24 Friday Oct 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, cold, dawdle, friends, moments, nature, Park Cafe, walk, weather, widow
went to The Park Cafe and met up with two friends…
we had a lovely breakfast and then a couple of us took a quick walk through the English and Leo Mol Gardens…
it was cool out so we didn’t dawdle… still a few beautiful colours out there…
then I walked across the bridge to where I’d parked the car…
18 Thursday Sep 2025
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today I went out for a meal before my shift at The Leaf…
all
by
myself!!!
had the falafel breakfast, with tomatoes instead of hash browns…
it has become one of my favourites…
then it was off to The Leaf… way to go me;-)…
14 Sunday Sep 2025
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adventure buddy, big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, flowers, friends, gardens, heated, moments, nature, Park Cafe, roses, walk, water lilies, weather, widow
had breakfast with my adventure buddy at the Park Cafe on Friday… I hadn’t been for awhile, but it was lovely to be recognized by the waitstaff…
enjoyed the classic eggs Benedict with tomatoes instead of hash browns…
then we had a short walk through the English Gardens and a quick look at the water lily pond in the Leo Mol Garden…
the flowers were stunning and we were drawn to all the beautiful dahlias and and roses…
as always the water lilies were blooming in the heated pond…
the frogs do enjoy the warm water, lol…
lovely time;-)…
22 Friday Aug 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, donor, English Garden, falafels, family, food, Leo Mol Garden, lilies, moments, muskrats, nature, Park Cafe, pond, rose, walk, widow
finally walked over to the Park this morning…
started with breakfast at the Park Cafe… I really enjoyed the falafels…
from there it was over to the English Garden which is just gorgeous right now…
I found a lovely rose, just after we saw a hummingbird, although it moved too fast for me to get a photo…
in the Leo Mol Arbor we spotted one of the muskrats;-)…
had some fun with water lilies and frogs at the lily pond…
the gardens were being prepped for the big donor event this week… pressure washers were cleaning up the concrete, while lights were being added to the trees throughout the space… it will look lovely in the evening;-)…
19 Wednesday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, Eggs Benedict, food, happy, hash browns, moments, Park Cafe, server, service, stellar, tip, widow
went to the Park Cafe for breakfast and had a very nice time…
Richard was our waitperson and he did a wonderful job…
I had tea as we waited for our breakfast and it did seem to be taking a bit longer than usual, but not horribly…
when it came, Richard advised that they cooked my poached eggs to medium and he remembered that I had asked for very soft, so he had them redo them, which was why it took a bit longer…
he also mentioned at the end that I could have requested a grilled tomato instead of the hash browns which he saw that I hadn’t eaten…
it was the first time in ages that I felt we’d received stellar service at a restaurant…
he got a big tip;-)…
28 Monday Oct 2024
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apple crumble, big girl pants, blessed, crumble, friends, lunch, moments, Park Cafe, Reuben, sandwich, time, treat, widow
met up with friends to celebrate a birthday…
we went to the Park Cafe and my meal was very tasty…
my Reuben sandwich came with a garden salad and I really enjoyed it… it was just the right size, not too hard to eat, which I appreciated… I ate all of the salad and half of the sandwich…
packed up the second half and the pickle for my supper…
and then I had the apple crumble with caramel sauce and ice cream…
it was delicious, and to my credit, I only ate half of it🤪…
always fun to spend time together…
15 Tuesday Oct 2024
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, birthday buddy, blessed, breakfast, bridge, friends, gardens, moments, nature, Park Cafe, pedestrian, running shoes, time, walk, weather, widow
the other day, I drove to the pedestrian bridge and walked over to the Park Café where I met a birthday buddy for breakfast and a visit…
I would usually walk but one of my feet was a tad unhappy, so only walking partway made sense…
I even wore running shoes😳…
usually we meet between our birthdays, but this year got a bit hectic, lol…
I had falafel with red pepper hummus and we talked the entire time…
then I had a quick walk through the English and Leo Mol Gardens before making my way back to the car and driving home…
and, my foot didn’t bother me;-)…
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…
07 Saturday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, celebration, food, friends, fun, happy, lifeline, lunch, moments, Park Cafe, time, treat, walk, weather, widow
had a great time on Monday, when I met with my BS buddies at the Park Cafe for a celebration lunch…
it was amazing because it was the birthday person’s birthday, lol… we don’t often have the celebration on their actual day…
we were there for a few hours…
the restaurant wasn’t too full, we had a lovely waitperson, the meal with very tasty, and we had lots of laughs and conversation (as always)…
these women have been my lifeline for over thirty-five years…
02 Sunday Apr 2023
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, canopy, Diversity Gardens, exercise, food, frozen, garden, glove-free, ice, moments, nature, Park Cafe, photos, snow, trees, walk, weather, widow
on Thursday we walked instead of going to aquasize…
we had breakfast at the Park Cafe where we waited a few moments before getting our table…
I had falafel eggs Benedict without the English muffin and it was very tasty…
after that, we drove over and walked around the outside of the Diversity Gardens on the road which was clear of snow and ice… we went through the Gardens as well where most of the paths were snow free… it was cold, but basically the only frozen things were our fingers, lol… particularly when I was glove-free taking photos…
we enjoyed our half hour walk and are looking forward to more such walks as the weather improves;-)…
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