charge…

18 Saturday Feb 2017

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big girl pants, charge, Fitbit, Flex, Forks, huts, Pokémon, Sport Chek, walk, warming, weather, widow

went to the Pool, Patio & Spa show with the kids this afternoon… lots of fun things to look at… checked out some barbecues, fire tables and furniture…

trying to figure out how to get this into my backyard…

went to The Forks, had a snack and wandered around for a bit… had a chance to see some of the warming huts that had been taken off the River Trail because of the warm weather… did some serious Pokémon hunting while we were there… there are many new ones recently released…

on the way home stopped in at Sport Chek and came out with a new Fitbit… my Flex has lasted three years but the battery is losing its charge more and more quickly… I’d done a whole lot of research online and was ready to make a final decision…

chose the Charge 2, mainly so I could have my watch and Fitbit all in one… and it’s purple… now one wrist will be free for bracelets, although right now it is feeling a bit naked…

I just have to figure out how to work it…

supper…

09 Monday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, conversation, friends, nap, ReImagining, snow, supper, weather, widow

was supposed to meet with my ReImagining friends tonight for supper and conversation…

when I left the office the snow was coming down like crazy… I started across town but then decided the weather was too miserable to make the trip…

headed home and got a few shots of the snow coming down when I drove into the garage…

found some leftovers for my supper and am going to have a nap…

snowstorm…

06 Tuesday Dec 2016

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woke up to this…

it had snowed all night and snow was sticking to everything… couldn’t see through the windows…

it looked different when I got home… it was still snowing a bit but was all cleaned up… very happy that I was able to get up the driveway and into the garage…

the Advent Elf came by and shovelled as my grandson wasn’t able to make it over… there was a lot of snow, and it isn’t done yet…

a pain to clean up and travel through but so beautiful…

neverending…

12 Tuesday Jul 2016

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big girl pants, dahlia, flowers, mandevilla, neverending, orchid, rain, weather, widow

this morning my focus seems to have been on flowers, lol…

had to take a few pictures of the neverending October IKEA orchid… it continues to amaze me with its beauty…

straight on and…

from the side…

then I looked out the window and saw the dahlia blooming…

they are a beautiful shade of purple and look very nice in the planter…

so excited when I stepped outside to see that one of the mandevilla blossoms had opened… even in the rain…

the weather danced between blue sky and rain and overcast all day long…

took this picture when I first got out of bed… since then it has been gray, cloudy, sunny, cloudy, rainy, sunny, rainy, cloudy… on my drive home it looked similar to this shot and now it is gray and the rain has just stopped…

feels like everyone I know is a bit down or feeling a little off…

the neverending rain is getting a bit trying… looking forward to some sunshine…

thunderstorms…

04 Monday Jul 2016

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big girl pants, friends, hail, moments, rain, sky, thunderstorms, weather, widow, wise, wonderful

interesting weather day…

started off at 19 Celsius and sunny… but it did say something about thunderstorms later in the day…

when I got into the car at the end of the day it registered 32 and the sky was starting to get dark, but it didn’t rain on my drive…

once I was home and ate my dinner the rain began…

not that we really need more rain… the hibiscus has many yellow leaves from too much water…

and then the sky opened up and dumped so fast that it was difficult to see out the window and it looked like smoke was coming from the neighbour’s roof as the wind blew the rain across it…

it didn’t hail here, although it certainly made me think it was going to… but it did about 15 streets to the west…

by the time my friends arrived it had stopped raining and while we were visiting the sky started to clear and the sun came out…

when they left the sun was shining from the backside of the clouds so I had to get a picture of the lovely pink highlights…

always think how lovely it is to be able to enjoy these special moments in time… not only the weather but the opportunity to spend time with these wonderful and wise women…

recycling…

14 Saturday May 2016

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big girl pants, hosta, mandolin, recycling, rose, street, weather, widow

very strange to look out the front window and see garbage and recycling bins lined up along the street…

hadn’t set mine out so it was very odd to see them in the yard… first time in 43 years that they’ve been on the front street… the city has closed off a number of streets and apparently they will be working on the road for a number of months… guess I’ll be getting used to it…

last night I used the mandolin to slice some zuchinni and onions for supper… and not a scratch on me, woo hoo… I really like using the different parts of it, but have been causing injuries to my fingers nearly every time…

happy to see this little hosta peeking through the soil, although with this crazy weather hope it doesn’t freeze…

cut a few of the mini roses and put them in vases around the house…

this one is beside my bed… so pretty…

countdown…

30 Saturday Jan 2016

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big girl pants, countdown, nature, Park Cafe, slippery, solar, stroll, sunset, Technology, weather

excellent day…

walked to the Park and met a friend for breakfast… nearly drove because it has been quite slippery, but I decided to take enough time to walk slowly…

it was above zero and beautiful weather for a stroll…

one of the newer pieces of technology that I really appreciate is the countdown timer at stop lights… rather than just having a flashing red hand you can see how many seconds you have left to make it across the street…

really appreciate this particularly at the corner by the Park… not nearly as stressful to get across the road…

so excited to look outside and see my solar dragonflies lit up…

haven’t been on for months so it means the sun is getting stronger… woohoo…

and just a few minutes before I had looked out the window to see this…

spectacular… not five minutes later I walked by and the sky was normal blue…

nature is really putting on a show these days, lol…

Shadow…

05 Saturday Dec 2015

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big girl pants, Birchwood Toyota, car, Chevelle, Corolla, purple, Shadow, sunrise, weather

woke up very early and was able to enjoy the sunrise…

caught this out the upstairs window…

took this picture of the car as I was heading out this afternoon…

you can see the sun shining on the hood… there is very little snow on the ground and it was plus 4 as I drove away…

then I headed to Birchwood Toyota… signed lots of papers… sorry trees…

took a walk in the amazing warm weather… what a treat we have been enjoying…

got a new licence plate…

and drove away in my new Corolla…

her name is Shadow… she is blue crush metallic in colour and if she is in the shade, she looks kind of purple…

got a call just over a week ago from my car dealer wanting my vehicle… ended up with the 2016 model at thirty dollars less a month… pretty good deal…

after picking her up I ran a few errands and started getting used to her… heating system is a bit fancier and the big splurge was a car starter… not really sure I need that as the car is usually in the garage, but when I’m out it will be nice to start warming up before I get in…

felt a bit sad to leave the old car behind, as I’d only had it for two years, and it was the first car I got on my own…

as I was driving home I thought back to the first new car I drove off the lot…

it was forty-eight years ago and I drove a beautiful Chevelle home that day… I had bought it together with my dad… can remember the fear that I would drive into something or another car would drive into me… didn’t want to get the first scratch on it…

drove that car for over eleven great years…

another big girl pants kind of day… but it was more excitement than anything else today:-)…

odd…

27 Saturday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, bunny, goldfinches, hail, odd, squirrels, weather

very odd weather day…

got up and went outside first thing… it had been sunny but by the time I got out it was starting to cloud over…

decided to only put out the cushions for the chair I was sitting on… which turned out to be a good plan, lol…

there was so much activity that I couldn’t stay focused on the book I was reading…

the bunny stopped by and dealt with a number of dandelions… good thing because I never did manage to get any weeding done…

the goldfinch family were all over as were the sparrows…

there were at least three squirrels in the garden at the same time… beside these gray ones there was one cute little red squirrel…

seemed like they all wanted to get as much food as possible before the weather changed…

and change it did… rained, cleared, rained, there was thunder, rained, cleared and so on for most of the day… eventually about four it seemed to have settled down…

just a little while ago it got instantly dark followed by thunder and lightning and then the hail came down…