drops…

16 Friday Sep 2016

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big girl pants, dahlias, drops, ducks, flowers, Park, soccer, volleyball, water, water lily, widow

spent the morning wandering through the Park…

most everything was damp and there were lots of drops on the flowers…

this branch was so pretty with the raindrops…

purple water lily in the lily pond…

dahlias are so beautiful… even if they are not purple…

these are so delicate and airy… and the water drops look great…

not sure what kind of duck this is but it was kind enough to stand still so I could get a good shot…

once I got home I had some lunch and a nap… and headed down to the U of W to watch my grandso play volleyball… it was great fun and they played really well…

got this great shot of some of the action… then we blasted to their house, grabbed jackets, picked up supper and headed to his final soccer game of the year… at the end of the that game, one of his buddies poured water on him so he was rather damp on the ride…

back to the volleyball tournament where he played one last game…

I think he will sleep well tonight… me too, lol…

fluid…

31 Wednesday Aug 2016

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yesterday I took a few photos before I turned off the pump in the pond…

the waterfall is not flowing very well and I am going to be away for a few days, so I turned it off… I don’t want the pump to burn out if too much fluid evaporates…

this begonia has just been growing like crazy… apparently it has enjoyed the rain and heat…

first thing tomorrow I will water everything before I leave…

wonder how the garden will look when I get home…

sounds…

02 Tuesday Aug 2016

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big girl pants, birch trees, loon, rustling, sounds, vacation, wakeboarding, water, widow

thought about our vacation and what were the most special moments for me…

three things came to me… the mesmerizing sound of the loons on the water…

it is such a haunting and amazingly beautiful sound…

the second sound that stood out for me was the rustling of the birch tree leaves… it often sounded like a gentle rain…

and finally, the sound of water rushing up into my face when I was trying to stand up on the wakeboard…

all water sounds, lol…

camping, day 6…

26 Tuesday Jul 2016

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what a lovely day… heard a couple of loons as we were having our breakfast and packing our lunch…

sun shone and we spent the whole day on the water…

started with a number of rides on the big tube…

the two little guys practically fly when their daddy tries to dump them off, and there are huge grins on all their faces throughout the process…

the oldest grandson and I had a blast, when I wasn’t screaming, lol…

picnic on board and we toured around half the lake, admiring the cottages… then we swam off the boat…

after that, there was wakeboarding action… my daughter, son-in-law, and middle grandson are all naturals… my oldest was very close to getting up but the water was getting a bit choppy…

then it was my turn… they had to lower me into the water once the boots were on my feet…

my daughter got right in with me and helped me get positioned…

tried and tried but couldn’t get up… laughed the whole time though… they moved on to kneeboarding and the three oldest boys in the group had a great time, lol… and were very good at it…

travelled home after a fun time…

got the boat docked and headed back to the campsite…

my daughter and I went on little tubes (from our visit to Courtenay, many years ago) at the water by our site… bit breezy so we ended up with rock burns, lol…

made and had supper, which was cooked over the fire once again… and a couple of us are trying to save the fire, while the others went out for supplies, but it isn’t looking good, lol…

hoping you had a special day too…

story…

22 Wednesday Jun 2016

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big girl pants, bouquet, daisies, flowers, garden, orchid, pond, story, treat, water, widow

just yesterday a colleague and I were discussing how best to look after orchids…

I was sharing the story of my IKEA orchid which I purchased in October… it bloomed until about a month ago and now a new stem is blooming…

I treat orchids like cut flowers… well, basically that’s how I deal with all plants…

I water them sparingly on Saturday… some people use an ice cube weekly to be sure they don’t overwater… my orchids have all liked being in the sun for a good portion of the day…

if they last longer than a bouquet that’s great, if not they get tossed…

way less stress and I am often pleasantly surprised when they last a long time…

I have a bamboo which one of my daughter’s friends brought me when I had surgery in 2010… still going strong…

tonight I was sitting outside while the pond was filling and admiring the daisy explosion in the garden…

they are everywhere…

flowers inside and out… what a treat…

Atlanta Day 2…

17 Friday Jun 2016

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Atlanta Day 2, big girl pants, Chihuly, flowers, garden, happy, long way baby, pills, water

this morning I stood at the window looking out over the city of Atlanta taking pills and chugging them back with a bottle of water…

for many years getting pills down was very difficult and I always had to have juice or tea because I didn’t drink water…

now, they slide down easily and water is something I drink all the time…

and I have travelled a whole lot more…

I’ve come a long way baby;-)…

here are just a few shots of things that made me happy throughout the day…

a cacao tree… later in the day we stopped and had some excellent chocolate…

a huge purple orchid…

a stunning blue and purple installation which we nearly missed…

a lotus blooming…

dusting of one of the glass pieces…

a ginormous bumblebee…

fun at the Midtown sign which we just discovered this morning…

being quite naughty and disobeying a few rules…

water…

25 Wednesday May 2016

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big girl pants, face, pond, raining, reflection, water, waterfall, widow

it has been raining since around four this afternoon so I decided to write about a more positive view of water for me, lol…

I love water… rain, not so much… don’t like to get my face wet…

early yesterday I spent a few minutes in the garden…

enjoyed the reflection of the solar lights in the pond…

the waterfall looks so lovely and watching and listening to it makes me happy…

last evening I went to aquasize with my friend…

at one point water splashed up onto my face and into my ear… yuck…

I have come a long way because at one time I would have got out of the pool, dried my face, and not gone back in…

with those darn big girl pants, I just wiped my face with my hands and carried on… although I did complain about it;-)…

rain…

10 Tuesday May 2016

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woke up to the gentle sound of rain on the window… we’ve really needed it…

could almost see the grass getting greener, lol…

was a bit worried because I am still getting water in the basement if it rains a lot… happily, when I got home and checked, it was dry… even though it rained on and off all day…

finally wore my new Patagonia rain jacket when I headed out for my lunch date… bought it for New York, but the weather was great so I never used it…

met a friend at deer + almond… my first time there and it was excellent… food was tasty and the service was impeccable…

I had an open faced seared tuna sandwich with a goat cheese salad… yum…

spent time in the water after work as my swimming pal and I went for an aquasize class…

lots of water today, lol…

rocks…

29 Friday Apr 2016

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big girl pants, family, fieldstones, garden, hibiscus, ice cream, pond, purple, rain barrel, rocks, water, widow

what a wonderful day…

met up with my son-in-law and we went in search of rocks for the pond…

we found some river stone for the bottom of the pond and eventually some nice sized fieldstone for around the perimeter as I haven’t felt the flat slate edge worked well…

we also picked up a power washer…

came home and someone played with it for quite a while…

had lunch on the deck, put together the hammock, enjoyed looking at my new hibiscus, and headed out for more fun…

found a rain barrel on sale, some dahlias and three air plants…

very happy with the barrel as the garbage can I’d been using sprang a leak at the end of last year… this one is very fancy and can hold plants in the top…

picked up the boys from school and on our way back here, stopped for soft ice cream and found purple gazing balls – 3 different sizes which I think will float in the pond… and the kids bought them for me for Mother’s Day;-)…

this was my first ice cream of the year… woo hoo… ordered Chinese food and while we were waiting for it to arrive, work began on cleaning and re-rocking the pond…

finished filling the pond after they left and got the waterfall going… it sounds wonderful…