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startle…

16 Tuesday Apr 2024

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on Monday’s walk I focussed on checking out the trees as on Sunday I watched a webinar on bird nests and eggs…

this is down by the creek and if you look closely at the bottom of the trees, you can see where the beaver has been busy…

was excited to discover a mallard couple in a puddle in a field…

wasn’t able to get too close because I didn’t want to startle them but had a lovely few minutes watching them;-)…

also collected many Pokémon items…

walking…

14 Sunday Apr 2024

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Friday morning I put on my runners and went for a walk… first time in months as I’ve been worried about snow and ice…

I also took a book to drop at the Little Library on the next street…

I didn’t take my usual path as I wanted to collect Poké balls while I was out… went up to Portage, down the next street and then detoured past an area that had lots of Pokéstops and collected various items along the way… finished along another main drag until I was back at my street…

might do that again as I continue to walk further each time I go out…

interesting that I didn’t take a single photo, lol…

nice to be checking out the neighbourhood again and looking forward to getting to the Park soon;-)…

guide…

03 Sunday Sep 2023

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Tuesday, a friend picked me up and we had a wander through the Diversity Gardens…

it was her first time there and I enjoyed being the tour guide, lol…

we were so busy catching up that I barely took any photos…

I did take some of a few grasses we thought might work in the garden between the cedars which might cover it a bit more of the chain link now that the neighbours have removed their planters…

from there, we drove over and walked through the English sand Leo Mol Gardens…

we spent some time relaxing on a bench by the pond and learning about Pokémon as I have just started playing again and now have my own account;-)…

allée…

30 Wednesday Aug 2023

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on Sunday we went for a walk around Assiniboine Park to catch Pokémon… apparently it was a special event around the world… it was hot and sunny…

there were people everywhere… many of them with their heads down, focussed on their phones, with cords connecting to power packs in their pockets, lol…

we walked around the allée that circles the Diversity Gardens… it was fully shaded and there were many people along the way…

from there we walked across the Park to the English and Leo Mol Gardens… it was a long way, lol… we stopped now and then for a rest and sip of our water, and got to walk down one of my favourite paths…

it has been months since I’ve been to the Gardens, so it was a treat… besides all the people, there were lots of flowers in bloom with beautiful water lilies, and frogs, in the English Garden…

the cricket fields had some good items as we headed back to the car…

nice to enjoy a walk, although my feet were a little tired;-)…

monarchs…

26 Sunday Jul 2020

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yesterday morning my youngest grandson was dropped off at ten by his two older brothers who were heading off to a two-day Pokémon event…

about fifteen minutes after they left he spotted the first of our monarchs as it emerged from the lily of the valley where they had gone to turn into their chrysalis stage… I had been watching this chrysalis for a number of days as it was the only one we could find…

perfect timing, and he spotted three more as they came out to dry their wings…

the first one had a wasp attached to its wing and it took me quite a while to get it off… not sure if that hurt it or whether the wasp had already injured it…

the others eventually flew off after their wings dried out, but this little male spent most of the day with us… finally it was gone, so we are hoping that it was able to fly…

what a wonderful experience to share together;-)…

WWTB day 8…

06 Friday Jul 2018

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final day of zoo camp… as we left the house we saw the bunny again… the older grandson and I dropped off the camper and wandered around the Gardens trying to catch Pokémon… the app stopped working for quite a while so we headed into the Park Cafe for a drink to pass some time…

then over to Costco to buy a few essentials and some treats to put away for our camping trips this summer… home to drop off the groceries, and back to the Park Cafe for lunch with a dear friend…

the Pokémon app worked better so we spent time afterwards walking around playing;-)… there were many new Pokémon to catch today…

picked up the camper and visited Save-On-Foods for a variety of chicken wings for our supper… went very nicely with the shrimp ring and Caesar salad…

after dinner we watered plants and baskets and I noticed that the pot that fell when the umbrella flew off the table yesterday was broken… very sad…

tv, video games and chatting with friends is the plan for the rest of the evening…

WWTB day 6…

04 Wednesday Jul 2018

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bit of a sleep in this morning as I didn’t have to be at the office until 9…

during the very early morning there was a big thunderstorm, which kept me awake… so I hadn’t slept well for the second night and started the day with a serious headache…

got a few shots of the eggplants covered in rainwater before heading out…

dropped the camper off and got a quick bye grandma… much more enthusiastic today, lol…

not long after I got home (early because we started late and finished early today) the wind blew the umbrella right off the table and onto the deck by the hot tub just a few feet from the middle guy… scary…

we went over to the Park to hunt for Pokémon and when we got there the app stopped working… so instead, we searched for frogs and found a bunch…

nice to have some one-on-one time with this guy… we picked up the camper and walked over the bridge for ice cream at Sargent Sundae… spotted a plane flying over the river as we crossed it…

heard about everyone’s day as we had supper…

did laundry because at least one of these young men gets his clothes really dirty, lol…

pitcher…

14 Wednesday Jun 2017

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what a lovely evening…

weather was crazy all day… every time we looked outside it was either pouring or the sun was shining… 

had arranged to go home with my daughter after work so I could attend the youngest grandson’s soccer game… he plays regularly on Wednesday evenings and I haven’t made it to a game yet…

the weather wasn’t looking promising but thought we’d give it a shot…

my oldest grandson picked me up after work and just as I came outside there was a huge downpour… by the time we picked up my daughter the sun was out again…

we dropped him off at rowing… he’s just taken up this sport and is really enjoying it…

then we went to their house for supper… my son-in-law had a delicious dinner all ready for us… butter chicken, rice, corn and salad…

I really feel blessed and treated when someone else makes the dinner…

by this point the soccer game has been cancelled, so we decided to go Pokémon hunting at the Forks…

we wandered around, inside and outside, and I was excited to find the cutest little pitcher… I’ve been looking for one for when I have my loose tea…

hard to tell but it is purple, lol… it is a little whale and it gurgles when you pour the liquid… so cute…

it rained as I was getting into my car to head home and shortly after I took this picture of the sky…

gorgeous, again…

lunch…

19 Sunday Feb 2017

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today the kids came for lunch rather than our usual dinner…

early this week my son-in-law came over and fixed the garage door… he had to put on a new strike plate… he had added a bar in the summer when the door latch wasn’t quite catching…  

a week or so ago I heard something fall to the ground but I didn’t see what actually fell and then when I arrived home later I realized that the door wouldn’t stay closed… the bar had fallen off… I texted him and he came by that night on his way home from work…

had thought he might wait until it was light out, but he got it fixed no problem, even though it was dark…

today he cleaned the drain in the bathroom sink… appeared it was filled with my daughters’ hair… took quite a while but eventually he got it fixed and all back together…

his final project was to check out the internet and wi-fi… think he might have got that working better too…

we also spent a lot of time playing Pokémon… twice while they were here one of them ran out to catch Pokémon close by, lol…

the little guy seemed to be doing yoga poses at one point…

my daughter and I spent some time looking at the information about the hotel and city we are going to visit next month… should be fun…

everyone enjoyed the meal… we had ground beef and shrimp tacos… very tasty… and we had a fun visit…

now for some tv…

charge…

18 Saturday Feb 2017

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went to the Pool, Patio & Spa show with the kids this afternoon… lots of fun things to look at… checked out some barbecues, fire tables and furniture… 

trying to figure out how to get this into my backyard…

went to The Forks, had a snack and wandered around for a bit… had a chance to see some of the warming huts that had been taken off the River Trail because of the warm weather… did some serious Pokémon hunting while we were there… there are many new ones recently released…

on the way home stopped in at Sport Chek and came out with a new Fitbit… my Flex has lasted three years but the battery is losing its charge more and more quickly… I’d done a whole lot of research online and was ready to make a final decision… 

chose the Charge 2, mainly so I could have my watch and Fitbit all in one… and it’s purple… now one wrist will be free for bracelets, although right now it is feeling a bit naked…

 I just have to figure out how to work it…