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tea-to-go…

13 Sunday Feb 2022

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a number of months ago, on Mother’s Day, I had a tea-to-go from the Velvet Glove at the Fairmont Winnipeg…

it was delightful and the presentation was beautiful…

recently they posted on social media that they were having another for Valentine’s Day… I was quick to check with my grandson to see if he would be able to pick it up for me, and once I received his confirmation, I called and ordered it…

upon arrival it looked just as good as last time…

the sandwiches were delicious… I enjoyed each one, but my favourite was the cream cheese and cucumber;-)…

next were the desserts… little bites of delight…

the tea I had was Flora’s Berry Garden and there is some Earl Grey to have later…

it was lovely to enjoy this lovely lunch, watching the Olympics, as the snow was falling again…

I was so full, I couldn’t eat the last few bites of dessert, but I devoured them after supper, lol…

my beloved was a great romantic and special treats like this bring back so many wonderful memories of previous Valentine celebrations…

I have been, and continue to be, blessed…

flown…

12 Saturday Feb 2022

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I’ve always loved Valentine’s Day… from getting flowers from my beloved, to making heart shaped sugar cookies for the girls’ classrooms for years, to taking roses to my colleagues…

in later years, once the girls had flown the nest, we would have a special dinner… often steak and lobster…

this year I ordered a charcuterie board from Oak Hammock Marsh, one of our local not-for-profits, for my dinner tonight…

it was delivered to my door and looked festive…

there were cheeses, olives, crackers, cold cuts, fruit, nuts, herbs, even a bit of chocolate… and it came on a nice wooden board…

tonight I enjoyed half of it, and will finish it either tomorrow or Monday…

was thinking of my beloved as I enjoyed this treat…

highlighting…

11 Friday Feb 2022

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enjoyed some lovely time in the living room this afternoon with the sun shining in, highlighting the amaryllis flowers…

the first one started blooming around January 17th and right now has four blooms on its second stalk…

the three that arrived and were planted on January 21st are doing well… of them, one is down to its last bloom and one is just thinking of opening…

happy they have stretched out their growth… they have brought much joy and I have spent time with them every day…

placement…

10 Thursday Feb 2022

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it snowed again this morning, sigh…

it made me decide to take down and put away the snow people… just in case they were causing all the snow, lol…

the bin they live in was in the den closet, filled with the pottery that had come off the shelves… it was way too heavy to carry downstairs…

after setting all the pieces on the table, I packed up the snow people and took the bin to the basement… much lighter…

I went through the pottery and was able to let five pieces go… will have to see if anyone wants them, or else they will go into the donation box…after that I spent a rather long time choosing where to set each one…

I didn’t put them in the same locations and was missing my decorator friends as I worked on the placement, lol…

seeing my beloved’s printing always brings a smile to my face;-)…

stuck…

09 Wednesday Feb 2022

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yesterday it rained… crazy eh…

I went out before it really got going to clear the snow in front of the patio door…

for the last week or so it has been stuck and only opened about six inches…

seemed like a good plan to deal with it before the rain, in case it freezes into ice back there…

took quite a while and a lot of effort to get the snow moved… it was much heavier and had more chunks in it… the hill next to the deck is high again, so I’ve had to walk along the path before throwing the snow into the garden…

but, got it done… there is still tons of snow on the deck although the rain and wind and warmer weather have certainly melted some of it…

it will be interesting to see how it is going to melt, or whether there will be more than one pond in the space..

combined…

08 Tuesday Feb 2022

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had some fun this morning changing out the decoration on the front door…

last night I found the hearts that I wanted to use and brought them to the dining room…

got a last photo of the swag before I removed it…

then I combined two hearts together and hung them up… I have finally figured out how to get them to hang at the right level before tying them off…

I think they look good from both the outside and the inside…

a few days ago I put the L O V E letters on the stairway;-)… had some fun with the lighting…

also ordered a few treats to celebrate Valentine’s weekend on my own;-)…

phase…

07 Monday Feb 2022

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I last had my hair trimmed in November, when Hilda the gardener, who is also a professional hairstylist, came to give me a cut at home…

for the last few days I’ve been struggling with it… that all of a sudden too long phase…

this morning I did some of my own trimming…

certainly no purple these days, and I do miss it…

came out nicely, lol… and feels so much better…

arrange…

06 Sunday Feb 2022

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took some time to arrange the amaryllis plants…

right now three are blooming, so I put them together on the living room table…

first I took apart the last of my New Year’s bouquet and used the vase to set one of the pots inside…

there is still one plant waiting to bloom on the dining room table… when it opens, I think I will add it to the collection in the living room…

having fresh blooms in the house makes me happy, particularly during these cold and snowy days…

easier…

05 Saturday Feb 2022

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the Olympics are on, the Olympics are on;-)…

I am so excited… I like to watch live if possible, so it means I am up at all times of the day and/or night, depending where they are happening… my days and nights are currently upside down…

retirement makes this much easier… when I worked, my colleagues knew I might be kind of groggy some of the time…

I like both summer and winter versions… although for these ones I am not that fond of hockey and curling (hard to believe I am a Canadian, eh)…

I really enjoy the skating, skiing and snowboarding…

and I always want everyone to do their best… such fun to watch…

not much is going to be happening around here for the next few weeks, lol…

February is going to flash by…

drift…

04 Friday Feb 2022

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yikes, more snow stories…

put on long underwear, an extra vest, mitts over gloves, my Canada Goose jacket, and went out in the extreme cold to shovel a path to the garbage and recycle bins…

I had hoped to put them in the lane for pick up but there was just too much snow… hopefully, next week it will be a bit warmer so I can finish digging the path out all the way to the gate…

thankfully there is a bit of space in both bins so they should be fine for one more week…

there was a huge drift up against the back door and it took a while to get through it…

as I moved further into the yard, the path got narrower… it was cold out there…

it was just wide enough for me to carry out the bags, lol…

sure do miss my beloved, he would have shovelled and snow blowed a great path all the way to the lane, no problem… and had fun doing it, lol… he did love to play with the snowblower…