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exhibition…

21 Tuesday Jan 2025

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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, details, display, exhibition, Fleurs de Villes, flowers, friends, memories, moments, nature, plants, Technology, The Leaf, treat, widow

Monday was another delightful day at The Leaf…

our group went to view the Fleurs de Villes display after our birthday lunch at Gather…

as always, a walk through the Tropical Biome is rejuvenating…

we had such fun as each of us shared different points of interest as we wandered through the lush vegetation…

we visited the cacao trees, saw coffee beans, enjoyed new vistas of the fish, chatted about the banyan tree, spotted many heliconias, and got dripped on a few times, lol…

we moved on to the Mediterranean Biome for the Fleurs de Villes exhibition…

all of the mannequins (that represent the arts in the city) were very nicely done… we met two of the designers and spotted things we liked at every display… it was amazing to see the details that had been included…

after we’d been around once, most of us went around one more time, as we each made a decision on our favourite and filled out the ballot which we received as we entered the space…

the Fleurs de Villes exhibition is always stunning and such a delight to have had here two years in a row;-)…

one more visit to the exhibition in a few days…

tail…

18 Saturday Jan 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, early, feeders, health, moments, moon, nature, sky, tail, weather, widow

woke up early, and for whatever reason, decided to look out the front window…

the moon was still up and shining brightly, and at the bottom of the bird feeders I spotted a bunny friend…

it was busy eating the seeds that had blown out of the feeders during all the strong winds over the last day or so…

I stood watching it for quite a while, before heading back to bed… it is very interesting to watch the way they move…

and I love that cute little white tail…

backtracked…

17 Friday Jan 2025

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at 6 am, it looked great out the window… when I woke up again at 8, the window was covered with snow and it was blowing like crazy outside…

but my buddy and I went on an adventure anyway, lol…

when I started down the sidewalk I realized how deep the snow was, so backtracked and went down the driveway, which was clear…

as soon as I arrived home, I shovelled the sidewalk… some places were six inches deep…

didn’t do anything else as I assumed it was still going to blow more snow around…

looked good, especially from in the house, lol…

we will see how it looks tomorrow;-)…

losing…

15 Wednesday Jan 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, blossoms, ending, flowers, losing, moments, nature, orchid, plants, starting, widow

as the last couple of orchids are losing their final few flowers, I am watching four plants which have begun new buds…

two are quite a way along…

one is a bit further behind…

and the final one has just barely begun…

most of them are in the den, which is interesting, as I would have expected the ones in the front rooms to do better…

looking forward to the new flowers;-)…

gunk…

12 Sunday Jan 2025

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another fish tank pump cleaned…

I think that I’ve been feeding them too much as there is a lot of gunk when the filters are rinsed…

I have come a long way with cleaning the tanks… now it is just another job on the list, lol…

pink…

31 Tuesday Dec 2024

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last sunset of the year…

lots of pink…

what a beauty;-)…

poinsettias…

24 Tuesday Dec 2024

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made it to the most recent display at The Leaf…

we went around 7 so it was fairly dark in the Tropical Biome… a great time to go as there weren’t many visitors…

there were a few lit up flamingo topiaries and throughout the space there were lit signs about various birds…

there was also a cute Christmas tree made from individual plants…

the display in the Mediterranean Biome had lots of trees, lights, and poinsettias…

I also spotted a few amaryllis… some just starting to open, others in full bloom…

the trees were filled with ornamental birds and some birdhouses…

only spotted one of the seven succulent wreaths…

my plan is to go again in the daytime to see how it looks in the light;-)…

always a treat…

favourite…

22 Sunday Dec 2024

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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, bridge, cacao, cacao pods, cacao trees, favourite, happy, koi, moments, nature, plants, The Leaf, tropical biome, two, widow

I have two favourite spots in the Tropical Biome…

I always stop and visit with the cacao trees to see how they are doing, particularly as my daughter loves to visit them when she’s in town, lol…

and then there are the koi… standing on the bridge watching them swim around is such a joyful time for me…

they move much slower at night as many of them as sleeping, but I got a nice picture of this one… it is usually difficult to get good photos because of the light reflecting in the water so I was pleased with this one…

we are truly blessed to have this wonderful spot to visit all year round;-)…

bask…

12 Thursday Dec 2024

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when the sun shines in the living room I am happy to give up naps to sit and bask in the light…

reading in the sun is delightful;-)…

hopeful…

10 Tuesday Dec 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, hopeful, housemate, Japanese Maple, moments, nature, plants, solar lights, Technology, weather, widow, wrapping

I came up with the idea of wrapping my Japanese Maple with some solar lights…

so, my housemate lifted the plant onto the living room table and then I spent an hour walking in circles with the string of lights…

had to stop occasionally when I got a bit dizzy, lol…

it came out nicely, although I had to wait a day so that the power in the solar panel had a chance to charge…

I am hopeful that I can leave the lights on, even in the summer when the Maple moves outside;-)…

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