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29 Sunday Jul 2018

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Friday morning got to spend time with my sister-in-law who was in from Calgary for the weekend…

picked her up at the airport and headed over to the Park Cafe for breakfast and a wander around the Duck Pond and Gardens…

was able to see the new island in the Duck Pond… it will filter the water in the pond and help with algae control… looks really neat… a duck or two came up to us as we were admiring the pond…

had a wonderful visit as we checked out the Gardens… got a fun shot of three wheelbarrows lined up as a crew of gardeners were weeding a bed at the entrance to the Leo Mol Garden…

haven’t seen my sister-in-law for ages so it was a real treat to spend time with her… she was married to my brother and when they divorced we kept her and let him go;-)…

critters…

22 Sunday Jul 2018

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this morning after a hot tub I walked over to the Park, and then around the Gardens…

found a few critters in my travels…

first was a frog in the lily pond… only one I spotted today… there were many open lilies but no other frogs…

took quite a few photos of this cool flower and found this wasp…

the hydrangeas are blooming everywhere and when I took this shot caught a fly in amongst the flowers…

no spiders today;-)…

appetite…

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

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this morning I was reminded that six years ago today I had surgery to remove my uterus and repair a large hernia… just a few months after losing my beloved…

how my life has changed since then…

I did have cancer, but removing the whole thing meant no further treatment needed to happen, other than frequent checkups for the next five years…

for ten weeks I couldn’t lift anything… friends and family came by to do everything that needed to be done…

since then I have been well, although two years later I was diagnosed with diabetes… I’ve lost weight, been more active and changed my diet… thankfully I do not need to take any meds…

tonight, as I ate rice rolls that a colleague brought me, I was reminded of how little I ate during those first weeks… I had no appetite and a friend who came to stay with me worked very hard to find foods that would temp my taste buds, lol…

one of my fondest memories was the day I was able to walk out of the house and into the garden after being stuck inside on the main floor for over a week because I couldn’t manage stairs…

the garden is such a healing place…

pelicans…

15 Sunday Jul 2018

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a few days ago I received a postcard in the mail from my Ottawa daughter… she had sent it from Kingston and it had a beautiful heron on it…

I love herons and we were recently talking about them as they seem much more common in Ontario than here… either that or I am just not in the places here where they reside… she often sends me photos of them when she’s by the river or paddle boarding…

just last week when the boys and I were on a walk, the pelicans were on the river as we crossed the bridge… first time this year that I’d seen them… got a few pics but mostly from far away…

today as I walked over the bridge to the Park they were on the water again… they are another bird that I find very interesting… often they can be seen in Lockport, but I haven’t made it there yet this year…

I do love it when I spy birds when I am out and about… so blessed to have the opportunity for walks in such a beautiful area…

mandevilla…

13 Friday Jul 2018

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spent quite a while on the phone with my daughter this morning… our conversation started as I was walking home from the Park…

finished the call relaxing in the garden before it got too hot…

and how exciting is this;-)…

finally the first flower on the mandevilla opened today…

there are dozens of buds so it will be interesting to watch them all open…

WWTB day 6…

04 Wednesday Jul 2018

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bit of a sleep in this morning as I didn’t have to be at the office until 9…

during the very early morning there was a big thunderstorm, which kept me awake… so I hadn’t slept well for the second night and started the day with a serious headache…

got a few shots of the eggplants covered in rainwater before heading out…

dropped the camper off and got a quick bye grandma… much more enthusiastic today, lol…

not long after I got home (early because we started late and finished early today) the wind blew the umbrella right off the table and onto the deck by the hot tub just a few feet from the middle guy… scary…

we went over to the Park to hunt for Pokémon and when we got there the app stopped working… so instead, we searched for frogs and found a bunch…

nice to have some one-on-one time with this guy… we picked up the camper and walked over the bridge for ice cream at Sargent Sundae… spotted a plane flying over the river as we crossed it…

heard about everyone’s day as we had supper…

did laundry because at least one of these young men gets his clothes really dirty, lol…

WWTB day 3…

01 Sunday Jul 2018

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last night we did stay up and walk over to the the track behind the Library to watch the fireworks… it was a beautiful night and a great show…

this morning we slept in… well I was awake, but stayed in bed so the boys could get their sleep…

once up, and after breakfast, we spent some time in the garden… did some watering, trimming and relaxing… tv watching, video game playing, and possibly some napping was how we spent most of the day, with a bit of time outside playing with the football…

around four we packed a bag and walked over to the Children’s Playground at the Park…

there were a lot of people enjoying Canada Day festivities…. we caught a few Pokémon and then started home when the thunder and lightning started… part way home the rain poured down… we decided to pick up pizza and walked fast…

once we arrived home we took off our wet jackets, hats, shoes and the backpack and had the pizza… thankfully, the box had not quite disintegrated…

FaceTimed with mommy and watched some tv…

WWTB day 2…

30 Saturday Jun 2018

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another fun day…

after breakfast the older mowed the grass, whipper snipped, and we moved the rocking chair… we will see how it feels in the new spot…

then we headed over to the Zoo to check out the wolves and big bugs…

it was overcast but not too hot… we also stayed quite a while in the butterfly garden, sitting still and hoping that a butterfly would land on us…

stopped at Indigo to pick up some reading material… was all excited that they wanted books, but they meant graphic novels, ie comics, lol… although the boys did tell me they read all the words…

lunch at Subway and home to play video games and watch tv…

organized twice stuffed potatoes to go with our country style spareribs as this was the request…

they are currently playing football in the park…

planning to watch fireworks at eleven just a few streets over…

and sleep in tomorrow…

board…

24 Sunday Jun 2018

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productive day… up early and out by eight for a walk to the Park…

it was overcast and cool… nice for walking… the English and Leo Mol Gardens were empty except for a few gardeners and me…

by the time I left there were runners, dog walkers and families flooding the space…

music was coming from the Lyric as I headed along the path and I wondered what was happening today… as I crossed the bridge and saw everyone with at least one dog, it came to me that it was PawsInMotion, lol…

once home, I finished my grocery list and went to Safeway to pick up a few things for tonight and the coming week…

my son-in-law and youngest grandson arrived for supper and a visit… everyone else in the family was busy…

after dinner my son-in-law cut down the piece he had found to make my new cutting board… the one I’ve been using had come out of their house when they moved in and remodeled their kitchen nearly three years ago… it was a bit narrow and short… my previous one, which George had made, had gone into the garbage as it was completely worn out…

this new one fits perfectly… it is quite dark so likely it is going to take a while for me to get used to it;-)…

but I am very happy because a new board has been on my what I would like list since at least two years ago Christmas, lol…

can’t rush a good thing…

cafe…

14 Monday May 2018

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took some nice shots over the last few days… the cloud formation was very pretty last night… and this morning I took a few photos of the flowers that we picked up yesterday… one is quite beautiful, called starry sky… it is a petunia and I’m not fond of them but it was too beautiful not to bring home…

once I got home tonight I walked over to the Yafa Cafe to meet my buddies for a birthday dinner… we tried a number of items and enjoyed them all…

lovely time with wonderful women;-)…