27 Monday Feb 2017
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yesterday morning I had a bit of fun taking pictures of the sun rising in the sky…
this is what it looked like at 7:24 as the sun was just peeking out through the trees…
then this as 7:49…
this was the last of the series that I took, at 9:09…
so beautiful and such a change when you look out the window at different times…
it was out for most of the day and even though it was cold and windy it felt great…
that bit of extra light and bright sky makes such a difference in my mood…
23 Monday Jan 2017
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beautiful, big girl pants, brush, camera, car, pictures, snowflakes, widow
got out to the car around 7:15 pm and there were huge fluffy snowflakes on it… not tons, but enough that I needed to brush them off…
was in a hurry to get home as my Monday night friends arrive between 7:30 and 8 and I wanted to have the coffee going when they turn up…
got out the brush and then had to go back into my purse and get out the camera so I could take a few pictures…
luckily my spot is right by a light so I could get some good shots…
this was the best one…
snowflakes are so beautiful… glad I took the time to check them out…
10 Tuesday Jan 2017
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bendy bus, big girl pants, camera, forgot, fun, giggle, morning glory, pictures, Pokémon, widow
been a crazy busy day… but lots of fun…
had to giggle at lunchtime when I realized I forgot the hot portion of my lunch in the fridge at home, but I did bring the veggies, lol…
enjoyed taking photos throughout the day… a treat to spend time with my camera…
my grandson met me at the office and on our drive home we watched a bendy bus go by…
he took this shot for me… bendy busses make me smile whenever I see them…
on our slow drive home – it was very slippery and every car was moving at a snail’s pace – he caught numerous Poke balls and a few Pokémon as well…
he shovelled, I cooked, and when he was done, sent him home with dinner when his dad picked him up on his way home from work…
then I spotted sprouts in the Morning Glory can…
woo hoo…
31 Saturday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, chromecast, computer, electronics, hard drive, Leef, Netflix, operate, pictures, Technology, toys, widow
got some fun toys over the last week…
first this cool leef gadget… it sticks into the phone and copies whatever is on it, then plugs into the laptop and copies the contents onto the computer… it also acts as storage for my phone…
very quick and easy… think that it is going to be much simpler than connecting a cord to the computer and trying to find the phone before being able to copy over photos and other data… such fun;-)…
also got a much larger hard drive so my computer will stop telling me it is out of room… possibly it thinks I take too many pictures…
and last, but not least, a chromecast…
just learned about this a few days ago… it streams media from the phone or laptop… I can now watch Netflix from the bedroom, using my phone… very cool…
picked up everything now so that my son-in-law could get it all working before he heads home from holidays…
testing it all to be sure I can work it without any problems when I’m on my own, lol…
19 Monday Dec 2016
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a few days ago I spent some time taking pictures of all the pottery on the shelves…
mainly I took them so I would remember where to put things back because I was afraid I wouldn’t put them in the right place…
it looks lovely and it would be nice to keep it that way, lol…
I remember the lovely afternoon we spent organizing the pieces… I had anticipated that we would be putting much of the collection into boxes, but not one piece went into a box, lol…
28 Monday Nov 2016
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started the day with a picture of the front of the house…
just a dusting of snow on the ground…
the wreath looks wonderful… it took a lot of time and two people to get it just right, lol…
so happy with the freshly purpled door… looks lovely with the snow…
17 Thursday Nov 2016
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some wonderful moments today…
the sky was stunning as I headed downtown… there were a few clouds but the light on them was just beautiful… having to drive means I often don’t get the pictures I would like…
I took in a box of children’s books that had been hanging around the house and watched with delight as three colleagues found treats to take home for their little people…
as I was driving down a street in Charleswood tonight I came across a deer in a yard just quietly standing there…
ended the night with purple hair…
hasn’t had any purple in it for weeks so it was a wonderful treat to have it back…
11 Friday Nov 2016
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back, big girl pants, flowers, pictures, Remembrance Day, stomach, widow
watched the Remembrance Day service from Ottawa this morning and spent some time thinking of my parents and my beloved’s father who were all in the services, and my son-in-law who is currently in the Air Force…
brought home my flowers from the office yesterday and have been enjoying them all day…
had some fun taking pictures this afternoon…
as the day has progressed my stomach has become more and more unhappy…
really, back and stomach… enough…
hoping for a better day tomorrow…
07 Monday Nov 2016
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took a few photos this morning in the living room…
much brighter outside with the time change…
the orchids look lovely although some of the blossoms are dying off…
tonight the moon looks like it has been sliced in half… beautiful…
30 Sunday Oct 2016
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big girl pants, carving, George, halloween, iPhone, music, pictures, Poke Balls, pumpkin, walk, widow
this afternoon I was sitting in the living room listening to music I’ve recently downloaded to my phone…
took quite a while to get the music to play… checked my settings, my volume and everything else I could think of… after fussing with it for a while, tried turning the phone off and then back on… after that it worked fine…
made me laugh because that is usually the first thing I recommend to colleagues and friends when they explain about a computer glitch…
was listening to Willie Nelson as I waited for my kids to get here so we could carve pumpkins…
last year we did the carving at their house in their newly renovated kitchen… it has a huge island which was great for a number of people to stand and sit around while worked on their masterpieces…
George had such fun choosing and carving the Halloween pumpkins… he was always the last one at the table, after everyone else had run out of energy and patience and left partially finished pieces…
he taught the girls how to scoop out the seeds and goop and then have the fun of drawing and cutting out a face… with the grandkids times had changed and the designs were much fancier… which also made them more difficult to complete… and often they all wanted the same pattern… but he would figure out how to get everyone on track and having fun…
then there was always the exciting part when candles were inserted and the lights went turned out and the magic would be revealed…
such fun memories;-)…
here’s what we did today…
they picked up costumes on their way over so we did get pictures… yay… they are the cutest onesie jammies… a frog and two foxes…
we used the pumpkins that the kids grew in their garden… the carving went well… everyone decided on simple looks… came out great…
pizza, wings, salad and Halloween cupcakes for supper and then we went to the Park and took a few laps around the Formal Gardens…
full day…
herbiggirlpants 
