15 Thursday Apr 2021
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I’ve been doing a little more painting with watercolours… I was asked to paint some lavender which I did… and this is how the best picture came out…
clearly I am not a painter and I’ve figured out that what I like most is how the paint ends up on the plate, lol…
see, they are pretty, right;-)…
05 Monday Apr 2021
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African Violets, big girl pants, blessed, envious, family, flowers, moments, nature, pictures, plants, purple, widow
so, my daughter has been sending photos of her African violet… there are four plants in one pot and currently there are over 50 blooms…
mine has one bloom, and I am trying really hard not to be envious, lol…
pictures on left are my 3 plants and the one bloom… on the right is hers, sigh…
06 Saturday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, figure-eight, goal, home, iPhone, memories, moments, pictures, steps, widow
as I’ve been walking the figure-eight pattern in the living and dining room I’ve been thinking of my beloved…
he walked the same pattern as he recovered from his heart surgery;-)…
this photo (quite a few iPhones ago) is from one of our walks while he was still in hospital after the surgery…
happily, I have met my step goal every day since mid-January;-)… maybe I will up my goal…
21 Sunday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, change, garden, hearts, memories, moments, pictures, purple, squares, table, widow
spent time today putting away all the hearts and refreshing the living room table…
often at this time of year I would be filling it with rocks and shells, but that seems a little early…
I gathered up all the silver and purple ornaments and took them downstairs…
then I put some Chihuly calendar pictures in the four squares and added a few other items… one square has my gardening books as I’ve been looking through them to work on the garden design for the summer…
another has a few of my favourite children’s books in it, and some cards with fun pictures of time on Maui…
the third one holds my new pouch and postcards…
the last one has items to read… magazines, my tablet and kobo… and some butterfly things…
looks good and makes me happy…
04 Thursday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, camera, feeders, fun, garden, house finches, moments, nature, observing, pictures, snow, weather, widow
today I spent a lot of time observing the birds at the feeders in the garden…
started first thing when I caught a nuthatch, squirrel and bunny snacking… I didn’t even notice the nuthatch when I took the photo, lol…
then the nuthatches, chickadees and house finches came and went for hours…
got a few good shots while at it, but it was difficult with the snow on the window…
a very enjoyable way to spend the day…
31 Sunday Jan 2021
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bare, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, hibiscus, leaves, moments, pictures, plants, twigs, widow
as I was walking around the living and dining rooms today I had a good look at the hibiscus..
it has filled out with leaves and looks great…
it wasn’t that long ago that it was nearly just twigs;-)…
I dug through my photos and found this one from the end of September, after I brought it into the house… the leaves were starting to turn yellow and fall off… apparently I didn’t take any when it was bare, lol…
it did bloom for quite a while even as the leaves fell off…
looking forward to more flowers before too long…
16 Saturday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, garden, hot tub, moments, nature, pictures, tiptoe, weather, widow
I’ve been watching a bunny in the garden when I hot tub … a few days ago I spotted it on the deck…
recently I walked into the kitchen and saw it at the feeder on the deck, so I tiptoed into the living room and got my camera…
quietly made my way back to the kitchen and snuck up to the patio door and took a few pictures….
so cute…
09 Saturday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, calendar, Chihuly, daughter, enjoy, flowers, goddess, happy, memories, moments, nature, pictures, remembering, widow
for many years, since my trip to Seattle in 2013, I have had a Chihuly calendar… either my daughter or I have purchased them for Christmas gifts to one another…
this year that didn’t happen, so we were discussing how we missed it the other day…
she suggested that I make one using Vistaprint… I had gone online and found them on the Chihuly Garden and Glass website, but the shipping charge was more than double the cost of the calendar…
so I did… I used the photos from our visit in 2016… it took about an hour to prepare and order…
that was on Monday… on Thursday it arrived;-)… it is beautiful, the photos came out clear and crisp and it is just slightly smaller than the Chihuly ones…
I am very happy…
I had fallen in love with a photo of the garden goddess many years ago that was taken in Montreal… on one of my visits to see the kids in Ottawa, we planned a visit to see it… unfortunately the picture was old and the structure was not in the garden…
in 2015, my daughter sent me information about a goddess structure in Atlanta, and that there was a Chihuly installation happening as well in 2016… I was very excited and so away we went…
it was a special time… I am going to enjoy this calendar…
30 Wednesday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, charcuterie, chocolate, Christmas, duck, family, food, memories, moments, Ottawa, pictures, plate, treats, vacation, widow
this photo was taken last year on this day when I was in Ottawa… we made a few plates with veggies, crackers, fruit, cheese, duck, and chocolate…
I think we were ahead of the current charcuterie craze, lol…
today, after I saw this picture, I made my own fancy plate…
it was fun to enjoy the items and remember our delicious lunch a year ago…
so blessed to have had that holiday… looking forward to the day we can do it again…
27 Sunday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, Christmas, friends, gift, moments, nature, orchids, pictures, purple, quiet, relaxed, supper, treat, widow
had a quiet day yesterday… spent time taking photos of ornaments on the tree and the orchids…
a friend dropped off the fixings for turkey dinner which I warmed up at supper time… it was a lovely treat and made for a relaxed and enjoyable meal… ended the day with hot lemonade in my new mug and gifted shortbread…
just another reminder of how blessed I truly am…
