10 Friday May 2024
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“do”, bench, big girl pants, blessed, green, haircut, moments, nature, trees, Ultracuts, walk, weather, widow
today I walked over to get my hair cut… had to wait a little while, but enjoyed some solitaire while I waited, lol…
it is always lovely to have a fresh do…
I also spotted a very nice bench along the way…
as I was nearing home, I got a shot of the field and some of the trees yet to get their leaves…
lots of green is showing after all the rain…
16 Tuesday Apr 2024
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beaver, big girl pants, blessed, mallards, moments, nature, nests, Pokémon, puddle, startle, Technology, trees, walk, weather, widow
on Monday’s walk I focussed on checking out the trees as on Sunday I watched a webinar on bird nests and eggs…
this is down by the creek and if you look closely at the bottom of the trees, you can see where the beaver has been busy…
was excited to discover a mallard couple in a puddle in a field…
wasn’t able to get too close because I didn’t want to startle them but had a lovely few minutes watching them;-)…
also collected many Pokémon items…
20 Tuesday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, biomes, blessed, flags, flora, flowers, food, friends, garden, gather, happy, moments, nature, orchids, Philippines, plants, pond, Technology, trees, widow
had a fun time at The Leaf today…
went with a friend to see Flora of the Philippines…
we couldn’t figure out the new markers on many of the plants in the Tropical Biome, but eventually realized they represented the flag of the Philippines and demonstrated how many of the plants in the biomes originated there…
besides seeing where so many plants came from, there were hundreds of orchids… heaven for me…
what a treat…
after our wander through the biomes, we had lunch at Gather…
what a delightful way to spend time together;-)…
12 Friday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, moments, nature, pictures, shovelling, sidewalks, snow, sun, sunshine, trees, weather, widow, winter
Tuesday went out and shovelled the sidewalks and steps again…
the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day, even though the weather app said it was -25°C…
the sun has been a bit elusive over the last while so it was a real treat;-)…
it had snowed a bit on Sunday and Monday, although there wasn’t too much on the ground…
took a few photos as I was working away, lol…
snow, sun, trees…
all make me enjoy the moments and try to capture them;-)…
09 Tuesday Jan 2024
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, daily, garden, health, hot tub, moments, nature, optimal, quiet, snow, trees, weather, widow
I’ve been trying to make it out to the hot tub each day and so far I’ve managed to accomplish that…
currently 10:00 pm is the optimal time… although midnight is also nice…
last night it was so quiet all I heard was a few planes going over, and an ambulance… apparently there were no skaters at the club…
the light from the lane highlighted the snow on the trees, with little puffs on the ends of the branches… so beautiful…
10 Friday Nov 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, garden, moments, nature, postcard, shovelling, snow, trees, weather, widow
much as the snow can be a pain, it is also beautiful… especially if you don’t have to be somewhere and drive through it, lol…
the view out the windows were delightful on Thursday morning…
the snow clung to the trees and made it look like a postcard outside…
and the squirrels were busy at one of the feeders… if you look closely you will see the three in this picture…
I went out and shovelled the sidewalks and got a few photos while I was out there…
such a blessing to be able to be home, able to shovel, and enjoy the beauty;-)…
27 Friday Oct 2023
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adrenaline, appointment, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dentist, family, garden, grandson, hidden, moments, nature, photos, pretty, ride, shovelling, snow, spare, taxi, trees, walk, weather, widow
this morning I got up early as I had a dentist appointment and my grandson was going to drive me down before he went to class…
it was dark and there was a lot of snow out there…
I put on a vest, dug out a hat and gloves, and made sure I had cash for the taxi…
it lightened up before we left and I went out to start cleaning off the car… there was easily six or seven inches of snow on it…
made it to my appointment, and when it was done walked to the Delta Hotel to get a taxi…
got a few nice photos of snow-covered trees on the short walk…
as I was riding along in the taxi, I realized that I didn’t have a house key😳…
thankfully, after my beloved died and I was on my own in the house, I put a spare key in the backyard for just such an occasion…
and, I was able to get through the snow and collect it, lol…
I unlocked the door and put the key back before shovelling the front sidewalk and steps and the back deck and hot tub area…
got that adrenaline going, in the taxi, and in the yard;-)…
30 Saturday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, drop, Fall, leaves, moments, nature, oak, street, trees, walk, weather, widow
as I was heading out for my walk on Wednesday, I stopped to take a photo of the oak tree just down the street…
seems like every single leaf had fallen off and was on the street…
most of the other trees along the way drop bits and pieces for quite some time…
not this one…
10 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cottage, fireflies, moments, nature, night, shooting stars, sky, stars, Technology, trees, weather, widow
as I was sitting in the hot tub on Saturday night and watching the few stars that I am able to see from there, I was reminded of a Saturday night we spent at the lake…
we went out, with blankets and warm clothes, and laid on the couch on the cliff deck and watched the stars through the tree canopy…
it was a beautiful night with few bugs and the sky was spectacular…
we saw satellites, constellations, and shooting stars… even some fireflies;-)…
and I even got a few photos with my iPhone…
04 Sunday Jun 2023
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, forest, friends, further, garden, gardens, geese, moments, nature, pond, time, trees, walk, widow
met up with a friend and went for a walk at the Park… great to visit and catch-up;-)… and get some exercise at the same time…
need to get back to a regular routine of walking over and around the Gardens…
I may have gone just a bit further than I should have… one of my feet was just a touch irritated with me… but so wonderful to enjoy the Gardens…
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