17 Thursday Aug 2017
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went to the Farmers Market today and picked up a few things…
got tiny cucumbers and potatoes, a cauliflower, peas, two kinds of buns, a chocolate bar and 3 purple glads…
as I walked home with my treasures lots of people commented on the gladioli…
for dinner I had roasted country style spareribs along with new potatoes and dill, beets from last week, and cucumbers in vinegar and water… delicious…
wonderful to have access to fresh food so close to the office…
life is good…
04 Friday Aug 2017
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big girl pants, collections, Corelle, holiday, plates, purple, shopping, treats, widow
being as I’m on holiday, it seemed only fitting that I should get a few treats;-)…
yesterday I picked up this cute case to add to my iPhone case collection… I also got a clear one and will have to choose a few of my pictures to print and put in it…
I’ve been changing up my cases on a regular basis and for the last few weeks was using the one that holds a credit card… works great but will only hold one card and I really need to carry two…
I also picked up some clothes… a warm hoodie, a long sleeve t-shirt and a pair of patterned pants…
my final treat was this morning when I found three cute plates…
I’ve been enjoying eating off different plates for the last while, and have been adding to my collection of fun dinner ware… only need one so it isn’t too expensive to add a few new ones… the two tree ones are Corelle which also means they can go into the dishwasher, and won’t break…
happy holidays… lots of treats;-)…
26 Wednesday Jul 2017
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air conditioning, beloved, big girl pants, cold, cool, George, morning glories, purple, widow, windows
last week I gave in and turned on the air conditioner to cool down the house…
George and I would always struggle over when to put it on, at what temperature and when to turn it off…
at night I would want to turn it off and open the windows to let in fresh air… he would want to keep it on with all the windows closed to keep the cool/cold air in the house…
made for interesting conversations, lol… I would be so happy to still be able to have one of those conversations…
another negative is once you get into the cool house you don’t want to go outside again…
since turning it on, I’ve been leaving the house closed up during the day and the temperature not too cold… at night I’ve been opening the windows to let in the fresh air…
this shot of one of the morning glories today reminded me not to hide in the house but to get outside and enjoy the peace and beauty of the garden…
25 Tuesday Jul 2017
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an ture, big girl pants, blessed, dragonflies, family, flowers, garden, light, memories, moments, morning glories, purple, storm, widow
every morning I am so eager to go out and see which morning glories are blooming…
when I looked out today I couldn’t see any and wondered if the huge thunderstorm in the night had beaten them down, as they are rather delicate… seems if something touches them they will mark very easily…
but, when I headed out on the way to the garage, I found lots…
I can’t get enough of the light that glows from deep within them…
my son-in-law in Cold Lake sent me some shots of a dragonfly tonight after supper… added one I’d taken a few days ago, lol…
dragonflies are so cool and beautiful… and wonderful how they eat the mosquitoes…
so important to take the time to savour the moments in life…
20 Thursday Jul 2017
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big girl pants, garden, George, hospital, morning glory, pictures, precious, purple, surgery, widow
early this morning I picked my first pepper of the season…
looks like another two or three are starting… funny thing is I don’t really love green peppers, lol…
the morning glories are blooming all along the deck… up till today they were only flowering in one spot…
they remind me of when George would bring me pictures of whichever one was blooming every morning when I spent six weeks in the hospital…
it was so sweet…
over lunch we went to the Farmers Market and I got a great bag full of treats…
radishes, tiny cucumbers, peas, new potatoes and yellow beans (which we ate before I took the picture)…
summer is so precious…
14 Friday Jul 2017
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big girl pants, flowers, garden, haul, light, local, morning glories, purple, shopping, summer, sunshine, widow
started yesterday with a morning glory sighting…
they are just so stunning… make me smile every time I see one… I am always astonished at the light that seems to pour out of the centre of them…
it was a lovely day so we had lunch in the Millennium Park… the sun was shining and Emptyful was misting rather nicely over us…
another colleague walked by and took this great shot of the four of us…
once we were finished eating a few of us walked over and around the Downtown Farmers Market… we were pretty quick but I was so happy to have found peas and small cucumbers…
what a haul… had a few last night and they are delicious…
ah, summer…
09 Sunday Jul 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, camping, clematis, family, flowers, George, grandsons, memories, moments, Palomino, pop-up, purple, trailer, widow
we’ve been searching for a trailer for camping for the last while… looked at a few options but they weren’t just what we were wanting…
on Friday I went with my son-in-law and the younger grandsons to look at a pop-up trailer just outside the city…
we found the place rather easily, lol…
there was the most beautiful clematis in the driveway, and I had to take some pictures…
we had a look at the trailer which was set up in the garage…
although it is bigger, it reminded me of the trailer that we had for many years and the great camping trips we enjoyed with it…
we decided to buy it… it was a bit of a process, but between my credit union and the one in the town, we managed to get the funds so we wouldn’t have to make another trip to pick up the trailer…
when we got back to the house where it was, I was chatting with the woman who was selling it, as her dad and my son-in-law were taking it down…
she was talking about how her dad was such a support for her and I said something about my husband being the same for my daughters… then I mentioned he had died five years ago… she looked at me oddly and said George… at which point we realized that she had worked with my beloved… she had thought I looked familiar but was confused when my son-in-law had the same name, lol…
makes the trailer even more special…
the final giggle for me was the brand name on it… anyone who knows my son-in-law will see the connection…
he worked at the Palomino Club for years… we didn’t even notice this until we got it home…
looking forward to family fun and memories with this new addition….
clearly this was meant to be… serendipity…
08 Saturday Jul 2017
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big girl pants, credit card, garden, grandsons, Kenora, Lac du Bonnet, memories, moments, one-on-one, purple, Red Lobster, widow
yesterday I had the great opportunity to spend one-on-one time with each of my grandsons… doesn’t happen that often, and rarely on the same day… great moments to savour…
first was with the youngest at the Fishing Hole where we talked all about a recent fishing trip and how he and daddy had caught a catfish… we also checked out the lures, looking for a nice purple one, lol…
after he and his parents had headed off to Lac du Bonnet for the weekend, spent time with the middle one as the two of us waited for him to be picked up to go to Kenora with a friend… we talked about bike riding, bunnies and watering the garden… we also discussed all the things he’s planning to do at his friend’s cottage… soon he’ll be able to come over on the bus for visits and to help me in the garden…
supper out with the oldest as he drove me home… he stayed in town as he is working over the weekend… we talked about rowing and car accidents and people who are difficult to deal with…
hard to believe that he is so grown up now… we had dinner at Red Lobster and enjoyed the treat…
I was a bit nervous because I only had cash on me to pay for the meal so wanted to be sure we didn’t spend more than we had, lol…
I will be glad when I get the replacement credit card…
ended the day in the garden and took this shot as the solar lights were starting to twinkle on, one by one…
22 Thursday Jun 2017
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big girl pants, bracelet, charge, iPhone, links, purple, Siri, Technology, widow
today I stopped in at the Apple Store on my way home from work…
for the last few days Siri has just started to talk even though I am not touching the phone… bit creepy actually…
I’d also had a strange message on the screen saying that Apple had found some viruses…
right away I closed all the apps on the phone, but between that and the Siri chats, felt like maybe I should get it checked out…
got in to see someone at the Store within minutes and they ran a few diagnostics and it appears the phone is fine… they did wonder if I might be saying something that sounds like Hey Siri which would then make her respond…
they also suggested turning the phone off every day so it could have a rest;-)… didn’t know it needed breaks too, lol…
then I found the watch repair section at Sears and finally got the links taken out of the purple band for my Charge 2…
came out very nice… now I have 3 choices for bracelets to wear with it;-)…
07 Wednesday Jun 2017
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been thinking of some fun times with my beloved…
for years we tried to grow clematis… at one point we had one that grew for two years along the neighbour’s garage… then it died off…
we tried everything from putting rocks over the roots, to digging deeper holes, to trying different varieties… but nothing seemed to work…
we would laugh because one of our neighbours had one that took up the whole side of her garage, lol…
for the last seven years or so this clematis has grown up the side of the house…
I’m always so excited when it comes up again… it is still rather scrawny looking…
but here it is with blossoms that are nearly ready to open…
what a treat…
