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summer…

21 Wednesday Jun 2017

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

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big girl pants, birthday, grandson, memories, moments, summer, thunderstorm, widow

today is the first day of summer… and our middle grandson’s birthday…

I remember 12 years ago when my daughter was in the hospital… many babies were being born and she was doing fine so they kept her waiting while they delivered others… 

at 11:30 at night I told them we needed this baby born on this day… because it was the first day of summer… and I really wanted him born on that auspicious day;-)…

so they proceeded to bring in the doctor and our little guy was born just before midnight… what a wonderful memory…

this is early the next day when he got to meet his big brother…

this morning this dark sky followed me all the way downtown…

we had our first summer thunderstorm this afternoon… that same sky followed me home but now it is clear…

here’s the 12 year old out for a birthday dinner tonight…

time goes by amazingly quickly…

woohoo…

30 Sunday Apr 2017

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big girl pants, deck, excitement, frog, hot tub, pond, pumps, summer, sunshine, widow, woohoo

great excitement today…

ran out and did a number of errands and when I got home came outside and sat by the pond… first time I’ve been out on the back deck this year… only brought out cushions for one chair but it was delightful to sit out and read a book in the sunshine…

had my lunch there and eventually it got so hot that I changed into a tank top and shorts…

kids came over and my son-in-law cleaned the leaves out of the pond, with a little help from the younger boys… they found a frog, woohoo, which always makes me happy… maybe it has been making the odd noise I’ve been hearing when I’ve been in the hot tub over the last week or so…

and he got the pumps in and working… 

there is still lots of work to do in the pond, as dead plants need to be removed, ones that are starting need to be cleaned up, and new ones purchased and popped in, although not before all chances of frost are gone… have lost a few when I was over eager, lol…

we had barbecued steak for supper and now they are gone and I am sitting listening to the water running with the sun shining in my face and a blanket on to keep me cozy…

will be sure to have a hot tub to enjoy the sound of the water before bed…

summer really is coming;-)…

pyjamas…

09 Thursday Mar 2017

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

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big girl pants, clothes, packing, preparing, pyjamas, sandals, shopping, suitcase, summer, travel, widow

bought some new pyjamas on the weekend when I was shopping with the boys…

they are very comfortable… only problem is that the bottoms are about six inches too long, lol…

thought about just chopping them off but after checking the idea out with a sewer realized that wasn’t such a good plan…

today I took them to City Place to get shortened… will be ready tomorrow afternoon… just in time for the packing plan…

have all of the summer clothes out but haven’t had time to try them on to be sure they fit and decide on which pieces to pack… a Saturday job…

need to decide whether I need a new pair of walking sandals… guess I better make up my mind soon…

moon and morning glory…

21 Wednesday Aug 2013

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big girl pants, blooming, clouds, full moon, glorious time, hot tub, moon and morning glory, summer, water lily bud

last night I went out for a hot tub and the moon was looking spectacular in its fullness, so I came in, got the tripod and camera to take a few pictures…

full moon last night...

full moon last night…

of course, by then more clouds had materialized and I didn’t get anything great, although when I was in the hot tub later, the clouds opened up and the moon shone brightly again, lol…

tonight I was admiring the dahlia again and noticed that a morning glory is getting ready to open… I imagine it will be open when I head off to work in the morning…

first morning glory buds, one of my favourites...

first morning glory buds, just a few days ago…

I just love it when the morning glories start blooming…

morning glory ready to bloom tomorrow...

morning glory ready to bloom tomorrow…

took a few pics and then went to see if I could get a picture of the bud on the water lily in the pond… right now the water hyacinth are all gathered up around it… if you look hard, you might spot it on the right…

water lily bud hiding among the water hyacinth...

water lily bud hiding among the water hyacinth…

the waterfall is going again, so we will see how the water drops…

summer is such a glorious time…

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