15 Thursday Apr 2021
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I’ve been doing a little more painting with watercolours… I was asked to paint some lavender which I did… and this is how the best picture came out…
clearly I am not a painter and I’ve figured out that what I like most is how the paint ends up on the plate, lol…
see, they are pretty, right;-)…
26 Friday Feb 2021
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had some fun painting… well, playing with watercolour paint, lol…
got organized one day, when I taped the papers to a counter in the kitchen… thought that the height would be good for the activity…
the next day I tried different materials to paint with… used paper towel, aluminum foil, saran wrap…
it was fun to experiment and see what using each produced…
eventually, I was able to put them onto card stock… I am pleased with how they turned out…
since then I’ve done another batch… painted, separated the sections, trimmed the corners, put double-sided tape on them, attached to card stock and put them in envelopes…
06 Thursday Jun 2019
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art, big girl pants, change, Chihuly Garden & Glass, Dale Chihuly, glass, influencer, moments, Seattle, widow
this picture reminds me of the rush you get when you meet one of the influential people who have or will change your life in some way…
Dale Chihuly has been one such influence for me… I was introduced to his art a number of years ago and been a fan since that time… wanting to see his art has encouraged me to step out of my box and visit places I couldn’t have imagined and experience things in a new way…
I can still feel the thrill of hearing his voice in the building and realizing that he was there in person and it wasn’t a video or recording…
it was such a pleasure to meet and talk with him at Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle…
29 Saturday Dec 2018
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art, big girl pants, blanket, collage, colouring, crafty, crocheting, food, friends, fun, happy, knitting, widow
time with friends… had a wonderful afternoon with a very crafty group of women…
there was knitting, colouring, collage-ing, crocheting, eating, drinking, and lots of conversation…
my project…
it is going to be a blanket for my bed… I worked on it while I was there and when I got home…
this morning as I was crocheting away I realized that it was way too long, sigh… would have been great for someone seven feet tall, lol…
so I unraveled it and started over…
this time it will be about four feet wide which should work nicely on the bed…
back to crocheting;-)…
25 Monday Jan 2016
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anniversary, appointment, art, big girl pants, CancerCare, check-up, health, nurses, taxi
was at CancerCare for a bit this afternoon… time for my six month check-up… been nine time for these appointments… will continue twice a year until I hit the fifth anniversary of my surgery… then it will be an annual visit to my own physician…
usually my daughter comes with me but I am getting braver and now can go on my own… usually I take a cab from and to the office so I don’t have to worry about finding a parking spot and getting there on time… seems like those big girl pants are fitting better every day…
only there for an hour today… sometimes it has been two or three hours… I often think about the others in the waiting room…
are they going to hear a cancer diagnosis and be at the beginning of their care… are they getting news that their treatment isn’t working and they have a finite amount of time left… are they, like me, part way through their 5 year term…
hard to feel bad if I have to wait for a while… I am one of the very lucky ones… the surgery basically removed all of the cancer… but they will continue to check on it until I reach the magic five years out mark…
enjoyed this piece of art as I was waiting… produced by nurses who work with cancer patients right here… they are a special group of individuals…
excellent appointment and I will be back in six months…
life is pretty darn good…
17 Sunday Jan 2016
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art, big girl pants, Brian Baeumler, brush, gelcool, grandparents, popcorn, stem, tacos, Tupperware
fun day…
went to the Renovation Show with my daughter… we are OK, or so said the stamp on our hands, lol… didn’t get to see Brian Baeumler, but wandered around and picked up some very helpful information…
had quite a good time… picked up a couple of things…
a gelcool pillow which makes me very happy as it will make my head feel cooler so I don’t have to do my regular flip of the pillow in the middle of the night…
also this beautifully designed toilet cleaner brush, which looks like a piece of art, or an arrow, as my grandson suggested…
and a new Tupperware measuring cup to replace the one I’ve been using to make popcorn, which is kind of ruined, lol… exciting because they have just reintroduced it…
found a new natural system for the hot tub… will use enzymes instead of the current chemicals I put in, and way less will need to be added…
finally picked up a paring knife which fits my hand perfectly… been looking for one that is comfortable in my palm forever…
picked up the last few items for our taco supper, came home and finished it up…
had quite the start this morning as I was chopping tomatoes… looked over and saw this…
nearly jumped out of my skin because I thought it was a spider… just the stem from one of the tomatoes, lol…
supper was gobbled up… I am so happy when everyone enjoys our meal and time together… two and three helpings were had, and the littlest one even ate the meat happily… in fact he had two plates of taco salad before he ate his usual taco…
such fun to see them begin to try, and enjoy, new things…
as I enjoy my Sunday afternoons and evenings with my grandkids I realize how lucky I am to be in close proximity to them… many grandparents I know only get to see their kids now and again, and I am able to see them grow every week…
grandparenting is one of the best jobs I’ve ever had… life is good…
12 Saturday Sep 2015
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art, beloved, big girl pants, inspiration, quilt, remembrance, struggling
I have a most beautiful quilt on my bed…
it began as pieces of fabric which individuals wrote on at the party given for me after I left my last job… from there a small group of amazingly talented women spent time piecing together the fabric and putting a border around it and backing the whole thing…
it is a real work of art and is filled with inspirational thoughts for me to look at and remember…
I don’t always have it on the bed, but have been enjoying it for the last few months…
has brought to mind so many who I know who are struggling with their work situations… hoping that positive thoughts and check-ins will be of some support during their difficult times…
some are not happy in what they are doing, others are searching for the right job, still others are trying to decide what to do at this particular stage of their life…
still remember the struggle when I was out of work and how difficult the process of finding something was… I didn’t just want a job, I was looking for a calling…
had a lot of support thoughout the process and eventually moved into an excellent position which was just the right fit for me, but getting there was a process…
also contains the words of my dear beloved, who never waivered in his support…
truly an amazing remembrance of ten years of my life and the great people I was able to spend time with…
24 Friday Jul 2015
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had to get out of the car and take a picture of the side of the house this morning…
looks like someone or something ran up the side… kind of artistic…
too funny…
yesterday there was a note from Hydro saying I needed to read the meter again… they are rather finicky about when you read it, lol… took a picture today and will email it to them tomorrow…
hope this works because getting the numbers right seems to be an art…
going in search of a lounger tomorrow…
31 Saturday Jan 2015
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had a wonderful day with a friend who came over and hung 15 framed water lily pictures on the stairway wall… we had a great time…
makes me a bit proud to have my art up on a wall… a bit odd to think of my photos as art, lol…
part way through the process we had a lovely snack/lunch…
happily there was no broken glass… a few close calls when the frames were on the hallway floor, lol…
but we realized that we needed more pictures… I have to find thirteen more photos and we have to pick up more frames…
we have already put in the nails so that piece is done… going to get sticky stuff to make sure the pictures stay square on the wall…
we also got the orchid to sit in the pot better… it was a bit tippy…
after she left I had a good nap… silly me, woke up at 7:15 this morning and didn’t go back to sleep…
it’s very cold outside so I have a yoga jacket on to stay comfy, rather than turning up the heat and being too hot at bedtime… I have always liked it to be cool in the bedroom and have the windows open at night… used to make George crazy…
there’s one good thing about being on my own, no one complains when I leave a window open, lol…
damn big girl pants…
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