15 Friday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, cold, colours, cool, Friday, overcast, SkipTheDishes, sky, virginia creeper, widow
this morning the sky was overcast and dull…
and it was rather cool…
got a few pictures of the Virginia creeper growing up the fireplace chimney at the front of the house…
the colours sure are cool…
very happy that it is Friday… seems like it has been a long week…
I am getting the start of a cold, which is not cool, sigh, so I treated myself to a lovely Thali dinner via SkipTheDishes…
14 Thursday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, changing, flowers, garden, George, leaves, moments, purple, sky, sun, virginia creeper, widow
enjoyed the Virginia creeper this morning…
it is changing everyday and starting to look quite lovely, but unfortunately this also means that fall is coming…
the pergola that George built looks spectacular right now…
of course there were flowers blooming…
lots of purple today…
the sun was trying to make it through the smoky sky as we were driving downtown…
strange, but beautiful…
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…
30 Tuesday Sep 2014
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it was overcast and cool this morning… the morning glories were struggling with the temperature… not sure how many more blooms there will be…
the leaves are falling very quickly and there are less than half of the coloured Virginia creeper ones left along the garage…
today marked the fifth anniversary at my work…
we each have a box where other staff members can write and put notes of appreciation and thanks… my box used to be purple, but has faded to blue, lol…
so, to celebrate, I wrote a note to each person on staff thanking them for their contribution to these five years… and I brought in some nuts and a lovely chocolate haystack… we do love treats to eat…
we have been through a lot during this time… I have struggled with two serious illnesses/surgeries and my colleagues have been walking this new journey with me since George’s death… they really are amazingly supportive…
one of my colleagues had brought in some flowers from home yesterday, and this morning she shared them with me…
I have been blessed in all of the positions I have held… from a year at a law office, eight years at Transport Canada, contract work from home while our girls grew up, assisting my sister-in-law with her real estate business, a year at The Faculty of Theology at the U of W, ten years at a theological college, to these last five wonderful years…
how many people have a workplace where yoga mats have showers:-)…
22 Monday Sep 2014
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big girl pants, colour, Fall, flowers, photos, trees, virginia creeper
had a wonderful morning in the garden and down the street…
was working a later shift, so spent a couple of hours in the sunshine… watched the morning glories open…
the hibiscus was beautiful…
while I was standing at the pond this squirrel came by and gave me a good look before leaving…
and this chickadee came to the feeder right beside me… very strange because usually they are quite nervous of anyone in the area…
wandered down to the park at the end of the street to get some pictures of the Virginia creeper, which was spectacular… took a lot of shots…
as I walked back up the street spent some time with this gorgeous tree…
final shot was up through the tree…
what a great time…
30 Monday Sep 2013
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as I sit here looking out at the dark street after my friend has headed home tonight I think about the changing light…
sliver of moon in the morning…
this morning I got a lovely shot of a sliver of the moon in the sky and that was around 7:15 or so… it is quite dark when the alarm goes off in the morning… although I am usually awake ten or fifteen minutes before Michael Buble starts singing Everything, I always wait to hear it once through before getting up…
spent a few minutes taking some pictures of the virginia creeper by the garage and the trees down the street…
glorious colours in the virginia creeper by the garage…
you can see the colour change, but also the fact that one of the trees is already devoid of its leaves… there is a big heap of them on the lawn and in the street…
trees shedding leaves…
I had started taking vitamin D again as it helps me deal with the lack of light, but while I am on the antibiotics I am not able to take them… oh well, not too many more days of the pills…
21 Saturday Sep 2013
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big girl pants, camera problem, changing colours, flickers, little yellow bird, lovely day, purple finches, robins, sparrows, Top Pot Hand Forged Doughnuts, trees, virginia creeper, watching
what a lovely day…
spent some time at the front window this morning watching all the critters outside…
purple finches and sparrows…
there were flickers, robins, sparrows, chickadees, purple finches, nuthatches and this very cute bird that at first I thought was a goldfinch, but I don’t think it was… one of the neighbourhood squirrels was out as well…
cute bird on the feeder, not sure what it is…
took a walk around the creek and got a few shots of the leaves which are beginning to change en masse… on Thursday as I was driving to work I noticed a small tree at the end of the street and thought I should get a picture of it…
tree at the end of the street which was my first glimpse of the leaves changing colours…
forgot on Friday, so decided to get a few pictures today… in the process realized more than one little tree was putting on its fall coat…
virginia creeper filled with berries and gone from green to red…
wasn’t out for too long as my battery was low and as I got home my camera lens cover stopped opening… will have to take it in on Monday… sure hope they can fix it as I do love that particular camera…
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