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McDonald’s…

02 Tuesday Feb 2021

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had a wonderful treat this morning…

my grandson brought McDonald’s breakfast over when he came to pick up his youngest brother’s birthday present…

he sat by the door and I sat on the far couch… it was nice to have a meal and visit… don’t think that has happened since the summer in the garden… then he was off for the rest his day…

a bit later I went out and filled feeders while topping up the hot tub… lots of running up and down the stairs in the process, lol…

good exercise… for the heart and the body…

twigs…

31 Sunday Jan 2021

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as I was walking around the living and dining rooms today I had a good look at the hibiscus..

it has filled out with leaves and looks great…

it wasn’t that long ago that it was nearly just twigs;-)…

I dug through my photos and found this one from the end of September, after I brought it into the house… the leaves were starting to turn yellow and fall off… apparently I didn’t take any when it was bare, lol…

it did bloom for quite a while even as the leaves fell off…

looking forward to more flowers before too long…

days…

24 Sunday Jan 2021

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today, as I sat in the living room looking out the window I spent a few happy moments remembering the wonderful neighbours we have had over the years…

our next door neighbours became our very good friends… when the girls were first born they would take them home so that we could eat our supper without interruption… the girls would go over to their house to see if “Uncle Buzz could come out to play?” and he did… we fed them on Wednesday nights and they babysat while we went bowling… at one point Ellen produced a cookbook for each of them with all of the recipes she made that we all loved…

the neighbour across the street made Barbie clothes and we shared many meals and coffee on the deck…

the neighbour a few houses down the lane would come and help my beloved with whatever project he was working on and they had such fun together…

the neighbour across the back lane shared their pool…

these days we aren’t quite as close to the neighbours, as all of those have gone, but they are all kind and caring in their own way…

made me think of today’s contemplating card;-)…

maybe, if the world ever returns to some semblance of normal, I will have them all over for a meal and time together;-)…

patch…

17 Sunday Jan 2021

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as I was walking around the main floor getting steps in, I was contemplating the saying on the picture over the pass through…

it says live every moment, love beyond words, laugh every day…

such a great reminder of how I want to be…

I am always so pleased when I make sure I see what is happening in the moment…

today, I watched the downy woodpecker without trying to get a photo of it… as it moved from spot to spot on the suet feeder looking to get the best access to the snacks, I was able to enjoy the red patch on the back of its head… this photo is from yesterday…

he’s very cute and comes by regularly…

tiptoe

16 Saturday Jan 2021

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I’ve been watching a bunny in the garden when I hot tub … a few days ago I spotted it on the deck…

recently I walked into the kitchen and saw it at the feeder on the deck, so I tiptoed into the living room and got my camera…

quietly made my way back to the kitchen and snuck up to the patio door and took a few pictures….

so cute…

hear…

15 Friday Jan 2021

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I’ve been contemplating the thought that nature makes music, if you take time to listen…

reminded me of early mornings when I hear the birds outside… in the spring, summer and fall, I listen to the water flowing into the pond and the great variety of singing going on as the birds welcome the new day…

the geese, the rain, the wind… the quiet after the snow falls…

so much to listen to…

facing…

14 Thursday Jan 2021

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yesterday the quote I reviewed was about facing the light and thus putting the shadow behind…

made me think of the juxtaposition of light and shadow which had me wandering around my plants and taking photos being sure that my shadow didn’t affect the pictures…

it was was relaxing and I appreciated the time…

goddess…

09 Saturday Jan 2021

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for many years, since my trip to Seattle in 2013, I have had a Chihuly calendar… either my daughter or I have purchased them for Christmas gifts to one another…

this year that didn’t happen, so we were discussing how we missed it the other day…

she suggested that I make one using Vistaprint… I had gone online and found them on the Chihuly Garden and Glass website, but the shipping charge was more than double the cost of the calendar…

so I did… I used the photos from our visit in 2016… it took about an hour to prepare and order…

that was on Monday… on Thursday it arrived;-)… it is beautiful, the photos came out clear and crisp and it is just slightly smaller than the Chihuly ones…

I am very happy…

I had fallen in love with a photo of the garden goddess many years ago that was taken in Montreal… on one of my visits to see the kids in Ottawa, we planned a visit to see it… unfortunately the picture was old and the structure was not in the garden…

in 2015, my daughter sent me information about a goddess structure in Atlanta, and that there was a Chihuly installation happening as well in 2016… I was very excited and so away we went…

it was a special time… I am going to enjoy this calendar…

dining…

08 Friday Jan 2021

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spent a lovely hour in the dining room garden recently…

trimmed up, and cut back, the mandevilla and fuchsia… they have both lost most of their leaves but are still alive…

I am hopeful that they will both perk up… the mandevilla looks lovely now…

listened to music and felt such happiness… before you know it, spring will be here…

today I took some photos of the garden, including the blooming orchid…

reader…

04 Monday Jan 2021

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I’ve been frustrated for a long time because I couldn’t find my Kobo reader… I think I started the search around May…

I came across it ages before that and put it away carefully, sigh… at that point I also had no idea where the charger was for it…

so, I knew it was here, and I’d been searching everywhere for it, particularly after my daughter suggested that one of the universal chargers would likely power it up…

I’ve been using the tablet, but that only works in the house due to the way that the light bounces off it outside… so that meant I needed paper books all summer, lol… I still have one last book from my last online summer purchases…

this morning I was tidying in the bedroom and there it was tucked in along the edge of one of the shelves…

honestly…

and I even found a charger that worked, from my old Blackberry, lol…

woohoo… gonna get reading;-)…