16 Tuesday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bread, flowers, garden, gladiola, moments, nature, purple, shopping, treat, widow, Wolseley Farmers Market
went to the Wolseley Farmers Market with a friend and had a great time…
came home with a bag filled with beans, peas, green onions, a zucchini, baby potatoes, garlic, bread, a mushroom galette, and a beet and pesto treat…
and two gorgeous stalks of purple gladiola;-)…
11 Thursday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, Blizzards, Dairy Queen, dinner, family, food, grandson, moments, treat, widow, zucchini
had the kids over for dinner…
we had steak and zucchini, which they barbecued…
mushrooms that my grandson cooked, even though it was his birthday;-)…
salad as well as twice stuffed potatoes, which I made;-)…
everything was delicious and we all enjoyed it…
then we went for blizzards…
I haven’t had one for many years and it was delicious… I ate more than half of it before putting the rest in the freezer, lol…
08 Monday Aug 2022
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the squirrels run right past me when they are chasing one another and ignore me when I am on either of the decks…
apparently I have become just another object in the garden, lol…
and today we caught this red squirrel climbing up the inside of the slinky a couple of times to get to the bird feeder…
sure are smart little devils…
06 Wednesday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, happy, moments, nature, subscription, Sweet Petals Farm, treat, widow
yesterday my grandson picked up my first bouquet of the subscription from Sweet Petals Farm that my kids gave me for my birthday…
it is for eight weeks of bouquets (July and August)…
he had my car and so went and collected them for me…
they are quite beautiful and smell delicious…
what a lovely treat…
28 Tuesday Jun 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, garden, hospital, memories, moments, morning glories, nature, photos, purple, special, Technology, treat, widow
as I wander around the garden every day and spot the morning glories, I am reminded of our fortieth wedding anniversary…
I spent six weeks in St. Boniface Hospital with pancreatitis and then gall bladder surgery ~ instead of a trip to BC ~ and each day when my beloved came to spend time with me, he brought photos of whichever morning glories were in bloom…
using the camera on his phone was not something he did regularly, so it was special when he brought these to me…
it also meant that he took the time to check out the garden as he knew how I loved these flowers… and they had just started to bloom after I ended up in the hospital…
a very special man, my beloved…
21 Tuesday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, garage, garden, gathering, health, moments, nature, nervous, sun-tea, time together, treat, weather, widow
my group meets on Mondays… our time might change from the afternoon to the evening, be in person, or online…
this week we met in the late afternoon and planned to be outside…
the weather report was suggesting it would be raining or that a thunderstorm might even happen at the time we would be together…
I am still nervous about having four others in the house, so I set up chairs and tables in the garage… it worked perfectly…
the sky remained overcast with only a few sprinkles during our time together and the breeze kept us from being overly warm;-)…
everyone enjoyed a walk around the garden and particularly liked one of the fuchsias…
it was very hot so I made sun-tea which turned out well, and squares of butter tart and lemon turned up with a chocolate almond snack…
an excellent option from sitting on the upper deck…
17 Friday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, drive, fun times, garden, Lilystone, Lilystone Cafe, Lilystone Gardens, lunch, moments, nature, poppies, retail, treat, widow
what a delightful day… got up, dressed, put out all the cushions and had breakfast on the back deck, admiring the ten or so poppies waving their lovely heads in the flower bed…
Hilda the Gardener arrived and started weeding and tidying everywhere…
a friend picked me up and we drove to Rosenort to eat and do a little shopping…
we had a delicious lunch at Lilystone Cafe, where we both picked up a few treats to bring home for later… I was happy to see them making great use of technology to take orders and prepare the bills… staff were friendly and treated us like family…
then we headed over to Lilystone Gardens, where we engaged in a bit of retail therapy, including a Christmas present… they are just now recovering from flooded fields and roads…
after an enjoyable return drive to the city we stopped at her house to check out some recent work and her very lush garden…
home, a wander around the garden to admire how tidy it is, and a sit down on the deck with a cup of tea and my book…
;-)…
12 Sunday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, lilacs, moments, nature, neighbours, purple, treat, widow
Friday I went shopping for lilacs… at my neighbour’s… with permission, lol…
they were heading away for the weekend and she texted me to offer them up… she knows how I love lilacs… and I think theirs are so pretty with the white around the edges…
I had just come home from an appointment and noticed that the bushes on the next street over were blooming and I was contemplating asking if I might cut some…
I got a pailful and filled two vases… one has been outside with me and the other has perfumed the main floor;-)…
happy days;-)…
11 Saturday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, bike, blessed, car, family, garden, grandson, ice cream cone, moments, Technology, treat, widow, work
a few days ago my grandson came by to return the car before he headed to work…
a piece for his bicycle had arrived and he worked on getting it installed but ran out of time, so he ended up taking the car…
while he was here I made lunch and we ate in the garden…
then the bike sat in the dining room, waiting for his return…
when he came to pick it up, he brought an ice cream cone;-)…
yum…
05 Sunday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, garden, Leclerc, moments, nature, plants, purple, shopping, treat, widow
I was sitting on the back deck reading on Saturday, after doing some weeding, and heard a car in the driveway…
a friend was running errands nearby and stopped in for a quick visit…
then we went to Leclerc Greenhouses for a spot of plant shopping;-)…
as time goes on, I am feeling a little more comfortable about going out and about…
I found a hanging basket, some alyssum, a trailing tomato that goes in a basket and a couple of other small plants…
once I arrived back home, I hung up the basket, planted the fuchsia, ivy and tomato… but still have to decide where the alyssum is going to go…
lovely treat;-)…
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