30 Thursday Apr 2015
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last night a colleague prepared a number of vases with flowers for an event we held this evening…
here is what one looked like…
just beautiful…
I had a wonderful time taking some photos and enjoyed every moment…
there are many flowers in the house… two orchids, purple mums, tulips and now these beauties…
wonderful…
29 Wednesday Apr 2015
I was so excited when I got home tonight…
the pond was running…
I knew that someone was coming to look at it, but was so busy that I had completely forgotten…
when I stepped out onto the deck I could hear it… I love the sound of the water running…
sadly when I got close I could see that the waterfall is leaking… spoke to the pond guy and he is aware and will be checking into it…
hope the water doesn’t drop too low while they are figuring it out…
looking forward to the fish moving back in…
can almost hear the splash…
the window is open, and even though it is dark, I can hear the water running in the pond…
bliss…
28 Tuesday Apr 2015
one of the most difficult things to get sorted out is my late night snack…
the trick seems to be what time I need to eat it…
supposed to have protein every time I eat and trying to figure out just the right time for the last snack is complicated…
apparently our pancreas sends out a burst of insulin every morning around three… because mine isn’t quite well behaved, it kind of drips instead of just spewing out a single amount…
apparently the idea is to eat food that encourages the pancreas to send out a burst of insulin and then stops instead of the drippy business…
one of my favourite snacks is popcorn and almonds… make it in a Tupperware measuring cup with a lid… then add a tiny bit of canola oil and salt…
popcorn is always served in a plastic fish bowl… tastes better that way:-)…
appears that eating about ten or ten thirty seems to be the best…
always learning about this new way of being…
27 Monday Apr 2015
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view out the window during our BS gathering tonight… was compelled to get up and take a few pictures of the sky…
had a wonderful time… the five of us haven’t all been together for a couple of months… there have been vacations to California, Florida, Costa Rica, the West Coast and Cuba, work trips to Saskatchewan, and family visits which have affected us…
we have been gathering for many years and continue to enjoy every opportunity we have to spend time together…
tonight we must have spent an hour trying to find a day and time for a birthday celebration… we may have to start having one for everyone at once as we are all so busy…
always feel filled up at the end of Monday evenings…
what a gift these women are to me…
26 Sunday Apr 2015
busy day… up fairly early because the birds were singing away before dawn… had a few tough moments missing my beloved… amazing how those moments just materialize and you have to wait them out…
went to Dollarama looking for a small drinking glass but they didn’t have any… I did find a cute tray… looks a bit like the dining room chairs, lol… 
on to the grocery store where I loaded up on veggies and some tulips jumped into my cart… 
grocery shopping is getting more expensive, but I have tons of healthy food for the next week or so… once everything was put away, had a nap and lunch…
sat in the garden reading for a few hours and then the kids arrived for dinner… steak and lobster with baked potato, mushrooms. asparagus and Caesar salad… yummy…
doorbell rang and a fellow was wanting to do some yard work to raise money for his hockey playing son… 
while we finished cleaning up the kitchen, he and his family cleaned out the front flower bed and raked the front yard…
ran out to take a picture of the finished product and caught the mallards, who live in our creek, as they flew over… 
excellent day…
25 Saturday Apr 2015
birdsong and squirrel chatter filled the morning in the garden…
energized by the lovely weather, I worked in the garden and trimmed back the plants beside the pond… so excited to see the new growth starting in most of them… careful not to pull out things that I wasn’t sure about and there were two or three of them…
working in the garden always makes me think of George and today was no exception…
not only was I missing his hard work in the garden, I miss having him to talk to… he would have been excited by the duck flying over and he certainly would have been interested in the squirrel sitting on the garbage can right below the hole they’ve dug in the shed wall… he’d have been over there covering it with a scrap of metal and digging through the shed to find and destroy the nest, lol…
24 Friday Apr 2015
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on my way downstairs this morning I ran back to the bedroom and got my phone so I could take this picture…
it was 6:37 am… the sky was amazing…
this was out the same window at 7:15 am…
was supposed to be sunny all day but this did not bode well…
the sky was beautiful as we drove downtown at 8:05 am… I love it when the sun shines through clouds…
the sun did shine for the entire day which was wonderful…
as I write this it is just getting dark outside… light really is staying longer every day…
although I was off on Monday, it feels like it has been a long week…
tgif:-)…
23 Thursday Apr 2015
everyone is so excited for spring…
the crows were chatting amongst themselves as I was heading out to my ride this morning…
there were a couple of them in the tree…
as we turned onto the next street I caught sight of a good-sized brown bunny…
on my way home tonight I walked part way and enjoyed the birdsong and the sun on my face…
got a shot of these buds bursting into leaves…
sun was shining and the wind had died down… just beautiful out…
just this morning I was thinking about how light it is so early…
looking forward to more warm and sunny days…
yay spring…
22 Wednesday Apr 2015
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started the day with this beautiful African violet…
lovely to see the flower and the many buds…
attended a great presentation by Cy Wakeman… she shared some excellent points about leadership in a humorous, but very direct way… certainly made me think about my own leadership style…
was particularly taken with her comments “reality is the birthplace of innovation” and “quit believing what you think”…
lots to think about…
fit some time in on the treadmill at lunch… ate well all day… off to do a few more steps…
was a good day…
21 Tuesday Apr 2015
first thing I saw when I stepped outside this morning…
as I drove to work the sun came in and out of view in the overcast sky… was very happy to be able to stop at the end of the street and get a shot of it… kind of hard to tell that actually is the sun, lol…
after work I drove home with my visor down to protect my eyes from the bright sun…
saw some beautiful cloud formations…
again, very lucky to have a red light so that I could take the picture…
tonight I read about how a young friend had a conversation about what clouds look like with their child on their way home today… they were probably looking up at the same time as I was…
still cold and windy, but the snow has gone…
amazing what you can see over the course of the day if you take the time to look…
