04 Monday May 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, feeder, garden, moments, moon, number, take the time, widow
saw a lovely view of the moon the other day while I was bird watching in the garden…
saw a number of birds… juncos, white throated sparrows, flickers and nuthatches…
09 Thursday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, happy, hot tub, memories, moments, moon, nature, pictures, spa, treat, vacation, widow
for my last full day in Ottawa, we went to Nordik Spa in Chelsea… it is the parent of Thermea, where I was, just days ago…
but it is so much bigger… there are whole sections for quiet activities, as well as silent ones… every time I go they have added something new… this time it was Quonset hut saunas… the light reflecting on the ceiling was gorgeous…
we started in one of the warm glass beds and moved to warm pools, saunas, hot pools, had scrubs, and sat around fires in huts…
we drank tons of water and had a delicious lunch… we chatted with strangers, just ourselves, and we spent time in silence…
they don’t allow photos on site so these are a few I took: leaving home as the snow fell, the view as we stood in line to get our bracelets, and a picture my daughter took as we were leaving…
it was a wonderful relaxing and rejuvenating day, and a great way to end my visit…
we drove home in the dark, after watching the moon rise from various pools, and had a simple supper before all three of us watched a movie…
we didn’t want to go to bed because she had to work the next day and I would be packing and flying home;-(…
16 Tuesday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, camera, crisp, feeder, finch, friends, full moon, garden, moon, photos, purple, purple finch, shutter, widow
last night met with my friends on the deck… although the temperature was in the 30s, there was a gentle breeze blowing which made us very comfortable…
the purple finch family were back at the bird feeder, and chased off a squirrel…
we watched a huge yellow moon rising while we visited;-)… I didn’t get any photos, just enjoyed the view…
later in the evening I spent some time back on the deck with my camera and tripod getting some pictures of the nearly full moon…
I am always amazed at how quickly the moon moves when you are taking pictures…
after all was said and done, this is my favourite photo…
my new camera is supposed to let me use my phone to click the shutter, but for some reason it just won’t work… hoping to find a way to get that option working and maybe take crisper pics…
20 Wednesday Mar 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, footwork, halfway, hose, hot tub, moments, moon, splash, warm, water, widow
hadn’t been in the hot tub for weeks… Sunday it was warm and I headed out… when I opened the cover I discovered that the water was only about halfway up the side… it was at the correct temperature so I got in and sat on the floor so that I was mostly under water…
then the jets came on and I got splashed… a lot… didn’t stay in too long after that…
dried off and figured out how to get water into it… had to do some fancy footwork to get the vent open so I could run the hose through it…
last night I was out for a hot tub under the nearly full moon… so nice… might have heard some geese…
what a treat to be back there…
01 Friday Mar 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, light, moments, moon, pillar, pink sky, sky-watching, spectacular, sunrise, weather, widow
woke up early this morning and enjoyed some lovely sky-watching…
saw the most interesting light pillar… not long ago many photographers in the province had noted multiple columns in the sky, so I was excited to have spotted it…
the moon was visible out my bedroom window… and then there was a lovely sunrise…
spectacular way to start the day…
21 Thursday Feb 2019
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big girl pants, camera, full moon, headphones, jiggle, moon, photos, treadmill, widow
this morning, rather than spend fifteen minutes on the treadmill, I had a lovely time taking photos of the moon…
although I used my tripod, next time I will use my headphones to take the photos so that the camera doesn’t jiggle…
still learning what this camera can do;-)…
26 Saturday Jan 2019
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big girl pants, croissants, flowers, hot tub, illusion, moments, moon, optical illusion, rose, snow, Tea, widow
started the day sharing tea and croissants with a very special person… such a lovely way to begin the weekend…
was going to grocery shop, but it just felt too cold, so home I came, lol…
the snow on the hot tub cover was amazing and it looked like the siding was melting… it wasn’t, thank goodness… a very cool optical illusion…
then it was laundry and sports on tv;-)…
11 Wednesday Apr 2018
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big girl pants, garden, glowing, happy, light, moon, solar light, surprise, widow
this morning I had a happy surprise when I went by the window in the hallway…
it was around six am and the light was still glowing in the garden… the solar light had stayed on all night… surely a sign of warmer days and stronger sunlight…
had to go back to the bedroom to get my phone so I could get a photo of it…
as I drank my smoothie I also noticed the moon out the window…
every day is getting lighter… this makes me very happy…
21 Wednesday Mar 2018
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big girl pants, jacket, jealous, lack of sleep, moon, overcast, rice rolls, sleep, snow, son-in-law, Spring, widow
yesterday was the official first day of Spring… this is what I saw out the windows and door this morning…
I did get to wear my lighter jacket as it is getting warmer, but unfortunately it was overcast all day, which is always a downer for me…
after a long day, partly due to the fact that I slept poorly last night, for supper I did get to have a few of my favourite rice rolls that a colleague surprised me with…
my son-in-law took this fabulous photo of the moon tonight in Ottawa at his Astronomy class where they got to spend time with a big telescope…
a bit jealous because my shots of the moon never look like this… obviously the sky wasn’t overcast there, lol…
28 Wednesday Feb 2018
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there’s a beautiful full moon out there tonight…
didn’t even get my camera, just enjoyed a few wonderful moments of soaking it in…
my colleague is away but these tulips are patiently waiting her return… hope she gets back while they are still beautiful;-)…
