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clever…

04 Thursday May 2023

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on Monday I received a birthday present in the mail…

it is a plastic envelope with a disk of soil, a popsicle stick and seeds…

it will turn into sunflower micro greens…

this morning, after going online for directions, I added water, stirred up the soil, added the seeds, stirred it a bit more, misted it and put it into the sunshine;-)…

will be checking it out daily to see how it grows…

what a clever idea and lovely gift;-)…

mushrooms…

26 Wednesday Apr 2023

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Tuesday we went to aquasize as my buddy had an appointment on Thursday…

from there we drove to Oak Bluff, where we had lunch at Roxy’s Restaurant & Lounge… I was very excited to find battered mushrooms on the menu, so we started with those… and they were delicious;-)… then I had a tasty beef dip with Caesar salad… the service was excellent, the food good and it was a nice spot…

onward to Carman where we visited the Golden Prairie Arts Council to see an exhibition by Connie Bart Hamel which was filled with a variety of mediums… she is very talented and a neighbour of my friend…

we stopped at Syl’s for ice cream and had a lovely drive home in the sunshine…

wonderful day;-)…

person…

24 Monday Apr 2023

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so happy today…

after three months we were all together again… in person… what a treat;-)…

it had me thinking of the various places our group has taken part from for our gatherings…

over the last twenty years, a few spots in British Columbia, Minneapolis, Ontario, and even here in Winnipeg…

from using borrowed business speaker phones, to Skype and Zoom on computers, to most recently FaceTime…

and as times have changed, we have moved with them;-)…

pie…

17 Monday Apr 2023

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as the birthday week celebrations continue, today I gathered with my BS buddies and they brought the birthday bag, a beautiful card, and cherry pie…

we have used the birthday bag for maybe twenty years… found this old photo from 2014 that has the bag in it, lol…

it used to hold a gift, but at this point in our lives we really don’t need anything, so now it contains a card…

this one was a beautiful painting by one of our group… it is a park bench and represents the bench that my beloved and I would sit on in the Leo Mol Garden during our walks…

happy birthday was sung and we had cherry pie with whipped cream… sooooo delicious;-)…

lots of conversation, laughs, and good eats…

now to be sure I don’t lose the bag before it is needed for the next birthday…

wave…

08 Saturday Apr 2023

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seems like I have been working in the computer room forever, lol…

every time I think I’ve done all the papers, I find another box or bag, sigh…

this time I came across two very old photos…

one of my mom… she was a beauty;-)…

and one of my Auntie Vi, one of my dad’s sisters… she and my uncle lived in a tiny house in River Heights which was packed full of knickknacks… every surface was covered, lol… she made all kinds of things… she painted ceramics, knit numerous things, and always had delicious treats to eat whenever you arrived at the house…

she is also the reason that I stand at the window and wave to everyone as they leave my house just as she always did…

Paderno…

30 Thursday Mar 2023

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started Thursday morning with a stop at The Butter Tart Lady where we picked up some delicious items… pampushki and sausage rolls…

later we had a lovely wander through Canadian Tire as we had no time constraints… found the cutest hockey tape in rainbow and purple;-)… picked some scrubbies up and then found a new Paderno saucepan to replace one which had started to lose its non-stick coating, and was on sale…

no idea what I will do with the hockey tape, but I’m sure I’ll come up with something, lol…

and the lid from the old saucepan fits on the new pan so will continue to hang on the wall with the pots…. yay…

grandsons…

27 Monday Mar 2023

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got to have my grandsons over for dinner…

haven’t seen them for ages, so it was a wonderful treat;-)…

we caught up and they shovelled part of the driveway for me…

the shovelling was a big job as the driveway hasn’t been cleared for months, but it was a beautiful day… and, in the process, the youngest lost his AirPods… in a white container;-(… we spent quite some time digging through all the snow they had moved but did not find them…

we had Chinese food for supper…I’ve been craving it for a while so that made it especially good…

after supper I dug out a set of earbuds from my collection of ones that don’t fit my ears and gave him those… everyone played on their phones for a while as we chatted before they headed home;-)…

they have become lovely young men, although they still bicker like brothers, lol…

elusive…

19 Sunday Mar 2023

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had a fun time in the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden at The Leaf on Thursday… it wasn’t too cold outside and bright so there was lots of activity…

a fair number of people were in the space and there were many butterflies…

apparently I was enamoured with the orange ones, lol…

this little one sat and offered different poses;-)…

and, of course, I tried to catch the elusive Blue Morpho… there were quite a few of them, but what makes it elusive is that you need to catch it in flight to capture the blue colour, lol… but I did get a partial shot;-)…

at least you can see some of the blue…

spending time in this space sure does make me happy;-)…