trellis…

24 Thursday Jan 2019

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it is cold out…

this morning I had to replace a safety pin that is helping to keep the garage door closed…

thought I was pretty smart when I figured out that by pinning a cloth over the lock mechanism the door will stay closed in the colder weather…

then as I drove beside the trellis I stopped, rolled down the window, took my gloves off, and got a few pictures of the snow on the leaves…

been looking at it every day as I move up or down the driveway…

silly to decide today, when it is -40 with the windchill, that I need to stop and take the photo, lol…

Walker’s…

23 Wednesday Jan 2019

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tonight I had two Walker’s shortbread cookies for a treat with a cup of tea…

I do love shortbread and these are my favourite go-to when I don’t have any homemade ones available…

they remind me of a dear friend who loves them too…

I always make sure to have some in the house whenever I know she’s coming by…

when I eat one I think about all the fun times we have had together…

memories are such amazing things, aren’t they…

recipe…

21 Monday Jan 2019

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yesterday I spent some time preparing a couple of recipes that I can eat throughout the week…

the first one I made was Calico Beans… this is a great recipe because it makes a lot and is very tasty… it is made with three or more types of beans… usually it also has three cans of pork and beans, but I picked up kidney and black beans and only one can of pork and beans, so I improvised, lol… it also has onions, hamburger and bacon in it…

after that I moved onto Curried Red Lentils… it is served over rice and is another delicious recipe… it too makes a good amount…

my grandson came over for dinner and this is one of his favourites… we had some for our supper, packed up some for him to take home and put away two containers for my lunch or supper this week…

I like it when I get organized and have meals prepped for the week…

macro…

20 Sunday Jan 2019

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yesterday I spent some time playing with my camera and flowers in the house…

working a bit with the macro feature…

got some good shots of the orchid… if you look at them just the right way you can see a dove…

also got a few pictures of the flowers in one of the bouquets on the main floor…

as everyone knows, flowers really help me through the cold and dark season… just looking at them makes me happy…

the great news is that every day there is a tiny bit more light;-)…

dishcloth…

19 Saturday Jan 2019

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had a few late Christmas gifts over the last while…

so nice when that happens and you get to enjoy new treats…

I’d been admiring the tree for quite a while, so it was wonderful to have it given to me…

the purple piece under it is one of those lovely handmade dishcloths… I find them excellent in the kitchen and this one is a great shade…

spoiled, lol…

faux…

18 Friday Jan 2019

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on my drive in yesterday I watched a man walk across the street with bare hands… it was extremely cold and reminded me of the many who do not have the basics for this weather, sigh…

as I was leaving the office a man stopped and gave me a faux rose… he said

give this to someone and tell them you care, while you can…

then he gave me a second one, which he said was for me… at that point he asked if I had change for a cup of coffee… I advised I didn’t have any money on me so he took back one of the roses and merrily went in his way…

both reminders of how truly blessed I am… warm clothes to wear, a safe home to live in, a vehicle to get me around and work that makes me happy…

brave…

17 Thursday Jan 2019

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in 2013 the whole family travelled to Mexico in celebration of my beloved…

we had a great time and did many fun things…

this picture came up in my feed today…

we walked along the bottom of the sea to see stingrays… before we went down we told the staff that I am claustrophobic and might not be able to participate for the whole time…

I was afraid, but went ahead… they help you put on the helmet (that weighs about 60 pounds), and climb down a ladder until you reach the sea floor… then walk alongside a bit of a rail… the water was moving a lot and we had to hang onto the handrail… once we reached a certain spot they had us stop and look beyond the handrail… the staff were swimming around with treats and bringing some of the stingrays over for us to see and touch…

the top of them felt like sandpaper while the bottom was as soft as velvet…

I thought the divers came by to see me once or twice to be sure I was okay, but after we got out of the water the girls told me they were beside me every minute or so, lol…

after we were done I felt very brave and proud that I had actually done it…

those big girl pants…

cabbage…

16 Wednesday Jan 2019

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over the weekend I picked up the ingredients to make cabbage roll soup… I’ve never made it before but it sounded good and I’ve been craving cabbage rolls for a while…

last night I made it… the recipe I was using was made for an InstantPot so there was a lot of guessing around the cooking process… and I made a number of adjustments to the recipe… more of this, less of that… likely I couldn’t replicate it if I tried…

it made a ton of very thick soup…

I stopped on the way to work and picked up two different loaves of bread to go with it…

everyone loved it and it all got eaten up…

woohoo…

matched…

15 Tuesday Jan 2019

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had a lovely evening…

headed to Polo Park with a young friend after work…

stopped at Ricki’s and found a jacket, and a purple plaid jean (kind of) shirt… on Saturday I had picked up two cute tops as well… both with purple flowers on them…

then we had supper at Moxie’s…

wandered through a few stores and headed home…

got my hair purpled yesterday so I will be all matched up when I wear the new clothes, lol…