09 Friday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, chair, favourite, feeders, garden, moments, nature, pond, spot, view, weather, widow
I think I have found a new favourite spot in the garden;-)…
from here I can see the flower beds and both bird feeders…
not sure if it will continue because soon the hanging chair will come out and that may affect the view, but I am enjoying it for now…
20 Thursday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, bird feeder, birds, blessed, camera, garden, mandevilla, moments, nature, pond, Technology, tripod, view, weather, widow, wireless
now that the pond is empty and covered with the tarp, the camera isn’t really needed, so it came into the house…
happily, the bottom of it fit perfectly on the camera tripod…
set it up by the window where the bird feeder is attached…
this is particularly good now as the mandevilla blocks the view through the window…
looking forward to getting some great views of the guests at the feeder;-)…
18 Tuesday Jan 2022
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out this morning to shovel the sidewalk…
it was still snowing but I thought it better to clear it a few times if needed…
only did it once… the snow stopped shortly after I finished, but the wind is going to be strong overnight so I will decide tomorrow if it needs to be done again…
later in the day the sun came out and I got some lovely photos…
so interesting how the view changes from moment to moment… I am so happy to have the time to observe the changes…
20 Wednesday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, hills, moments, moon, nature, text, toboggan hill, trees, view, walk, widow
got a call yesterday to check out the moon…
checked from every place in the house and garden, but it was too low for me to see…
by the end of the call I could see it above the trees, but it had returned to a normal view…
tonight I got a text suggesting I check it out again…
I put on my jacket and walked down to the toboggan hills at the end of the street, but still couldn’t see it, lol…
there is just no way to see the moon from here when it is on the horizon…
but, I had a nice little walk and got in the last of my steps… even though the current temperature is -2° Celsius…
25 Sunday Oct 2020
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big girl pants, bird feeder, blessed, dining room, indoor garden, nature, plants, reading, repurpose, view, weather, widow
spent the afternoon reading in the living room and decided to move the avocado plant and orchids that have been in the window…
they have grown enough that they block my view of the bird feeders… I anticipate spending a lot of time watching the birds over the next six months…
I’m planning to repurpose the dining room table as a bit of a garden for the next while… not going to be having anyone over to eat there, lol…
15 Wednesday Apr 2020
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Assiniboine Park Zoo, big girl pants, blessed, casting, Facebook Live, iPhone, learning, photos, Technology, tv, view, widow
happy that I figured out how to cast Facebook Live onto my tv…
I’m sure others have been doing this for ages, lol… I’ve done it a few times with my photos but not often enough to remember how to do it easily;-)…
I think it is funny what things I can do without a problem and others which I’m not comfortable with just yet…
I’ve enjoyed watching the programs that Assiniboine Park and Zoo have been presenting… they are on Facebook Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1 pm CDT… nice to see the animals close up and learn some interesting things about how the keepers work with them…
much nicer on the tv screen than on my phone;-)…
gonna keep practicing…
29 Wednesday May 2019
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this morning I turned the furnace off as the weather has really improved…
this was the view out the front door a few minutes ago…
and this was the view out the back… so happy that it is warm enough to have the screen open…
l really love the screen protectors… haven’t walked through the screen even once, lol…
02 Wednesday Jan 2019
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big girl pants, email, NASA, sky, station, Technology, view, widow
I get an email whenever the space station flies over the house…
there will be a week or so when the messages come once or twice a day and then weeks go by with no notifications…
I’ve had a number of emails over the last week, but as the fly past has been first thing in the morning I haven’t gotten up to look for the station…
but the emails last night mentioned two fly-bys this morning… one at 6:21 and the second at 7:55, which is just about when I leave for work…
so I headed outside to watch for it… stayed out for about five minutes but didn’t spot it… think it might have been behind the neighbour’s tree…
it is always exciting when I do see it;-)…
24 Monday Sep 2018
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this morning I was enjoying the view out of the living room window…
it is sparkling clean… my grandson did a great job…
and then, tonight I read about the problem that birds have with clean windows as they migrate…
oh dear…
03 Thursday Aug 2017
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big girl pants, English Garden, flowers, garden, memories, nature, pelicans, pictures, pond, sunlight, view, walk, widow
had a lovely early morning walk to and around the Gardens at the Park…
first time the pelicans have been around this year when I’ve been on my walks…
the Gardens are lovely right now…
the gardeners were everywhere and the sprinklers were rather a danger… took quite different paths so I didn’t get drenched…
last week I got a shot of this bench with a woman seated on it from the other side of the garden… looks different from this point of view…
the view from our bench… and here’s the bench…
as I left the Gardens the path was beautiful with the dappled light…
great start to the day…
herbiggirlpants 