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pleased…

03 Saturday Jun 2017

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big girl pants, Clay Oven, dinner, moments, planting, pleased, purple, savour, SkipTheDishes, sleepless, solar, treat, widow

not quite sure what is going on but I am having trouble sleeping… this is unusual…

recently I’ve had a few nights with just over four hours of sleep… last night was one of them… not pleased about this and hope it settles down soon…

had breakfast in the garden and enjoyed the poppies that were blooming…

the sun was shining through the fence and trees and it was very peaceful… decided to eat outside to see if I could get into the planting mood, lol…

ran out and did errands… after I got home and had lunch I managed to do some planting… three pots done…

put one beside the pond… it has some moonflowers and pansies in it…

put the other two on the deck… one filled with morning glories and the other has a pepper, some cilantro and a few flowers… not sure that the alyssum I planted yesterday is going to make it… will have to wait and see… still have a few plants that need to be potted…

the fuschia and alyssum are doing very well beside the garage door… 

ordered in for dinner… was given a SkipTheDishes gift certificate a few weeks ago and had decided yesterday to order my favourite meal from Clay Oven, but had too many treats during the day, so decided on a simpler supper… 

all day I’ve been thinking about how delicious dinner was going to be and it was great fun to work until I was tired, knowing that it was looked after…

and it was delicious, as usual… savoured every mouthful… have the process down to a science now… when it arrives, I put the rice and potatoes away for a meal the next day and then enjoy the naan bread with the remaining meat, salad and side… today I was especially pleased that it came with palak paneer, one of my favourites…

sitting out by the pond as I write this…  quiet evening and the temperature is currently 25 Celsius, not crazy hot like yesterday…

the solar lights are winking on, one at a time as the sun goes down…

enjoying the moment… I continue to remind myself and take the time to savour what is going on around me at any given time… 

mail…

15 Thursday Dec 2016

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big girl pants, Christmas, gift card, light, mail, snow, solar, widow

it seemed lighter as I drove home today… wondering if it is due to the fact that the sun has actually been out, lol…

the solar lights in the garden were shining under the snow tonight… always pretty and makes me smile every time I see them… 

to top off all the cool things, received a Christmas card and two gift cards in the mail…

  

Spring…

12 Saturday Mar 2016

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big girl pants, patio, pond, sandals, screen, snow, solar, Spring, sun, widow

happy to open the patio door and have the warm air flow through the screen… 

  
first time it has been open since the fall I think… had the bedroom window open all day too…

spent a few minutes on the deck shovelling the snow off it… planning to sit out there for a bit tomorrow…

got a few pictures of the water in the pond… won’t be long before I am sitting out there beside it…

 
heat from the sun is melting the snow around the big rocks… 

tonight all the solar lights are on… for the last few nights some have been staying lit until early in the morning… excellent sign of Spring…

streets were pretty dry so today when I headed out I wore my sandals…

  
now we are talking;-)…

melting…

08 Tuesday Mar 2016

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big girl pants, creek, garden, melting, solar, strong, sun

it was lovely out this morning and I stood outside waiting for my ride…

  
lots of melting yesterday…

on my walk from the corner tonight took a few shots of the creek which was filled with water… amazing because it was overcast all day, not a single ray of sunshine…

  
the solar lights in the garden are on tonight… very exciting that the sun is strong enough to light them up…

maybe spring is here…

camera…

18 Thursday Feb 2016

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big girl pants, camera, iPhone, light, Nikon, Olympus, photographer, sd card, solar, wifi

been taking lots of pictures lately with my camera… I really love my Nikon…

  
have had it for many years and love the way it fits in my hand and the great pictures it takes… I also have an Olympus, but it just doesn’t have the same comfortable feel to it…

often take pictures with my phone because it is easier than pulling out the Nikon and then downloading the shots to the computer and emailing them to my phone to use in my blog…

today I was speaking with a professional photog who talked about a different type of card which will act as wifi and send pics directly to my iPhone… have already done a bit of reading on them and will be heading to Henry’s on the weekend to learn more and hopefully get one… woo hoo… 

 
took another few pictures of the solar dragonflies in the garden… enjoying the extra light every day…

countdown…

30 Saturday Jan 2016

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big girl pants, countdown, nature, Park Cafe, slippery, solar, stroll, sunset, Technology, weather

excellent day…

walked to the Park and met a friend for breakfast… nearly drove because it has been quite slippery, but I decided to take enough time to walk slowly…

  
it was above zero and beautiful weather for a stroll… 

one of the newer pieces of technology that I really appreciate is the countdown timer at stop lights… rather than just having a flashing red hand you can see how many seconds you have left to make it across the street…

 
really appreciate this particularly at the corner by the Park… not nearly as stressful to get across the road…

so excited to look outside and see my solar dragonflies lit up…

  
haven’t been on for months so it means the sun is getting stronger… woohoo…

and just a few minutes before I had looked out the window to see this…

  
spectacular… not five minutes later I walked by and the sky was normal blue…

nature is really putting on a show these days, lol…
 

light…

30 Wednesday Dec 2015

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bears, big girl pants, horse, lights, pasta, solar, timers, tomatoes, whole wheat, wolves, zoo

was rather proud of myself tonight… instead of tossing some overripe grape tomatoes I made sauce for whole wheat pasta… not that long ago I would have thrown them out and certainly wouldn’t have eaten whole wheat pasta, lol…

  
made it up as I went along with the tomatoes, herbs, garlic, and some leftover mozzarella cheese… very tasty…

while it was cooking, I looked out into the backyard and saw the solar lights glowing under the snow… so cute… 

was a bit surprised because the sun wasn’t out very much today… took the boys to the zoo this afternoon and there wasn’t any sun shining the entire time we were there… saw lots of wolves and bears and spotted a new heavy horse…

  
even put its head over the fence so I could get a good shot…

earlier my son-in-law had fixed one of the timers for a light in the living room… somehow we had pushed a button and the light just stayed on, so I’d been turning it on and off manually…

  
happily it is now working perfectly…

the other light in the corner, along with the silver trees, comes on and turns off exactly on schedule…

  
just love it when things work as they’re supposed to…

wish I could figure out how to put the light on the fish tank on a timer, lol..

solar…

28 Saturday Feb 2015

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dragonflies, solar, sunshine, tulips

last night at 11:30 I took this picture out the window…

the dragonfly mobile was lit up… it works on solar power so I am very excited at this example that the sun is getting stronger every day… woo hoo…

had a quiet day… got a few jobs done around the house… watched some tv and had a nap…

brought home my tulips… the white ones are a bit sad about the whole travelling in the cold business… 

probably didn’t help that I left them in the car for fifteen minutes when I ran into Safeway…

lovely sunshine in my eyes when I was watching TV this morning… not even sad that I couldn’t see the show…

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