24 Sunday Mar 2024
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29 Wednesday Sep 2021
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afternoon, big girl pants, blessed, fish, friends, garden, happy, moments, nature, pond, sun, time, together, visitors, weather, widow
what a delightful afternoon yesterday…
put out all the cushions and the umbrellas…
next I made coffee and had a few moments to read while I waited for my friends to arrive…
we decided not long ago to meet in the afternoon when it is warmer, as we continue to meet outdoors…
one had something else on, another connected by phone… the rest of us gathered in person…
it was a beautiful day and we sat close to the pond… both pumps were turned off to make it easier to hear one another, lol…
there were lots of visitors while we were meeting… a variety of sparrows, blue jays, squirrels, a cat and we even spotted a mouse racing through the grass… the fish swam around where we could see them as well…
strange to have such warm weather, but we certainly enjoyed it…
07 Thursday Dec 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, blog, followers, insights, journey, visitors, widow, WordPress, writing
been looking at my stats recently…
as of today I have 280 followers… 270 on WordPress and 10 via email…
sort of fun to review the insights and see how many people are checking it out…
it is also interesting to see where the viewers come from…
kind of amazing to think of people across the world checking out what you’ve written, lol…
I started writing in December of 2012… been a real journey… sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday and other times a decade ago…
and so we move forward… those big girl pants…
07 Monday Aug 2017
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woke up to see x marking the spot above me…
think it was just so I knew where I was…
it was chilly in the night so I did get up and put on a hoodie… my little cocoon ended up just right…
had a few visitors over the last few days…
the goldfinch has come by both days and let me get a few nice shots…
also had a bunny stop by for a visit…
must have stayed there for half an hour…
some type of bug has been munching on the morning glories… wasn’t so bad when it was just the leaves, but now the flowers are being affected;-(…
going to have to see if I can figure out who the culprit is…
19 Saturday Dec 2015
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big girl pants, Christmas, dinner, pedicure, prep, sleepover, snow, sports, stuffing, toes, visitors
we got up early so my daughter could call her husband to be sure he was up… he was spending the day flying to get here… quite a circuitous route… we didn’t want him to miss his ride…
it was beautiful outside and I got this shot of the snow hanging from the neighbour’s roof…
made breakfast and then we popped out to get a few last minute groceries… my Winnipeg daughter picked us up and we went for pedicures…
pretty toes for everyone… mine are purple…
nice time… one child went off visiting and the other headed home…
I had a nap and then got some prep done for our Christmas dinner tomorrow night…
started with the stuffing… my favourite… then turnip and potatoes… put some of the stuffing into muffin tins… the rest will go into the turkey…
had a lovely time watching some luge, skiing, and show jumping in between the prep work… haven’t had the opportunity to watch much sports so really enjoyed the time this afternoon…
food is ready for cooking now and first thing in the morning I will get the table set…
going to watch a few shows and then head to bed… the visitors are sleeping over with the grandkids so I will see them later tomorrow…
quiet evening:-)…
25 Sunday Oct 2015
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spent some time in the hot tub this morning…
had to put on my water boots and my touque… starting to be cold on the feet and the ears…
a dozen geese flew just over the house in total silence… wonderful view of them… what a special moment…
as I was sitting there I was thinking of my new spoon…
reminded me of going to a family member’s cottage for weekends a number of years ago… George and I were both early risers and he would make coffee with two spoonfuls of sugar and a good dollop of milk… took a while to stir that sugar in, and the sound of the stirring would drive our host, who was trying to sleep in, crazy… got to be a bit of a private joke for us…
hadn’t thought of that for years, lol…
got my pictures printed and put them into two of the squares in the coffee table…
asked one of my grandsons to help me and he had a hard time because he thought they should line up exactly… eventually he gave up on the job and asked his mom to finish… we did have some fun looking at them and remembering the events…
hoping that visitors will also enjoy looking through them…
16 Tuesday Dec 2014
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big girl pants, chicken, food, good, potluck, preparing, safety pins, visitors
this morning at work I had to borrow some safety pins to make sure my pants didn’t fall down… they fit fine when I bought them… apparently I am losing a bit of weight, lol…
pinned up pants…
had some visitors this evening and we wandered around the house and checked out some of the items I am trying to divest… happily they walked away with a shoe rack and are thinking of at least a couple of other things…
then I spent some time removing the meat from the bones of a chicken, thinking all through the process of my colleagues who will be enjoying this chicken tomorrow at our potluck…
chicken, ready to go…
only last night I was talking with a group of women about taking the time when preparing food to think of those who will be enjoying it… I always find that it makes the task much more enjoyable for me and I think people can sense the effort I have put into whatever it is I am making…
life is full, and good…
29 Wednesday Jan 2014
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big girl pants, busy evening, George, giggle, picture, purple, purple door, purple wall, red, visitors
not very often that I have visitors in the evening… well, other than Monday nights, lol…
tonight I had two different ones…
possible picture for the purple wall…
a colleague dropped off a picture for me to check out and see if I want to use it on the new purple wall… thinking I like it, but will need to have a look at it in the daylight…
very shortly after that a friend stopped by to pick up the car to use while she is in town over the next few days…
I had made tea, but both women had things to do and places to be, so I had to drink the tea all on my own…
during the day my contractor friend was by and painted the new door upstairs purple… it looks amazing… so then I had to stage the room to get a picture for you…
purple door in the bedroom…
made me giggle a bit… for quite a long period in our life I had red everywhere and it drove George a bit batty… I wonder what he would think now as the purple slowly creeps into the house room by room…
sometimes wearing those big girl pants is kind of fun…
30 Tuesday Jul 2013
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digging, goldfinches, planting, purple finches, reading, slept out under the stars, sparrows, Sunday, visitors, watching birds and bees
slept out under the stars and enjoyed watching the moon move through the sky as the night progressed…
bed for the night under the stars…
then spent Sunday planting, reading and watching all the visitors who came by…
before I started planting…
took a few shots of the landscape before making all the changes…
decided I liked where the plants were sitting and started to get them into the ground…
after planting…
worked on one or two and then took a break, to read and watch the various flying friends who stopped by…
behind the waterfall…
there were goldfinches and purple finches and lots of sparrows of various sorts… there were bees and wasps and a couple of butterflies and dragonflies…
once the planting was done I tidied up the bench which had been covered with pots during the construction…
then I took it easy… lots of work, but was very happy with the results… looks much better now…
14 Sunday Jul 2013
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bird friends, breakfast, degreaser, goldfinch, more shy, neighbour, oil on the deck, Olympus, purple finch, reading, visitors, waterfall, weeding
had breakfast with some bird friends this morning…
the goldfinch couple are regulars and often announce themselves with some lovely singing…
goldfinch having breakfast…
they have come to accept me as long as I move around the garden slowly, otherwise they fly away, but they always return later when it is quieter in the garden…
the purple finch couple have been coming quite regularly as well, but they are much more shy, and if I move more than quietly picking up the camera, they are gone and it takes a while for them to return…
purple finch couple…
the blue jays fly through the garden but don’t stop and the crows fly past now and again… haven’t heard any geese for a while…
got a shot of the waterfall today with the Olympus and notice that it shows the water a bit differently…
waterfall taken with the Olympus…
a neighbour stopped by with some degreaser to see if it would lift the oil what was spilled on the deck over the winter… will see what it looks like tomorrow…
did some weeding, and quite a bit of reading, today…
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