clothes…

11 Sunday Dec 2016

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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, clothes, IKEA, quiet, Rona, sky, snow, Superstore, widow

was anticipating a quiet day but it didn’t turn out that way… did take a few pictures of the gorgeous snow…

worked on a project and then headed out to meet my kids…

we met up at IKEA, did a little shopping and then headed to Moxie’s for lunch… a wander through Rona and then I headed toward home as they went off to a soccer game…

stopped at Superstore to pick up a few groceries and some clothes jumped into my cart…

couple of pairs of leggings and three long-sleeve tops… with the cold weather haven’t seemed to have enough warm things for work…

bit of a nap and then I made Lemon Chicken and Rosemary Pappardelle from my ChefsPlate box…

the sky was beautiful again tonight…

finished work on the project and watched a bit of tv…

off to clean up from supper…

super…

14 Monday Nov 2016

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yesterday morning the sky was lovely…

a quiet day with a few chores around the house…

kids came over for supper and we had barbecued pork chops… tasty…

my daughter made a very nice apple crisp for our dessert…

then we drove over to the Park and did some Pokémon Go hunting… lovely walk in the dark around the Riley Duck Pond and by the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden…

the super moon was so big and beautiful… happy that we had lots of time to admire it because tonight the sky doesn’t have a single visible star in it… lots of others out Pokémoning too…

a large buck ran right past us as we were circling the Pond… amazing…

lots of spectacular views…

squirrels…

10 Monday Oct 2016

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wonderful relaxing day…

ate, read and napped…

watched some squirrels in the front yard…

it seems like they are everywhere these days… whenever I go for a walk I see lots of them…

and they are running around in the garden all the time…

caught one the other day eating a green pepper…

they can really jump when they want to get somewhere, lol…

but they are fun to watch…

swarm…

13 Saturday Aug 2016

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big girl pants, ducks, frogs, grandson, Leo Mol Garden, peaceful, Pokémon Go, quiet, swarm, weddings, widow

in the last few days I’ve been to the Gardens three times…

twice I wasn’t able to get to my favourite spot as there were weddings taking place…

but the biggest oddity was the huge number of Pokemon Go hunters who are swarming the area around the tropical lily pond in the Leo Mol Garden…

at one point I counted 36 people sitting on the edge of the pond, and not one of them was looking at the lilies or statues…

did find this a bit sad… such a beautiful place and it seems as though many of those present weren’t even looking…

although there were many of the hunters, it appears that about half of the people today were there to admire the Gardens… I spent a while waiting for my kids by the Boy with the Boot and was happy to see so many visitors who were excited and taking lots of photos as they entered the English Garden area…

my youngest grandson and I were able to spot a few frogs…

and also had some fun checking out the Duck Pond…

he’s at a phase where he doesn’t want his picture taken but he didn’t know I was taking this one, lol…

and then his daddy gave a little assist for this one…

had a few minutes to focus on some beautiful leaves… the colours were amazing…

the purple waterlilies are still my favourite…

happy that my usual time to visit is early in the morning, when the Gardens are quiet and peaceFULL…

camping, day 7

27 Wednesday Jul 2016

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another sunshiny day although there were a number of clouds in the sky…

today we were on the boat again…

the little boys played on the tube a lot… they seem to stick to it like Velcro…

we also did some fishing… after about two casts my son-in-law pulled in a Jackfish…

not long after, that my daughter brought one in as well…

we didn’t keep them as this is not their best season, so they got tossed back into the lake…

we also perused another section of cottages on the lake… such fun to look at the variety along the shore and imagine who owns them and what the insides might look like… we especially like to see all the water toys along the docks, lol…

I love trolling as it is nearly the only time we move slowly on the water, lol… we found a section of the lake that is cottage free and beautiful to spend time in…

I was quite tired from all that water activity yesterday…

my son-in-law found wifi that we were able to purchase on a daily basis so we aren’t running around the campground trying to find a good enough signal to be able to post… today he also set up a charging station in my car… we have a lot of electronics that need charging, lol…

sitting in the campsite enjoying some quiet time as everyone else has gone fishing…

a beautiful setting for a great week of family fun…

storm…

20 Wednesday Jul 2016

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wow, that was quite the storm…

it was excessively hot today and when we had lunch I only stayed out for a while because of the heat…

went shopping with my daughter after work to pick up the groceries for our camping trip…

the most I’ve spent on groceries in a very long time, maybe ever… my, that girl certainly has her daddy’s skill in packing as she loaded up the cart and then filled the boxes perfectly… George was an amazing packer…

then we raced home, trying to beat the black sky that was following us…

just as she finished repacking a box the thunder, lightning and raindrops started…

everything went dark and then the wind blew like crazy, and the rain poured down… about that time the power went off… crashes of thunder and lightning were wild…

now it is quiet except for the sound of fire trucks and the odd leftover bit of thunder…

always amazing how quiet the house/neighbourhood is when the power is off…

hope everyone is safe…

sounds…

16 Saturday Jul 2016

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big girl pants, birds, pond, purple, quiet, sounds, tomatoes, waterfall, widow

spent a very quiet day… well, I was quiet but not so much the air around me, lol…

the birds took turns in the garden…

three crows were on the roof of the house for a long time this morning while chickadees flitted back and forth between the feeders and cedars… both of these groups were vying to be the loudest, couldn’t decide who won…

I was busy checking out the tomatoes…

the cherry tomato plant is dripping with fruit, although they haven’t started to turn colour just yet…

but the bigger ones are starting to change… woo hoo… soon there will be some yummy eating going on…

can hardly wait… then the chickadees and crows were gone…

a bit later the sparrows came to the garden… they ate at all three feeders, flitted from tree to tree, had drinks in the pond and baths by the waterfall…

the pond looks so great with the rocks and plants in just the right places…

love the purple flowers on this little plant that is floating in an island…

read, watched and listened to the visitors and the waterfall, ate and napped… even got in some time on the treadmill…

later in the afternoon the rain started and the sound of it hitting the windows was rather peaceful…

haven’t spoken a word today, but have done lots of listening;-)…

inside the datura…

decorate…

05 Friday Feb 2016

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came to my daughter’s house after work for a sleepover…

helped decorate cupcakes for the nine boys (ages 6 and 7) who came to the birthday party…

they were made to look like little bags of popcorn… very cute…

the theme of the party was movies…

hot dogs were eaten with French fries and ketchup and then they watched a movie in the basement, for nearly an hour, eating popcorn and candy…

then they lost interest in that… the next treat was root beer floats… a large number of them didn’t like root beer, ice cream, candy or cupcakes… strange…

then there were presents… yay…

finally out came the cupcakes and happy birthday singing…

now, they are all gone… it is quiet…

we are recuperating…

Saturdays…

24 Saturday Oct 2015

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spent the day around the house…

Saturdays are my usual rest day where I do very little…

today I cleaned out two cupboards in the kitchen… put some of the items in the pass-along pile and added some to a different spot…

packed up all the shells in the living room coffee table and put they away upstairs in the bedroom closet… now, don’t forget where they are, in case I do, lol… still haven’t found my originals which I packed up about a year ago…