01 Thursday Apr 2021
Posted in food, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
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
Posted in life, moments, Uncategorized, weather
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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
Posted in garden, health, life, loss, moments, nature, Photography, Uncategorized
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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
Posted in business, health, life, technology, Uncategorized
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…
31 Monday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, pictures, pond, purple, walk, walkabout, widow
had a short walkabout this morning and took some photos of flowers in the garden…
the water lily looks to be opening for the last time… the other two are already sinking into the water…
the butterfly bush is still blooming every day…
the datura has some beautiful colours…
there are still a few morning glories blooming each day…
and finally, the sunflower is beginning to open… not sure if it will produce sunflower seeds…
good walk;-)…
28 Friday Aug 2020
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baby fish, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, fish, friends, fudgicle, garden, memories, moments, nature, photos, pond, Technology, walk, widow
had an excellent visit with a good friend a few days ago…
she brought fresh veggies from her garden… we consulted on a project, talked about our lives, exercise, technology, and living on our own…
we ordered in some tasty Pho Hoang and had fudgicles for dessert…
after dinner, while we were sitting beside the pond, I spotted baby fish… this was very exciting…
after she left, I sat and spotted at least four, in three different sizes… looks like two about two inches long and at least one each of two smaller ones…
have not been able to get any photos as they move very quickly and look black in the water, lol… maybe they are nervous about some of those bigger ones..
a lovely time…
20 Thursday Aug 2020
Posted in family, garden, health, life, moments, Photography, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, health, inukshuk, moments, rebuild, walk, widow
on a recent morning walk I spotted this Inukshuk…
it reminded me of the one in the garden… over the winter it had ended up a pile of stones…
in May my grandson and I put it back together, although it wasn’t quite right…
when Hilda the Gardener was here recently, she took it apart and didn’t rebuild it…
the kids were here for dinner a few weeks ago and they got it back together…
and it looks great;-)…
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