squash…

19 Monday Oct 2015

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big girl pants, ladybug, Life is Like a Pot of Soup, Mondays, squash, welcoming, women

had a wonderful day… I am really enjoying these every other Mondays off…

keep tripping over the bag full of acorn, spaghetti and delicata squash that we picked up on Sunday…

going to put them into a basket downstairs where it is a little cooler… and I won’t trip over them, lol…

had a wonderful time with this marvellous group of women… meatloaf, bean salad, broccoli, bread and brownies for supper… lots of laughter, sharing and warmth…

as well as reading, thinking and talking about Life is Like a Pot of Soup, we kept checking on the election results and baseball scores, lol…
when I arrived home there was a light waiting to guide me to the back door…

nice to have that welcoming beacon…

and just now, a cute little friend landed beside me…

need to be careful not to squash it…

honking…

18 Sunday Oct 2015

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big girl pants, compelled, Duck Pond, gathering, geese, honking, Park, sound

the Canada geese are gathering and preparing to head south…

yesterday they were everywhere when I was at the Park…

these ones were at the Duck Pond… this is the most I’ve seen here all year…

as I was watching the game I would hear the geese honking and look up in most any direction and see them leaving in droves…

to the north…

and the south…

a seagull was on the move as well…

there were a lot of them, possibly because there were food tents… they like to be around food, lol…

last picture of the day were these three geese heading out to find their buddies, calling all the way…

there is just something about the sound of geese that compels me to look up, smile, and listen to the glorious sound…

Ultimate…

17 Saturday Oct 2015

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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, friend, rules, terminology, Ultimate, walk

don’t think I’d heard of Ultimate until a few years ago when a colleague mentioned it…

since then I’ve seen people playing it in the Park by the Lyric, but I’ve never actually watched…

today I was at my first game… my friend let me know she and her daughter were at Assiniboine Park for a tournament…

usually on Saturday I spend the day vegging out and watching tv…

great way to get me up and moving, lol… I got ready and walked over to the Park… had a visit with my friend and learned some of the finer points of the sport while we watched her daughter play…

there aren’t any referees and lots of support from the sidelines… the rule book is very long so having individuals like my friend, who has played for twenty years, around who know the rules is a great benefit… had to giggle as one of the coaches went to the rules online from their phone for a bit of clarity…

this is a mixed league and being a good sport is very important… and there is no body contact…

always so happy to see that the kids treat one another well… the handshake at the end of the game is just the same as my boys have with their soccer and volleyball games…

teams for this tournament played with four males and three females on the field…

there was a great deal of terminology to learn… not sure that I got it all, lol…

excellent way to spend a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon… don’t think this will be the last time I watch Ultimate…

meditation…

16 Friday Oct 2015

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wonderful start to my day…

beautiful flowers, bunnies, bluejays and squirrels… all within a few minutes… the wonder of having the moment to enjoy this lovely treat…

at yoga today we sat up against a wall and meditated for a while… especially liked being able to lean against something… apparently any comfortable position works, except laying down, lol…

over the next weeks we are going to try different meditation methods… I am looking forward to it because I have always found meditating difficult… when I close my eyes all I see is black…

good to get back to my yoga practice…

amazing…

15 Thursday Oct 2015

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started the day with a picture of these tiny flowers in the barrel which has the water plants in it…

on the drive to work I got this shot of the sky… it was stunning, although a bit ominous in one direction…

at some point in the day the sun came out, which was great while it lasted…

the temperature didn’t go up much and by the time we left the office it was still chilly… and the sky had that gray look that makes you think of snow…

with the frosty nights and the chilly day this little flower was blooming at the front door, even as the plant looks half dead…

then I headed out for a wonderful dinner with my good friends… we were celebrating two birthdays… had a great time together and an excellent meal at the Peasant Cookery…

these amazing women have been been with me through good and bad times…

wishing you this kind of friendship at some point in your life…

flowers…

14 Wednesday Oct 2015

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early this morning I got a picture of the flowers on the coffee table…

I am really enjoying the blooms…

when I got home I got this picture of the morning glory...

they are still flowering even after the couple of frosts we’ve had…

when I got into the living room the flowers were beautifully lit by the sunlight…

guess I should put away the turkey, lol…
the orchid is very lovely…

these crazy cannas which I cut off from the main plants weeks ago… keep blooming…

this dahlia came in from the garden when I lifted them out on the weekend and it has started to bloom…

flowers make me so happy…

food…

13 Tuesday Oct 2015

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big girl pants, blood sugars, cookies, doctor, eating, food, Pro-Activ, resistant starch

feel like I haven’t been as good as I should have about eating lately…

yesterday, besides a lovely turkey dinner, I ate three cookies, sigh…

took the rest of them to the office this morning so I wouldn’t be tempted to eat any more of them…

my new doctor has advised that he doesn’t want me to take any blood sugar readings, because they can cause additional stress… I wonder if it causes more stress for me when I don’t know what my levels are…

today I got back on track… had a smoothie for breakfast… with berries, yogurt and spinach…

doesn’t look that great, but tastes good and is healthy…

for lunch I had some salmon with wild rice, and fresh veggies…

for my supper I had turkey leftovers, with reheated mashed potatoes and cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and turnip… instead of gravy, I decided on stuffing…

been doing some research and have discovered that reheated potatoes have a resistant starch when consumed… also using Pro-Activ margarine which helps lower cholesterol…

hope I can stay on track…

thanksgiving…

12 Monday Oct 2015

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got picked up by the kids on their way home from a family dinner last night…

had a sleepover at their house and this morning my daughter, a friend of hers, and I, went to Thermea…

it was windy first thing when I woke up…

trees swaying in the backyard…

blowing in the front…

pouring as we drove there, but we went anyway… when we came out of the locker room the rain had stopped and there were few people around… wind was a bit strong but we had a great time and had most of the areas to ourselves… even got to sit around one of the fire pits…

lovely start to our Thanksgiving day…

from there we popped over to Ikea to take back a few surplus items from their kitchen reno… I usually try not to go to stores on holidays but this was the only time we could get there…

picked up a couple of cushion covers and a lovely orchid…

reminded me of my beloved who was always bringing orchids home to me… seemed like a great thanksgiving treat…
ended the day with a wonderful turkey dinner…

ladybugs…

11 Sunday Oct 2015

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absolutely gorgeous day…

took a walk to the grocery store to pick up a few things for tomorrow’s dinner…

came across this beautiful tree… admired it when I passed it the first time and had to stop to take a picture when I came back…

also got a shot of some Virginia creeper berries…

there aren’t any leaves left on them… that frost last week did a lot of plants in…

the ladybugs have been out in full force for the last few days… yesterday there were five at once on the bedroom window…

today they were on the door when I left the house, landed on me as I was walking and were inside and outside the house…

not sure why they are everywhere… from a bit of reading it looks like the warm weather might have woken them up from hibernation…

I also spent some time preparing vegetables, more stuffing and cranberry sauce…

friends are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary which made me spend a bit of time remembering ours… it was when I was in hospital with pancreatitis and waiting for gall bladder surgery… we had missed a trip to the coast to see the kids because I got sick…

on our anniversary George brought in a basket with 40 roses in it… it was amazing… at night they had to put it into the hall because the perfume was so strong, lol… he was such a romantic…

good times…