06 Thursday May 2021
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30 Friday Apr 2021
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, car, drove, family, grandson, memories, moments, nature, outside, walk, weather, widow
cannot remember the last time I walked outside…
I drove to my appointment and giggled as I realized I hadn’t driven since September or October… haven’t forgotten how to drive, lol…
I always park the car a good distance from the clinic so I can get steps in… today I came across a bunny on my walk…
after I got home my grandson rode his bike over to pick the car back up… while he was here he played with the dog next door for a few minutes…
it has been close to a year since he has had the car… crazy…
08 Thursday Apr 2021
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01 Thursday Apr 2021
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since the reminder in January that my eating habits had loosened up a bit too much, I’ve been eating less and much better…
I’ve also been reaching my step goal every day, even though it is not a huge goal…
I am walking a figure eight in the living and dining room, and sometimes on the deck… if I walk on the treadmill my hip gets really grumpy so I am not doing that just now…
looking forward to a better A1C result in April…
07 Thursday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, clumps, delivery, ice, moments, plow, shovel, sidewalk, snow, walk, weather, widow
about an hour ago, the city plowed the front street…
they did a great job of cleaning the end of the driveway, but the sidewalk always gets plowed in…
I put my supper in the oven, got dressed, and went out to shovel the end of the sidewalk…
I have learned over the years that if it isn’t removed immediately, it freezes into a solid block of unmovable ice…
knew that I had a small metal shovel in the garage and where it was, so I found it and cleaned all the clumps up…
went well and got it tidy for anyone who is delivering mail, parcels or treats;-)…
31 Thursday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, camera, daughter, flowers, garden, home, Instagram, joy, memories, moments, morning glories, nature, orchid, photos, plants, pond, purple, remembering, walk, widow
last evening I spent time on Instagram… people tend to put up their nine most liked photos of the year, but I decided to put up my nine favourite ones…
I was thinking they would be flowers, with maybe a bird or piece of chocolate included…
once I finished, there were seven with flowers, one bird and a monarch butterfly…
looking through the pictures reminded me of some wonderful times over this past year…
my orchids, which provide such joy for me all year long…
planting, growing and enjoying morning glories, datura and dahlias…
time spent, with and without cameras, viewing the birds in the garden…
a rose along the sidewalk on one of the walks I took this year, with my daughter in my ear;-)…
the amazing time I spent over the summer with eggs, caterpillars and butterflies… and the day my grandson and I watched the butterflies appear…
time with hearts and flower bouquets…
the water lily flowers that erupted in the pond… had the most blooms ever this summer… and I hope to overwinter them in the aquarium…
lovely reminders of a crazy, but wonderfully special year…
12 Saturday Sep 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Bruce Park, flowers, garden, health, moments, nature, traffic, walk, water, weather, widow
walked through Bruce Park the other day…
much less people traffic than the area around Assiniboine Park… quiet and peaceful…
got to see water flowing, flowers blooming and shaded green spaces…
lovely…
10 Thursday Sep 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Canada geese, end of summer, family, geese, health, honk, moments, nature, photos, sky, walk, widow
lately the geese have flown over the house honking at all times of the day… it is a sure sign that summer is nearing its end, and a sound that I love to hear…
walked over by the Park this morning with my daughter (on the phone) and watched geese going over…
also took a few photos of a pair of geese who were right beside the walkway and happy to pose…
they were not in the least perturbed by people walking so close to them… not sure if that is good or bad…
09 Wednesday Sep 2020
the weather has taken quite a turn… for the last few days it has been mainly sunny but rather chilly…
so, I’ve barely been out to the garden, or the world… I’ve even done most of my walking on the treadmill…
a bit of a preview to what the next six or seven months are likely going to be…
and I’m not sure I’m liking it…
today I did go out and spray the hibiscus with a soapy solution which should remove any little bugs… I decided to only test the solution on one plant… just in case, lol…
will see how it looks tomorrow before I spray the rest;-)…
04 Friday Sep 2020
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had my face mask on twice today…
first this morning, when I went to get some bloodwork done… now, both entrances to the clinic are open… last time I was there only the main door was open and there was a staff person making sure people were using hand sanitizer before they entered… today there was neither sanitizer nor staff person… not sure if that is an improvement or not…
I am getting more used to wearing the mask, but really dislike the fact that my phone won’t recognize me when it is on my face, lol…
later in the day I walked over to La Belle Baguette and put one on to enter the store;-)…
that may have been the first time since March that I have been inside two buildings in the same day…
