06 Sunday Sep 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, mandevilla, moments, nature, patience, pictures, plants, time, widow
I searched through my photos and it looks like August 11 was the first time I took a photo of the buds on the mandevilla… this was the first time this summer that this houseplant has even started to get buds…
this morning, 26 days later, the first bloom is open…
they take an incredible amount of time to open;-)…
patience;-)…
05 Saturday Sep 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cookies, ginger, ginger snaps, moments, widow
had some tea and ginger snaps this afternoon and thought of my beloved…
ginger snaps were one of his favourites… I’m pretty sure he would have liked these…
looks like a lot, but most were broken, lol… I am getting used to ginger in things now, although for years I stayed away from it…
04 Friday Sep 2020
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had my face mask on twice today…
first this morning, when I went to get some bloodwork done… now, both entrances to the clinic are open… last time I was there only the main door was open and there was a staff person making sure people were using hand sanitizer before they entered… today there was neither sanitizer nor staff person… not sure if that is an improvement or not…
I am getting more used to wearing the mask, but really dislike the fact that my phone won’t recognize me when it is on my face, lol…
later in the day I walked over to La Belle Baguette and put one on to enter the store;-)…
that may have been the first time since March that I have been inside two buildings in the same day…
03 Thursday Sep 2020
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adjust, band, beautiful, big girl pants, bracelet, Fitbit, purple, shopping, snazzy, Technology, widow
a few weeks ago I ordered a couple of new bands for my Fitbit… they arrived and were excellent…
one is very fancy, but needed to be adjusted… a few days ago I cut off a portion of it, but it was still too large…
yesterday I tried again and now it fits perfectly and looks great;-)…
very snazzy…
02 Wednesday Sep 2020
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big girl pants, birds, Cornell Lab, datura, family, flowers, garden, learning, migration, moments, nature, weather, widow
it was rather chilly yesterday morning… I wore pants, a long sleeve shirt and my spring/fall jacket for my walk;-(…
after the walk, with my daughter on the phone, I had breakfast and checked out the garden, but it was still chilly, lol…
deadheaded the datura in the front flower bed, did some reading and watched a very informative webinar on bird migration…
seemed like a busy day, lol…
01 Tuesday Sep 2020
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, Botanical, Chihuly, garden, glass, memories, moments, nature, photos, remembering, widow
turned the page on my Chihuly calendar and saw this…
this picture was taken at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in 2016…
here is a photo that I took at the same place;-)…
wonderful memory…
31 Monday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, pictures, pond, purple, walk, walkabout, widow
had a short walkabout this morning and took some photos of flowers in the garden…
the water lily looks to be opening for the last time… the other two are already sinking into the water…
the butterfly bush is still blooming every day…
the datura has some beautiful colours…
there are still a few morning glories blooming each day…
and finally, the sunflower is beginning to open… not sure if it will produce sunflower seeds…
good walk;-)…
30 Sunday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, coverage, garden, moments, nature, rain, shade, sky, sun, test, turn, umbrella, weather, widow
not too long ago we got a new shade umbrella… it has worked well for a portion of the day, providing shade for one chair but I was hoping it might adjust to provide more coverage, depending on the time of day…
yesterday I learned how to turn it, which I didn’t think was possible… very exciting…
unfortunately, the sun had already put the whole backyard in shadow so we couldn’t test it out… I’d hoped to see what it could do today, but it has been overcast followed by a thunderstorm… no sun expected, but tomorrow should be sunny all day;-)…
no testing today, lol…
29 Saturday Aug 2020
28 Friday Aug 2020
Posted in food, garden, health, life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
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baby fish, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, fish, friends, fudgicle, garden, memories, moments, nature, photos, pond, Technology, walk, widow
had an excellent visit with a good friend a few days ago…
she brought fresh veggies from her garden… we consulted on a project, talked about our lives, exercise, technology, and living on our own…
we ordered in some tasty Pho Hoang and had fudgicles for dessert…
after dinner, while we were sitting beside the pond, I spotted baby fish… this was very exciting…
after she left, I sat and spotted at least four, in three different sizes… looks like two about two inches long and at least one each of two smaller ones…
have not been able to get any photos as they move very quickly and look black in the water, lol… maybe they are nervous about some of those bigger ones..
a lovely time…
