20 Sunday Sep 2015
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odd day…
went out and ran a couple of errands… came home, put away a few groceries and had a nap…
watched a bit of TV and sat outside and read…
wandered by the living room window this evening and saw this…
stunning sunset…
always find it amazing how I will just happen to look out a window and there will be something special happening…
truly blessed…
19 Saturday Sep 2015
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big girl pants, chores, dragonfly, garden, morning glory, paper book, pond, velvet
lovely Saturday…
the morning glories didn’t realize I was home all day and started opening early, lol…
they looked like velvet today…
finally moved the bed and found the missing dragonfly… tidied up the bedroom and had breakfast watching some of my PVRed shows…
did a number of chores around the house and spent some time reading an actual paper book out by the pond…
napped and got dinner in the oven as the kids were coming over… able to spend a bit more time outside with the book as I waited for their arrival…
morning glories stayed open quite late in the day…
the little boys are so cute… they remember our conversations about the garden and were excited that the flowers were still open, even though it was supper time…
after supper they watched tv while we sat out in the garden…
getting a bit cool in the evening… the Virginia creeper is changing colour and many of the leaves have already dropped…
we are looking forward to next weekend when the boys will all be staying with me while their parents go out of town…
18 Friday Sep 2015
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big girl pants, bikers, collection, flowers, geese, morning glory, Odysseo, spider, web
have an interesting collection of pictures that I’ve taken over the last week…
on our walk through the zoo Tuesday finally got a shot of the geese flying over…
hard to get them flying in formation and in camera range…
came across this very large spider in a web at the front door when I got dropped off after Odysseo on Tuesday night…
the web keeps coming back after I remove it on a regular basis… this was the first sight of the spider…
driving to work on Wednesday morning I came across this group of bike riders who had a police escort as they were travelling down Portage Avenue… 
never did find out who they were and what they were doing…
caught this morning glory opening…
nice flowers today… received these at work from my kids…
just because…
and then when I got home was so happy to see the fully open morning glory…
been a lot of interaction with the natural world this week…
17 Thursday Sep 2015
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big girl pants, brilliant, cloudy, leaves, moments, morning glory, sky, walking
what awesome moments today…
first thing was the morning glory opening even as the sky was overcast…
while I waited for my ride, got a lovely shot of the sky through the living room window, clearing up…
clouds reflected in the coffee table, with my Japanese Maple in the window…
a lot of yellow leaves along the edge of the street as I was walking on my way home…
going up the street toward the house noticed the colours in the trees… getting lighter… sky is filled with grey and white clouds…
just before eight, and after a short period of rain, the sky turned this amazing pink and orange colour…
deck was still wet when I went out and got this picture of the end-of-day morning glory…
so happy that I was able to enjoy each of these special sky moments…
16 Wednesday Sep 2015
took a few minutes of my lunch break to take a walk around the block and stop and sit in the Millennium Library Park for a few moments…
this grass just looked so lovely that I had to take a picture…
while I was sitting on one of the cool lounge chairs – which I have looked at and never had the opportunity to test out, until today – I took a picture of the view…
huge grassy area with Emptyful and the church spire in the background…
just a few minutes later a group of young men were playing boules or bocce right in front of me…
what a great way to reenergize on a busy day…
15 Tuesday Sep 2015
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topped a good day with a trip to Odysseo… what a magnificent show… horses and acrobats just doesn’t cover the experience…
we started the afternoon off with a visit to my doctor where it was all good news… I’ve lost another seven pounds and my sugars are pretty good… need a little work on cholesterol but doable…
from there we went to the zoo for a walk and visited the Persherons…
they were taking them into the barn for a snack when we arrived… so we got to see them close up in their stalls… they are big and beautiful…
saw the tent as we were heading down Kenaston… reminds me a a castle and courtiers…
we headed to Bellissimo for lobster mac and cheese, with baked Brie with pear and fig jam… oh my… first time there, won’t be the last…
then we rushed to a friend’s to print the tickets for the show… we just realized at the last minute that we needed a paper copy:-(…
quite a lineup for parking but we got in fine… might be interesting when we leave…
lovely to spend some one-on-one time with my daughter…
almost out of the parking lot… excellent process… obviously they’ve done this before…
if you get the chance go to the show… worth every cent…
14 Monday Sep 2015
Posted in health, life, nature, technology
as I work to lose the additional pounds that the doctor wants and to stay healthy and active I have been following a pattern…
get up in the morning… make and eat breakfast… take care of bathroom necessities… pack my lunch and take out whatever is needed for dinner…
then I spend fifteen to twenty minutes on the treadmill… it is set up in front of the tv in the basement… I watch a particular morning show while walking which makes the time fly…
the rest of the day I make sure to take extra trips to the printer, check in with colleagues in person instead of emailing, and get up and step away from my desk on a regular basis…
usually walk part way home… maybe just one block, but occasionally quite a bit further… sometimes I spend fifteen minutes of my lunch hour and walk on the treadmill at the gym in our building…
happily my Fitbit will vibrate and let me know I have reached my goal for the day…
usually on the weekend I will walk to and around the Park at least once…
sometimes in the evening I will spend a bit of time on the treadmill to ensure I have completed my steps and reached my activity goal…
the pattern has become ingrained and that makes me happy…
walking really is my favourite form of exercise…
13 Sunday Sep 2015
up early and walked over to the “A” for breakfast with my son-in-law…
surprised to discover that they don’t open until 8 on Sunday… and we got there just a few minutes after 7… so we went to Perkins…
got dropped off not far from home and walked the rest of the way…
saw this interesting X in the sky and had to stop and get a picture…
ran out to do a couple of errands and sat out for a few minutes before my daughter picked me up to go to her new house and figure out where to put everything in the kitchen… picked up a variety of squash on our way to the house…
took the fixings for supper and after a busy but short afternoon, came home with my son-in-law on his way to work…
been thinking of my grandma lately… got my hair cut over a week ago and it was kind of short…
still really short… my grandma used to have hair about this long… she brushed it straight up and it looked really great… been wondering whether I should give that a try… I use a brush that was hers so it reminds me of her on a regular basis…
full day…
12 Saturday Sep 2015
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art, beloved, big girl pants, inspiration, quilt, remembrance, struggling
I have a most beautiful quilt on my bed…
it began as pieces of fabric which individuals wrote on at the party given for me after I left my last job… from there a small group of amazingly talented women spent time piecing together the fabric and putting a border around it and backing the whole thing…
it is a real work of art and is filled with inspirational thoughts for me to look at and remember…
I don’t always have it on the bed, but have been enjoying it for the last few months…
has brought to mind so many who I know who are struggling with their work situations… hoping that positive thoughts and check-ins will be of some support during their difficult times…
some are not happy in what they are doing, others are searching for the right job, still others are trying to decide what to do at this particular stage of their life…
still remember the struggle when I was out of work and how difficult the process of finding something was… I didn’t just want a job, I was looking for a calling…
had a lot of support thoughout the process and eventually moved into an excellent position which was just the right fit for me, but getting there was a process…
also contains the words of my dear beloved, who never waivered in his support…
truly an amazing remembrance of ten years of my life and the great people I was able to spend time with…
11 Friday Sep 2015
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big girl pants, blooms, flowers, morning, radiant heat, tgif
although I only worked three days this week I am very happy it is Friday…
also enjoyed stepping into the bathroom this morning…
last night I turned on the radiant heating… the floor felt toasty warm… very nice on this chilly morning… still giggle when I think about how we thought that the heat would radiate across the tiles where there weren’t any of the wires… that was so wrong, lol… if you put down this type of flooring make sure you put it everywhere…
checked out the morning glory early today… of course it had a few blooms opening…
happily the cold night didn’t kill either the morning glory or the mandevilla…
keeping many individuals I know in my thoughts and prayers as they deal with difficult times in their lives… it is so easy to look at someone and think their life is great, not knowing what struggles they are facing…
