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17 Monday Sep 2018

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looking forward to spending the evening with my BS buddies… we haven’t met too often over the summer…

ah, the summer… took this picture yesterday as I was coming home from the grocery store…

many branches on the trees are bare… and the street is covered with leaves… when I took the picture I was focusing on the leaves on the street… only discovered the bare branches when I was preparing the picture… yikes…

and the Virginia creeper is moving into its fall stage…

not only is it changing colour… something is enjoying it as a snack!

must continue to take the time to focus on special moments because time is whizzing by…

rummaged…

09 Sunday Sep 2018

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odd weather today… went from cloudy to sunny, to rainy, and back again a number of times… ended with sun shining through the clouds…

the poor morning glories took a beating early on… nearly every time it rained the drops were huge…

thinking of my dad today as I took hours to make fresh tomato sauce to go with some spaghetti for supper… I keep buying grape tomatoes to make caprese salad and then never use them all up… he would add all kinds of condiments to add flavour and it always ended up delicious… as I rummaged through the cupboard, I remembered watching him do the same thing, lol…

it turned out great and was a lovely treat as I don’t often have pasta… made some homemade coleslaw to go along with it and have a bit of both for lunch tomorrow;-)…

camping, day seven…

16 Thursday Aug 2018

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such odd weather today… cool when we first got up but it was fairly warm and sunny as we left the channel…

then the sky turned gray and it cooled off while we were fishing… we docked the boat to go back to the campsite for lunch and then headed out again…

we saw loons, a parent and child, I think and many, many seagulls… no eagles or turtles…

we spent about six hours on the water fishing… some of us caught nothing…

but we still had lots of fun…

barrel…

03 Friday Aug 2018

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out into the garden this morning…

watered all the planters and baskets using water from the new water barrel…

watering by hand works much better than using the hose as I am able to see exactly how much each plant is getting…

also topped up the pond… seems like it needs filling about every third day…

this basket is doing the best… some of the others are a bit sad… the weather has been odd with boiling hot days and then really cool ones…

we won’t talk about the inconsistent watering, lol…

regatta…

30 Monday Jul 2018

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spent Saturday at Rabbit Lake watching a rowing regatta…

last year my grandson was only in two races… this year he was in quite a few…

in his first race he was with someone he hadn’t rowed with before and they came in second, which meant they would row in the finals later in the day…

the process is very interesting… before they can put the boat into the water an umpire has to check that everything is correctly placed… then they have to put the boat into the water, get set up in the boat and head down to the starting area… when they have completed the race they row back, wait for directions to land, take the boat out of the water and then put it back with the rest of their team’s equipment…

then they might have to rush to get ready for their next race… he ended up a couple of times running from the end of one race to the start of another…

the most fun was a four hundred metre mixed race for eights… these huge boats are fun to watch and have very few races, lol…

at one point the proceedings were called due to lightning… so for nearly an hour everyone had to come off the water and tie down their equipment… then the sky cleared and it was back to racing…

much later the lightning and thunder ended the regatta… it was interesting to watch everyone get off the water and pack up all of the equipment…

and then it poured, cleared up and the sun came back out in time for a bbq and award ceremony…

a great fun day… then the long drive home…

WWTB day 3…

01 Sunday Jul 2018

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last night we did stay up and walk over to the the track behind the Library to watch the fireworks… it was a beautiful night and a great show…

this morning we slept in… well I was awake, but stayed in bed so the boys could get their sleep…

once up, and after breakfast, we spent some time in the garden… did some watering, trimming and relaxing… tv watching, video game playing, and possibly some napping was how we spent most of the day, with a bit of time outside playing with the football…

around four we packed a bag and walked over to the Children’s Playground at the Park…

there were a lot of people enjoying Canada Day festivities…. we caught a few Pokémon and then started home when the thunder and lightning started… part way home the rain poured down… we decided to pick up pizza and walked fast…

once we arrived home we took off our wet jackets, hats, shoes and the backpack and had the pizza… thankfully, the box had not quite disintegrated…

FaceTimed with mommy and watched some tv…

patterns…

08 Sunday Apr 2018

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weather has been rather silly recently…

Thursday afternoon the sun was shining and there were puddles on the streets as I drove home… looked out the window in the evening and snow was falling…

Friday morning I took some pictures of the snow and the cool patterns that have formed as the snow melts…

since then there’s been lots of sunshine but temperatures have been below normal… today when the kids were here for dinner, the boys went down the street to play football in the field…

maybe, just maybe, Spring is coming…

crummy…

03 Tuesday Apr 2018

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the weather has been decidedly crazy lately…

last week I wore sandals to work… since then there have been threats of snow almost daily…

happily, for many of the days, at least the sun was shining…

nearly everyone I talk to has been feeling crummy with the up and down temperatures… hard to know whether to wear a light jacket, the middle jacket or the really heavy duty cold one…

hard to believe we haven’t had much snow at all this winter considering that it’s been so cold…

crazy…

icy…

11 Sunday Mar 2018

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been thinking a lot about people struggling with mental and physical health these days…

I usually feel down in February and March and I think it has to do with the lack of light and cold weather… of course this being the time of year that I lost my beloved has added to the negative feelings…

many of those I speak with at this time of year are having similar struggles…

maybe we focus on our aches and pain more because we are getting out and about less, lol…

my knee has been bothering me for about a week now and it is frustrating because I can’t figure out what I did to it…

I will be so happy when I can get out and walk to the Park again without having to worry about freezing temperatures and icy sidewalks… and be able to smell fresh air…

basking…

12 Friday Jan 2018

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I continue my focus on being in the moment…

this morning I stopped and turned on the garage light so I could get a few shots of the hoarfrost on the windows…

it was something like -41 at the time, lol…

throughout the day I enjoyed a few special moments as well… the sun was shining through some windows and I was able to spend a moment basking in the light… over lunch I sat in the sun and felt the warmth on my body…

every time I answered the phone I remembered a former colleague who said she always put a smile on her face before picking up the phone because it made her sound happy…

it was a good day…