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03 Sunday Jan 2016

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quiet day… 

had my first hot tub of the year… the birds were twittering and the squirrel was busy running back and forth in the cedar trees at the back of the yard… 

made some red lentil curry and it came out great… will certainly make that again, which is good because I bought four different types of spices to make it, lol…

  
had a lovely visit with a good friend and spent some FaceTime with my Ottawa daughter… we are starting to consider some lakeside vacation time in July for the whole family… 

got in a bit of reading…

supper with most of the kids… one was on a play date, so only four of them were here…

  
relaxing after dinner…

outdoors…

17 Sunday Aug 2014

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slept out on the deck last night… it was lovely… put three cushions on a lounge chair, two blankets and a pillow… not a single mosquito, woo hoo…

IMG_7320.JPGthis was what I saw when I woke up…

IMG_7319.JPGdid a bit of weeding, ate brunch in the garden, washed outdoor furniture and filled all the bird feeders…

spent some time reading and watching the birds flitting around… there was a drinking party and bath time happening too, lol…

IMG_7321.JPGafter cleaning out much of the water hyacinth I am getting a much better view of the fish as they swim around…

even the chickadee let me get a picture…

IMG_7323.JPGI got within arms length of a female Downy Woodpecker… must have stood there for about three minutes chatting to her, while she was trying to get a peanut out of one of the front feeders… lovely…

beauty…

06 Sunday Jul 2014

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had a wonderful day in the garden…

spent time watching birds at the feeder… then a squirrel ran past me, swam across the pond and vanished under the cedar tree…

20140706-205339-75219925.jpgdon’t think this was the one who took the swim, but it wandered by as I was quietly sitting reading…

20140706-205656-75416132.jpgthe goldfinch flew right by me as well and landed on the flat rock that the water flows over for a drink… we were very close to one another…

the kids were over in the afternoon and spotted more baby fish… two different batches as there are three sizes swimming around… the five I found… a group half that size and some weeny ones that are all dark coloured but that might be because they are so tiny…

after everyone left I lay down on the floating chair without even putting on the cover and read and enjoyed the sounds of the garden…

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a day filled with beauty…

relaxing day…

15 Sunday Sep 2013

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been watching the sunflower plant and it is not following the sun… we think it might be that the sun is reflected in the living room window and it is confused about which way to turn… every day the centre is growing and changing…

sunflower...

sunflower…

had a very relaxing day… watched a few cooking shows this morning…

spent some time making corn chowder and tidying up the kitchen… chowder came out very nice…

spent the remainder of the day reading… lovely to be able to read and nap and read some more…

boiled some small potatoes with dill and a few fresh peas to go along with the little bit of leftover roast from last night and also produced a little cucumber and tomato salad…

better shot of the moon through the tree...

better shot of the moon through the tree…

heading out for a late evening hot tub and then to bed…

 

enjoyable day…

07 Saturday Sep 2013

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believe that I enjoyed every minute of my day… got up, dressed and went outside… spent some time in my new chair and read…

reading and watching the plants get watered at the root level...

reading and watching the plants get watered at the root level…

found the root watering tool and watered all of the plants in the new pond area… right now the pond is filled with algae and I think it is from fertilizing the plants and the water running into the pond…

took most of the day, but each plant got a lovely soaking at the root level, and while that was going on I watched the birds, read and snacked…

beautiful morning glory...

beautiful morning glory…

had a lovely nap in the afternoon and watched some great jumping at Spruce Meadows…

read and watered some more and then came in for supper and some TV…

starting to feel more positive again… thank goodness…

Hot…

25 Sunday Aug 2013

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feels like 27.6 Celsius right now… not sure what it got to this afternoon, but it was very hot…

there were three morning glories and I spent a bit of time enjoying them…

then I worked in the garden and took breaks to do some reading…

kids came for dinner and we discovered that one of my squirrel friends ate through a wire on the lawnmower so that will need to be fixed…

might just sleep out on the deck tonight…

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digging…

30 Tuesday Jul 2013

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slept out under the stars and enjoyed watching the moon move through the sky as the night progressed…

bed for the night under the stars...

bed for the night under the stars…

then spent Sunday planting, reading and watching all the visitors who came by…

before I started planting...

before I started planting…

took a few shots of the landscape before making all the changes…

decided I liked where the plants were sitting and started to get them into the ground…

after planting...

after planting…

worked on one or two and then took a break, to read and watch the various flying friends who stopped by…

behind the waterfall...

behind the waterfall…

there were goldfinches and purple finches and lots of sparrows of various sorts… there were bees and wasps and a couple of butterflies and dragonflies…

once the planting was done I tidied up the bench which had been covered with pots during the construction…

then I took it easy… lots of work, but was very happy with the results… looks much better now…

visitors…

14 Sunday Jul 2013

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had breakfast with some bird friends this morning…

the goldfinch couple are regulars and often announce themselves with some lovely singing…

goldfinch having breakfast...

goldfinch having breakfast…

they have come to accept me as long as I move around the garden slowly, otherwise they fly away, but they always return later when it is quieter in the garden…

the purple finch couple have been coming quite regularly as well, but they are much more shy, and if I move more than quietly picking up the camera, they are gone and it takes a while for them to return…

purple finch couple...

purple finch couple…

the blue jays fly through the garden but don’t stop and the crows fly past now and again… haven’t heard any geese for a while…

got a shot of the waterfall today with the Olympus and notice that it shows the water a bit differently…

waterfall taken with the Olympus...

waterfall taken with the Olympus…

a neighbour stopped by with some degreaser to see if it would lift the oil what was spilled on the deck over the winter… will see what it looks like tomorrow…

did some weeding, and quite a bit of reading, today…

fish family…

11 Thursday Jul 2013

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stopped on my way home and picked up a bunch of feeder fish, as well as two lovely shubunkins…

once home fifty went into the big pond along with the two shubunkins… that pond how has fifty-six fish in it…

spent some time with the pond next to the garage and got it filled and put another ten feeder fish into it…

then spent the rest of the evening beside the big pond, enjoying the sound, watching the fish and reading…

waterfall running...

waterfall running…

funny thing is that it looks like there might be a dozen fish in it, lol…

 

great evening…

13 Wednesday Feb 2013

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Monday night I had dinner and spent time with my ReImagining friends…

it is always wonderful when we gather…  we take turns hosting, some more than others, depending on our current situations… someone looks after the dinner and someone else leads our program… there are lots of hugs, deep sharing, lots of laughter, and often tears…

we had a lovely chilli with all kinds of toppings, salad, ice cream with chocolate sauce; checked in around the table; had a short program, and then we finished reading our book…

we lit candles in celebration of Candlemas and Valentine’s Day…

lit candles...

lit candles…

then we looked over a number of offerings for our next read…

we have moved from programs that were on a variety of topics, and took a fair bit of time to prepare, to simpler gatherings…  the important thing is to be together and so recently we have been reading out loud and discussing guided questions…  no one has homework, and we get done what we get done… often a simple question will take us off into a wonderful discussion of life… what insights we share…

these women have been part of my life for at least twenty-five years and provide a powerful sense of home when I am with them… after the last week it was very healing to be with them…

really, how blessed am I…