14 Friday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, dull, happy, Liquid Sunshine, moments, nature, overcast, Saje, weather, widow
the other day I picked up this Liquid Sunshine from Saje…
I am hoping it will brighten my spirits on the dull and overcast days;-)…
wish me luck…
09 Monday Dec 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, difference, moments, nature, overcast, shovelled, sidewalk, sky, snow, sunshine, weather, widow
this morning I went out around ten and shovelled the sidewalk… it was overcast, chilly, and a bit windy…
it only takes about fifteen minutes to get the job done and then I took out my camera to get a few photos of the snow on the trees…
just before my friends arrived for our weekly gathering, the sun came out… yay…
and I got a very similar picture…
amazing what a difference a bit of sunshine makes…
18 Wednesday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, geese, inukshuk, moments, nature, orange, overcast, pavilion, pictures, rain, walk, weather, widow, yellow
went just a few streets further on my walk this morning…
it was overcast and a bit cool, which made it perfect for walking;-)…
today, orange and yellow seemed to be the colours that drew me…
it is fun to look at houses and how front yards are designed… even came across an Inukshuk…
caught some geese that were flying right above me…
and had a different view of the Park bridge, ice sculpture and pavilion…
glad I went early, as not too long after I got home it rained for ages…
17 Tuesday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, falafels, flowers, friends, gardeners, gardens, hummingbird, moments, nature, overcast, Park, Park Cafe, plants, purple, steps, stroll, weather, widow
met up with my adventure buddy and we went for a stroll through the English and Leo Mol Gardens at the Park…
it was an overcast day, but the rain held off…
there were gardeners working everywhere to keep the space beautiful…
here are a few things I took photos of…
we spotted a hummingbird and watched it for a few minutes amongst the purple flowers…
had a break on our bench before enjoying a bit of lunch at the Park Cafe where I had some tasty falafels…
it was spitting when I left the Park…
managed over 12,000 steps for the day, woohoo…
25 Thursday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cushions, fern, health, Japanese Maple, leaves, moments, nature, overcast, plants, purple, rearranging, weather, widow
I am getting very tired of the overcast days;-(… today it was dreary even though the temperature was near 0°…
I spent time rearranging some of the plants in the living and dining rooms…
I added a couple of plants to the area around the Japanese Maple…
the fern from the den was taken outside and shaken because it was losing fronds like crazy…
after getting the loose pieces off, I moved it to the living room, hoping it might like the new spot better, although I’m not sure I like that spot, lol…
the dracaena got moved into a less bright space and I am contemplating a stand to go where it had previously been that would hold more plants, lol…
after that I rearranged and put away pillows…
now, if we could just have some sunshine…
02 Monday May 2022
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23 Saturday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, bunnies, listened, moments, nature, overcast, rain, reading, snow, thunder, weather, widow
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately…
today I spent most of the time in the living room, with the light on, as it has been raining off and on the whole time…
besides enjoying my book I’ve also watched birds and bunnies and listened to thunder roll across the sky…
there were chickadees and house finches and juncos… a squirrel has been trying to get to the feeder on the window and I kept rapping on the window to discourage it, lol…
across the street, three bunnies have spent a good portion of the day snacking on goodies in the grass… the rain has certainly melted most of the snow, so I guess new treats have come to light…
as I write this, there is even more thunder and now a bit of lightning…
not sure if I will finish the book today…
31 Tuesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, camping, garden, home, hot tub, moments, nature, overcast, sky, sleepout, stars, widow
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…
24 Sunday Jun 2018
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big girl pants, board, cutting board, dinner, English Garden, family, flowers, garden, grandson, overcast, rush, son-in-law, walk, widow
productive day… up early and out by eight for a walk to the Park…
it was overcast and cool… nice for walking… the English and Leo Mol Gardens were empty except for a few gardeners and me…
by the time I left there were runners, dog walkers and families flooding the space…
music was coming from the Lyric as I headed along the path and I wondered what was happening today… as I crossed the bridge and saw everyone with at least one dog, it came to me that it was PawsInMotion, lol…
once home, I finished my grocery list and went to Safeway to pick up a few things for tonight and the coming week…
my son-in-law and youngest grandson arrived for supper and a visit… everyone else in the family was busy…
after dinner my son-in-law cut down the piece he had found to make my new cutting board… the one I’ve been using had come out of their house when they moved in and remodeled their kitchen nearly three years ago… it was a bit narrow and short… my previous one, which George had made, had gone into the garbage as it was completely worn out…
this new one fits perfectly… it is quite dark so likely it is going to take a while for me to get used to it;-)…
but I am very happy because a new board has been on my what I would like list since at least two years ago Christmas, lol…
can’t rush a good thing…
21 Wednesday Mar 2018
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big girl pants, jacket, jealous, lack of sleep, moon, overcast, rice rolls, sleep, snow, son-in-law, Spring, widow
yesterday was the official first day of Spring… this is what I saw out the windows and door this morning…
I did get to wear my lighter jacket as it is getting warmer, but unfortunately it was overcast all day, which is always a downer for me…
after a long day, partly due to the fact that I slept poorly last night, for supper I did get to have a few of my favourite rice rolls that a colleague surprised me with…
my son-in-law took this fabulous photo of the moon tonight in Ottawa at his Astronomy class where they got to spend time with a big telescope…
a bit jealous because my shots of the moon never look like this… obviously the sky wasn’t overcast there, lol…
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