skates…

05 Saturday Jan 2019

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went to Canadian Tire because they had a sale on… I’d decided after my Christmas Eve skate that I’d like to get my own so we could all skate together…

got the cutest ones… they have a C on them and mauve accents;-)… I mean, clearly designed specifically for me…

we went to The Forks, along with what felt like millions of other people, and had fun skating on the River Trail…

I still worry about falling but they had the neatest chairs on skis… it was wonderful to have one to steady me and I was able to relax and get more comfortable… soon I was gliding along… one day I might be able to do that without hanging on to something or someone, lol…

my daughter had a problem with one of her feet so I pushed her for a while… gave the youngest a short ride and then he pushed me for a bit… my son-in-law ended up giving me a very fast ride back to the start;-)…

didn’t skate for long, but it was great fun to be outside with the kids…

maybe next week we will go to the Duck Pond…

filled…

23 Sunday Dec 2018

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today was filled with activity…

started the day with a few pictures of my orchid…

then I prepped potatoes, turnip, stuffing for Christmas dinner and prepared twice stuffed potatoes for tonight’s supper…

it had snowed more overnight and in the morning… there was a lot of snow out there…

the kids arrived and we ran around getting a few last minute items… there were many, many people in all the places we went… particularly the parking lots…

home, dinner cooked, eaten and a bit of relaxing before everyone headed home…

last picture of the orchid…

Opapiskaw, Sunday…

02 Sunday Sep 2018

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another beautiful day in paradise…

early this morning I walked down to the beach and got a few great pictures…

in an effort to find a good internet connection I walked down a very narrow trail to get to a spot where there was LTE service…

the trail brought back so many memories… all the years we camped at Falcon and Birds Hill and went on many hikes along trails that were just like this one…

at the end of the trail were some pretty rocks which I clearly am not going to be able to take home, sigh…

there are many poplars here and the sound of the wind blowing through them is also a reminder of camping in Birds Hill with friends…

missing my beloved… he would have loved this…

glory…

08 Wednesday Aug 2018

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three great things before I even left the driveway this morning…

a stunning sky… couldn’t really get a picture that showed how orange the sun was…

then as I was headed to the garage I spotted morning glory flowers… the first ones of the year…

while I was searching for more blooms spotted my neighbour and after checking in with him he shared cucumbers and tomatoes with me…

dropped them into the house, took one final picture of the morning glories and headed off to work…

pretty fine way to start the day…

forest…

01 Wednesday Aug 2018

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been thinking of forests a lot lately…

after being in Cathedral Grove, BC, it has felt like we don’t really have many forests around here…

but when I walk through the forest in the Park I remember how special and rejuvenating trees are… it always seems extra peaceful and other sounds are blocked out…

took this shot looking up through the tree in the Leo Mol Garden… can never remember what the name of this particular tree is, although it is one of my favourites…

this photo is from July 2011 in Cathedral Grove…

we had a memorable time while visiting Courtenay and surrounds… it was a very special time and it was our last anniversary…

sleepout…

31 Tuesday Jul 2018

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last night I had my annual sleepout…

I miss camping and this is a fun way to get the feeling… also a great opportunity to see the stars;-)…

it is a process and I left it a bit late to get organized… it was dark by the time I brought up the air mattress from the basement… I always put down a comforter underneath to be sure that no slivers puncture the mattress…

I couldn’t find the cap that goes on once it was filled with air… searched upstairs where it had last been set up but could not find the cap… came downstairs thinking there wasn’t going to be a sleepout… started to take out the pump, only to discover the cap was on a string which was inside where the pump was, lol… clearly I should have done the set up in the light…

then it was on to bringing up comforters and bringing down pillows…

had a great sleep, although the mattress went down a bit, likely because it cooled off a bit… not a single mosquito, woo hoo…

a lovely view to wake up to… took everything down, put things away, had a hot tub and then the sky clouded over…

great timing… looks like it will be overcast and rainy most of the day…

blanket…

11 Monday Dec 2017

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during the night snow fell and blanketed the neighbourhood…

it is a lovely sight to wake up to such beauty… and it always seems so quiet and peaceful…

here’s the view from the front of the house…

the reflection of the tree in the window is cool… and I like the glass ball in the bottom picture…

the back looks like it has a warm white blanket over everything…

thankfully it wasn’t deep, so I didn’t have any trouble getting out of the garage…

I like to be the first one to make tracks in the snow… although I also like when it is all clear, lol…

and finally this view from the front steps… I actually went outside and left footprints in the snow so I could get this picture…

wonderful start to the week… hope yours was as lovely…

heavens…

06 Friday Oct 2017

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of course, on a day off I woke up at 5:30, so I headed out for a hot tub…

the heavens were amazing and the moon was huge… the stars were very bright and I was able to get a picture of Orion’s Belt…

considering it was on my phone it came out pretty good, lol…

the streetlight shining on the lawn furniture was also lovely…

as I was driving toward my appointment this morning the moon looked like it was close enough to touch…

happy I stopped and took a few photos, because by the time I got out of the car, it was gone…

had a nap this afternoon;-)…

irritated…

21 Thursday Sep 2017

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first thing this morning the sky was amazing…

then I went out and took a quick spin around the garden… got a few shots of flowers, although they are getting a bit irritated with the cold temperatures early in the morning…