09 Monday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, blossoms, flowers, garden, happy place, mandevilla, moments, morning glories, purple, rain, widow
got this shot of the morning glories before leaving for the office…
not only can you see the bloom that opened this morning (purple) but yesterday’s one as well (pink)… even a few mandevilla blossoms are visible…
good thing because it has been raining since leaving the office…
04 Wednesday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, Courtenay BC, fallen, flowers, garden, green, pictures, rain, raindrops, widow
I love taking pictures of raindrops on things… once the rain is over, lol…
it is very funny because I don’t like rain… but I like what it does after it has fallen…
I was also realizing how green the lawn is as I walked up the street after all the rain we’ve received recently… reminded me of Courtenay, BC, where the grass was usually brown most of the summer but once the rainy season came, everything burst into amazing shades of green…
27 Tuesday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, boat launch, family, fishing, fun, moments, rain, resort, shopping, shore fishing, store, weather, widow
during the night it rained a few times but there was sun and blue sky this morning… along with a fair bit of wind…
the weather report called for rain later, but when we walked to the beach the water was pretty rough…
once everyone was up and had a simple breakfast we headed out for a day of shore fishing… and checking out resort stores…
although it rained off and on all day we had lots of fun…
particularly as I caught a small Jack and then the daddy caught a much bigger one… I focussed on improving my casting…
we found every boat launch on the highway in two directions and checked out a few spots we’d never been to before…
once we got back to the trailer, we napped and watched videos as the rain started to come down in a much more serious manner, lol…
had burgers for supper and then played board games…
now it is time for bed, with the hope that the rain will stop by morning…
26 Monday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, bridge, family, fawn, fishing, geese, memories, moments, rain, walk, widow, woodpecker
so far we’ve seen a fawn, frogs, geese and a pileated woodpecker… and we’ve only been here since noon;-)…
we’ve hiked around the campground and taken a few photos from the bridge that is usually in my pictures…
we’ve fished, or more precisely, practised casting, lol…
and are currently sitting around a campfire waiting for it to die down so we can cook hotdogs for our supper…
why is it that hotdogs taste so delicious when cooked over a fire…
pretty fine day considering we were led to believe it was going to rain all day…
21 Sunday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, fun, improved, La Belle Baguette, lunch, rain, St. Norbert Farmers’ Market, time, treat, weather, widow
yesterday turned out to be quite a fun day…
instead of laying on my bed and watching tv all day I went out with a few friends…
on our way to St. Norbert Farmers’ Market we stopped at La Belle Baguette for some bread…
I haven’t been to the Market for years… it has certainly grown and improved… there are more makers and the main covered building is wonderful… while we were there it poured for about five minutes, and we were under the canopy the whole time…
after an entertaining time there, we went out for lunch… the sky was a bit foreboding and all of a sudden it poured… for another five minutes… by the time we got to the restaurant it had stopped;-)…
great fun… finished the last bits of that lunch for tonight’s supper…
18 Thursday Jul 2019
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beautiful, big girl pants, bird, camera, colleagues, finch, garden, happy, lush, purple, purple finch, rain, song, widow
this morning I spent some time in the garden before heading to work…
we’ve had a fair bit of rain over the last while and it is looking rather lush…
of course the grass needs to be cut, lol…
as I was sitting enjoying the view, the purple finch came by for a snack… such a beautiful bird… also has a lovely song…
I got a few good photos, then left my camera at work…
one of my amazing colleagues picked it up and brought it to me… this is particularly great as I don’t work tomorrow and was going to have to go in and get it;-)…
I am looking forward to spending some quality time in the garden tomorrow;-)…
10 Wednesday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, boating, camping 2019, camping day 4, drenched, family, Nutimik Lake, rain, skunk, widow
well, the excitement carried on last night… as we were getting ready for bed we almost walked into the kitchen tent where a skunk had taken up residence… we hadn’t taken out the garbage;-)…
it had started raining at 3 pm yesterday afternoon and it didn’t stop until 7:30 this morning… soggy…
I was a bit tentative about going into the tent to make tea when I got up,lol… happily it was gone… I spent the next half hour cleaning up the garbage that was strewn all over…
when everyone else got up we had a lovely breakfast and packed our snack bag before heading down to the boat launch…
we prepped our minnows ahead of time… apparently they should be dried out with salt…
we took a friend of the boys’ and had a great time…
only caught two fish but lots of fun was had… at the end we were fishing from the front of the boat and swimming from the back, lol…
once back at our site, everyone played a game on one of their phones;-)… very unusual as the normal pattern is for everyone to play on their own device…
fun to watch…
supper and a campfire and then early to bed as there were no naps today…
09 Tuesday Jul 2019
Posted in camping, family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, travel, Uncategorized
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beautiful, big girl pants, boat, camping 2019, camping day 3, family, fishing, memories, Nutimik, rain, sturgeon, weather, widow
well, the weather has not been particularly cooperative, sigh…
it was a bit overcast when we first got up but we decided to head out as it wasn’t raining…. kept the cover half on so we’d be ready if the rain came, lol…
saw a loon as we were leaving the bay… caught a few fish… sadly, not me… also saw a three-foot sturgeon swim beside us;-)…
spent about four hours on the water before it started to spit… the scenery is beautiful…
came back to the campsite and had a picnic under the canopy…
then there were naps and more games… supper was tacos in a bag… perfect easy prep on a rainy evening…
back inside for the evening… some are watching a movie on a phone and others playing games…
wishing for sunshine tomorrow;-)…
08 Monday Jul 2019
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adventure, bbq steak, big girl pants, boat, camping, camping 2019, Day 2, dinner, family, fishing, pickerel, rain, thunderstorm, widow
another day has gone by…
up early-ish so that we could get in some fishing before the rain was supposed to arrive…
I sat patiently waiting for pickerel… sadly they didn’t want to play with me today…
the boys swam and there was some fancy kneeboarding…
we had an adventure going through a narrow section of the lake and found a new fishing spot with friends, but it was fairly windy so not much success… I did get to watch an eagle dive and rise up with a fish…
we headed back across the lake and while we were sitting out on the water the skies opened up… amazing how quickly the boys were able to get the cover on the boat and all fastened down… and of course, that is when the rain stopped, lol…
sky was looking mighty fierce though and when the thunder and lightning started up we headed for home…
poured for quite a while so there was reading and napping and phone games and board games in the camper…
rain stopped and we made a lovely dinner of bbq steak with baked potatoes, fried mushrooms and salad…
cleaned everything up and now one has gone fishing off the rocks with a friend, and the other two have gone to visit another site…
I am quietly drinking tea and reading… how lovely;-)…
03 Wednesday Jul 2019
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the rain is gently falling now… which is wonderful because it has been very dry for weeks…
but this morning it was lovely out and I spent some quality time in the garden taking pictures of flowers…
spending time in the garden is rejuvenating for me… there is something so serene and peaceful in this space…
it reminds me of so many wonderful activities we’ve celebrated in this space…
here are a few pictures from this morning… I hope you enjoy seeing them, as much as I did taking them…
