13 Friday Feb 2026
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been laughing a bit as I had to move the hyacinth into the living room because the scent got too strong in the den, as it is a small room…
as of Thursday, I have been smelling it on my way down the stairs…
when I went to take its photo, the bloom was leaning way over, so full of buds…
put in a chopstick to help hold it up and got a few photos…
12 Thursday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, early, half-decent, moments, photos, silver medal, speed skating, Technology, widow
it was certainly worthwhile to get up at 3:15 am on Tuesday morning…
short track speed skating was on… after I watched the 1000 metre men’s qualifying heats, the mixed team relays were on…
and we got a silver medal;-)…
I’ve been enjoying my attempts to get half-decent photos… those athletes are all very quick, lol…
01 Monday Sep 2025
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bee, big girl pants, blessed, climbing, garden, iPhone, moments, morning glory, nature, photos, pollen, Technology, widow
started the day with some wonderful photos of a bee climbing into a morning glory;-)…
what a delight…
12 Tuesday Aug 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, frogs, Leo Mol Garden, moments, nature, photos, pond, rain, search, water lilies, weather, widow
had a lovely time on Monday taking photos of the water lilies in the Leo Mol Garden…
it sprinkled a few times throughout my time there, so I did end up putting on and taking off my rain jacket, lol…
there were also quite a few frogs in the pond and I do love to search them out and get a few pictures, lol…
too bad I didn’t have my Nikon so I could have gotten closer shots…the warm water in the lily pond certainly helps with all the blooms…
there are also lilies in the arbour pond, but more pads, than lilies…
reminded me of my art installation…
07 Thursday Aug 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, blue, exploding, flowers, garden, happy, moments, morning glories, nature, photos, purple, weather, widow
the morning glories are exploding…
on Tuesday I counted twenty-six on the obelisk next to the back door… happy I took some nice photos before it rained, lol… the rain completely destroys them…
today I didn’t count, but I think there may have been even more, and there were two blue ones on the butterfly bench;-)…
sock a lovely way to begin the day…
23 Wednesday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, moments, morning glory, nature, pansies, photos, plants, purple, ragged, weather, widow
it is interesting how some days the flowers put on a show and other days they look ragged and very sad…
today the pansies next to the house were very happy…
just a few days ago I was thinking they were completely done…
only one morning glory was open, but it was lovely…
still waiting for the mandevilla and hibiscus to bloom;-)…
lots to look forward to…
06 Thursday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, framed, friends, fun, installation, matting, memories, moments, nature, photos, pictures, project, remembering, slipped, water lilies, widow
had a fun time remembering the “installation” which a friend helped me install a number of years ago as I was making adjustments to them…
the installation consists of twenty-nine photos of water lilies which I had taken…
over the years a number of the pictures had slipped in the frames and I finally got around to removing them one by one and taping the photos to the matting before reinstalling them on the wall…
there had been wine and a lot of laughter as we worked away to get all the pictures up on the wall, lol…
this time my housemate was able to help with the pieces I couldn’t reach, lol…
happy to have this project completed…
02 Sunday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, moments, offline, orientation, photo frame, photos, pictures, Technology, vertical, widow
was having some trouble with the new photo frame…
for some reason it stopped accepting photos that were sent to it…
after some investigation I discovered that it was offline… wasn’t sure why or how to fix that…
then all of a sudden it was working again…
I’ve also decided to turn it to vertical rather than horizontal… the majority of pictures I take use that orientation…
and was able to change the piece on the back so that the frame stands up the way I want, lol…
02 Monday Dec 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, climate change, happy, havoc, moments, nature, photos, steps, sunshine, walking, weather, widow
Monday morning the sun was shining, woohoo…
I was so excited about it that I did some of my steps in the kitchen, as the sun shone onto me…
I was so happy about the beautiful light that I didn’t even take a photo, lol…
it looked a lot better in the sunshine…
over the last few months there have been so many overcast days, not our usual sunshine…
climate change is certainly creating havoc with our weather…
23 Saturday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, dad, fair, family, generous, home, kind, memories, missing, moments, photos, quiet, remembering, soft-spoken, widow
November 18 was my dad’s birthday and I’ve been thinking of him a lot lately…
he was kind, generous with what he had, and always thinking of others…
he looked after my brother and I for many years while my mom was in hospital and he took care of her when she was home…
he was soft-spoken and I don’t think I ever heard him shout or speak in a loud voice to anyone, but if he gave you the look (which didn’t happen too often), you knew to pay attention…
he was also the one who taught me that everyone deserved fairness, a second chance, and appreciation for a job well done…
he was very special;-)…
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