new year…

01 Thursday Jan 2015

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Christmas, hot tub, music, new year, pictures, steak and lobster, water lilies, Whitney Houston

sitting in the living room listening to Whitney Houston and writing my blog… haven’t been using the laptop but the kids helped me put my music on it tonight… Whitney was one of my Christmas presents…

downloading music…

this morning I spent quite some time upstairs on the desktop finding water lily pictures for the frames I bought the other day… happily I was able to find some that had gone missing, lol…

looking forward to getting them printed, framed and hung on the stairwell wall…

also need to choose a few for the upstairs hallway as Cyndi took a few pictures home with her for the new house…

had a hot tub, but didn’t stay out too long because one of the squirrels was in the neighbour’s tree and kept making the strangest sounds, almost like it had a cold, or was feeling sick… didn’t like the sound, so I came in, but I did enjoy the sunshine…

just before the kids arrived for our New Year’s dinner of steak and lobster, I took the decorations off the tree and put it away… the living room is back to normal although I haven’t taken the coloured balls out of the coffee table just yet…

ticking…

31 Wednesday Dec 2014

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big girl pants, blessings, clock, New Year's, ticking

while the kids were here the grandfather clock was stopped…

they found the sound disturbing, particularly during the night…

I have lived with it for so long that I don’t even hear it, unless it isn’t going…

this morning I got it ringing again… sounds like an old friend is back…

makes me think of the clock ticking down to New Year’s…

kids in Ottawa are having friends over… kids here have gone to some friends…

I am home thinking of the past year and looking forward to the next one…

blessings to you and yours as this New Year arrives…

airport…

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

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breakfast out, followed by a bit of shopping, and samosas for lunch…

computer lessons, after it has been worked on the whole time they have been here… let’s hope I remember everything I was taught, lol…

final hot tub…

taking them to the airport is never as much fun as bringing them home from the airport…

bright…

29 Monday Dec 2014

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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…

sunlight…

28 Sunday Dec 2014

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big girl pants, daylight, George, stained glass angel, sunlight

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…

project…

27 Saturday Dec 2014

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big girl pants, bookmark, Chihuly Garden and Glass, gift, gratitude, note cards, photographs, project, Technology

last year I made bookmarks using pictures I took at Chihuly Garden and Glass when we were in Seattle following our Alaskan cruise… the other side was the word gratitude with the names of things and people for which/whom I am thankful…

many of my colleagues still have it up in their offices… felt I needed to do something equally as nice this year, lol…

finally came up with the idea of note cards using some of my photographs…

spent a lovely time looking through pictures I’ve taken in 2014 and picked about thirty… used Publisher to produce 15 pages with two pictures on each…

went to my buddies at Staples and they printed, cut and scored them… picked up envelopes and folded and stuffed them…

put five together and wrapped them with ribbon… then I put nice labels on them and they were all done…

when I gathered them up into the groups of five, I think I managed to make each group different… quite the feat…

everyone liked them so I am happy… it is such fun to make something for others… particularly with help from technology…

feeding…

26 Friday Dec 2014

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birds, feeding, kids, moments, nuthatch, woodpecker

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…

time…

25 Thursday Dec 2014

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this morning we spent a couple of hours opening Christmas gifts, taking turns around the room… we’ve often followed this process which means that each person can see what everyone else received… also a great opportunity to say thanks for their gift…

the tree was gorgeous and the ground below and behind it was jam-packed with treasures…

presents were well thought out and just right for all… my favourites were a photo book of our balloon flight this summer and purple cooking pots…

after a great breakfast we headed home… got the turkey stuffed, had a snack and a lovely time in the hot tub… naps were had by all…

family arrived, dinner was eaten and Auntie read the story of the pink giraffe… Grandpa used to read this to the boys…

a wonderful time filled with special moments…

waiting…

24 Wednesday Dec 2014

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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…

flying…

23 Tuesday Dec 2014

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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…

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new year…

ticking…

airport…

bright…

sunlight…

project…

feeding…

time…

waiting…

flying…