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cormorants…

31 Tuesday Aug 2021

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spent a delightful afternoon on the water…

we jumped in the boat and went to a few different fishing spots… no luck at the first one but we did much better at the second…

saw turtles and cormorants… the cormorants got a bit tired of us following them along the canal, but I got some great photos…

I also caught two fish and brought another one up to the side of the boat where it decided to jump off, lol… and the rule is, if you don’t get it into the boat it doesn’t count…

one of the Jack’s I caught was around 30 inches (second biggest of the day) and put up a fight before getting into the net… the other was smaller, but really any fish is great;-)…

good thing I have all these excellent fishers around me to provide backup and helpful instructions…

pain…

19 Thursday Aug 2021

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I’ve been thinking about health a lot lately…

possibly it has to do with updating my Will, but I also think it is about being well…

for the longest time my hip was bothering me when I would go to stand up from a chair… I knew it was going to hurt, so was very tentative as I stood…

I also didn’t want to go see my physio person because of covid, so I just suffered through…

recently I realized that it wasn’t nearly as sore as it had been…

it always amazes me how quick we forget a pain that has been ongoing once it stops…

it seems to take longer to recover from aches and pains these days, but I am so pleased once I realize things are better;-)…

laughter…

18 Wednesday Aug 2021

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had a lovely in-person gathering with my BS buddies…

Monday evening is our usual time to gather, and we’ve been doing that for many years…

since the lockdown we’ve been connecting via Skype, but for the last number of weeks we’ve been meeting on the deck in the garden, unless the weather doesn’t cooperate…

it is wonderful to be together again… we sit apart, but are able to enjoy each other with a cup of tea or coffee…

laughter fills the air…

twenty-one…

10 Tuesday Aug 2021

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today, my grandson turns twenty-one…

apparently I am getting lax in my old age as I haven’t been taking as many photos as usual…

these are three of the most recent ones with him in them, lol… but they cover the important things…

in this first one he is cleaning out the hot tub for me… he often comes over and looks after various household and garden jobs…

currently he has my car and here he driving me home after my first Covid-19 vaccination where he kept me company through the entire process… and suggested we get an ice cream treat…

this last one is him heading out in the car after delivering items off for me… he runs errands for me and drops off bits and pieces whenever needed…

what a wonderful time these twenty-one years have been…

he is a wonderful support…

lifesaver…

02 Monday Aug 2021

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came across this photo yesterday… it is one of my all time favourites…

it was taken twenty years ago (so it isn’t quite as crisp as I would like) in a rented hot tub in our yard…

for a few years we would rent a hot tub for our anniversary weekend… it was such fun and a wonderful treat… so lucky to now have my own hot tub to use whenever I want;-)…

the lifesaver is so cute and his little face is adorable;-)…

our grandson just loved it then, and he still enjoys using hot tubs…

makes me smile to remember special times…

everyday…

01 Sunday Aug 2021

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the Olympics have been a distraction as this day has come closer – what would have been our 51st wedding anniversary…

I’ve spent the day thinking of some moments with my beloved…

the everyday things: changing up the configuration of the ponds; working in the garden as it changed over the years; caring for his lawn, trimming the Virginia creeper, fixing whatever needed attention; making the world’s best French fries, fried egg sandwiches and salads; driving the girls and I everywhere; reading and playing with our grandsons; cleaning the garage, packing the car, barbecuing; the strength of his hands that could wring out a cloth so it was dry, massage a sore neck, scrub a pot perfectly clean, and gently hold my hand when we were out walking…

so many little things…

I’ve been remembering our 40th anniversary… I was in the hospital for an extended period of time and he came every day and brought me pictures he had taken of whatever morning glories had opened on that particular day… I took this photo just yesterday…

he also sent me a basket filled with 40 roses… each night they had to be moved into the hall because their scent was so strong I couldn’t sleep with them in the room, lol…

a friend recently lost his partner and has decided to refer to their anniversary as the first celebration of their 41 years together… what a lovely way to describe it…

today I am also enjoying the sentiment of this beautiful card which I recently received in the mail…

what a blessed life I have lived;-)…

anthurium…

30 Friday Jul 2021

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I’ve been so focussed on the garden I forgot to share the excitement in the dining room…

this anthurium, which I received as a birthday gift five years ago, flowered once last year after not blooming for four years…

on July 7th I spotted this new bloom;-)…

now it is open and beautiful… although it looks like plastic, lol… once open it lasts for ages…

nature truly is amazing…

overkill…

26 Monday Jul 2021

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I love the Olympics and have watched them for years… I remember a trip we took once and how we had to have access to TVs at the end of each day so that I could keep up with what was happening, lol…

I like to watch in real time so that means reorganizing my sleep schedule to get the best results…

for these ones I couldn’t decide how I felt about them going ahead this year… but now they are happening, I am in… I usually get a Canada Day t-shirt and had purchased one a while ago, but on July 1st I decided not to wear it… as the games began, I put it on;-)…

on Friday I was up at 5:30 am to watch the opening ceremony and ordered McDonald’s for breakfast so I didn’t have to stop watching to make something…

at one point during the first day I was switching between tv channels and streaming on my phone at the same time and I considered turning on the laptop as well… in the end I decided the laptop would be overkill…

I have slowed down slightly… apparently I need a bit more sleep these days…

the great thing about streaming is that I can watch some of the sports that I enjoy most but which don’t always get shown on tv…

the surfing, gymnastics and dressage have been lovely to watch, even if not exactly as they happened…

I’ve even taken the laptop out into the garden so that I can enjoy the weather and not miss anything, lol…

so happy to be able to watch whenever and wherever… retirement is a lovely thing;-)…

forty-two…

24 Saturday Jul 2021

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Facebook brought up some interesting memories on this day from the last number of years…

eleven years ago it was a mention of spending the night at the hospital and having a procedure the following day… it doesn’t say that would be the first of forty–two days that I spent in that same hospital…

ten years ago we were in Courtenay, BC learning how to cook octopus, as we gathered fresh shrimp for our supper…

nine years ago, I was home recovering from a big surgery unable to lift even a couple of pounds, with a friend staying over to look after me;-)…

four years ago, I was watching my grandson participate in his first rowing competition…

quite the variety, lol…

bated…

17 Saturday Jul 2021

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I’ve been watching the monarchs fly around the garden for the last while…

I sit with bated breath, hoping they will find the rather puny milkweed supply… and occasionally they do find it…

I’ve moved the planter, with the milkweed, and a very fast growing morning glory in it, so I can watch from my favourite spot by the pond…

now there are a few eggs on it to watch;-)…

they have even found the butterfly bush…

I have had so many opportunities to remember how blessed I am as I sit and enjoy the nature around me…