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24 Sunday Aug 2025

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another lovely day…

spotted a baby bunny, snacking on poppy plants…

and a bigger bunny in the middle of the garden…

a bit later my housemate discovered the cutest little frog and popped them next to the pond…

I had an enjoyable time reading outside, although I did have a blanket on as it was a bit cool, but the garden looked tidy following a cut, trim and blow, lol…

everything is so lush following all the rain…

the waterfall area has had the last of the liner cut back now that we are sure it isn’t leaking, yay…

allée…

30 Wednesday Aug 2023

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on Sunday we went for a walk around Assiniboine Park to catch Pokémon… apparently it was a special event around the world… it was hot and sunny…

there were people everywhere… many of them with their heads down, focussed on their phones, with cords connecting to power packs in their pockets, lol…

we walked around the allée that circles the Diversity Gardens… it was fully shaded and there were many people along the way…

from there we walked across the Park to the English and Leo Mol Gardens… it was a long way, lol… we stopped now and then for a rest and sip of our water, and got to walk down one of my favourite paths…

it has been months since I’ve been to the Gardens, so it was a treat… besides all the people, there were lots of flowers in bloom with beautiful water lilies, and frogs, in the English Garden…

the cricket fields had some good items as we headed back to the car…

nice to enjoy a walk, although my feet were a little tired;-)…

spotlight…

11 Saturday Feb 2023

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excited to discover the spotlight on the upper deck is working again…

it had been covered with snow for many weeks and I was thinking it wasn’t going to work in the cold…

as I was walking down the stairs on Thursday night, I looked out and saw the light….

apparently the warm and sunny weather uncovered the solar panel on the top of it, lol…

makes me happy, although the camera isn’t out there now…

not like there are fish in the pond that need to be protected, lol…

closing…

25 Sunday Feb 2018

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up very early to watch the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics and then I went back to sleep for a while;-)…

when I finally got up the sun was shining and I took a few fun pictures… the reflection on the water lily installation, the glittering snow, and when we arrived back home, the interesting cloud formation…

this afternoon I met the kids at The Forks and we went for a walk along the River Trail to check out some of the warming huts… they are all interesting architecturally, but warming might be a stretch to describe them, lol…

here are some pictures that I took…

here are some great shots from my daughter…

home for supper and now watching the rerun of the Closing Ceremony… possibly I slept through some of it this morning…

smiling…

09 Thursday Jun 2016

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took a moment fairly early this morning to take a picture of the lovely pansies in the hibiscus pot… there is also a bloom coming on the hibiscus…


they just have such happy little faces… always bring a smile to my face when I see them…

then at noon I had lunch with these two amazing women… we’ve been taking our lunch out to the Park on sunny days and enjoying the outdoors…


the Park is right behind our office but I must say sometimes people look at us oddly as we walk along the sidewalk with our plates of food…

been talking lately about learning and understanding our authentic self… always an interesting topic… some days I can face up to my frailties and other days I am able to accept how great I can be… 

heard something recently that I am going to work toward… focus on your strengths and let go of your weaknesses…

growth…

19 Thursday May 2016

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on a walk, a few days ago, I was admiring the trees… they are now in full leaf and such a lovely shade of green…

tonight when I walked through the garage door I admired the happy Virginia creeper which has grown up overnight it seems…


it was framed beautifully in the doorway…

has some lovely colours already…

had a short walk back to the office at noon… wasn’t much green on that walk but it was warm and sunny… lots of people on the sidewalks taking advantage of the gorgeous day…

took this shot of a beautiful rose today…

sunny…

13 Wednesday Apr 2016

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this morning I couldn’t stop taking pictures as I waited for my ride…

  
sun shining on the trees to the left…

  
glittering off the chimney…

  
and making beautiful highlights on the trees to the right…

went for a walk at noon with a colleague and it was lovely out… by four didn’t even need a jacket on…

had an opportunity tonight to take a few shots of some cream roses…

 

creamy rose

 
and brought home this lovely basket of goodies from an event at DeLuca’s where I had an enjoyable chat with Tony… 

 

De Luca basket of goodies

 
can’t wait to try everything out… 

it was so warm that we didn’t need jackets when we left the event… the car said it was 16… what a gorgeous day…

chores…

09 Saturday Apr 2016

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had a good day… it was both restful and productive… got lots of chores done…

made a batch of zucchini basil soup and had some for my lunch… tasty as always…

watered plants and did laundry while watching some PVRed shows…

packed more items into my bag for the trip and read up on a few more places to eat…

spent time cleaning up email on the computer and trying to figure out the scanner… maybe tomorrow that piece of technology will cooperate, lol…

  
sun shone for the entire day, but it was cold with lots of blowing…

sunny…

08 Sunday Nov 2015

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just can’t get over the sunshine… blue sky when I woke and the sun rose above the trees a bit later… feel so much better when it is sunny outside…

had a lazy day with just a few chores and prepping for dinner with the kids…

took a few pictures of the sun shining into the living room… new shoots are coming up in the water plant barrel…

  
and the orchid looked great today…

  
went to Ikea for a short spell in the afternoon with my daughter…

yesterday I wore these jeggings which I just had hemmed this week… this is my first experience wearing this type of pant/leggings and I’m not sure how I feel about them…

  
will need to show them to the fashionistas in my life to see what they think, lol…

during supper I had to get up and step outside to get a picture of the sky with my iPhone… so great to have that quick access to a camera without having to run to find it…

  
it was exactly that shade of red… quite beautiful…

the sunsets have been awesome this fall… 

I’ve almost forgotten how dull it has been for the last few weeks…

wonderful how a bit of sunlight can perk me up…