08 Sunday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, family, horses, jumping, memories, riding, sister-in-law, Spruce Meadows, widow
been enjoying some show jumping on TV from Spruce Meadows…
beautiful horses and quite amazing riding…
reminded me of my wonderful sister-in-law who came for a visit last weekend… she’s been recovering from a riding accident in June…
it was lovely to have her in the garden…
07 Saturday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, flowers, garden, glories, happy place, memories, morning glories, plants, purple, sunshine, widow
I am over-the-moon with excitement…
some time ago I realized that I hadn’t planted any morning glories and was very sad because I really love the flowers… the inner light is mesmerizing…
recently I realized that some seeds from last summer had sprouted in a large container of soil that was sitting under the deck… they hadn’t had any water or sunlight but were growing…
I moved the pot out into the sun and made sure to put water in it… and watched it every day…
a week ago I saw what looked to be buds and I’ve examined them each day to see what would happen… since then we’ve had quite a bit of rain, overcast skies, and cooler temperatures, so I’ve been worried they wouldn’t bloom…
but… this is what happened…
I spent extra time in the garden today sitting and enjoying the purple flowers…
I am in my happy place… flowers really do make me happy;-)…
06 Friday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, corn, CSA, dinner, family, garden, memories, portion, remembering, tomato, widow
yesterday we got our weekly portions of our CSA box…
four of us share one and it works perfectly as a couple of us only feed ourselves, lol…
my pile, after a colleague and I divvied it up, included a leek, an ear of corn, a large tomato, potatoes and a bulb of garlic…
for supper I had the corn and tomato… when I was a kid this would often be a supper once harvest season arrived, although I think we also had bread and butter…
reminds me of my mom and dad;-)…
I did add some beautiful shrimp (and some of the garlic) to the menu…
yum…
03 Tuesday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, chickadees, flowers, garden, memories, photos, purple, sparse, widow
got some shots of flowers and birds in the garden…
sadly it seems that the flowers are getting a bit more sparse… temperatures are falling and the light is receding bit by bit…
also got a few photos of the chickadees as they were flitting back and forth to the feeder… they move so fast that I am always thrilled when I get a shot…
took these with my actual camera…
wondering when I need to bring in the Japanese Maple and the hibiscus… if I wait too long they get rather grumpy and lose all their leaves, lol…
30 Friday Aug 2019
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our last day of camping was sunny but windy…
after a hike along the beach the decision was made not to take the boat out… the whitecaps were big…
got some great photos along the way…
so, we packed up and headed toward home… we stopped at Seven Sisters Falls on the way and had a lovely wander along the river…
beautiful scenery… a reminder of lovely visits that my beloved and I took to this spot… it was fun for the boys to see it for the first time…
while we were there the boys spotted many frogs… made me giggle because I often take photos of frogs… they use a much more hands-on approach…
26 Monday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, bridge, family, fawn, fishing, geese, memories, moments, rain, walk, widow, woodpecker
so far we’ve seen a fawn, frogs, geese and a pileated woodpecker… and we’ve only been here since noon;-)…
we’ve hiked around the campground and taken a few photos from the bridge that is usually in my pictures…
we’ve fished, or more precisely, practised casting, lol…
and are currently sitting around a campfire waiting for it to die down so we can cook hotdogs for our supper…
why is it that hotdogs taste so delicious when cooked over a fire…
pretty fine day considering we were led to believe it was going to rain all day…
24 Saturday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, memories, morning glories, tenacity, widow
rather thrilled when I realized that my container filled with extra soil was growing morning glories;-)…
this pot was under the deck and wasn’t getting any water, so they have really toughed it out…
I pulled it out and gave it some water… might even move it up onto the deck so it gets more sunlight…
not sure if they will end up blooming, but I am hopeful…
just a couple of days ago I had a memory on Facebook showing one of my previous year’s blooms…
tenacity…
22 Thursday Aug 2019
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something happened recently that instantly brought back a very bad time in my life…
we always think we are over it, but the simplest thing can take us back in time in a flash and we relive the memories…
it is going to take some time to recover from the feelings that have resurfaced…
one step at a time on the journey…
14 Wednesday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, BS, Cinderella, dress rehearsal, friends, memories, moments, Rainbow Stage, special, supper, time together, widow, zipper
last night my BS buddies and I went to see Cinderella at Rainbow Stage…
they are the most wonderful group of women and anytime we have a chance to get together and take a field trip fun will be had;-)… they picked me up at work and off we went…
had supper at Prairie’s Edge in Kildonan Park before the performance…
we walked over to the theatre and found our seats just in time for the dress rehearsal…
thanks to our driver and selfie taker for this picture before the show;-)…
it was a great performance and we all enjoyed it… they did a splendid job considering this was the first night… the 15 person orchestra was excellent… also appreciated the updated storyline…
even exiting the Park went smoothly… was impressed with the cooperation of all the vehicles as they used the zipper technique…
I really enjoyed it… must be thirty years since I was last there, lol…
29 Monday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, boat, camping, family, flowers, memories, moments, moss, nature, tree, widow
woke up at 6 to pouring rain… by 8 it was done and the sun came out, although it was windy… we spent the day on the water…
early morning water drops on the boat…
throughout the day we spotted many geese, a pileated woodpecker, two deer and a fawn, an eagle, maybe an American Three-Toed woodpecker, and one very large Jack fish which my son-in-law caught…
bacon, eggs and hash browns for breakfast and steak, baked potatoes and onions, with mushrooms for dinner… pretty fine eats;-)…
cool temperature-wise but a great day;-)…
the flowers were at the dock… the moss covered tree is at the campsite…
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