burnt…

Tags

, , , , , , ,

tonight I finished the chicken soup that I started on Sunday evening…

I also made dumplings to go with it… such a simple thing… a bit of flour, baking powder, salt and milk makes the most delicious bite… my mom didn’t cook a whole lot, but her dumplings were the best… I enjoy using her recipe

as the dumplings cooked I spent some time on the phone… the timer went off a few times as I was talking but I waited a bit…

not such a good plan… maybe the bottom was a little burnt… still very tasty;-)…

bandaid…

Tags

, , , , , , ,

yesterday I picked up a new knife set… while I was preparing dinner the younger grandsons very carefully took them out of the packaging… with many admonishments to be careful as the knives were sharp…

they did a great job…

I took down the old set and put up the new ones on the magnetic strip…

as I was putting up the bread knife it slipped down and sliced my finger…

quite a cut… my grandson went to the bathroom to find a bandaid for me… although there were quite a few in the box there wasn’t really the size I needed…

made me laugh because my beloved was always putting a bandage on his fingers, hands, knees, whatever… there were always every kind to be sure he had just the right one to cover whatever cut he had… haven’t replaced them since he died…

guess I need to get some new ones…

icy…

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , ,

been thinking a lot about people struggling with mental and physical health these days…

I usually feel down in February and March and I think it has to do with the lack of light and cold weather… of course this being the time of year that I lost my beloved has added to the negative feelings…

many of those I speak with at this time of year are having similar struggles

maybe we focus on our aches and pain more because we are getting out and about less, lol…

my knee has been bothering me for about a week now and it is frustrating because I can’t figure out what I did to it…

I will be so happy when I can get out and walk to the Park again without having to worry about freezing temperatures and icy sidewalks… and be able to smell fresh air…

caramel…

Tags

, , , , , , , ,

spent some time this morning watching the Olympics… although there was hockey on for part of the time…

then it was off to PTE to see How the Heavens Go… on the way we stopped at Morden’s and I picked up a salted caramel dark chocolate, along with a few other items… the milk chocolate version was one of George’s favourites… it was six years ago today that we laid him to rest…

had also brought a few shortbread cookies that my friend had made for me after Christmas, which are in the freezer so I can have a treat now and then…

as I walked up the street on the way home, I had to stop and take this picture… the tree is so pretty even though it was gray out…

there are still many trees covered in snow… a number of my cedars have bent over branches and I am hopeful that they will recover…

serendipitous…

Tags

, , , , , , , , , ,

took this picture of the trees out the back before I left the house…

reminded me of a colleague who we lost to cancer a few years ago… she and I had taken a photography course together and the picture was similar to one that I took at that time as part of our homework

later in the day I was working on a computer and came across her name…

seemed rather serendipitous

she had a wonderful artistic streak and a great eye… we worked well together and she taught me a lot… one of my favourite things was how she showed me to add a URL into a Facebook post and then delete the URL once the link had opened up so that the post looked cleaner… a little thing but it makes a huge difference…

a very special woman…

magical…

Tags

, , , , , , ,

had a magical time with flowers today…

there were tulips at the office and I got time to take pictures for a social media post we were working on…

when I arrived home the sunlight was streaming through the living room window and making the vase of flowers look amazing… so I spent a lovely time taking pictures…

to top off the day, the house magically cleaned itself… it smelled good when I walked in and seeing the toilet paper folded was the confirmation…

well, the cleaners came although I hadn’t been expecting them, lol…

what a blessing

falling…

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

there had been lots in the news for a few days that we were going to get a big snowstorm but we’ve dodged every one that had been mentioned all winter…

until Sunday night, lol… it started with rain and by morning everything was covered in snow…

and it kept falling all day… stopped late in the afternoon…

we are used to snow and storms here… most people went about their daily business… it was just a storm, lol…

when I got home I could not see where the sidewalk was… the snow had covered everything completely… even the trees were weighed down with the beautiful, but very heavy, snow…

I was very lucky because my kids came over and shoveled and snowblowed, clearing the sidewalks and driveway…

today it was as if nothing had happened… another example of how things can change in a very short time…

six…

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

two thousand one hundred and ninety-one days since my beloved left me…

you would think that six years would make it easier…

some days it does seem a little easier… many days it doesn’t…

I do things that I’d never done before and I do them well… those big girl pants and all… but I would much rather have him beside me…

I continue to try to remember the good times and focus on them rather than feel sorry for myself… although there are certainly times when I wallow

I’ve learned to feel those moments and sit in them and not push them aside… I believe that has helped me move forward…

as I write this the tears fall… over the last few weeks I’ve have been reminded of the days when George died and the memorial that followed… it has been very stress-filled as I have been reliving the hours and days immediately following his death…

thinking back to the police arriving at the door and my friends going with me to the hospital… not being told he had died, but walking into the room where his body was… calling my girls, and others… signing a form so that they could harvest his organs… going home to a house without him…

hard days… but today I got chocolate in the mail and bought myself a bouquet of flowers to make me smile;-)…

one step at a time on the journey

collection…

Tags

, , , , , , , , , ,

had some fun with pictures today…

reorganized a few items and took a few shots…

angels have been part of my collections forever… now it has been reduced to just a small group…

a few are handmade puppets;-)…

when my eyes aren’t glued to the tv, this is what I see… can see beams of light early in the day and also midday as well…

I do love sunlight