31 Saturday Mar 2018
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so happy to see the Japanese Maple budding out with new leaves…
for a little while there I was thinking that it was really done…
this maple has travelled from Vancouver Island across the prairies in the back seat of a car, which makes it special… sometimes I have been a bit slow to bring it into the house in the Fall… thought for a short time I’d really messed up…
so I was very happy to see those leaves…
Spring really is coming…
30 Friday Mar 2018
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artistic, big girl pants, brunch, Conservatory, dinner, display, grandson, lamb, moments, Park Cafe, shells, widow
my middle grandson came over this morning to spend the night…
first thing we did was change the display in the living room table… took out the Chihuly bits and put in shells, books and rocks…
he has an artistic streak so it was fun to watch as he decided what needed to go where…
off to the Park, where we had brunch, walked through the Conservatory, and stopped by the Zoo to see if his toque had turned up in the lost and found…
sadly, no toque…
home for a rest and then some roasted lamb for our supper…
it was cooked perfectly…
lovely day filled with special moments…
29 Thursday Mar 2018
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day started sunny, but cold… then mid morning it started to snow…
the sun was back as we headed home…
the sunlight in the dining room shone on the bunnies…
although one of my grandsons said the wire one looked like a bird on Sunday, lol…
in the living room the flowers shone…
sunlight and shadows are so beautiful…
really happy to have the next four days off…
28 Wednesday Mar 2018
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27 Tuesday Mar 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, cookie, invitation, lunch, spa, treated, widow
yesterday my day was filled with lots of treats…
in the morning I received a lovely invitation to lunch and time at a spa…
at noon a colleague treated me to lunch… it was tasty…
and in the evening one of my BS buddies brought us chocolate from Florida and fresh baked cookies…
I certainly am blessed in so many ways…
26 Monday Mar 2018
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big girl pants, giggle, magnet, office, reframing, sign, widow, Winnipeg sign
had a few moments of fun today…
got our picture by the Winnipeg sign and one of a couple of geese there as well…
interesting how the Winnipeg sign draws me like a magnet whenever I am in the vicinity, lol…
the giggle was walking through some muddy paths to get to the photo op…
and then at the office I completely missed the beautiful job of reframing one of my colleagues did…
now the office is done;-)…
25 Sunday Mar 2018
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barbecue, big girl pants, covers, geese, ice, JUNOs, Shadow, skein, Spring, wedge, wheel covers, widow
been waiting to go to Canadian Tire to pick up new wheel covers for Shadow… this is the final piece following her accident, although I have to be back in touch with MPI to be reimbursed…
wasn’t 100% sure what I needed so I waited for a day when my son-in-law was available… today we ran over and found just the right covers, and when we got home he installed them…
as we arrived home a group of Canada geese flew over the house… can’t decide if it was a skein, a wedge or a team, lol… very exciting… made the dull overcast seem less oppressive… a sure sign of Spring…
ended the day with barbecued steak for our dinner…
the last bit of ice in the covered entryway to the backyard has also been removed which makes me happy…
now to watch the Junos…
24 Saturday Mar 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, friends, lunch, manakeesh, moments, skating, street food, sugar, walk, widow
Saturday is usually my do nothing and rest up from the week day…
today I had a lunch date with two lovely women… besides getting me out of the house, it was the first time in weeks that I went for an actual walk to get there and back…
ended up wearing my winter jacket because it was a bit breezy and felt like -13 with the windchill…
I really enjoyed being out in the fresh air…
we had a great time at a new Arab street food restaurant and tried different things… manakeesh with eggplant and cheese was my first pick and then I followed up with Halawa Banana and Pistachio Sweet Manakeesh… I also had a chai tea latte which was delicious and when I checked later, may have had 20 grams, or 4 teaspoons, of sugar in it… yikes… no wonder it tasted so great…
the picture shows my meal and the desserts that my friends had, lol… hadn’t had a visit with them for ages so it was really wonderful to spend time together…
after my walk home, which hopefully dealt with some of that extra sugar, I spent some time watching figure skating…
good day…
23 Friday Mar 2018
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two lovely signs of Spring today…
early this morning I was taking out the garbage and recycling… hadn’t been able to open the garbage container for a few weeks as it had frozen shut… happily it melted enough that I could finally open and fill it up…
as I was putting them out my neighbour came by and we had a short visit… it was warm enough for us to have a chat… he offered to bring them in once they were emptied… nice to connect with neighbours as the season improves…
and I was so excited later in the day when my BestCanvas picture arrived… it is a beautiful shot I’d taken at the Park of a lilac blossom and it looks amazing…
I’ve printed many of my photos and have a wall of my water lily shots, but it was rather energizing to have something on canvas… I feel like an artist, lol…
lilacs are one of my favourite flowers and another sign of Spring…
now, if the snow would stop coming, and the sun stay out longer, it really would be Spring…
22 Thursday Mar 2018
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as we were driving home tonight the clouds were very cool looking…
leaving the office it looked as though we were going to be in for a snowstorm… very dark gray… but above those, there were gorgeous white lines against the blue sky…
once I got home, took some shots out the front…
the first pictures were through the living room window… had to toss all of them and retake the shots out the front door because the window is so dirty… gonna have to clean that, lol…
getting lighter and feeling warmer each day… this makes me happy…
The beautiful purple orchid in my office…