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heart…

16 Sunday Oct 2016

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big girl pants, cars, colour, grandson, heart, hugs, moments, sky, special, sunrise, Ultimate, walk, widow

first thing I saw this morning was this stunning sky…

the colour in this picture is accurate… amazing… brought joy to my heart…

drove to the Formal Gardens at Assiniboine Park to walk and collect poke balls… one side of the garden was filled with parked cars…

there were tons of kids playing everywhere, but it took a while to figure out that an Ultimate tournament was going on… the other side of the Gardens didn’t have any cars, lol…

decided to walk the loop in the opposite direction than I usually do because so many cars were coming into the area…

it was chilly, but not too bad as long as I kept moving… and I had dressed warmly…

as I was taking pictures of the berries on this tree it occurred to me that a dear young friend and her daughters might be somewhere in the Park playing… they were and we found one another and had a visit while the girls played a game… got this shot of geese flying overhead during the game…

she said the sweetest thing when she introduced me to someone… she called me her mom of the heart…

it was a great treat to spend time with her and we stood for an hour or so and I didn’t feel too cold until I left and got back into the car when I realized how cold I was… 

after a few errands it took me quite a while and a few extra blankets to get warm again…

the kids came for dinner and the final surprise was my youngest grandson helping me download and play a new game and giving me a big hug as they were leaving…

day filled with special moments…

souper…

12 Wednesday Oct 2016

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been running up and down the stairs as I work on my soup for Souper Thursday tomorrow at work…

I made the broth on Monday and tonight I’ve been adding vegetables and barley and turkey…

it smells divine… and all that running up and down is adding to my step count, lol…

I always enjoy making my offering because the entire time I am prepping I am thinking of my colleagues and how much they will enjoy the soup…

we all look forward to Souper Thursday as it means someone else has organized our lunch… nearly everyone brings items to go along with the soup so there is always something tasty for lunch…

as I was going up and down I spotted this sky… nearly missed it… so beautiful…

working really hard these days to spot and savour those special moments…

tiny…

02 Sunday Oct 2016

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big girl pants, dad, dinner, meatballs, moments, spaghetti, special, tiny, widow

this afternoon I made some tiny meatballs…

felt like I was channeling my dad… he made the best meatballs ever… and the tiniest, lol…

haven’t made meatballs since forever… of course now that I’m not supposed to eat pasta I haven’t bothered even with meat sauce…

remembered the times we made spaghetti from scratch with my parents, Aunty Minnie and her mom, Mrs. Jenetta… tasted amazing and we had such fun… 

to make the meatballs tiny, I used a melon baller that the wonderful Jacqui Eade had me purchase for a great dinner party that she cooked for my friends and I…

great to remember these special moments… 

maybe I’ll make spaghetti for supper tomorrow…

sundogs…

19 Monday Sep 2016

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big girl pants, chance, moments, research, sky, special moments, sundogs, widow, window

spent some time recently considering what makes things special…

an event, a workplace, a person, a view…

and how do we make them special… 

is it being in the right place at the right time… is it an aura they produce… is it just being open to hear/see/feel…

last night I noticed a sundog in the sky which is very odd at this time of the year… usually they are visible when it is very cold, but after a little research I discovered this:

Sundogs can and do occur worldwide and during all seasons, but they are most common during winter months when the sun is low in the sky and ice crystals are more common. All that’s needed for a sun dog to form are cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. Only these clouds are cold enough to be made of the plate-shaped ice crystals we mentioned above. The sun dog occurs when sunlight is refracted off of these crystals…

it is just over the tree canopy to the left of the sun in this picture… 

what made me look out the window at just that moment… and actually see the tiny version of a rainbow…

chance?

fleeting…

11 Sunday Sep 2016

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beloved, big girl pants, butterfly, ending, English Garden, family, fleeting, Leo Mol Garden, moments, Pokemon-ing, Shadow, sister-in-law, vacation, walk, widow

what a lovely ending to my vacation…

enjoyed a walk to and through the Park before a breakfast date with my sister-in-law, nephew and his girlfriend…

after breakfast we took a quick tour of the Gardens…

she lives in Calgary so it is always great to spend time with her when she comes to town…

had just pulled my camera out to take a picture of a butterfly bush when this butterfly decided to land on it… and pose…

surprised how this picture turned out with the light and dark from my shadow…

I love this spot and often sit here for long periods of time… a favourite place where my beloved and I would rest when we walked through the Gardens…

and my kids came for supper… soccer is over, yay… we had a great time, Pokemon-ing and visiting… everyone enjoyed the food and there were leftovers to share for a few meals this week…

kitchen is tidy, laundry is done and I am ready for my return to work after a fun and fleeting break…

I think I enjoyed every moment of the ten days… lots for the memory banks…

thunderstorms…

04 Monday Jul 2016

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big girl pants, friends, hail, moments, rain, sky, thunderstorms, weather, widow, wise, wonderful

interesting weather day…

started off at 19 Celsius and sunny… but it did say something about thunderstorms later in the day…

when I got into the car at the end of the day it registered 32 and the sky was starting to get dark, but it didn’t rain on my drive…

once I was home and ate my dinner the rain began…


not that we really need more rain… the hibiscus has many yellow leaves from too much water…

and then the sky opened up and dumped so fast that it was difficult to see out the window and it looked like smoke was coming from the neighbour’s roof as the wind blew the rain across it…


it didn’t hail here, although it certainly made me think it was going to… but it did about 15 streets to the west…

by the time my friends arrived it had stopped raining and while we were visiting the sky started to clear and the sun came out…

when they left the sun was shining from the backside of the clouds so I had to get a picture of the lovely pink highlights…


always think how lovely it is to be able to enjoy these special moments in time… not only the weather but the opportunity to spend time with these wonderful and wise women…

cruise…

29 Sunday May 2016

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Alaska, big girl pants, blooming, cruise, moments, pictures, railway, scenery, trees, widow

only picture I took today, and that was at six, lol… funny how some days I take dozens of shots and others barely any…


was overcast with some sunny bits throughout the day but I didn’t sit out till I was working on supper…

have spent time over the last couple of days looking through our Alaskan cruise book…


took the trip three years ago with my daughter and son-in-law who were living on Vancouver Island at the time…

haven’t had the book out for quite a while and a Facebook memory reminded me of it… it was wonderful to relive all of the special moments… nearly every town we landed in had dozens of jewellery shops… too funny… saw some stunning scenery and had a great ride on a narrow gauge railway…

I love it when I am able to take the time to relive amazing events, as well as tiny little ones…


so lucky to see these beautiful blooming trees last week… they are stunning for such a short time and easy to miss…

special moments…

delight…

06 Wednesday Apr 2016

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big girl pants, chips, delight, eating, George, kind, moments, orchid, special, treats, Vietnamese shrimp rice rolls, widow

took some pictures of my newest orchid this morning… it is such a delight to gaze upon…

  
great way to start the day… beautiful flowers and photos…

a colleague was out for an errand and brought back a bag of chips… as it happened there weren’t any in my treat drawer… nice to have a few goodies available at all times, lol…

it was my lucky day because someone else brought me Vietnamese shrimp rice rolls... one of my all-time favourite things to eat…

came home and enjoyed them as a late afternoon snack while dinner was cooking…  

  
I remember how my colleagues came to see me a few at a time during the days right after George died… they brought me many of my favourite things as well as their company… these rolls were one of the items they brought and were the first thing that I eventually ate… wasn’t eating or drinking at all for a number of days and when I finally felt able to get something, down the rolls were exactly what called to me… enjoyed them for a few days as I was trying to get my appetite back…

kind of giggled when they arrived today as I had just been thinking of them…

special moments… all in all, a delightful day…

Olympus…

30 Wednesday Mar 2016

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balloons, big girl pants, camera, feast, moments, Olympus, sky, widow, window

last night I happened upon one of those moments… looked out the window as I was heading downstairs and thought I needed to check out the view from the living room… 

 
and this is what I caught… beautiful…

been taking quite a few pictures with the Olympus this week and rather pleased with these ones…

  
colourful balloons as a centrepiece… 

  
and balloons in a plant…

this one came out nicely as well… 

 
lovely feast…

had been worried that the shots wouldn’t come out as I am still working at refamiliarizing myself with the Olympus… 

happily, they turned out well… phew…

health…

03 Thursday Mar 2016

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295 York, 65, beloved, big girl pants, death, family, health, March, moments, photographs, sadness, sickness

been thinking a lot about folks who have been dealing with health issues, either sick or injured…

so many people I know have struggled with miserable colds and flu… both of my girls were ill and got sent home on Monday… many friends are just beginning to get over various issues…

the beginning of March is a difficult time for me… can’t help but think back to the loss of my beloved… I’ve been inundated with Facebook memories of things we did in the days just before his death…

have also been working on a project where I’ve been looking through my photographs… am always surprised at how much I have forgotten and the pictures are great reminders of special moments…

  
came across this picture of a Chihuly glass fixture at 295 York… George and I had dinner there a few times when it was still the Lobby on York…

lost my parents when they were both just over 65… George’s dad died around that age and he didn’t make it to 65… for a while I have been wondering if I will make it to 65… looks like I will, lol…

I am feeling healthy and in better shape than I’ve been for years…

although there is sadness, life is good…

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