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EarthDay…

22 Wednesday Apr 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, deck, EarthDay, garden, grief, moments, nature, sunset, virus, widow, world

today, Earth Day 50, I’ve spent time thinking about our world and how blessed we are to be here…

and how this virus, which has made us all stay home, has given the earth a chance to rest and start recovering from all the grief we have given it…

in my little corner of the world, I spent time watching the birds and squirrels at the bird feeders… after I refilled them…

and also was able to spend some time on the deck in the garden, enjoying the balmy weather…

I’ve been thinking of a few small changes I’ve made at home… the one I am most pleased about is using cloth instead of paper towels… I put away the paper towel holder shortly after arriving back home in January… I’ve been using extra hand towels and facecloths and have a bin for the used ones on the kitchen counter… it has been amazingly simple and is encouraging me to see what other small, but helpful changes I can make…

twisted…

03 Friday Apr 2020

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back, big girl pants, blessed, Kobo, moments, nature, reading, sky, snow, sunset, sunshine, twisted, weather, widow, yoga

my daughter sent me a calendar wth daily yoga for April, so this morning I decided to do some… I got an old yoga mat out, arranged my phone so I could see it from the mat and started the video…

unfortunately I twisted my back in the process so I’ve had to be very careful with everything I’ve done for the rest of the day…

since the girls were little I occasionally end up with a hurt lower back… sadly, it usually takes ages to return to normal… there’s never an obvious action to cause the problem… it just means being careful about standing for too long and twisting the wrong way when sitting…

my solution today has been to quietly sit in the living room and read… so happy I found the books on Kobo…

for a good portion of the day it snowed and late in the afternoon the sun came out and it looked beautiful with everything covered in snow… especially as I didn’t have to leave the house…

as I was sitting and reading I looked out to see the most beautiful sky…

seeing this stunning view was a very special moment, which I enjoyed…

light…

03 Monday Feb 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, moments, photos, sky, snow, sunset, trees, walk, widow, winter views

the light on the trees was great the other day… had to take some pictures…

so lucky to live in an area with trees everywhere…

hosts…

10 Friday Jan 2020

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, life, moments, nature, retirement, travel, Uncategorized

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Airbnb, big girl pants, blessed, family, hosts, memories, moments, nature, Ottawa, sunset, vacation, widow

recently I flew home from Ottawa… I spent the majority of the trip with my eyes glued to the window… it was like the entire sky was filled with a sunset for the entire flight… what a gift…

I had the most wonderful visit with my daughter and son-in-law… also had a fun time meeting and getting to know his mom…

it was quite a different Christmas for me… flew out on Christmas Day and celebrated New Year’s there as well… his mom was with us for a week and then I spent another six days with the kids…

had so much fun… the kids are wonderful hosts* and offer up all kinds of interesting things to do… I stayed in their AirBnB room which was very cozy…

while I was there we ate great home cooked meals, fed birds out of our hands, went to see butterflies, had afternoon tea, went to the Market and restaurants, spent a day at the spa, had a photo shoot, and two chocolate tastings…

and enjoyed great conversations…

now I am home and able to begin retirement living…

*AirBnB Cozy Blue Room Ottawa

daylight…

07 Monday Oct 2019

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big girl pants, colours, daylight, garden, moments, pictures, sun, sunrise, sunset, widow

the sky has been doing some quite lovely things…

last night I got a great shot out the front window and the daylight this morning was amazing…

the colours came out exactly as I saw them… that doesn’t always happen…

protectors…

29 Wednesday May 2019

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big girl pants, furnace, protector, screen, sunset, view, weather, widow

this morning I turned the furnace off as the weather has really improved…

this was the view out the front door a few minutes ago…

and this was the view out the back… so happy that it is warm enough to have the screen open…

l really love the screen protectors… haven’t walked through the screen even once, lol…

Maui, day one…

11 Thursday Apr 2019

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adventure, beach, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, Kahului, Kihei, Maui day one, moments, ocean, pictures, shave ice, sunset, treat, widow

what a wonderFULL day…

put my toes in the ocean… in Kahului and Kihei… so amazing;-)…

saw flowers everywhere… including red hibiscus hedges and flowering trees… enjoyed so many… just got a few closeups of some outstanding blooms that I came across…

tried, and loved, shave ice… had thought the concept was odd, so when we had one and it was so good, really got why people stand in long lines to get some;-)…

watched the sun set over the beach… some of us were chilly as the wind picked up a bit as the show was getting started…

a great day to be alive and on an adventure…

teeny…

09 Saturday Feb 2019

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Baked Expectations, big girl pants, cheese, deadly chocolate mousse cake, lobster, macaroni, sunset, teeny, widow

started the day with a teeny, but delicious, piece of deadly chocolate mousse cake from Baked Expectations…

made homemade lobster macaroni and cheese for dinner… first time I’ve added lobster… it was a lovely addition…

and got this late shot of the sun going down…

wonderful relaxing day…

Opapiskaw…

03 Monday Sep 2018

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bears, big girl pants, boating, camping, campsite, family, fishing, hot tub, Opapiskaw, sunset, widow

yesterday my son-in-law and I came home after supper as he had to work today and I was looking for a quiet day before going back to work…

Sunday started with solo time at the water’s edge…

while we were eating pancakes and bacon one of the Park rangers came by to advise everyone that a momma bear and her two cubs had been spotted nearby and to be sure to clean up their site before heading out for the day… not five minutes later the middle grandson saw them in the campsite across from ours… we jumped into the car, with our breakfast and hollered out the windows to let the other campers know… within a few minutes the bears were gone but it was pretty exciting…

then it was off for a day on the water… we’d found a measuring scale for seeing how long the fish are and took it with us…

sadly, only one of us caught anything and the fish were a bit small, lol…

when we got back to the campsite we made a lovely chicken dinner and said farewell to the three who were remaining…

good drive home, a hot tub with the my oldest grandson and son-in-law and then a sleepover at their house…

repeat…

13 Tuesday Feb 2018

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big girl pants, early mornings, late nights, live, Olympics, repeat, sunrise, sunset, tv, widow

lots of early mornings and late nights as I watch as much of the Olympics live as possible…

either stay awake until midnight or fall asleep during some of the sports I care less about… the tv stays on and I surface about four to watch some of the early events before work…

not much happens during our day so that is working well…

check the tv when I get home while supper is cooking, in case I missed anything… watch until I fall asleep…

and repeat;-)…

great news is I’ve been enjoying the sunrise most mornings, and tonight the sky was beautiful as the sun went down…

and the temperature had risen very nicely throughout the day…

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