19 Monday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, dark, lit, moments, nature, plants, solar lights, widow, window
was walking past the dining room and spotted the solar lights across the three plants that are in the window…
they only stay lit for a few moments so I often don’t see them…
what a lovely treat 😊…
17 Saturday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, growing, mandevilla, moments, nature, transplanting, widow
the mandevilla is taking the transplanting and moving into the house very well…
there are still flowers blooming and the leaves remain green;-)…
16 Friday Oct 2026
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banner, big girl pants, deer, family, food, grandson, moments, nature, no stickers, poll, treat, voted, widow
this morning I voted in the advance poll at Polo Park… they are really strict about not allowing photos to be taken, and instead of stickers, had a banner you could use… maybe it saves money 🤪…
as a reward we got pretzels… mine were mini sesame ones… and I found them easier to eat;-)…
my favourite is the garlic and salt, but I was heading to The Leaf to volunteer and didn’t want to breathe garlic on the visitors, lol…
and as a special treat we came across three deer…
what a lovely bonus…
15 Thursday Oct 2026
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the lawn was mowed one last time on Sunday…
whatever leaves are left in the front yard will stay there for all the little creatures, although there aren’t very many leaves…
the garden is a different story… currently it is difficult to see the pond as the net is nearly completely covered with leaves… the elm tree next door still has a few leaves to fall so we will likely wait for them to come down before removing the net and putting the leaves in the flowerbed closest to it…
at that point we will probably bring the fish into their winter condo…
13 Tuesday Oct 2026
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09 Friday Oct 2026
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04 Sunday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, family, flowers, giant trees, Hatley Castle, Japanese Garden, meadow, moments, nature, paths, ponds, Royal Rhodes gardens, vistas, widow
we took an Uber across Victoria from our hotel to Royal Rhodes University… it also is the location of Hatley Castle…
we weren’t interested in the castle, and had a bit of trouble finding the gardens we were looking for, lol… eventually we found a gardener and they set us on the correct path…
we were headed toward the Japanese Garden and did find it… there was an upper part and a lower part, with big trees, a few buildings, and peaceful vistas…
it had a lovely pond as well as some creeks…
we had fun getting some lovely shots in the garden next to the castle where it looked like you were in a beautiful meadow 🙂…
03 Saturday Oct 2026
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baskets, big girl pants, blessed, garden, grow, Hilda the Gardener, mandevilla, moments, nature, transplanted, widow
the other day, Hilda the Gardener arrived for fall clean up…
instead we focussed on transplanting many of the plants that were coming into the house…
one of the best new pots we did was in the new basket planters that I recently had given to me…
it came out beautifully…
we cut the original mandevilla down by about half and then combined it with the new one I purchased on sale this summer…
excited to see how it grows…
02 Friday Oct 2026
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Abkhazi Garden, big girl pants, cane, family, garden, hummingbird, moments, nature, support, volunteers, widow
had a wonderful time at the Abkhazi Garden after we had our tea…
this garden is basically run by volunteers…
they had a few canes available and lent me one, as I forgot my monopole, which has worked out well as a bit of stabilization for me…
it is a lovely space and the highlight for me was sitting under a tree with my daughter while a hummingbird visited and sat in the tree above us… my daughter took both of the above pictures…
found a few ponds with turtles and goldfish…
I was also impressed with the methods they used to support the trees…
amazing what a group of volunteers can accomplish…
30 Wednesday Sep 2026
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Beacon Hill Park, big girl pants, ducks, family, flowers, giant trees, moments, nature, roses, Terry Fox, walking, widow
we wandered through Beacon Hill Park… it is huge…
we saw giant trees, flower beds filled with flowers, roses, numerous ponds and creeks, and lots and lots of ducks…
and, the moss lady… once we found her, I was reminded of the Earth Goddess, which we visited in Atlanta in 2016… at that time I slipped under the fence and got a close up with her…
did the same thing with the moss lady, although I did not touch her…
from the bus we saw the mile zero monument, and the Terry Fox memorial…
clearly, you could spend days wandering through this park😊…
