21 Sunday Mar 2021
Posted in life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
this morning the sky was very gray and a bit of rain came down…
a short time later the sun burst through to light up the trees, and then it was dull again…
now the sky has cleared and the sun and a few clouds are my view…
been a changing day…
15 Friday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, contemplating, garden, happy, hear, memories, moments, nature, pond, rain, weather, widow
I’ve been contemplating the thought that nature makes music, if you take time to listen…
reminded me of early mornings when I hear the birds outside… in the spring, summer and fall, I listen to the water flowing into the pond and the great variety of singing going on as the birds welcome the new day…
the geese, the rain, the wind… the quiet after the snow falls…
so much to listen to…
30 Sunday Aug 2020
Posted in garden, life, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, coverage, garden, moments, nature, rain, shade, sky, sun, test, turn, umbrella, weather, widow
not too long ago we got a new shade umbrella… it has worked well for a portion of the day, providing shade for one chair but I was hoping it might adjust to provide more coverage, depending on the time of day…
yesterday I learned how to turn it, which I didn’t think was possible… very exciting…
unfortunately, the sun had already put the whole backyard in shadow so we couldn’t test it out… I’d hoped to see what it could do today, but it has been overcast followed by a thunderstorm… no sun expected, but tomorrow should be sunny all day;-)…
no testing today, lol…
23 Saturday May 2020
Posted in garden, moments, nature, Uncategorized, weather
it has been very hot the last few days and the forecast keeps mentioning rain and possible thunderstorms…
had a few sprinkles in the night, but no real rain…
tonight the sky changed rather drastically in about 45 minutes…
took these photos out the front window… looked like it was going to pour... but then it cleared…
and these were out the back…
once again there were some sprinkles, but not a good rain… hoping for a good soaking… maybe later…
27 Monday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, flowers, garden, growing, planted, purple, rain, tubers, weather, widow
had a busy morning in the garden yesterday…
opened my box from The Dahlia Expert and took out my eight new tubers… I’d set it on the floor out of the way for a few days after it arrived to be sure it was safe;-)…
found pots, cleaned them out and matched the tubers with the appropriate pot…
left them outside for the rest of the day hoping that the rain might give them a drink… it did rain for a very short time but not a lot…
took quite a while, but eventually all eight were nestled in their new homes…
brought them in just before dark and put them back out for the day this morning…
they will be coming in and going out for the next while as I wanted them to get a head start on growing before they can live outside permanently;-)…
so excited to watch them grow…
09 Monday Sep 2019
Posted in garden, nature, Photography, Uncategorized
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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
Posted in garden, life, nature, Photography, Uncategorized
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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
Posted in camping, family, food, nature, Uncategorized
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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
Posted in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
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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…
