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sunshine…

14 Friday Nov 2014

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I think the hibiscus is in just the right place in the living room… must be getting the correct dose of sunlight…

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there were at least thirteen buds this morning… looks amazing considering it probably only has twenty or thirty leaves on it…

IMG_9333.JPGthis picture was taken when I arrived home and the sun was shining in and making some beautiful shadows…

got upstairs and took this picture of the sun going down…

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enjoyed a very short walk getting home… crisp but lovely…

a great day filled with sunshine… haven’t had a lot of it lately so really appreciated it… happy to be able to take the time to enjoy the moment…

boots…

12 Wednesday Nov 2014

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snow was on the ground again this morning… had to put my boots on… I go as long as possible wearing my sandals… even once I am wearing my boots I use my sandals at work… they are by far the most comfortable shoes I have…

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after work I helped a friend download and learn a new computer program… great fun… whole process went very well… download was a piece of cake, and we were able to copy data into the program without any issues either… we entered new data and saved it easily… looks like it is going to be a great program…

tonight I am feeling cold and tired… going to climb into my pyjamas, get under the covers and get lots of sleep…

remembering…

11 Tuesday Nov 2014

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woke up to snow on the ground this morning…

snow on the ground...

snow on the ground…

when I went downstairs a red hibiscus was in full bloom and I could see the snow on the ground… reminded me of a poppy…

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hibiscus with snow through window…

spent a good portion of the morning watching the Remembrance Day service from Ottawa…

sunrise...

sunrise…

remembering my mother and father and George’s father and their service to our country… neither my father or George’s ever talked about what they did…

my mom’s work involved removing or adjusting pictures of ships so that when they were published in newspapers anywhere in the world they wouldn’t be recognizable as a certain ship… she was heavily involved in having this statue designed and raised at the Legislative grounds… this picture was one I downloaded from the internet, and there was no information about who took it…

statue of women in the three services at the Manitoba Legislature building...

statue of women in the three services at the Manitoba Legislature building…

had a quiet day thinking of them and also George… his dad died just a few days before Remembrance Day which made the day very special for both of us…

honking…

08 Saturday Nov 2014

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this morning I heard geese going over, honking all the way… there were quite a few from the sound…

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the sunrise was beautiful and I was lucky to catch it…

I love the sound of the geese as it heralds the coming of spring and fall… if I am outside I can’t keep from gazing up to see where they are…

I haven’t been able to get pictures of the geese flying but took this picture a few weeks ago… you can spot them in nearly any body of water around the city…

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this one was taken when we were wandering through the zoo at the end of August…

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it is important not to get too close because they can be very ornery… a goose bite really hurts… had the experience when I was about five, ugh…

still, I do love that sound…

vision…

07 Friday Nov 2014

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this morning I took a picture of my buddies having breakfast…

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still figuring out exactly how much to feed them…

must say I am happy to have them as company again…

yesterday I went for another field test… I had gone for one a few months ago but was called back because one eye didn’t do so well… thankfully both eyes did fine this time… then they took some scans of my eyes and I saw the doctor… he was pleased with all the results and said my current eye drops would still be fine… amazing what stress can be involved in something as simple as a vision exam…

this morning I also got a few pictures of the hibiscus in full bloom…

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a reminder that being able to see is a wonderful thing…

blooming…

06 Thursday Nov 2014

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took this picture yesterday morning of a bud…

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the hibiscus tree has about 20 leaves on it… the rest fell off once the flowers bloomed the first few weeks after I brought it in…

full moon today… when we were driving to swimming the moon was huge above the trees… by the time we finished it had risen quite a bit higher, but was about half the size…

happily I had scalloped potatoes and ham for my supper, which my friend dropped off tonight… I cooked some snow peas to go along with it… these were the scalloped potatoes that our group had peeled and sliced for her family dinner after her brother’s memorial service last week… they were delicious… although there were lots of onions in them, her system of cutting the slices into small pieces infused the potatoes with the flavour but not great bits of onion…

this is the blossom tonight…

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so happy to have blooming flowers in the house… George brought me orchids or other blooming plants often throughout the cold weather…

sky…

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

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this morning the sky was absolutely beautiful… took many pictures on the way to work… it was mesmerizing…

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a bit later in the morning I ran across the street to pick up some milk and cream for our coffee… as I was walking back I was compelled to take a picture of Emptyful… could see some great reflections in the new police building…

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ended the day with a shot of another lovely sky as we drove home…

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I stopped for a haircut and then walked home in the crisp evening air… made it home just before the light went…

enjoying these wonderful Fall days…

look…

02 Sunday Nov 2014

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look up, look out…

that was today’s motto as I took a drive to Carberry with my friend…

weather was perfect and there was lots of conversation and snacking going on…

IMG_9151.JPGstopped in Spruce Woods Provincial Park and got a few nice pictures…

IMG_9152.JPGthe wind was making this little guy’s tail wave in a tree at the rest stop…

IMG_9147.JPGwe were astonished at the waterline, visible on the trees for miles, from the flooding this past summer…

IMG_9148.JPGthere were wonderful cloud formations all the way along… just caught the sunset in the rear view mirror…

IMG_9149-0.JPGdidn’t last more than about thirty seconds…

IMG_9150.JPGfinally enjoyed these beautiful pink tinged clouds… just before the dark took over the sky… last night we changed from Central Daylight to Central Standard time so it got dark an hour earlier than the night before… of course it is lighter when we get up…

wonderful day…

condo…

01 Saturday Nov 2014

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last night when the boys came by after going out for Halloween, Jeff put the new top on the stove…

IMG_9132.JPGof course there were no directions, but he figured it out and it now looks great and works perfectly…

they came over late this afternoon and he and the boys started catching the fish to bring them into their winter condo…

IMG_9130.JPGhe worked for an hour and a half… the boys lasted about twenty minutes, lol…

IMG_9131.JPGthe last few fish didn’t want to be caught, even though there was ice on the top of the pond, but he wasn’t giving up…

IMG_9128.JPGwe now have thirty fish in the tank…

IMG_9129.JPGhappy to have the company back in the house…

prep…

30 Thursday Oct 2014

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this morning I prepared for an afternoon memorial service as I got dressed… chose a purple top and a special scarf so that I could leave right from the office…

saw these geese as we were driving…

IMG_9032.JPGthey were everywhere… sadly I didn’t get a shot of them flying overhead…

here’s a picture of my afternoon snack…

IMG_9033.JPGtook the smallest plate because it had purple on it…

today the sky went from dark and filled with clouds, to sunny and clear as we drove home…

after supper I prepared the goodies to give out tomorrow… I put together 30 medical gloves filled with candy and 3 sets of Halloween gloves for my boys…

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