07 Thursday Sep 2023
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on Monday night, just before supper, I looked up and spotted a beautiful rainbow…
it faded and then a double one started up, and after it faded, there was a third one, with very bright colours…
what a treat…
reminded me of our time in Maui when we saw five different rainbows in an hour…
26 Wednesday Feb 2020
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recently I was checking out the rainbows on the kitchen floor… there has been lots of sun;-)…
thought they were coming through the patio door, but then I figured out they were coming from the back door window which has a number of bevels on it…
brought back memories of our time in Maui where there were rainbows all the time…
one day there were seven different rainbows within about an hour… it was amazing…
I do love rainbows…
12 Friday Apr 2019
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we went to bed early last night because we were exhausted…
this morning we woke up twenty minutes before the sunrise… so we dressed quickly, and headed out to an iron bench on the property…
it was cool and very windy but we had fun watching ships and outrigger canoes as well as the sun shining on the clouds, lol…
we came in just as it began to rain… and then we saw five rainbows, one after the other, moving across the sky…
we took it gently and went to Whole Foods for snacks and breakfast items over the next week… always fun to see what items are available at the store in different countries… fresh juice and the view…
lunch and off to Paia… we wandered the town, saw surfers and large waves, tried mahi-mahi and had a quiet drive back…
we stopped for some avocado toast and packaged up a bit of salt for the eggs we picked up earlier… reminded both of us of George’s mom always slipping any excess jam or ketchup or whatever into her bag when we took a trip to the east coast many years ago, lol…
07 Thursday Sep 2017
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lazed around the house for the morning while my daughter was at work… basically did nothing…
once she got home we went out for afternoon tea at Vanitea Room…
it was a lovely treat, although my daughter doesn’t often drink tea, lol… today she had steamed macadamia milk and I had a blend that had orchid in it;-)… the food was not your usual afternoon tea fare, but very tasty… the savoury scones with onion butter and clotted cream were especially delicious…
it rained off and on all afternoon and we saw two different double rainbows… one as we were driving home and the second as we were looking out at the dark clouds on the street…
the one by home was quite delightful and lasted for over twenty minutes during which we took a lot of pictures… rarely do you see the purple colouring, but it was really bright…
08 Sunday Mar 2015
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what a beautiful day… the ground was covered with a tiny blanket of snow when I woke up… got this shot of the neighbour’s garage roof… the snow was glittering…
apparently somebody’s been running around on it… likely one of the neighbourhood squirrels…
because I did all my running around yesterday got to have a relaxing day…
spent time thinking of all the amazing women I have met and learned about over the years on this International Women’s Day…
the sun shone into the bedroom so beautifully that I had to take a few pictures…
of course I had to tidy before taking the pictures, lol… you can see some of the rainbows from the crystals if you look closely…
I love laying in the sunlight…
had supper all prepped and ready well before the kids arrived… the biggest boys spent some time with the fish and I am hopeful the tank will be clear by tomorrow…
the sidewalks and driveway were cleared…
the chemicals finally made it into the tub, kitchen is tidy and I have walked for half an hour on the treadmill…
gonna watch tv and have a hot tub soon…
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