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Persian…

28 Saturday Sep 2024

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had fun last night… our group went to Tehran Market & Cafe for Persian food…

it was fun to decipher the menu and and then see exactly what we ordered, lol…

we had this cute little button on the table to connect with the servers… it was very handy because it took us quite a while to decide what we wanted, lol…

our lovely waitperson took pictures of us with all the food…

I had lamb… it was very tasty and came with a huge portion of dill rice;-)…

there was even a spot on the button to advise when we were ready to pay… they came quickly whenever we pushed one of the buttons…

enjoyable evening with wonderful friends…

napping…

10 Sunday Jul 2022

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had quite the day on Wednesday…

I was dropped off by a friend for a doctor’s appointment and got my 2nd Covid booster…

my grandson picked me up and we ended up with subs for lunch…

we traded vehicles again, so he took back his motorcycle and left me with the car…

spent time in the garden while the house was getting cleaned…

put away the cushions and went in for a nap… slept through a thunderstorm and woke up to a soaking wet garden…

it occurred to me how tired I was when I spent five minutes after napping reaching around for my glasses before realizing I had my contacts in…

realized that I’d left my camera and book on the table on the back deck… and they were both soaked…

once I brought the camera and book in, I set them on towels to dry… the book did fairly well, but when I turned the camera on it was like looking through fog…

I used a baggie and the last of my rice to cover the camera and left it to sit for a few days…

this morning I removed it from the bag and was thrilled to see that there was no more fog… yay…

rice…

15 Sunday Mar 2020

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a few days ago I spent time making some recipes…

started with rice in the Instant Pot… think I have the process down now…

from there I made Thai Shrimp Soup… it takes a while, mainly because I make shrimp broth as part of the process… I left out the red pepper as I didn’t have any in the crisper… produced 3 containers and a bowl for my dinner… tasted very nice and didn’t miss the red pepper…

after that I made rice pudding… ended up with a bowl for supper and 3 containers for later…

there was a container of rice left and today I heated it up with asparagus and green onions to go along with some roasted chicken…

preparing the rice and using it in something that will be heated later means that the sugars go right through my system… still get the calories, but not the sugars, so this is great for my meal plan…

happy to have meals in the fridge…

productive day…

leftover…

24 Monday Feb 2020

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I’ve used quite a bit of the leftover rice that I made last week…

so far I’ve made a few things with it… combined some of it with shredded Brussels sprouts; mixed it with shrimp and egg for a lovely fried rice; and combined it with meatballs…

but I am getting a little tired of it, particularly as rice isn’t one of my favourites, lol… I would much rather have potatoes…

but I do love rice pudding;-)… so I did some research and then made some…

had some for breakfast… it was delicious…

shrimp…

25 Thursday Oct 2018

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early morning… beautiful sky… changed every few minutes as I drove downtown…

saw dozens of geese flying low overhead… what an amazing sight… and a wonderful way to start the day…

had a smoothie for breakfast, butternut squash soup for lunch and ended the day with a late supper of jumbo shrimp and wild rice… healthy and tasty…

good way to start off my weekend;-)…

special…

07 Monday Sep 2015

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here are a few flower pictures I’ve taken over the last while…

this shot of hydrangea was special to me because of the light…

 

this was in the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden and there were dozens of bushes filled with blossoms… quite beautiful…  
yesterday morning I took this shot of wild jolly jump-ups… they are so tiny and cute… could easily have been missed…

  
there are now three little patches of them in the grass in the garden… luckily they are right along edges so should survive mowing…

here is a shot of one of the morning glory buds preparing to open…

 
thought they looked like this the day before they open, but it seems they can stay like this for a few days… will be interesting to see if it opens tomorrow while I am home, lol…

this is a stalk from the calla which I cut off the other day because I thought it was done…

  
it is just stuck into a pot to dry the seeds out, and now it is blooming… pretty special…

this final photo is of one of the phone handsets in a bag of rice…

 
managed to drop it into the toilet yesterday… hopefully the rice will do its magic and dry it out…

purpled…

28 Tuesday Jul 2015

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up early so I’d be ready when my son-in-law arrived after he got off work… he did exactly what I had done with the pump, but when he did it, it worked, lol… apparently I should have shaken the float…

had an appointment to get my hair purpled… it had come to the point that there was barely any colour left in it… need to get my photo taken for my licence so wanted to have it lovely and bright…

my hairdresser had a little girl in April and I was able to hold her for a few minutes… what a sweetie… 

  
you can also see the new cover on my phone… picture of an orchid at work… came out pretty good…

tonight I made cauliflower rice for supper… it was easy and tasty… might try feeding it to my grandkids one day…

  
strange weather… poured like gangbusters just as my son-in-law left… then was overcast off and on, and humid for the remainder of the day… lovely wind came up which has cooled it down very nicely…

  
mandevilla blossoms today…