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stargazing…

06 Sunday Aug 2017

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been planning to spend a night sleeping under the stars for a while and tonight is the night…

it was a lovely day and I spent a good part of it in the garden watching a red squirrel stash peanuts from the neighbour’s feeder…

there’s been a hole beside the back deck for a while and today this little guy spent time going into and out of it, lol…


now we know for sure who lives there…

my bed is nearly ready for tonight… just have to bring out the pillows…


the plan is to be in bed for the 9:36 fly past of the Space Station and then maybe a late night hot tub… looking forward to some great stargazing in the night;-)…

wildlife…

10 Monday Aug 2015

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last night I spent an hour on the ground looking up at the stars… what a great ending to my camping trip… below is the birthday boy and his mom…

  
he and I spotted the space station and two satellites… we checked out some constellations and talked about the Perceids meteor shower which they should be able to see during the week…

during the night there were skunks, raccoons and even a wolf wandering around… my daughter and I didn’t sleep so well with all the wildlife visits, but my son-in-law slept through it all, lol…

after breakfast we spent some time at the beach and fishing… watched a bald eagle sitting on the top of a tree across from the beach, which was one of the few places where you could usually connect with the Internet… the campsites were not so good for that… 

  
my daughter and I headed home around 4:30… about half way here the phone started to beep and ping as Facebook, Instagram and all my other apps started to reconnect, lol… 

stopped at the Half Moon for a burger and shared a few fries and onion rings…

watered my plants and watched a lovely dragonfly on the window’s edge…

 
had a great time, but happy to be home… not expecting any wildlife bothering me tonight…

camping…

03 Friday Jul 2015

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been waiting for a nice evening to go camping… 

on the deck…

tonight is the night… might not see any stars as it is still hazy, but you never know…

only concern is the mosquitoes… I do have a great comforter that can go over my head if necessary…

fun little adventure… I’ve been needing something special and am looking forward to going to sleep to the sound of the waterfall…

although there is a concert in the Park at the Lyric so I might be going to sleep to the sounds of Streetheart, lol…

  

we shall see…

was thinking back to our many camping experiences… we used heavy canvas tents, light nylon tents, a pop up trailer, and sometimes hotels… great fun over the years… enjoyed Birds Hill, Hecla, Falcon Lake, Rushing River and Sioux Narrows…

looking forward to spending a few days camping with the kids this summer… 

but I do plan to bring my air bed:-)…

moon…

11 Monday Aug 2014

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just finished a great hot tub with a couple of my BS buddies…

the sky was clear and as we were chatting one of us spotted the space station crossing the sky…

I now get email notifications advising what time it will be passing overhead… this is helpful because I’ve seen it a few times but not been positive that’s what it was…

sometimes it is huge and bright and then it gets tiny and dull… I think it must be turning…

tonight, even though the moon is nearly full, the stars in the sky are amazing… often I can only see five or six… way more tonight… maybe on Friday or Saturday I will sleep on the deck…

the mosquitoes chased me in just as the moon rose over the trees…

last night I took a few shots of the moon through clouds on my phone… must have spent half an hour watching it out the bedroom window… picture doesn’t do it justice…

IMG_7184.JPGbeautiful…

red and white…

17 Tuesday Sep 2013

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yesterday my daughter was telling me she discovered that when air plants are getting ready to bloom they turn red… she had learned this when she purchased a number of air plants for her apartment…

this morning I looked at my three air plants and discovered that one of them has indeed turned quite red… I took a picture and made sure to spritz it as you are supposed to water them a bit more as they go through this process…

air plant turning red...

air plant turning red…

i am quite excited to see what happens…

I have just spent half an hour outside on the deck trying to get a good shot of the moon… had the tripod and both cameras going in an effort to get a picture… don’t understand why I can’t get what I see with my eyes into a picture…

moon a few days from full...

moon a few days from full…

but I did persevere and tried every option on both cameras… got a couple of fairly good shots, but have no idea what setting they were on… in the end the best pictures were from the Olympus although when I was taking them they didn’t look good at all, lol…

think the change of seasons and less light are getting me down a bit… I am feeling tired and a bit out of sorts, but am looking forward to more lovely evenings in the hot tub… this is a wonderful time of year where you are lovely and warm in the tub and the air is just a bit crisp… and the stars have been quite amazing lately…

today its my birthday…

18 Thursday Apr 2013

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felt a little sorry for myself when I woke up at 5 this morning… after a short pity party I went back to sleep and at 6:15 felt more excited about the day…

had calls and singing from my kids and grandkids and lots of happy birthdays at the office… for our Souper Club a colleague made my favourite Thai soup and also picked up summer rolls… great group of people to enjoy a birthday lunch with…

a friend dropped by with a gorgeous cupcake, which I ate without taking one single picture, lol…

after work my daughter picked me up and we stopped at the mall and picked up a cute top for me with an orchid on it… then we headed to The Keg for dinner – steak and crab, very yummy… the place was nearly empty when we got there and the hostess couldn’t find a single booth for us to sit in as they were all reserved… when our wait person arrived and asked how we were I mentioned that I was disappointed that we weren’t in a booth… he checked and was able to find one (of the 20 or so that were empty) for us… the service and dinner were excellent and the wait person brought a piece of of Billy Miner pie to celebrate my birthday, which was much better than staff singing to you…

came home, had a nap, watched tv and talked with family across the country, shopped by phone with Cyndi and then spent some quality time in the hot tub…

I was looking at the stars and remembering how George could always spot the satellites going over… he had eagle eyes…  I don’t think I’ve seen a single one in the last year…

all day the tune today its my birthday has been running around in my head… I believe the new name for that is an ear worm… but I’m not sure I like that name, lol…

a beautiful potted plant that George bought me a few years ago...

a beautiful potted plant that George bought me a few years ago…

well, time for bed… and a new day in the new journey…

Heading home…

19 Saturday Jan 2013

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enjoying the last few quiet moments on the balcony as the stars fade and the light begins to welcome the new day… I can hear the waves crashing on the beach as the resort begins to wake up…

Mexico has been a wonderful experience for everyone and we all have many memories of our time together…

sunset on the beach...

sunset on the beach…

last night when we adults were having dinner, I was thinking what a great job George and I have done with our girls, and how proud of them he was…  we were also very happy with the young men they decided to share their lives with…

to my beloved who made this wonderful time possible and the blessing that abound in my life…

adios…