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…
light…
03 Monday Feb 2020
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hosts…
10 Friday Jan 2020
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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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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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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…
sleep…
05 Sunday Nov 2017
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anxious, beloved, big girl pants, garden, hot tub, memories, moments, photos, sky, sleep, snow, stressed, sun, sunset, widow
have been feeling stressed for the last few days… wasn’t until Facebook reminded me this morning that it has been five years and eight months since my beloved left me that I put two and two together…
had the worst sleep – or lack thereof – last night… was anxious and couldn’t settle down…
now that I know what the stressor is likely I can settle down… that’s what usually happens anyway…
finally had a hot tub this morning… been having some issues with the temperature dropping so plan to have someone out to give it a look… but this morning it was at just the correct temp…
had to climb through the snow to get there, lol…
at one point during the day the sun came out and shone brightly in the garden and I got this pic…
sun and shadow are so beautiful…
later on the sunset was lovely…
hoping for a better night’s sleep…
timely…
03 Tuesday Oct 2017
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took a few minutes to enjoy this sunset last night…
feels as though life has been going by so quickly that I haven’t taken the time to enjoy those special moments as they happen…
have had a very intense few days so it felt timely tonight as I spent a few minutes checking out this cool sky…
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