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suntea…

01 Thursday Jun 2023

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the weather presented a variety of options on Monday… from hot and sunny to rainy, to thunderstorms, we had them all…

after seeing how much rain was possible, I decided to set up for our Monday gathering in the garage…

the motorcycle got moved to the back of the space and chairs and tables were moved in…

I also added the lilacs that my neighbour gave me in the morning as well as some suntea…

it was lovely, particularly when the wind blew through the space, and watching and listening to the rain coming down was delightful…

lilacs…

12 Sunday Jun 2022

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Friday I went shopping for lilacs… at my neighbour’s… with permission, lol…

they were heading away for the weekend and she texted me to offer them up… she knows how I love lilacs… and I think theirs are so pretty with the white around the edges…

I had just come home from an appointment and noticed that the bushes on the next street over were blooming and I was contemplating asking if I might cut some…

I got a pailful and filled two vases… one has been outside with me and the other has perfumed the main floor;-)…

happy days;-)…

threat…

25 Tuesday May 2021

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Hilda the Gardener came by today and filled the front planters, a couple of hanging planters on the side of the house, a bed next to the garage, and moved ferns from one area to another…

everything looks great…

there is a threat of frost (for the next three nights), so I have just come in from putting sheets over all of the areas, lol…

excited to see how wonderful it is all going to look;-)…

she also brought me some lilacs, because she knows I love them…

perfume…

05 Wednesday Jun 2019

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last night I walked home after having my hair cut, and purposely took a path that would take me by a number of lilac bushes…

I was able to stop at each one and take photos and enjoy the beautiful scent…

tonight when I drove the same path, with all the windows open, the perfume was so delicious… the wind must have been blowing in just the right direction… what a treat…

unfortunately I wasn’t able to bring any home… but I have pictures;-)…

purpleness…

26 Friday May 2017

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the day was filled with purple treats…

early this morning as I was walking to the clinic for some bloodwork I came across numerous lilacs in various stages of opening…

these ones were on the way there…

and these ones were on the way back… so pretty and the scent was divine…

was wonderful to be walking outside in the sunshine and warm weather…

at noon did yoga, in my purple outfit, on my purple mat, lol…

at the end of the day when I arrived home I took this picture of the purple flowering chives that are lining the driveway…

for supper I ordered beef bones through SkipTheDishes… lovely end to the week… Tony Roma’s is the only restaurant that calls after you’ve ordered to see if your meal was satisfactory… a great touch…

my daughter FaceTimed me to show me the parcel that arrived… inside was my newest Fitbit Charge 2 metal band… a purple one…

the final treat of my day was some of my loose teamate tea and a little bit of chocolate… love the purple Bino bottle with the extra hot water in it…

and it looks nice on my Mexican blanket/ tablecloth…

good day filled with purple moments…

air…

23 Thursday Jun 2016

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had to run and get my camera this morning when I saw these squirrels… one was running up a telephone pole and the other was standing at attention on the peak of the roof…


so cute…

after work I walked over to the Park and watched some Ultimate… had a lovely visit with a friend and on my way home stopped to smell the air in a few spots where the lilacs were blooming… it was wonderful…

got a nice shot of one of the Duck Pond fountains… different angle…


also came across this little manicured garden by the Pavilion… took a few moments to breathe in the peace…

benches…

03 Friday Jun 2016

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what a wonderful morning…

walked to the Park and met my buddy… we had a lovely wander through the English and Leo Mol Gardens…


I do like Bleeding Hearts but don’t seem able to grow them, no matter where I put them…


a peony starting to open… made me think of the peonies that we dug out of our front flower bed when we moved into the house… I dislike ants and therefore didn’t want the peony bushes which are usually covered in them… discovered later that they were prize winners, lol…


the benches are back, and they are new… we sat and visited for a while on mine – well the one that my beloved and I would always rest on when we walked through the Gardens…

every time I am in the Gardens there are new plantings and things to see… great to be making regular visits and seeing the constant changes…


a momma duck and her babies popped into the water as we were circling the Duck Pond… so cute…


took a number of pics of lilacs… actually  one of every four, lol… quite a few were in the Gardens, but also saw them on my way to and from the Park…

they smell delicious… and they’re purple…

lilac…

31 Tuesday May 2016

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lilacs are one of my favourite flowers… and they have such a beautiful fragrance…


this morning a new colleague brought some in for another colleague and I…

she took a picture of the two of us with them…


such a lovely treat… what a thoughtful thing to do… great start to the day…


there were also some amazing roses…

flowers all day long…

walking…

01 Monday Jun 2015

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this morning I took myself to the “A” for breakfast … this is about the fourth time that I have eaten out on my own, so I was feeling rather proud and certainly had those big girl pants on…

walked over to the Park and wandered around the English Garden and the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden…

took a lot of pictures… here are a few…

  
the path in the forest… not exactly like Cathedral Grove…

   
 

thousands of tulips… the main reason I wanted to get over there… didn’t want to miss them…

  
a couple of guys were taping a TV show about the city while I was sitting on my favourite bench…

  
moms with babies were doing some boot camp training beside the Duck Pond… and I got a few shots of ducks and geese…

   
 

spent some time under a canopy of lilacs… I do love the smell and the blossoms… they draw me like a  magnet…

   
   

there was a bit of wind and it was cool, but nice weather for walking…

   

the datura and rose standards were in place and starting to bloom… quite a change from my last visit when the gardens were basically bare…

 wonderful day with a spectacular sky to top it off…