14 Saturday Jul 2018
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have walked by a shop on Portage a number of times but a couple of weeks ago I stopped in…
picked up some stones…
then I was in it a few times last week…
need to be careful that I don’t stop by too often, I do love rocks and stones…
most of the stones (including some I’ve picked up elsewhere) are in a little dish beside my bed… a few live on my desk…
purple;-)…
13 Friday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, family, flowers, garden, mandevilla, moments, Park, phone, photos, pond, time, walk, widow
spent quite a while on the phone with my daughter this morning… our conversation started as I was walking home from the Park…
finished the call relaxing in the garden before it got too hot…
and how exciting is this;-)…
finally the first flower on the mandevilla opened today…
there are dozens of buds so it will be interesting to watch them all open…
10 Tuesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, boost, computer, cyclamen, flower power, flowers, garden, moments, offset, orchids, pond, violets, widow
such a boost today… flowers everywhere I was…
quick peek at the pond and as I backed out of the driveway the sky cleared and the flowers in the front garden all smiled at me…
at the office, there were violets, two different orchids and cyclamen…
all that flower power certainly helped offset the occasional computer difficulty that I came across throughout the day…
09 Monday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, budding, datura, flowers, garden, hibiscus, moments, pictures, plants, purple, water, widow
had a lovely time in the garden this morning…
instead of walking on the treadmill I watered all the pots and planters one by one with a bucket… I find this very helpful because it ensures that each one gets the correct amount of water…
the daturas are looking stunning… seems like I couldn’t get enough pictures of them this morning… lots of buds and opening flowers…
the mandevilla continues to tease me by slowly getting closer to opening every day…
and the big excitement was the hibiscus beginning to open… took the open shot when I arrived home after work… it is so much happier in this space, just about four feet from where it was… amazing what finding just the right spot can do for the plant’s happiness;-)…
08 Sunday Jul 2018
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adventure, best, big girl pants, day 10, family, grandsons, grass, lobster, moments, movie, read, sleeping, supper, videos, widow, WWTB
the final day of my week with the boys while the rest of the family visit the East Coast…
tidied bedrooms, watched videos, went to a movie, read and mowed the grass…
relaxed for the remainder of the day…
we talked about the best things during our time together… biggest hit was our steak and lobster dinner… best camp happening was touching the snake… best thing for the older one was sleeping in and our visit to The Forks… not a bad list, lol…
suitcases, pillows, groceries, backpack and shoes all ready to go… then there were the happy faces as they got picked up, lol…
bye;-)…
05 Thursday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, bunny, camp, chocolate, Day 7, dessert, drive, family, grandsons, memories, moments, Park, pizza, relaxing, widow, WWTB, zoo
another busy day…
have really been enjoying the drive through the Park each morning as we go to and from the zoo for camp… wonderful relaxing way to start the day…
our supper plan was a frozen pizza, followed by a delicious dessert pizza… our various descriptions included: smells like s’mores; looks like a giant chocolate chip cookie; tastes like hot chocolate… yum… we did discuss that the whole pizza was 880 calories which was why I had a single slice… might just be getting a few of these to have on hand in the freezer;-)…
the older one ran out to the gas bar to pick up some milk for tomorrow’s breakfast and came across this bunny when he returned… clever boy circled around and came in to get me to go out and see it;-)…
04 Wednesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, camper, Day 6, English Garden, garden, grandsons, moments, Park, Pokémon, supper, thunderstorm, umbrella, walk, widow, WWTB
bit of a sleep in this morning as I didn’t have to be at the office until 9…
during the very early morning there was a big thunderstorm, which kept me awake… so I hadn’t slept well for the second night and started the day with a serious headache…
got a few shots of the eggplants covered in rainwater before heading out…
dropped the camper off and got a quick bye grandma… much more enthusiastic today, lol…
not long after I got home (early because we started late and finished early today) the wind blew the umbrella right off the table and onto the deck by the hot tub just a few feet from the middle guy… scary…
we went over to the Park to hunt for Pokémon and when we got there the app stopped working… so instead, we searched for frogs and found a bunch…
nice to have some one-on-one time with this guy… we picked up the camper and walked over the bridge for ice cream at Sargent Sundae… spotted a plane flying over the river as we crossed it…
heard about everyone’s day as we had supper…
did laundry because at least one of these young men gets his clothes really dirty, lol…
27 Wednesday Jun 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, celebrate, dinner, family, French, French Immersion, graduate, Grandpa, grandson, International Baccelaureate, moments, next steps, pictures, proud, widow
what a great evening…
met up with a group of friends and family for an early dinner at Hermanos to celebrate the graduate… we also toasted the dad on his birthday…
on to the Concert Hall for the graduation ceremony… there were many early birds like us who wanted to get great seats, lol…
we are so very proud of this young man, who moved from a French immersion school to a fully French school in grade nine, and in the process completed the International Baccalaureate program…
following the ceremony there was lots of photo-taking with proud friends and family;-)…
grandpa would be pleased and I am sure he was watching… I was happy to see that he was wearing my beloved’s high school ring and my mother’s chain;-)…
exciting to see where his next steps will take this very special young man…
26 Tuesday Jun 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, datura, flowers, garden, milk, moments, plants, pond, sound, watered, waterfall, widow
this morning I watered the baskets in the front flower bed by hand…
I could have used the hose but decided to use a jug and walk back and forth from the kitchen sink…
purpose was twofold… be sure each planter got enough water… and get some steps in…
then I watered a few plants on the deck, adding some leftover milk, which, according to the internet, provides additional nutrients and means I don’t have to toss out the sour milk…
once that was done, I spent about fifteen minutes in the garden enjoying the peace and soaking up the sound of the waterfall…
the datura looked lovely as I sat in the lounger… a special moment…
22 Friday Jun 2018
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baskets, big girl pants, daisies, design, flowers, garden, grandson, moments, plants, purple, quality, shopping, weeding, widow
had the most wonderful day…
walked over to the “A” and met my oldest grandson for breakfast…
on the way I came across a bunny having a snack and a goose looking for its friends…
after breakfast we went to Superstore and picked up a bunch of baskets to put in the front flowerbed…
we weeded… a lot… I cut back all the daisies so we can actually walk on the path up to the bridge over the pond…
we saw a butterfly on one of the chairs, found some jewellery for him to take home, got all the pots filled, and then washed the windows in the living and dining room while a thunderstorm rolled over…
he worked so hard in the side garden…
not perfect yet, but we are on the way… we redesigned how it is going to look and have a plan for once he gets back from his grad trip…
we ran out to the Outlet Mall and Polo Park and had leftover Chinese food for lunch…
sure do enjoy spend quality time with this young man…
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