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pump…

07 Wednesday May 2014

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when I was working in the garden on the weekend I was thinking I needed to call the pond people about coming to put the pump in and see if the leak is fixed…

been really busy so hadn’t gotten around to it, but as I was heading out this morning I thought about it again…

was very happy to get a call from one of the pond guys to say he was going to come tomorrow and could I put the pump out for him…

this is hopefully the last picture of the pond without the waterfall running…

20140507-221141.jpgmaybe spring is really here, lol…

presents…

06 Tuesday May 2014

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a couple of days ago I hung up one of my birthday presents from Cyndi and Ron…

used one of the command fasteners and apparently got the directions right, lol…

20140506-223923.jpgthis is a lid for bowls… it sits on top of the bowl and you can actually pick it up by the little handle… but it is easy to lift it from the edge… going to be way better than plastic or foil… may need to get another couple…

I also got purple toilet paper… very cool…

and my favourite gift was an infinity scarf covered with butterflies… sadly I forgot it at their house after wearing it every day while I was there, but they will bring it when they come in June…

great reminders of a wonderful time…

cushions…

05 Monday May 2014

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I love my garden furniture… we’ve had it for a long time… all of the chairs recline and I’ve been looking for five or six years to replace them but haven’t found anything that I like near as much…

the cushions have worn down and for nearly four years I’ve been trying to find someone to remake them…

the cost to redo each one was about $250 each… last year I found some fabric but then couldn’t remember how much I needed…

just before I went to Ottawa, Crystal and Jeff found some cushions for me to look at…

I bought this brown one from Canadian Tire before I left…

20140505-221533.jpgthen they spotted one they thought might work from IKEA… sadly their colours weren’t what I wanted…

yesterday we went to Target and I picked up some green ones which I think will work fine…

20140505-221845.jpgthe original ones were one piece, but these are separate, and I think they will be good…

now I have to decide if I want two of each or whether to take one back and get three more sets so they are all the same…

20140505-222236.jpgwhat do you think?

sea shells…

04 Sunday May 2014

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when I was about twelve a colleague of my dad’s gave me my first sea shell… it was an abalone from Florida where she had been on vacation…

ever since then I have collected shells… mainly from others who travelled all over the world, but some I have gathered myself…

since I was about twenty I have dreamed about a coffee table with a glass cover where I could put the shells so that they wouldn’t get dusty or dirty…

a couple of months ago I saw such a table at IKEA… it was fairly expensive and only came in an off-white colour…

today we were there again, and found the table in gray… gave in and bought it…

brought it home in two thin boxes and then Crystal put it together…

table bits and pieces...

table bits and pieces…

there were many, many pieces but she did a great job and got it together without a single extra piece…

table all together...

table all together…

then we spent some time reorganizing the living room, as the table takes up quite a bit of room…

next, will be digging out the box of shells and putting them into the drawer…

looking forward to it…

gardening…

03 Saturday May 2014

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woo hoo… spent some time in the garden today…

20140503-213154.jpgplan was to tidy the back deck… the furniture was all stacked and there was a ton of cedar leaves all over it…

earlier in the day I had seen a couple of huge robins in the garden…

20140503-213516.jpgafter tidying the deck I cleaned up the new flower beds and the raised bed…

20140503-214219.jpgit was cool and a bit windy, but wonderful to be out in the garden… was happy to get so much done…

20140503-215341.jpglooks good…

then I made myself pickerel, oven baked French fries, and pea pods for dinner…

20140503-215546.jpgthought about George as I was working in the garden and making supper… he was always the one who did the hard work in the garden… my job was to keep him on track, lol… and he was always the one who made the French fries… it was more than a year before I was able to make fish and chips, and even now it can be difficult…

I miss my beloved every day…

over…

02 Friday May 2014

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didn’t start work until two today as I was working a trade show into the evening, so I had a lovely morning…

started with a hot tub, listening to the birds and enjoying the beauty in the back yard… there is NO snow left…

20140502-214003.jpgwalked over to get a haircut, picked up a breakfast sandwich, and had a little nap when I got home…

vacation is over… but it was wonderful…

vacation day seven…

01 Thursday May 2014

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final day of vacation… watched a series to the end of the first season last night, but we still got up around 6:30…

took a picture of the transit station which we have been using and which is right outside the kids’ apartment…

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then I packed my bag… although there was talk that I wasn’t going to get everything in it…

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but I did, with only a small additional bag for carry on…

20140501-154959.jpgit had been overcast and rainy but finally the sky started to clear and we went for a walk along the river…

20140501-155340.jpgtook the bus to the airport wearing a t-shirt… no jacket or sweater… but I forgot my new scarf…

then, I waited – in a very long line at Security, and then for the airplane to arrive… eventually it did, and we were only about fifteen minutes late…

20140501-213114.jpgarrived and Crystal and the little boys picked me up and dropped me off at home…

the snow is gone… how cool is that:-)…

vacation day six…

30 Wednesday Apr 2014

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today we girls had a leisurely morning, finished the soup, and then headed down to ByWard Market for some retail therapy, followed by sushi and pedicures…

had great success with the shopping… found a few treats to take home and picked up a few items for Cyndi and Ron…

sushi was great and we tried a few different things which were all delicious…

20140430-211627.jpgrained off and on throughout the day, but we were very happy to get to the Spa… after our lovely stone pedicure we sat under some driers which worked very well – no smushed nails…

20140430-212014.jpgthen we stopped for my first ever BeaverTail… my, my, my… won’t be my last…

20140430-212721.jpggot home and had chocolate martinis and macaroons before we had our turkey soup and dumplings…

20140430-213054.jpgjust finished some very nice piña colada tea…

pretty toes…

20140430-213511.jpggot my boarding pass for tomorrow’s flight home…

vacation day five…

29 Tuesday Apr 2014

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up and out first thing this morning…

had a ride right in the middle of a bendy bus…

20140429-214211.jpgthen breakfast at Elgin Street Diner…

20140429-214328.jpgafter breakfast we spent a few hours in the Canadian Museum of Nature… it was great fun… lots of interactive places and things to do… saw a great frog exhibit as well as many other interesting things…

20140429-214949.jpgthere were lots of steps in the four floors of the Museum which is very beautiful in its own right…

20140429-215120.jpgwe walked back to the apartment and came across these crocuses blooming…

20140429-215644.jpgwe rested, and made a turkey dinner for supper…

20140429-215804.jpgit was delicious, although possibly I dirtied every pot in the place:-)…

vacation day four…

28 Monday Apr 2014

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got up, had breakfast, and went to pick up groceries for our turkey dinner tomorrow night…

while we were out I found a great pair of black runners, which I wore for the rest of the day… my feet are a bit sore from all the walking…

came home, put away the groceries and went downtown to have lunch at The Smoque Shack… the beef
bones were delicious and reminded me of Tony Roma’s…

20140428-220053.jpghad a wonderful drink…

20140428-220332.jpgwandered around Byward Market for a while and found a great dessert shop – Oh So Good, which serves cake by the piece much like Baked Expectations…

20140428-220828.jpgwe stopped in at Letellier and found sandals and work shoes… there is some conversation that I might need another suitcase, lol…

walked along the canal in the sun looking for tulips, before taking the bus back home…

had a nap, prepped potatoes, turnip and stuffing… swam in the building’s pool before dinner and watched some tv…

getting to be an old hand with the transit system…

the weather was beautiful and it was another great day:-)…