25 Thursday Sep 2014
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another beautiful day… sun shone the whole time…
seemed like it was bigger and had moved over in the sky, lol…
always amazes me how morning glories seem to be lit from within…
the hibiscus has both a red and a yellow bloom today…
colours in the garden are changing every day…
I do love the myriad of colour that autumn brings…
16 Tuesday Sep 2014
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this morning it was warmer out and the morning glories were trying to open…
when I looked up the clouds in the sky were like a picture…
as the day went on I felt less and less well… by the time I left the office my throat was very sore and I was coughing more…
I am still sick with this cold and decided to head right to bed…
phone seemed to ring off the hook, but eventually the calls stopped… made some orange and strawberry juice which usually makes me feel better…
really need to shake this…
11 Thursday Sep 2014
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this morning I was taking a picture of the morning glories… I can’t really go past them without checking to see how many are blooming…
this one was particularly beautiful as it looks like the light is glowing from the centre…
heard the geese and looked up to see them flying by the trees… such a beautiful sight and sound…
as I drove to work the sky was quite amazing and I was able to get a picture at a stop light…
lovely what you see if you take the time to look…
05 Friday Sep 2014
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yesterday I spent some glorious time with two little persons, had to retake one of the photos today because one didn’t turn out, lol…
got to spend time holding each of them while they had a lovely nap… we had a wonderful lunch and then everyone went home and I had a nap…
snuggling babies can be exhausting…
this morning I got a few good shots of raindrops on the hibiscus…
also a pic of blue and purple morning glories…
lovely way to spend the last of my vacation…
21 Thursday Aug 2014
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after I was dressed and ready to leave this morning, the power went out…
called Hydro with my cell because the house phone was dead… then I spent some time trying to decide whether to stay home or go to the office…
decided to head to work… on the way out I took a few pictures of the first morning glories… they seeded themselves from last year…
and they are purple…
got into the garage and went to push the button to open the garage door… duh… maybe I wasn’t going to work, lol…
called my daughter and while she was on the phone I pulled the cord that released the motor from the door…
opened it and drove the car out… closed it but it wouldn’t lock… didn’t know what to do and it was late, so I left it unlocked…
colleagues suggested it would reset when the power came on…
got a call about noon from Hydro advising that it was back…
when I got home I manually opened it and put the car in… tried the button and the motor came on but the door didn’t do anything… tried opening it higher but that still didn’t work…
went across the lane and asked my neighbour for help… he came over and showed me how to hook the motor back to the door…
if I have to do this again, will likely need to put the ladder in the empty garage to get up high enough, lol…
now, if only I can remember what to do…
27 Wednesday Nov 2013
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African Violet, big girl pants, blooming, celebrate every moment, hibiscus, morning glories, open for a day, poppies
today the African Violet blooms were open…
African Violet blooming…
talked with a friend about how flowers can open so quickly…
thought about the morning glories and how they are all closed up in the morning and then by mid day are all open… hibiscus open in a similar fashion… and they are usually only open for one day…
you have to be paying attention or you can miss the whole thing…
my absolute favourite to watch though are poppies… if you sit quietly and watch you can actually see them open and the cover pop off…
always a wonder to spend the few minutes it takes for them to open…
makes me think about life and how we need to enjoy and celebrate every moment as we don’t know what is in store for us, or for others…
just spent an hour searching for four pictures of George to use for a project… was bittersweet… I miss him so much…
remember to tell the important people in your life that you love them… never know if you will have another opportunity to do that…
20 Friday Sep 2013
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got a few pics on my way to the garage this morning… the morning glories are really enjoying this cooler weather and I am enjoying them… they really are one of my favourites…
there were a number of blooms when I left…
love the two-tone quality of this one…
even four or five when I got home, which is unusual, as they are normally done by about noon… today was quite overcast and cool so that must have encouraged them to bloom longer…
couldn’t decide if the lighter coloured one was opening or closing…
the weather people are forecasting frost tonight… I hope they are wrong… but it does encourage me to get out into the garden and do some cleaning up…
being sure to take a moment whenever I go by them to enjoy their beauty as soon they won’t be blooming :-)…
01 Sunday Sep 2013
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big girl pants, dimsum, floats, Grandpa, hot tub, lovely day, morning glories, pond, sleep over friend, steak, the "A"
had a good time with my sleepover friend… we counted morning glories (8)… we walked to the A for “the special” and got the rye toast that Grandpa liked… we worked in the garden, like Grandpa would have… one of us had a hot tub while the other continued with the garden work, like Grandpa would have…
rearranged floating objects in the pond…
had a couple of helpers throughout the day and one of them did some work in the pond… got one of the plants to stay upright, trimmed up some dead material, pulled out a broken glass ball and rearranged all the floats and glass balls…
lily pads and floats…
fish were fed and numbers of people tried to find them, although they really hide well under the slate bridge…
got a couple of good shots of the floats and balls…
close up of floats and glass bubbles…ad
went for dimsum and after the kids left, watched some TV and made a lovely dinner of pan seared steak with pan-fried potatoes, mushrooms and onions, and fresh tiny tomatoes from the garden…
a lovely day all around…
31 Saturday Aug 2013
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big girl pants, datura, drinking purple koolaid, eating popcorn, hot tub, morning glories, read in the garden, sleepover, the Olive Garden, Top Chef Masters marathon
quiet day mostly… got up at five and had a lovely hot tub as clouds played peek-a-boo with the moon and dawn lit the sky… then back to bed for a few hours…
datura which will likely bloom tomorrow….
sat out in the garden and read, took photos, and enjoyed the pond till early afternoon…
fish in the main part of the pond…
then watched a marathon of Top Chef Masters and napped…
fish looking for food by the waterfall…
picked up by the kids and went to the Olive Garden for dinner… I had been thinking about their salad and bread sticks for a while now… very long wait to get in, but most of our supper was good although Crystal’s wasn’t… the manager was quick to bring her something else so it all worked out well…
while there, we decided on a sleepover, so once we got home we watched a bit of TV, had a very nice time in the hot tub, and currently we are both eating popcorn and drinking purple koolaid…
enjoying popcorn before bed…
very shortly we are going to bed, because Grandma is tired, lol…
beautiful blue morning glory…
I do have a wonderful life…
25 Sunday Aug 2013
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feels like 27.6 Celsius right now… not sure what it got to this afternoon, but it was very hot…
there were three morning glories and I spent a bit of time enjoying them…
then I worked in the garden and took breaks to do some reading…
kids came for dinner and we discovered that one of my squirrel friends ate through a wire on the lawnmower so that will need to be fixed…
might just sleep out on the deck tonight…
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