07 Friday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, book, chattering, garden, house sparrows, moments, nature, pond, reading, sparrows, widow
this afternoon, as I was sitting in the garden trying to read my book, dozens of house sparrows took over the space…
some were searching for sunflower seeds, some were getting drinks from the pond, while others were having dust baths…
and they were all chattering…
kept having to stop reading and watch to see what they were up to, lol…
06 Thursday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cacao pod, cacao trees, fell, fish, flowers, friends, garden, Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar, koi, moments, nature, plants, The Leaf, time, waterfall, weather, widow
had another lovely visit to The Leaf…
visited the cacao trees and took a few photos for my daughter, lol…
had a good time watching the koi and even got a few reasonable shots;-)…
met my buddies for lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar and it was tasty, as always… our server, Camille, had served us on Friday when we were there last and remembered me;-)… she did a great job to ensure our meal and time there went well…
after lunch I spent a bit more time with the fish;-)… and then sat and wrote this blog as the water fell in front of me;-)…
great way to spend time;-)…
05 Wednesday Jul 2023
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, dip, eggs, flit, flowers, garden, happy, milkweed, moments, monarch, monarch butterfly, nature, nectar, photos, plants, treat, widow
for the last few days, in the afternoon, I’ve enjoyed watching a monarch butterfly dip and flit through the garden, landing on the various milkweed plants to enjoy some nectar and maybe lay some eggs…
got a few good pictures…
such a treat;-)…
04 Tuesday Jul 2023
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, biomes, blessed, cacao trees, Diversity Gardens, family, flowers, garden, gather, happy, lilies, moments, nature, plants, The Leaf, thrilled, water, weather, widow
on Friday, before my daughter left to return home to Ottawa, we went one last time to The Leaf…
we walked through the Diversity Gardens in the daylight and were happy we went early, because the temperature was rising quickly…
we checked out the Water area and were thrilled to discover water lily blooms…
then it was on to the Tropical Biome to visit the cacao trees… while there, she provided a little education for a few visitors;-)…
some of us stayed in that spot, and the rest of us checked out the other areas… we weren’t able to see the Butterfly Garden or walk on the skywalk as they were closed for the day, but it was fun to check out both biomes…
we had an early lunch at Gather, one last visit to the cacao trees and then home to nap and finish packing for the flight…
03 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blossoms, flowers, garden, happy, moments, nature, number, plants, pond, water, water lilies, widow
I continue to be surprised by the number of blooms on the water lily…
there have been flowers every day since June 10th;-)…
I think there have been fifteen so far…
such an amazing treat to enjoy each day;-)…
30 Friday Jun 2023
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, eating, family, flight, manoeuvre, moments, nature, pelicans, time, vacation, weather, widow
during our last day at the cottage, we spent time on the cliff deck watching the waves and the pelicans…
we have enjoyed the pelicans since we arrived and early on we would get very excited every time we spotted one flying over the cottage, in the water close to the beach, taking off and landing in the water, and all the times they spent with the fisher…
over the last day or so, while we were there, it seemed a bit ho hum, lol…
what we never managed to see was them catching fish… it was clear that they got something from the fisher after they brought up the final piece of the net…
we did discover that a group of them could be called a number of things, but we liked pod and squadron best;-)…
such fun to watch them over the week…
29 Thursday Jun 2023
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beach, big girl pants, blessed, Fall, family, fun, happy, moments, nature, rocks, sand, water, weather, widow
took a while, but I made it all the way into the water…
Sunday we spent a short time at Albert Beach where I went in up to my knees for just a few minutes… while there we spotted a pair of eagles flying over, although I was only able to get a photo of one…
late in the afternoon we went down to our beach and went into the water… it was rocky at the edge but we got through, found the sand and stayed in for quite a while… it was lovely although I had a little spill coming out of the water, lol… lots of rocks, but there were no injuries…
28 Wednesday Jun 2023
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beach, big girl pants, blessed, family, feet, happy, moments, nature, rocks, rocky, stroll, water, weather, widow
finally got my feet in the water…
we went down to watch the sunset on Friday and I took a little stroll along the rocky beach…
the water was calm and I found a spot with a bit of sand, so I took off my shoes and stepped into the clear and fairly warm water…
ahhh…
27 Tuesday Jun 2023
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abundance, big girl pants, birds, blessed, cottage, Great Blue Heron, lake, listen, Merlin Sound App, moments, nature, pelicans, see, Technology, weather, widow
there were so many birds at the cottage we stayed at…
after hearing them on the Merlin sound app, I decided not to worry about getting photos of them… my goal was to spot as many as I could while we were there…
I think I saw most of them, except the black and white warbler…
we also saw many pelicans, gulls, eagles, hummingbirds, and at least one heron;-)…
what a wonderful abundance of feathered friends…
25 Sunday Jun 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cliff, cliff deck, family, happy, moments, nature, power, read, Technology, water, waves, weather, whitecaps, widow, wind
spent a good portion of my day on the cliff deck… it was sunny…
in the morning, it was a little breezy, but by the afternoon, it was very windy…
watching the whitecaps and waves pounding the shore reminds one of the huge power of nature…
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