05 Monday Jan 2015
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big girl pants, moon, rest, tree, work
this morning as I was getting ready for work I stepped outside and looked at this tree covered in snow…
as I looked across the street the moon was full and over the neighbour’s house… pictures on my phone didn’t turn out, sadly…
full day back at work after two weeks away… happy to get home and have a rest before supper…
04 Sunday Jan 2015
spent a very quiet last day of holidays…
lots of TV watching and napping…
did a few chores around the house and got supper ready for the kids…
my shoveler worked very hard when he arrived…
that driveway is a lot bigger when there is five inches of snow on the ground and it is minus 40 with the windchill…
all cleared now so I am able to exit the premises, lol…
guess that means I can get to work tomorrow…
03 Saturday Jan 2015
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this morning there was way more snow outside… everything was covered…
looking out the door…
got a few great shots of the garden where the snow had made designs everywhere… couldn’t tell if it was the squirrel or bunny who left tracks in the snow…
gazing ball with a hat…
pattern on the trellis…
when I opened the front door it was clear that a lot of snow had fallen overnight… my snow guy was busy today, but luckily I didn’t need to go anywhere, so could just look out and admire it…
deep snow…
spent time listening to neighbours’ with their snowblowers and shovels as they cleaned sidewalks and driveways…
de-cluttered a closet, put away Christmas ornaments and did some walking…
now to bed…
02 Friday Jan 2015
looked outside this morning and saw such beauty…
everything had been covered with a blanket of light fluffy snow…
luckily I didn’t need to leave home… always so much more beautiful if you don’t have to go out in it, lol…
this afternoon my grandson came over and shovelled the sidewalk, driveway and back path…
he did a good job and then came in for hot chocolate while we waited for his mom to pick him up, when she got off work…
a friend stopped by a few hours later and there was more snow on the ground… we went out for supper and while we were visiting the wind was blowing the snow around…
wonder what it is going to look like in the morning…
29 Monday Dec 2014
another sunshiny day…
stayed in for breakfast… felt like –41 Celsius outside…
went out for lunch with a friend and his three children… busy, lol…
one of my gifts was a light that I can turn on with an app on my iPhone… besides white, it can also turn any colour I’d like… guess which colour I’ve made it so far…
in the background is my new picture which the kids picked for me at IKEA… it looks lovely against the purple wall…
I do love technology…
28 Sunday Dec 2014
spent a relaxing day…
sun has been shining for the last few days… lovely as we have been dealing with many days of overcast skies for what seems like weeks…
while we were visiting in the living room the sun shone through and made a rainbow effect where it reflected on one of the stained glass angels that George made a number of years ago…
looked beautiful and I was able to get a good picture after a few tries…
later in the afternoon it was clear that there is more light…
already the days are getting longer and that extra sunlight makes me very happy…
26 Friday Dec 2014
couldn’t get any pictures of the chickadees and nuthatch on Tuesday, but got a few good shots on Wednesday just after the kids arrived… apparently they brought some good luck…
nuthatch and a chickadee at the feeder…
not only did we get the nuthatch and chickadees, but we also caught a woodpecker at the feeder…
woodpecker…
that was excellent… I’d seen the nuthatch, but the woodpecker was a great surprise…
today, I pulled a chair up to the window and sat there with my phone for quite a while as I had seen the birds flitting to and fro, but not a one would come by so I could get something on my phone, lol…
we’ve had a lazy, relaxing day… kids slept in and we walked over to The “A” for the breakfast special… walked from there to the grocery store, and home with the fixings for our dinner…
feeding has been an important part of the day, lol… finished making turkey soup, which we had for our lunch… sat and visited for the rest of the afternoon…
topped off the day with steak and lobster and macadamia clusters which I had picked up at least a couple of months ago, so that I would have then when the kids arrived…
none for me, but I did have one delicious little shortbread cookie…
enjoying the moments with my kids…
24 Wednesday Dec 2014
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joy, little people, moments, peace, preparations, Santa, season, time, tree, waiting
everyone is tired and ready for bed…
now, if only the little people would go to sleep…
as we left the house to spend the night with the kids, I took a few shots of the spiral tree on the front step…
first time since we put it out that it has snow on it, lol… good view of the swag as well…
now we are waiting… for Santa…
earlier today I was thinking about how busy our Christmas eve’s used to be… running around picking up the last few bits and pieces for gifting, or doing set up so that everything would be ready in the morning…
today I waited for the Ottawa kids to arrive, and then spent time preparing food for tomorrow’s dinner…
in this season of peace, love and joy, I wish you and yours time with those you love and the opportunity to enjoy each of those moments…
23 Tuesday Dec 2014
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Advent, beloved, big girl pants, camera, chickadees, Christmas, dragonfly, flying, nuthatches, pistponed, the "A"
this morning my Advent gift was a very glittery purple dragonfly… which flew right to the Christmas tree…
talked with the kids in Ottawa before they headed to the airport…
my son-in-law came by and we walked to the “A” for breakfast… lovely time… I held his arm for part of the walk as it was fairly icy… brought back memories of holding hands with my beloved whenever we walked anywhere…
got a call from Ottawa to say the flight was delayed and then another to say it was cancelled for today and they wouldn’t be flying home until tomorrow…
spent some time feeling sorry for myself, had a nap and went out for a few errands… the last I hope…
sat in the living room and watched the chickadees and nuthatches flit back and forth to the feeder which my grandson had filled on Sunday… dug out the tripod, found the remote and waited for them to come back to the feeder… and, of course, they flew off and never returned, lol… only picture I got was of the camera on the tripod…
trying to remain positive that the kids will really arrive tomorrow… did get a bit of extra time to finish preparations…
18 Thursday Dec 2014
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just in from a very nice time in the hot tub…
now into the winter hot tub system… that means wearing my water boots and my Rona toque…
the water boots are great because I don’t have to put a towel on the steps which I used to do when I wore slippers out… winter temperatures make stepping on plastic in bare feet a bit painful, lol… I go out, climb in, climb out, and go back into the house… the toque keeps my ears warm… it is amazing how warm ears keep your whole body comfortable…
as I sat there, I could hear the slap of the puck on the ice at the Club, just over the creek, as the hockey players were taking shots on the rink…
the garage light came on and off as the wind blew across the sensor, but the dog next door didn’t come out… he barks a lot…
no helicopters or sirens which is always great…
feels like -14 so it wasn’t too cold and I stayed out for quite a while… lovely relaxing time…
really looking forward to one more day of work before 15 days to rest…
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