02 Friday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, door cam, goldfish, moments, nature, pond, raccoons, rings, spotted, Technology, widow
caught this activity on the door cam this morning… quite lucky because it only saves things for three hours…
not very clear, but the rings on the tail tell the story…
it was just a few days ago that I had a conversation with someone and we were discussing the good news that the raccoons hadn’t been around, sigh…
rather happy that the fish haven’t made it outside yet;-)…
01 Thursday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bunnies, camera, croaking, driveway, frogs, garden, moments, movement, nature, pond, Technology, weather, widow
often, now as I lay in bed at night, I listen to the frogs at the creek croaking their little hearts out…
it is quite lovely to hear and reminded me that I needed to move the camera – which was facing the driveway for the winter – back to its spot on the deck, facing the pond…
made the move today, after I charged the battery…
it will be interesting to see if it catches those bunnies that have been tearing around the garden at night, lol…
27 Sunday Apr 2025
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accomplish, at last, big girl pants, blessed, garden, gardener, Kingfisher Spa, memories, moments, nature, Technology, widow
had a bit of a giggle when this photo came up in my Facebook memories…
it was from 14 years ago when I was visiting my daughter in Courtenay and we had spent the day at Kingfisher Resort and Spa…
and yesterday, my own gardener was here;-)… just took a few years to accomplish…
and, of course, she isn’t here every day, or just my gardener, lol…
but, still…
26 Saturday Apr 2025
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beds, big girl pants, blessed, cleanup, debris, fluffing, garden, Hilda the Gardener, moments, nature, planning, weather, widow
first day of garden cleanup…
Hilda the Gardener arrived and spent the afternoon removing leaves and debris from around the garden and fluffing the beds…
even though not everything got done, it makes such a huge difference to how the garden looks…
took this photo before Hilda arrived…you can see the difference under the main deck;-)…
I was sitting on the back deck for the first time this year… woohoo;-)…
looking forward to many wonderful moments in this sanctuary…
25 Friday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bunnies, fight, moments, nature, performance, widow, window
had a bit of a performance outside when I happened to look out the window this evening;-)…
funny bunnies;-)…
24 Thursday Apr 2025
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, blown over, cut, garden, moments, nature, pergola, plants, shocked, trees, weather, widow
on a recent walk to the Park and around the gardens I was rather shocked to see how many trees had been removed throughout the forest between the walking bridge and the gardens as well as in the gardens…
there were still trees that had fallen or been blown over…
and it appeared that the pergola in the Leo Mol pond area had been completely rebuilt or else it had been sandblasted…
lots of changes since I was there in the Fall;-)…
23 Wednesday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, English Garden, garden, goose, Leo Mol Garden, moments, nature, nest, path, remain, walk, weather, widow
walked to the Park and around the English and Leo Mol Gardens…
it was very bare, lol…
I came across a Canada goose on the path to the Leo Mol Garden and it wasn’t moving, no matter what I did… I could see another goose on the roof of the Leo Mol Gallery that seemed to be working on a nest… so, possibly its partner…
although you are asked to remain on the path, I ended up walking through one of the beds because I did not want to cause an issue or get bitten by the goose…
I made it across both times, because it was still there when I left 😳…
18 Friday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, clogging, fish, glass, goldfish, moments, nature, pumps, tank, water, widow
Wednesday, I spent time cleaning two of the pumps…
Thursday was glass cleaning day, lol…
luckily it didn’t take too long and now the tanks look so much better;-)…
seems to me the pumps are clogging up more quickly than previously;-(…
16 Wednesday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, blustery, creek, flowers, leaf, moments, nature, snowdrops, walk, weather, widow, windy
started the day with a morning walk…
it was chilly and the wind was a bit blustery…
not much new growth, but the snowdrops I saw the other day had multiplied;-)…
the ice is completely gone so the creek is running clear now…
looking forward to the trees leafing out;-)…
13 Sunday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, flora, flowers, koi, Mediterranean, moments, nature, plants, pond, solo, The Leaf, trees, tropical, weather, widow
had another solo visit to The Leaf on Friday as I’d read that the flowering trees in the current display area were nearly finished blooming due to the heat…
I was surprised at how many people were there as I expected everyone to be outside enjoying the 17° C gorgeous weather…
as I entered the Tropical Biome I had to stop and wait a minute for the fog to clear from my glasses, lol…
happy to see the tiny flowers on two of the three cacao trees…
everything looked lush amidst the cooling mist that seems to be keeping the flora happy… quite surprised at how much the plants have grown… just last week it was easy to see all the way to the waterfall and now it is blocked again…
fun to watch one of the zoo keepers feeding the koi as I don’t often get to see that;-)…
the Mediterranean Biome had many flowers and the Babs Asper Display area held lots of plants, flowers, small trees, topiaries, and a truck filled with tulips…
the Butterfly Garden was busy with butterflies flitting about happily as they enjoyed the sunlight… the misting machines were also busy adding to the humidity and it felt very warm, lol…
so lucky to have this amazing place to visit;-)…
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