18 Thursday May 2017
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aquasize, big girl pants, bunny, evening, fish and chips, move, trees, walk, widow
had a lovely stroll home after supper with my swimming buddy… following our aquasize class we went out for fish and chips…
it was a beautiful evening so I decided to walk home…
nearly home I met up with this cute bunny…
at first he thought if he didn’t move I couldn’t see him… then we walked nearly a block together…
street is looking beautiful as the trees have leafed out…
05 Sunday Feb 2017
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lovely sky this morning, even with the overcast…
that is the sun in the trees…a bit later it started to snow and it snowed for three or four hours…
picked up by my kids and went to their place to celebrate the eight year old’s birthday…
they showed me their shark, that they got for Christmas, after they topped up the helium…
ready for cake… it looked delicious and the birthday boy was happy…
got very quiet as everyone was gobbling it up…
home soon and then to bed…
27 Sunday Nov 2016
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Advent, big girl pants, bubbles, Christmas, decorations, feather, friends, glitter, pottery, purple, trees, widow
what a wonderful afternoon… two dear friends came over to help me put up my Christmas decorations… one focussed on the living room and the other made the pottery on the dining room wall sparkle… we had such fun and great conversation as we worked away… well, mostly they worked, and I sat on the couch… my knee was not happy with the fall yesterday…
one tree went into the bay window inside one of my favourite sleighs… two of the drawers in the table were filled with silver and purple ornaments…
the second tree went across the room next to an angel and a large purple glitter ball…
purple feather trees and a family-made nativity lamp go together beautifully…
the stunning glitter trees with glass reindeer are lovely on the fish tank… of course there is glitter everywhere on the main floor now, lol…
these bubbles have lived in the dining room window at Christmas for the last three years… love how they look with the various ribbons that hold them up…and they reflect so nicely…
and all the pottery looks beautiful, newly organized in the nooks…
things can look so different from another viewpoint…
now all that’s needed are my advent boxes;-)…
12 Saturday Nov 2016
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back, big girl pants, circle, flowers, Formal Gardens, shadows, sunlight, trees, walk, widow
today I went to the Formal Gardens at the Park to walk the circle… haven’t been moving much for the last few days and really needed to get some exercise…
the shapes of the trees stand out now as there are no longer leaves on them…
this beauty was covered in red berries…
the sunlight and shadows were quite stunning…
circle of tall grass…
stunning with light shining through…
wonderful to be walking in the sunshine although only managed two laps, not my usual three…
had to slow down now and again but on the whole my back was behaving…
picked up some groceries on my way home and stopped by the floral department to take a few pictures…
29 Saturday Oct 2016
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yesterday I got off work early and went to the Formal Gardens at the Park to get in some exercise and collect poke balls…
pleased that I actually got out there… by the time I left the office it was drizzling and it kept up the entire time…
once there I put on my hat and rain jacket as well as some gloves to stay warm… I did still have on sandals…
on my circuit around the Gardens I ran into a fellow who asked me some questions about texting and cell phones… we would pass one another and have a few friendly words each time… kind of fun to have someone to talk to, lol… even if he didn’t know what texting was…
got some interesting pictures…
not sure why so many of the trees have this gray streak down the side…
there were leaves everywhere…
the Pavilion through the mist/drizzle…
took a little detour on my walk and spent some time taking pictures of Canada geese before heading to the car and then home…
as I was nearing the park exit saw two deer crossing the road and was able to stop and watch them for a few minutes before other cars drove by and scared them away… there is actually a deer in this picture but it is camouflaged pretty well…
felt good to get out and move… and I collected 100 poke balls:-)…
01 Saturday Oct 2016
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big girl pants, collecting, colour, Formal Gardens, geese, Poke Balls, Shadow, trees, widow
this morning I got up to a beautiful looking sky…
drove over to the Formal Gardens at the Park… the drive was lovely as the trees are just amazing… as I was going down the street beside the park had to stop and get a shot of some geese having a snack…
took a picture of Shadow in front of a section of the Gardens… looking pretty fine;-)…
as I circled the area a few groupings of trees caught my eye…
gorgeous colours…
the canopy of trees really draws my eyes, every time I walk the circle…
moss…
although I come to collect poke balls I find I can walk faster and possibly longer than when I go to the English and Leo Mol Gardens… of course, when I go there, I walk from and to home…
filled with shades of orange and green and very bright when the sun shone…
leaves are falling fast…
and I collected lots of poke balls and hatched a few eggs…
27 Tuesday Sep 2016
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autumn, begonia, big girl pants, blessed, colours, flowers, gardenia, purple, trees, widow, work
so excited this morning to take a few pictures of the gardenia blossoms…
there are eight or nine buds and I can hardly wait for them to open…
autumn is coming on strong… as I was driving home tonight I stopped on a side street and got a picture of the trees…
the colours are changing daily, maybe even hourly…
and even in the cooler weather there are plants blooming like crazy…
this planter is filled with neverending begonia blooms, and some lobelia…
took a few minutes to savour the beauty of the freshly purpled door… it is beautiful…
today marks four years since my return to work following my cancer/hernia surgery… I had been off for ten weeks…
I am so blessed… in so many ways…
28 Sunday Aug 2016
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took long walks yesterday and today…
yesterday I walked a different path, through Bruce Park, on the way to the English and Leo Mol Gardens at Assiniboine Park…
okay, okay… it was so I could collect Poke balls at PokeStops for the Pokemon Go game… we ran out of them on Friday… can’t really play the game without them…
the Gardens were fairly quiet and I got a few nice pictures…
this section of the Garden is very formal in nature and everything is blooming right now…
a different view of the wild pond… still a quieter place as the Pokemon Go hunters don’t seem to be as interested in this area, thankfully…
was waiting for some photographers to finish… they were taking pictures of some gorgeously dressed Indian women… and caught this hummingbird, sort of, lol…
couldn’t leave without getting a shot of the women as they waited their turns for pictures… they looked like exotic blossoms in the Garden…
this morning I drove over to the Formal Gardens at the far corner of the Park… again, it was to collect items from the PokeStops…
it was quiet and beautiful…
there are many busts of prominent people as you walk down one side…
this is Nellie McClung… every time I circled past them the light would be shining on them differently… very cool…
the archway of trees is so peaceful and relaxing… was able to get a nice shot of the canopy before too many cars filled up the area…
a band and catering company were setting up for what looked to be a wedding…
it was a nice change from the flowery Gardens… the only issue is having to drive there as it is too far to walk there, then around it, and back…
but nice to discover some other options for my morning exercise… who knew that Pokemon Go would help me find new walking paths, lol…
29 Sunday May 2016
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only picture I took today, and that was at six, lol… funny how some days I take dozens of shots and others barely any…
was overcast with some sunny bits throughout the day but I didn’t sit out till I was working on supper…
have spent time over the last couple of days looking through our Alaskan cruise book…
took the trip three years ago with my daughter and son-in-law who were living on Vancouver Island at the time…
haven’t had the book out for quite a while and a Facebook memory reminded me of it… it was wonderful to relive all of the special moments… nearly every town we landed in had dozens of jewellery shops… too funny… saw some stunning scenery and had a great ride on a narrow gauge railway…
I love it when I am able to take the time to relive amazing events, as well as tiny little ones…
so lucky to see these beautiful blooming trees last week… they are stunning for such a short time and easy to miss…
special moments…
19 Thursday May 2016
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big girl pants, growth, rose, sunny, trees, virginia creeper, walk, widow
on a walk, a few days ago, I was admiring the trees… they are now in full leaf and such a lovely shade of green…
tonight when I walked through the garage door I admired the happy Virginia creeper which has grown up overnight it seems…
it was framed beautifully in the doorway…
has some lovely colours already…
had a short walk back to the office at noon… wasn’t much green on that walk but it was warm and sunny… lots of people on the sidewalks taking advantage of the gorgeous day…
took this shot of a beautiful rose today…
