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16 Saturday Jan 2016

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got home a few minutes after five last night and took this picture of the front street to show the light…

  
was quite excited to realize that it was light out… we are now on the side of the season where it is brighter every day… yay… 

always feel more positive when there is more light and sunshine… I take vitamin D and usually use a SAD light, but haven’t taken the time to turn in on in the morning for the last few weeks…

took this shot focussed tighter on the trees across the creek…

  
not really sure what happened, but it came out more like a painting than a photograph…

today I have done very little… changed the bed and then planted my behind on it for the majority of the day… feels wonderful to be doing nothing, lol…

happy to be able to take the time to recuperate from the crazy hectic weeks I’ve been experiencing…

recently I have been thinking about what good shape I am in these days compared to just a few years ago… I can lift things and walk without any problems… and I have no discomfort of any kind… 

I am blessed…

beauty…

14 Thursday Jan 2016

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this morning my beautiful colleague and I spent some time laughing about our day…

  
we’ve been working on an all consuming project but can still laugh and have fun… she is a joy to work with…

she loves flowers and has the most amazing ability to arrange them…

I picked some up last week and yesterday she completely transformed them into another lovely arrangement…

  
I can hardly wait until tomorrow when we will be in a place with very beautiful flowers…

 

I think she is going to enjoy the beauty, lol… should be fun…

pain…

11 Monday Jan 2016

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took a picture of my Japanese maple this morning… wanted a baseline for the next few months as the leaves start to produce again… poor little thing struggles every fall when it comes into the house…

  
lots of conversation tonight about some of the things I learned after George’s death… the discussion brought back some of the pain from those early days… 

we talked about the importance of sharing our thoughts about our final wishes with our family and friends – if and when to pull the plug – what we would hope for in a funeral/memorial/ gathering – where needed information is located… made me think that I should review the when mom dies file that I’ve prepared for the girls… when the time comes it should be as easy as possible for them…

  

on our way home caught this great shot of the sky… excellent to have things to remind me of my wonderful life…

utensils…

10 Sunday Jan 2016

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this morning I woke early, but went back to bed for a bit… when I got up I made breakfast and used my cute little steamer again… getting the hang of it more each time I use it…

  
I have committed to eating vegetables at each meal and all I had left this morning were brussel sprouts… so, I had brussel sprouts with poached eggs and IKEA rösti…. very tasty…

ran out and picked up groceries, so now I have lots of vegetables…  also went for a wander in Bed, Bath and Beyond… took quite a while, but was lots of fun…

picked up a rotating container for kitchen utensils… about the fourth one I’ve purchased in the last year or so, but I believe that this might be the last one I have to buy… think it is going to work perfectly…

  
to fit everyone’s schedule we had a late lunch instead of supper, so when the kids left, it was still light…

 
sun was just going down as they headed out… still really cold out, but we’ve really been enjoying some beautiful temperatures…

beloved…

09 Saturday Jan 2016

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this morning I spent a bit of time in the kitchen… while I was cleaning the stove I was thinking of my beloved…

he had the strongest hands and arms… anything that needed serious scrubbing ended up as his job… that stove would have been spotless had he cleaned it, lol… he could also wring things out so there was no water at all left in them…

 
for breakfast I cooked some spinach in my new cute purple steamer… second time using it and it worked much better than the first time… cleaned up nicely as well… also used some of the frozen spinach for my lunch smoothie… came out great, so I can use frozen next time I run out of fresh, lol…

sun was shining all day, although it was -34 with the wind chill… got a nice shot of a couple of garage roofs which have squirrel paths all over them… not sure I’ve seen tracks on the neighbour’s garage before… 

  
while I was doing laundry I also went through all of the tops in my closet… filled a box with things that are too big… a friend is going to pick them up for a swap event they are having…

  
always happy when I’ve been able to do a bit of decluttering… George would have been proud…

bouquet…

07 Thursday Jan 2016

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been a tough week, so last night I treated me to a lovely bouquet of flowers…

didn’t open the package and brought them to the office to perk up my space…

  
they look and smell wonderful and were a great bit of beauty as we worked on a project… enjoyed the perfume and looked at them many times throughout the day…

  
from one of my shots I made wallpaper for my phone…

  
going to take a few more pictures tomorrow before I start work…

lucky to be able to treat myself…

sky…

06 Wednesday Jan 2016

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yesterday morning I had to stop the car as I was leaving the driveway to take a picture of the beautiful sky…

  
second exciting thing was that it was light out as I was heading to work… yay…

on my way home tonight it was still light, yay again… and I was mesmerized by the sky… it had light coming from behind the clouds… made me think of the northern lights…

  
very strange looking… as I pulled into the Ultracuts parking lot I got out and took a few pictures before going in to get my hair cut…

nature is so amazing…. 

was thinking how great it was that I had to run a few errands which took a bit longer than exoected because, if I’d been earlier or later, I might not have seen this spectacular view…

crystallizing…

04 Monday Jan 2016

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got a few shots of the hoarfrost on the garage door windows…

  
took these with my iPhone and then blew them up a bit…

can’t believe how beautiful they can be…

wondering how I can get more of them on the window… maybe if I warm it up and wipe it off and then let it start crystallizing again… hmmmm…

visit…

03 Sunday Jan 2016

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quiet day… 

had my first hot tub of the year… the birds were twittering and the squirrel was busy running back and forth in the cedar trees at the back of the yard… 

made some red lentil curry and it came out great… will certainly make that again, which is good because I bought four different types of spices to make it, lol…

  
had a lovely visit with a good friend and spent some FaceTime with my Ottawa daughter… we are starting to consider some lakeside vacation time in July for the whole family… 

got in a bit of reading…

supper with most of the kids… one was on a play date, so only four of them were here…

  
relaxing after dinner…