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13 Saturday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, bunny, deck, garden, goldfinch, hot tub, moment, The Captain's Table, walk

recently I’ve been coming outside and sitting on the deck to write my blog post… lovely way to end the day and another opportunity to get outside…

today I’ve been on all three decks for some period of the day…

 
started the day with an early morning hot tub… turned the waterfall back on so got to hear the lovely water sounds… sat on the back deck and read and watched the various wildlife that visited…

  
besides the goldfinches there were squirrels, butterflies and a large dragonfly… I think the second goldfinch in this picture was a juvenile, not the missus…

  
went in while it rained, and then sat on the deck by the door to read… while there, a cute little bunny came by…

 
sat there for at least ten minutes before hopping away… 

lovely treat when my kids called and three of them met me for supper at The Captain’s Table… my favourite fish and chip place… luckily I walked there and back to help make up for the fried food I ate…

 
they headed off to wash the car andchauffeur one of the other kids, and I stopped at the grocery store to pick up salad fixins for tomorrow’s supper…

noticed the first clematis bloom when I arrived home… it is doing very well this year…

  

going to make some tea and read a bit more while I’m out here and the sky is blue… enjoying the moment…

blooms…

07 Sunday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, blooms, English Garden, pond, poppies, pump, walk, weather

so excited this morning to see the first open poppy…

  
just love poppies and we have spent years seeing how many bloom each year… numbers have varied from two or three to over fifty… never clear why a certain number come up…

walking over to the Park to meet friends for brunch, took this picture of the sky…

  
wore a hat and brought a rain jacket just to be safe…

had a great visit with my friends and watched clouds come and go while we visited… thunder was rumbling across the sky when I left them, but I did a quick walk around the English Garden before heading home… 

  
smelled delicious… and the rose standards were nearly all in bloom…

  
made it home before the rain, and a while ago turned off the pumps in the pond so that I could fill it… water level is very low… testing to see if the level goes down when the pumps aren’t going…

  
the goldfish were busy finding all the algae they haven’t been able to get at, lol… I could actually hear them eating…

  
strange weather day, from cool and overcast, to sunny, to rainy, to clear and warm…

spring…

23 Thursday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, bunny, crows, light, Spring, sun, walk

everyone is so excited for spring… 

the crows were chatting amongst themselves as I was heading out to my ride this morning…

  
there were a couple of them in the tree…

as we turned onto the next street I caught sight of a good-sized brown bunny…  

on my way home tonight I walked part way and enjoyed the birdsong and the sun on my face…

got a shot of these buds bursting into leaves…

  
sun was shining and the wind had died down… just beautiful out…

just this morning I was thinking about how light it is so early…

looking forward to more warm and sunny days…

yay spring…

smell…

10 Friday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, hyacinth, peace lily, smell, Starbuck's, walk

there’s a lovely smell in the house these days…

last week when I picked up the tulips I also picked up a hyacinth…
was hoping for purple but it turned out to be a white one…
  
every time I walk into the house it smells like spring… even smell it when I am walking down the stairs…
recently had a lovely walk in the spring weather with someone I don’t get to visit with much…
had a cup of tea at Starbucks, where she had to point out the area where the milk and sweetener were located… 
I laughed as I mentioned how I was always embarrassing my girls by not knowing where things are located…
the peace lily is beautiful right now…
  

look…

08 Wednesday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, look, robins, squirrels, walk

can you believe this crazy weather…

  

this morning everything was covered in a light dusting of snow… really, sigh…

dull and overcast for most of the day… sun finally came out about 4:15 but it wasn’t out for long…

walked part way home and saw my first robins of the year… three of them… they moved too fast so I couldn’t get a picture… wonderful to hear their song though…

looked out the back window and saw this little guy…

  

he was eating some of the bird feeder sunflower seeds… there’s been another squirrel hanging around… got red and gray ones this year…

amazing what you can see if you take a moment to look…

toes…

06 Monday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, friends, pedicure, sushi, toes, walk

started the day with a walk to the grocery store to pick up some dishwasher soap… sadly I had none and was having company for dinner so needed to get the current dirty dishes washed… 

decided to walk to get my exercise and it was sunny and warm out, so away I went… sign on the door of the store advised that their internet was down and they were only taking cash… usually I have sixty or eighty dollars in my wallet, but when I checked there was only a ten dollar bill… luckily the soap was only $7, phew…

I’ve been doing a lot of big girl pants activities recently and thought I deserved a treat, so called and booked an appointment for a pedicure…  

had to wait for my time slot but really enjoyed the pedicure… had a lovely young woman who was very gentle and gave me a wonderful foot massage which is my favourite part, lol.. pretty toes now…    

picked up some sushi and tried to get the car washed, but there was a huge lineup so I just kept driving…

had a rest, tidied the house and waited for friends to arrive for dinner…

had a wonderful evening…  

variety…

25 Wednesday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, snow, sun, variety, walk, weather

crazy variety of weather today… 

first thing this morning I looked out the window to see this…

  

could barely see in front of our noses… wet snow falling and strong winds…

around noon the snow stopped but the wind continued…

on our way home the sun was out and the snow was melting…

  

it was beautiful so I decided to walk part way home, although the wind did push me around… was a bit worried about the sidewalks and whether they still had ice on them… mainly dry with just a few wet patches… great walk…

this is what I saw when I got home and looked out that same window…

  

wonder what it is going to look like tomorrow, lol…

sandals…

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, missing, moon, sandals, treadmill, walk

beautiful sliver of moon this morning…



struggled with technology at work… was very happy to head for home at the end of the day…

should have gone to aquasize, but instead walked the last few blocks and had a long nap…

wonderful to walk in my sandals and not be wearing boots…



I wear sandals all winter at work… they are the most comfortable for my feet, so it just makes sense to wear them… often makes my colleagues shudder in December or January to see me with bare toes, as they think I must be cold, but I don’t feel that…

I’ve been trying to figure out where a second pair of my sandals are… not at the front door where they should be… just couldn’t figure it out…

as I was getting organized to head downstairs to walk, it occurred to me that the missing sandals were the ones I put on to walk on the treadmill…

yikes…

walk…

12 Thursday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, buds, creek, moments, snow, walk

had another lovely walk home tonight… passed a number of bushes that have started to produce buds… tried to get a picture but it didn’t turn out…

but I did get a great shot of the creek which is filled with running water…



so wonderful to see the snow melting away more and more each day…

got a wonderful card a few days ago from a friend who knew what a hard time I have been going through…



it came at the perfect time and was a lovely gesture which warmed my heart…

life is so special and moments like a walk in the afternoon and enjoying a card make it even better…

sounds…

11 Wednesday Mar 2015

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, nature

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big girl pants, crows, garden, snow, sounds, walk

walked from the grocery store after I got a haircut…

beautiful evening… didn’t wear my gloves tonight or last night when I walked home…

got a lovely shot of this tree… thinking it will be filled with buds before too long…



the crows have been squawking a lot… caught this one in one of the trees down the street…



also heard the water swirling into the drains as I came to street corners… there were rivers of running water everywhere I went…



last picture I took was of the garden… the snow is vanishing more and more each day…

before we know it the pond will be ready for the fish…

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