23 Wednesday Nov 2016
Posted in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
last night on my way home I stopped and picked up some beautiful flowers…
divided them up and took half to the office this morning…
have a new technique when I take flowers in the car… put them in one of the cloth/fabric grocery bags and then strap them into the car seat…
works great to keep them from getting crushed and they stay upright on the trip…
enjoyed them all day;-)…
the others are in the bedroom where I can enjoy them all evening…
22 Tuesday Nov 2016
Posted in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, boots, footprints, hubcaps, snow, tires, traffic, widow
put on my boots this morning because there was snow…
wonderful to see the glistening snow all clean and bright on the ground… been missing it a bit, lol…
fun to make the footprints and then take their picture…
couldn’t believe the traffic… everyone was moving appropriately, but it was slow going…
had the all season tires on when I got to the office… they are so pretty…
but, when I headed for home, had snow tires…
they look much better with the fancy hubcaps on, although not as pretty as the all season ones, lol…
21 Monday Nov 2016
Posted in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
acceptance, big girl pants, Bruno Mars, conversation, Just the Way You Are, rainbow, ReImagining, widow
drove home from a gathering with my ReImagining friends listening to Bruno Mars singing Just the Way You Are…
reminded me of our conversation about spirituality and being accepting of others, and ourselves…
the light made me think of a rainbow this morning…
20 Sunday Nov 2016
Posted in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
since we’ve lived in our house, there have been four owners of the house next door…
when we moved in, the young couple were newly adoptive parents and then had another little one inside of eight months, so moved to a larger house close by… we became friends and she cut my hair for years after they left…
then came our dear friend Ellen and her husband… they lived in the house for about 25 years and became family… looking after the girls, giving us breaks at mealtimes, babysitting on a regular basis when we went bowling, sharing meals, being a sounding board… we built a gate in the fence between our yards, lol… really missed her when they moved to a seniors complex… she died not long after that in 2009 and we spent a wonderful afternoon in the garden with friends celebrating her life…
then an older single woman moved in for about a year, followed by two young men… cousins who were both pilots… last year one got married and they recently had a baby… we didn’t connect that much with any of them…they moved out on Saturday….
the house is empty as it waits for the next owners to arrive…
wonder who will move in… hope we connect…
19 Saturday Nov 2016
Posted in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, company, dark, Mom's the Word, PTE, sore, throat, widow
woke up with a sore throat, which was unfortunate as some young friends were coming over about 9:30…
we had a lovely visit and I took these pics as they were leaving…
then I had a nap…
picked up by a friend, had lunch and went to a play at PTE… this one was called Mom’s the Word…
it was cute and funny…
by the time we left the parking garage it was dark, sigh… got this shot of the house as I walked up to it… it really was dark…
still have a sore throat…
18 Friday Nov 2016
Posted in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
athlete, big girl pants, dad, did you have fun, grandson, lesson, sports, veteran, volleyball, widow
spent a good portion of the day thinking about my dad… he was born on November 18… took this photo of a page in Then to Now: The History of La Salle, Manitoba…
like so many veterans, Dad never talked about the war… this article is the most I ever learned about his time in the service…
in his youth he was quite an athlete, and although he struggled with lung issues from the time he returned to Canada, he always loved sports…
I remember going to many events at the arena to watch with him… he encouraged everyone… didn’t matter if they were our team or the other… if someone did something good, he clapped and cheered… and I still do that… what a wonderful life lesson…
a few nights ago I was invited to my grandson’s volleyball game… for the first set he was on the sidelines cheering on his teammates…
later he did a great job serving…
this shot came out kind of cool because he moved so fast, lol…
my dad would have loved watching his great grandchildren play any sport…
it is from him that the most important question I always have for the boys is did you have fun?
17 Thursday Nov 2016
Posted in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
some wonderful moments today…
the sky was stunning as I headed downtown… there were a few clouds but the light on them was just beautiful… having to drive means I often don’t get the pictures I would like…
I took in a box of children’s books that had been hanging around the house and watched with delight as three colleagues found treats to take home for their little people…
as I was driving down a street in Charleswood tonight I came across a deer in a yard just quietly standing there…
ended the night with purple hair…
hasn’t had any purple in it for weeks so it was a wonderful treat to have it back…
16 Wednesday Nov 2016
Posted in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
Apple Store, big girl pants, camera, eTransfers, iPhone, tech, technophile, widow
been working with a lot of difficult technology issues over the last few weeks…
makes me happy when my own technology is working well, lol…
when I was in Atlanta with my daughter in June she had this cool gadget that would let you upload photos from your camera directly onto you iPhone… as soon as I got home I picked one up at the Apple Store and carry it with me all the time, along with my camera…
I’ve also been starting to use eTransfers… my credit union has just started to take them… my kids and friends are starting to send me money and I even know how to send it to others, lol… it is very cool…
a young friend commented on how well my big girl pants are fitting when we discussed a recent eTransfer, lol… she is a technophile as well…
15 Tuesday Nov 2016
Posted in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, early, leaves, moon, super moon, tree, widow
got up a bit early so I could spend some time in the front yard taking pictures of the last of the super moon…
really happy with this one… too bad the leaves left on the tree were dead, lol…
14 Monday Nov 2016
Posted in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
apple crisp, barbecue, big girl pants, dinner, kids, moon, Park, Pokémon Go, quiet, super, widow
yesterday morning the sky was lovely…
a quiet day with a few chores around the house…
kids came over for supper and we had barbecued pork chops… tasty…
my daughter made a very nice apple crisp for our dessert…
then we drove over to the Park and did some Pokémon Go hunting… lovely walk in the dark around the Riley Duck Pond and by the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden…
the super moon was so big and beautiful… happy that we had lots of time to admire it because tonight the sky doesn’t have a single visible star in it… lots of others out Pokémoning too…
a large buck ran right past us as we were circling the Pond… amazing…
lots of spectacular views…
herbiggirlpants 