11 Wednesday Oct 2017
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early mornings when the sky is just starting to lighten…
sure sign that Fall has arrived when leaving for work a bit early and it is still dark…
the moon was very bright over the neighbour’s tree…
I like how the house looks warm and inviting…
05 Thursday Oct 2017
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been enjoying the colours of the leaves and trees everywhere…
took a few pictures over the last few days… beautiful orange on elms on my street and the gorgeous gold on trees in the Millennium Library Park by the office…
and this lovely collection of leaves beside Shadow this morning… the crunching sound is so cool…
I’ve also noticed a number of trees that were stunning last week and are bare now…
29 Friday Sep 2017
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appointment, big girl pants, bruise, photos, pressure, sky, sunrise, trees, walk, widow
had some fun with my photos this morning…
needed to get my blood work done for my next doctor’s appointment and took a few pictures of the sunrise as I parked the car…
I always park a good distance from wherever I am going and then get some extra walking in so there is less pressure to get enough exercise…
spotted this lovely tree changing colour as I walked along…
the walk to and from the clinic was very nice on this beautiful day…
the final reminder of my day was this bruise from the blood work…
the technicians suggest that the longer you keep pressure on the spot where the needle was inserted, the smaller the bruise will be…
06 Thursday Jul 2017
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big girl pants, chocolate, daughter, outside, screen, serendipitous, trees, widow
tonight I enjoyed a delightful bit of chocolate… Brookside Dark Chocolate Tart Cherry Crisp with pomegranate flavour… might just take longer to say the name than it did to eat it, lol…
it has a very cool tree on it…
just minutes after that my daughter sent me a picture of some screen printing she did at a class tonight…
another tree… how cool is that…
the really funny thing is that this was the picture I had already prepared to post tonight…
it is of two of my colleagues sitting in the sun for a few minutes over lunch yesterday… we try to get outside for at least a few minutes on sunny days…
the whole serendipitous thing is amazing… great way to start my weekend;-)…
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…
