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25 Sunday Aug 2024

Posted by sulis303 in food, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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the strawberry plant, from last year, is doing very well…

we found a hamper at the store on July 5th, after either the birds or squirrels had eaten the ripe strawberries before we got to them, lol…

I kept the cover on them until a few ripe ones were ready to eat and then after we had those ones, I took the cover off so that the flowers could be pollinated…

as a number of yellow/green berries started to appear, the cover went back on the plant…

on Thursday I could see the ripe berries, through the screen…

removed the cover and picked three beautiful strawberries…

they were so sweet, yum…

strawberries…

01 Sunday Apr 2018

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

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amethyst, big girl pants, bunnies, chocolate, decorate, eggs, search, slice, strawberries, table, widow

yesterday, while my grandson was here we set the table for Easter dinner…

together we decided on the tablecloth, dishes, platters, bowls, and how we would put the gifts on the plates… I used to buy books for all the special times, but now they are bigger I give them gift cards so they can make their own choice of something to read… also had a chocolate bunny for each of them…

while we were out shopping we picked up an angel food cake, strawberries and whipping cream for dessert… he cut the strawberries up before he left…

when the family arrived this afternoon the boys searched for treats from the Easter bunny… they found tons of mini eggs…

I had Easter treats too… got myself a beautiful heart-shaped amethyst from Poco Inspired, the kids brought me a bag of Ferrero Rocher mini eggs, and apparently there is a bag on my daughter’s mantle in Ottawa waiting for me;-)…

cookie…

12 Wednesday Jul 2017

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amazing, big girl pants, childhood, conversation, cookie, friends, moments, strawberries, supper, widow, women

had a very lovely evening on Monday… 

was picked up from the office by a friend, and went off for supper and a visit with eight other amazing women…

supper was potato salad, three bean salad, chicken breast, strawberries, ice cream, chocolate sauce and chocolate cookies… it was delicious…

actually, I didn’t have the ice cream or the chocolate sauce, but I could not pass up the cookie and strawberries…

we always spend some time discussing an interesting topic… during our conversation we talked about what we remembered of our childhood…

on reflection it seemed like most of the group had not had happy childhoods although at the time it seemed normal…

was very interesting to hear that so many of us did not have the picture perfect childhood that everyone imagines…

tonight I was out with someone else and we discussed the fact that her childhood was nothing to write home about…

it appears that those of a similar age were brought up in a less-happy and more focused manner than we imagined everyone else was…

interesting conversations… 

wonder how our children will view their childhoods…

breakfast…

13 Friday Sep 2013

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I don’t really like to eat first thing in the morning… this has been my pattern for most of my adult life…around 9 or so, I would happily have bacon and eggs and toast or potatoes if I had the time…

for quite a while over the last year I was getting up and making a shake for breakfast and drinking it before going to work…

spring came and I fell out of the habit, but was having a breakfast bar or some cheese before leaving home, or else taking it with me to have at the office when I arrived…

then I fell completely off the wagon and wasn’t eating anything in the morning…

for the last few weeks I have renewed the habit… I have been having shakes with bananas and strawberries or just strawberries…

I think I feel better when I remember to prepare and drink the shake and will have to get some more bananas for next week as I am out… I have some lovely frozen whole strawberries which I purchased for the Champagne Bubble Party and they are very nice… although they make the shake into a very cold drink which takes quite a while to get down, lol…

I like to put it in the thermos that I got from Cyndi when I was there in June…

purple thermos from Cyndi...

purple thermos from Cyndi…

I am almost out of the shake mix I was using, which I was getting through a friend who ordered it from the States, so I had to be paying attention to when it was starting to run low… am planning to go to SuperStore as they apparently have a good one which I am going to try…

I do find that a routine in the morning is very helpful, although it is easier when it is light… now when I get up for work I need to turn on a light as it is dark outside… guess it is about time to resume the Vitamin D regime…

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