper along with some new potatoes and chicken… yum…
they have shared cucumbers and tomatoes over the years, but it was a lovely treat to get the three types of beans…
17 Saturday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, bird feeders, blessed, closer, flowers, garden, Hilda the Gardener, hot, moments, nature, pond, purple, sparrows, squirrels, weather, widow
another great day in the garden…
it always looks particularly nice after Hilda the Gardener has been;-)… she spent a few hours in the morning weeding and trimming…
she also helped me move one of the bird feeders to a new spot closer to the pond where, just possibly, the squirrels won’t be able to get to it…
I am hoping that it isn’t so close that sunflower shells find their way into the water…
once she left, I watched sparrows having a garden party, testing out the feeders and enjoying drinks from the pond…
after a short nap, through the hottest part of the afternoon, I finished my book on the deck…
07 Friday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, bunnies, dandelions, freeze, hot, walk, weather, widow
got up early and went for a walk to the Park… temperature was going to 34° and will feel like 39° Celsius…
so an early walk seemed like a good plan, lol..
by the time I got home just before 10, it was already hot…
as I was walking down the next street, two bunnies froze in place as I was coming down the sidewalk… the yard they were in was filled with dandelions which they love…
they really think if they freeze the person walking along won’t see them, lol…
as soon as I passed them, they both hopped away…
13 Saturday Apr 2019
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beach, big girl pants, fish, hot, Maui day four, people watching, picnic, sans, scary, snorkelling, urchins, vacation, widow
I went snorkelling today and it felt like the first time ever…
I’ve been in Mexico, but with terrible equipment, and in Alaska, where it was cold and we were dressed in wetsuits…
so today was amazing… and a bit scary at the beginning… I kept feeling as though I was going to stop breathing through my mouth and swallow the ocean…
there were lots of waves and I’d been hoping for calm… took a while, but eventually I got the hang of it…
my daughter hated the mouthpiece but stayed with me and showed me all kinds of fish, large and small; sea urchins; and coral… as always she spots things way before I do…
it was a bit like swimming in a fish tank…
when we came out of the water I could barely walk, lol… it is strenuous work;-)…
we left everything in the car except for our chairs and the snorkelling gear so there weren’t any pictures at the time…
afterwards, we brought the rest of our stuff down… had a picnic lunch and enjoyed people watching for a while under our umbrella… the wind came up and eventually we had to put the umbrella down, at which point we realized how hot it was and that it was time to leave… just before we left I took a few photos of the area…
the above photos are from the entire beach, clockwise from the left to the right…
this is the section where we snorkelled… the fish were all around the rocks…
here we are having some fun just before we left;-)…
what a glorious time…
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