03 Monday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, coneflower, early, flowers, moments, morning glories, nature, pictures, pinky, purple, roses, walk, widow
on my walk this morning all the photos of flowers that I took were pinky/purple, lol…
although it was a holiday and I left the house a bit later than normal, there were few people out and about…
30 Thursday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, bunnies, family, garden, moments, morning glories, movement, nature, on track, partner, purple, squirrels, track, walk, widow
went for a half hour walk this morning and spotted six bunnies…
they were everywhere…
only saw one squirrel until I got home, and then easily six in the garden within about twenty minutes, lol…
I was about fifteen minutes later than normal and there seemed to be way more people out and about… my walking partner slept through the alarm so I was on my own… I am pleased to be getting back on track with movement;-)…
started out with a puffy vest and long sleeved shirt because it was 13 degrees Celsius, but less than halfway through the walk I wanted to strip down… it got really hot in the sun…
the morning glories were very happy…
24 Friday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, burger, carpet, family, garden, helpful, lunch, moments, muggy, treat, walk, weather, widow
yesterday my son-in-law came by and we had a lovely visit and cup of tea on the deck… it was quite cool at that time…
he fixed the chairs I’ve been trying to redo, without any problem, lol… I did learn how to cut through plastic using the clamp on the counter in the garage…
it got really hot and muggy as he cleaned up some bits of carpet that had been dissolving alongside of the garage… after he finished, we walked over to pick up burgers from The Burger Place…
we had lunch in the garden and he headed out to his next activity…
what a treat;-)…
23 Thursday Jul 2020
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, check-in, companion, covid-19, English Garden, family, iPhone, moments, nervous, walk, widow, wireless headphones
been walking with my daughter the last few weeks… on the phone, lol…
this is encouraging me to get up and out for a stroll… everyday I have gone a bit further and have enjoyed our time together….
it is nice to have a companion and there is no worry about physical distancing…
here are a few photos I’ve taken as we walked…
got this shot of the elementary school that the girls went to many years ago, lol…
great way to start the day – exercise and check-in;-)…
yesterday we walked a bit longer and I went as far as the Park… the English Garden doesn’t open until 9 now, due to Covid-19, and we walk at about 7:15, so that’s too bad, lol… it felt good to get to the Park as I hadn’t been there yet this year and I sure do miss it…
I am finding that I am less nervous the more that I get out and walk, although I am very careful to step to the side if someone is coming towards me…
20 Wednesday May 2020
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angel trumpet, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, datura, flowers, garden, gardener, memories, morning glories, nature, planters, seedlings, walk, widow
so excited this morning to discover these two little seedlings… they are morning glories…
once I’ve put out the cushions for the furniture, I walk around and check all of the pots that I have planted…
I’d been worried that the morning glories weren’t going to come up… at the same time I also planted some datura in pots in the front yard and they haven’t come through yet… but now I am hopeful that they still might…
we’ve grown both morning glories and daturas for many years… I am looking forward to seeing some this year, particularly as the garden may be the only place I travel to, lol…
most of the dahlias and tomatoes are doing nicely… it looks like a couple of the dahlias aren’t going to make it…
waiting for plants from Shelmerdine to arrive and make their way into the ground… they were a birthday gift from the kids in Ottawa…
I enjoy planting pots and planters but hope to have the items that are going into the ground planted by Hilda the Gardener;-)…
19 Tuesday May 2020
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big girl pants, cutie, elm, flower, garden, memories, missing, moments, name, purple, shady, walk, widow
another great day…
while I was on a walking tour around my space, I spotted this little cutie in the shade garden…
of course the shade garden is no longer shady as the elm that provided that shade was removed a number of years ago…
I still miss it… and clearly I need a new name for this garden, lol…
05 Tuesday May 2020
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bag, big girl pants, blessed, boiled, daughter, delicious, dinner, Florida, Hawaii, Maui, memories, moments, remembering, Shrimp Hale, taste, vacation, walk, widow
someone recently talked about taking the time to enjoy eating, whether it is a snack, a meal, a treat…
tonight I had shrimp with cocktail sauce for my dinner…
while I was eating, I was remembering…
many years ago I flew to Florida with a dear family friend on vacation… I was there in case she had any problems with her health… we had a wonderful time and I enjoyed every minute with her…
one of the things you could do there was order cooked shrimp while shopping at the grocery store… while you shopped they were boiled and bagged for you to take home fresh… many evenings we peeled these delicious cold shrimp for our dinner as we discussed our day and life in general…
the other special memory was when we were in Hawaii last year and went to Shrimp Hale… it was a little restaurant in a strip mall just a short walk from where we were staying that we just happened upon…
the shrimp were boiled, butter, garlic and fresh lemon were added, and it was brought hot to the table in a plastic bag… we were given plastic bibs and gloves… the shells just went onto the paper on the table… it was such fun and so delicious…
such wonderful and special moments and memories… how blessed I am…
made my dinner taste even better…
07 Saturday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, boot, friends, fun, garden, geese, leak, moments, nature, soaked, sunshine, treat, walk, widow
had a lovely day…
walked to and from the Park with a friend and had lunch at the Park Cafe… I’ve been ordering the same thing for a while now – the beet and goat cheese salad with falafel on the side… it is delicious… I order a side so it is just the right size…
enjoyed all the bits of nature which I spotted at home and on our walk… I also saw and heard geese flying over which was an early Spring treat…
the only unfortunate thing was that one of my boots sprang a leak and by the time I was home my foot was soaked...
apparently I am going to have to get new boots for next year;-(…
02 Monday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaners, family, friends, haircut, moments, purple, snow, trim, walk, weather, widow, wind
finished tidying the house this morning and then spent time reading while I waited for my cleaners…
once they arrived I got dressed and walked over to the hairdresser to get a trim… we both noticed that my hair seems to be growing a bit more quickly right now… once it was cut there was still a tiny bit of purple remaining…
it was a nice stroll there, a bit breezy, but on the way back big snowflakes were coming down and the wind was blowing sideways… happily my son-in-law picked me up part way home…
cleaners had gone, I made tea and we had a visit before he was off to his next activity…
finished the afternoon reading;-)…
snow finally stopped and it looked so quiet and peaceful out there…
friends came by for coffee and a visit, and when they left it was snowing again;-(…
21 Friday Feb 2020
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, diabetes, doctor, moments, route, stroll, walk, weather, widow
had a lovely walk this morning…
exactly a week since I took the same route on a freezing morning… quite a difference today…
today I parked much further down the street and enjoyed the stroll to and from my appointment, where my doctor was pleased with my blood pressure, A1C and heart…
looking forward to more walks in nicer weather…
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