28 Thursday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, foggy, halloween, leaves, misty, moments, nature, trees, walk, weather, widow
it was kind of spooky this morning when I went for my walk… very Halloween-y as the air was foggy and misty…
unfortunately I wasn’t able to get a good picture…
the leaves have fallen from most trees, but many of those left are quite lovely colours…
the mist dissipated as I walked and before the day was over the sun came out…
22 Friday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, furniture, garden, grandson, moments, nature, path, shed, sidewalk, stepping stones, walk, weather, widow
the weather has really gotten fall-ish…
this afternoon my grandson arrived to finish a few jobs around the yard, including putting away the lawn furniture and then he and his friend replaced the sidewalk stones along the front flowerbed… they had sunk way down into the grass over the years….
this is going to make walking from the driveway to the house much more stable and it will also be way easier to shovel once the snow arrives…
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…
19 Tuesday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, flowers, ghosts, moments, nasturtiums, nature, sunflower, walk, weather, widow, windy
had a nice walk this morning although it was 4° Celsius and windy…
saw some nasturtiums and a very tall sunflower… apparently it was a yellow day, lol…
and these cute little ghosts flying in the wind..
quite a few Halloween decorations out there…
07 Thursday Oct 2021
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allée, big girl pants, blessed, Diversity, flowers, friends, garden, happy, indigenous, moments, nature, photos, plants, The Leaf - Diversity Gardens, walk, widow
finally made it to The Leaf – Diversity Gardens…
what a special place… it is already stunning and I can’t imagine how great it will be as everything grows into the space…
I was so happy to see that a portion of the allée is still there… for years I would walk around it to get my steps in and I thought it had been removed… the trees are just beautiful…
after we crossed it, we moved into the various gardens… they were all distinctly different…
the Indigenous People’s Garden is an enclosed circle of amazing artwork depicting spring to winter, with a fire pit in the centre and seating for numbers of people… I could envision sitting in this quiet space and meditating…
the Kitchen Garden was filled with fruit trees and the most amazing sunflower plants, as well as herbs, flowers and vegetables…
again, nice benches with morning glories growing behind them for sitting…
the Performance Garden is set up as an amphitheatre and reminded me of wonderful times when we camped and attended numerous events at such locations…
part of the Sensory Garden were these great steps up and down some hills… great fun, although going up was better than coming down, lol…
enjoyed all of the critters in the Gardens… I think the butterflies were my favourite…
it was windy and all the grasses were rippling… lovely…
although there are a few ways to enter the gardens, I was very enamoured with this one…
the Water section had the coolest spheres…
all in all, a great place for a contemplative walk or a walking tour with a friend…
looking forward to my next visit…
04 Monday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, hip, moments, pain, slow, Technology, treadmill, walk, widow
recently I’ve got back on the treadmill…
I had stopped walking on it because every time I was on it my knee and hip would end up sore…
so for a long time figure eights around the living and dining rooms were how I got my steps in… recently I began taking walks outside with my daughter on the phone (in my ear)…
as I have reintroduced walking on the treadmill, I am using a much slower speed… that seems to be working well…
I am also only walking for a short period because I don’t want to hurt myself again…
I am careful that I don’t get so engrossed in the show I’m watching that I stay on it for too long, lol…
13 Monday Sep 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, food, friends, fun, lake, memories, moments, nature, time, vacation, walk, water, widow
recently home, following a two day vacation, which easily felt like four days…
drove up to the cottage with a friend one morning and returned home the next evening…
we had a wonderful time… we sat on the beach for a while, spent time walking and beachcombing, spotted numerous mushrooms, watched a wonderful display of pelicans and cormorants, ate great food, relaxed, and talked by the fire…
what a delightful break…
09 Thursday Sep 2021
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I went for a walk… outside… in the neighbourhood… no idea when I did that last…
walked with my daughter in my ear…
didn’t go too far, up to and around Bruce Park… it was lovely to see flowers, the creek, and get some photos…
felt fine at the end… only met a few people and they weren’t close to me…
29 Tuesday Jun 2021
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the daisies have crossed the garden a number of times over the years…
this year there are none… this is very sad…
I noticed that there was a clump in the neighbour’s front yard… I think they travelled a bit farther than before…
I’m hoping they come back to the garden next year;-)…
29 Saturday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, couple, ducks, friends, garden, mallards, moments, nature, purple, walk, widow
today I spotted a few visitors in the neighbourhood…
all day my baby bunny friend has been popping up in the garden… I think we are becoming friends, lol…
now it sits closer to me and for longer periods;-)…
later in the day, as I was getting my steps in, I saw a mallard pair sitting under the pine tree next door… not sure I’ve ever seen ducks this close to the house…
beautiful couple…
