16 Thursday Sep 2021
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begonia, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, nature, purple, rainy, weather, widow
yesterday I went around the garden and gathered all of the open dahlias and one of the begonia flowers…
made a lovely little bouquet…
I am happy to see that the begonia has stayed fresh looking…
on this rainy day I have enjoyed these flowers…
they look great on the new coffee table;-)…
05 Sunday Sep 2021
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balloons, big girl pants, blessed, flight, hot air balloon, memories, moments, weather, widow
woke up and watched half an hour of FMG balloons taking off from the Gatineau Airport…
brought back such wonderful memories… our first flight took five tries in 2013 but when we finally made it, it was spectacular…
that flight was from the grounds of the Festival…
in 2014, we made it the very first time and ended up taking off from the same airport as I watched the liftoff online…
the Festival happens on the September long weekend and I am hoping to make it there again… someday;-)…
04 Saturday Sep 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grass, lawnmower, moments, mow, nature, pond, Technology, water lily, weather, widow, working
this morning when I looked outside the sun was shining and it was a nice temperature…
but, the grass was so tall I didn’t want to go into the garden… since we’ve had a bit of rain and cooler weather it has grown like crazy and my grandsons hadn’t been able to come over and mow for me…
I decided that I would mow it myself… I did buy a lawnmower that starts easily and doesn’t have any cords for just this situation…
so, I moved furniture, mowed, whippersnipped, put furniture back, brought out cushions and finally sat down with a cup of tea to enjoy the space…
it looked spectacular;-)…
and I spotted a water lily bud… yay…
02 Thursday Sep 2021
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become, big girl pants, blessed, buds, flowers, garden, mandevilla, memories, moments, nature, plants, weather, widow
three years ago my mandevilla was blooming profusely on this day… that year, the flowers began opening mid-July…
it lives in the dining room over the winter and doesn’t bloom during that period…
today I took photos of the buds on that same plant… interesting that we are a month and a half later this year…
it takes quite a long time for the buds to become flowers and I am looking forward to the blooms…
31 Tuesday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, boat, cormorants, family, fishing, lake, memories, moments, nature, photos, water, weather, widow
spent a delightful afternoon on the water…
we jumped in the boat and went to a few different fishing spots… no luck at the first one but we did much better at the second…
saw turtles and cormorants… the cormorants got a bit tired of us following them along the canal, but I got some great photos…
I also caught two fish and brought another one up to the side of the boat where it decided to jump off, lol… and the rule is, if you don’t get it into the boat it doesn’t count…
one of the Jack’s I caught was around 30 inches (second biggest of the day) and put up a fight before getting into the net… the other was smaller, but really any fish is great;-)…
good thing I have all these excellent fishers around me to provide backup and helpful instructions…
30 Monday Aug 2021
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25 Wednesday Aug 2021
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beans, big girl pants, blessed, food, garden, happy, moments, nature, planted, plants, weather, widow
big excitement when I discovered 2, yes 2, beans growing, lol…
I had planted a number of seeds but thought that none of them had survived… I’m not sure whether the crazy hot weather affected them…
happily, my neighbour brought me another feed which I had with my supper…
not exactly sure what I will do with two as they still aren’t quite ready, lol…
24 Tuesday Aug 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, family, flowers, food, garage, garden, Grandpa, moments, mum, mums, plants, tablecloth, weather, widow
had a lovely dinner tonight with the kids…
they brought me a bunch of mums for the garden… I had been collecting parcels for them over the last few weeks, so we traded, lol…
we ate in the garage as it was a bit cool out and rain threatened… I am still nervous about having people in the house for any length of time…
even put one of the plants on the table to provide some ambiance;-)… looks good with the tablecloth, but we won’t mention all the “stuff” that is everywhere…
we spent time remembering how grandpa knew where every single thing was located and planning the organizing and decluttering that has to happen…
23 Monday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cucumbers, cukes, garden, happy, moments, nature, plants, tomatoes, weather, widow
yesterday I had a nice haul of veggies in the garden…
the cukes all have an odd shape but are tasty…
usually I’ve only planted a few tomatoes and the odd pepper, so I’m rather pleased with this year’s veggie garden…
22 Sunday Aug 2021
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babies, big girl pants, blessed, garden, goldfish, moments, nature, nice, pond, rain, relaxing, water, weather, widow
spent a relaxing morning in the garden, sitting close to the pond…
counted ten babies who are growing every day, and got to watch them swimming around looking for food…
it was particularly nice because it was supposed to rain all day, but it held off until around one pm…
not sure how the pond will look tomorrow because it is already very full from all the rain we’ve already had…
