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27 Tuesday Jun 2017

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

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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, English Garden, flowers, garden, hostas, Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, moments, pond, space, The Park Cafe, walk, widow

in an effort to keep up my exercise program I try to walk to the Park at least once on the weekend…

Sunday I got up and walked over fairly early…

the sun was shining down through the trees on the path… nice, considering the rain and dull skies we’ve been dealing with…

I decided to stop at The Park Cafe for breakfast… they have a delicious Black Bean Benedict where the beans are used as the muffin… nice treat… and I enjoyed eating by myself… yay for those big girl pants, lol…

the Boy with the Boot looked very nice in a circle of red and white, all ready for Canada Day…

the water lilies in the Arbour Pond have started to bloom, unlike the tropical ones in the main pond which are struggling with the chilly weather…

the peonies are doing beautifully by “our” bench… but I didn’t sit because this piece of equipment was buzzing loudly…

this bed of hostas is so beautiful… and the water drops just added to my delight in the view…

every time I walk through the Gardens I see something else growing or changing or for the first time…

so blessed for the good health and opportunity to enjoy this great space…

change…

26 Friday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, change, friends, gardens, lilac bushes, The Park Cafe

worked this morning but was home by 12:30… changed and walked over to the Park to meet my BS friends for a birthday lunch on the patio at The Park Cafe…

walked under this tree which seemed to have flowers and berries on it at the same time…

  

gorgeous day and enjoyed the walk…

we had a wonderful time together…I had a burger with coleslaw on a pretzel bun…

  
yummy… not sure when I last ate a burger but that was what I wanted today…

am always amazed at the depth of our conversations, even after twenty-five years… today we talked about our end of life wishes as well as how we had dealt with our elders’ transitions from life to death… there is a deep well of wisdom within these women…

after lunch I took a quick trip around my favourite gardens before heading home…

was very surprised to see that all the lilac bushes have been removed from two areas… they had been there since the gardens opened… it was just a few weeks ago that I had rested under a canopy of lilacs enjoying the beautiful scent…

  
removing them has certainly opened up the garden… and I’m sure that I will get used to the new look…

change is always happening, whether I am ready for it or not…

more visiting…

17 Saturday Aug 2013

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big girl pants, cleaned up bad potatoes, lunch out, more visiting, slept, swinging couch, The Park Cafe, wind blowing through the trees

slept on the porch in a swinging couch… it was very lovely… could hear the wind blowing through the trees during the night…

had a wonderful fire on the deck along with glow bracelets and sparklers...

had a wonderful fire on the deck along with glow bracelets and sparklers…

got up, had a wonderful breakfast and then we hit the road to get back for various activities people were involved in…

early morning breakfast of boiled eggs, bacon, toast and fruit...

early morning breakfast of boiled eggs, bacon, toast and fruit…

message on my machine which led to lunch out at The Park Cafe with a good friend… had a lovely visit and then walked home from the park…

discovered bad potatoes and had to throw them out and clean out the drawer they had been in… yucky… barely had to put on the big girl pants…

then I napped off and on for the remainder of the day… it was very windy here but I think the wind has finally died down…

pills…

10 Sunday Mar 2013

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"A", 100th blog, breakfast out, dinners, lovely day, pills, put the kettle on, short drive/walk from home, sun shining, Sunday dinner, The Park Cafe

amazingly, this is my one hundredth blog post…

the counting thing reminded me of my morning routine, BGG (before George gone)…

I would get up, put the kettle on for tea and set out George’s pills…  we had these cute little pottery containers that his morning and evening pills would go into…  this was to be sure we/he didn’t forget to take them…

now, my morning routine is to get out my pills, take them and then make something for my breakfast, usually a smoothie, before heading out the door to work… I only put the kettle on and make tea on weekends…

little things, but quite the change…

and Sunday mornings we nearly always went out for breakfast… our two favourite spots were the “A” (Assiniboine Gordon Inn on the Park)

family breakfast at the "A"...

family breakfast at the “A”…

and The Park Cafe in the Qualico Family Centre at Assiniboine Park…

The Park Cafe...

The Park Cafe in the Qualico Family Centre…

both of these spots are a short drive/walk from home…  usually I would walk over and meet George there, and after breakfast, depending on the weather, we would take a walk through the English Gardens, or drive through the park…

often the kids would meet up with us…

breakfast at The Park Cafe...

breakfast at The Park Cafe…

I miss going out for breakfast…

currently I am taking an antibiotic with my evening meal… haven’t been doing such a great job of my dinners lately… need to get back to being organized so that there is something ready to make when I get home from work…

but Sunday dinner is always organized… tonight we are having country-style spare ribs, with little potatoes, asparagus and a salad… even have something for dessert…

looks like it is going to be a lovely day, the sun is shining and it is only -14…

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