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ciabatta…

10 Saturday Aug 2019

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since my diabetes diagnosis I have tried to stay away from bread except for rare occasions…

today I made a tomato sandwich on a mini olive ciabatta… the only other thing on it was Miracle Whip…

I picked up the bread yesterday and had a tomato from our CSA box this week…

it was a delicious treat…

reminded me of all the wonderful tomato sandwiches that my beloved made for me over the years… took the longest time to realize the reason they were so delicious was the amount of Miracle Whip slathered on them, lol…

bath…

09 Friday Aug 2019

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this morning I ran a number of errands…

paid for my house insurance… it had been in both our names, but after my beloved died and they changed it to my name only, the birthdate was still his… cost me more money when I advised that I wasn’t that age, lol…

also changed over my car insurance to have the payments come out of the bank automatically, as MPI has stopped taking the monthly amounts from credit cards…

went to the credit union where they put a cheque in and immediately made a payment onto my credit card… handy, as there was no need to wait any additional time… added a few accounts and discovered that I could send up to $3,000 via eTransfer, although I am still ticked that they charge for that service…

took Indi for a bath, which she really needed as she’s been driven to Kenora twice in the last while and was covered in bugs…

finally picked up a few groceries before heading home… nice to get all that over with…

then there was eating, tv watching and napping…

unplugged…

27 Saturday Jul 2019

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lately I’ve been spending quite a bit of time thinking of my beloved…

the other day I was reminded of how strong his hands were… he could open a jar or wring out a cloth without the least bit of effort, lol…

he loved the garden and spent hours puttering in it… he was always working on the grass as well, to ensure there were no weeds in it… I have completely failed at that…

another one of his favourite things was the pond… he loved to maintain it and look after the fish…

my son-in-law and grandson love it as well, and happily have been helping maintain it…

today, I tried to clean the pump as it was clogged… I couldn’t lift it out of the pond, so I put one of my chair cushions on the deck and laid on it while pulling out the gunk… turned the power back on and there was a fair bit of water coming from the top of the pump… turned it off and pushed the pieces together after a conversation with my son-in-law… turned it back on again and all of a sudden the hose popped off and there was water spraying everywhere, lol…

eventually got it unplugged and am going to leave it alone until he stops by tomorrow… my beloved would have had it fixed in no time…

the droplets were refreshing, lol…

fought…

26 Friday Jul 2019

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had a great few minutes this morning in the garden… checked out the flowers and watched for birds… lots of flowers, no birds…

as I waited for my ride, at least three squirrels fought over the feeder in the front yard…

I cannot explain how much I love spending time enjoying nature…

I miss being able to share this love with my beloved…

drugs…

24 Wednesday Jul 2019

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been thinking of illness and recovery lately…

unfortunately many of those I know are dealing with difficult life situations…

today I was reminded that nine years ago I began a 42 day stint in the hospital with pancreatitis…

waking up in the middle of a procedure and remembering how a nurse had said that if that happened they would put me under again quickly and I would be okay… and I was, but it sure was scary…

it really was the worst I have ever felt… medications caused numerous problems and confirmed my own knowledge that drugs do not play well in my body…

trying to convince medical staff of side effects which they had never heard of and hoping that down the road when someone else mentions a similar reaction they will remember my comments and maybe believe that the drug might have different effects on different people…

the difficulty in having the staff not give drugs that made me hallucinate and yank tubes out of my body…

and the amazing nursing staff who believed me and took such great care of me…

I remember how my beloved brought me pictures every day of the morning glories as they opened in the garden…

life can change in an instant… hug your loved ones and tell people you care…

serene…

03 Wednesday Jul 2019

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the rain is gently falling now… which is wonderful because it has been very dry for weeks…

but this morning it was lovely out and I spent some quality time in the garden taking pictures of flowers…

spending time in the garden is rejuvenating for me… there is something so serene and peaceful in this space…

it reminds me of so many wonderful activities we’ve celebrated in this space…

here are a few pictures from this morning… I hope you enjoy seeing them, as much as I did taking them…

clusters…

23 Sunday Jun 2019

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it has been over seven years since my beloved left us…

I still have difficult days… they often come in clusters and I’m in the midst of one right now…

today, when I was grocery shopping, orchids were on sale… so as a lovely reminder of my beloved I picked up two…

two purple orchids on living room coffee tableorchids

they do make me smile when I think of all the ones he brought home for me over the years…

he would have enjoyed the orchid farm on Maui…

I miss him so much…

huge…

22 Saturday Jun 2019

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yesterday I was enjoying the poppies in the English Garden… they were huge…

reminded me of some others I’ve seen recently…

… one of the blossoms as it was opening in our garden…

… a photo that my daughter sent me from Ottawa as she was taking a walk…

… the giant poppies at the Park…

… then there is the postcard I received in the mail…

… and finally, a shot of the sunlight shining on one of only four blooms this year…

my beloved and I have always loved poppies and seeing them makes me remember him and fun times in the garden…

cup…

16 Sunday Jun 2019

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this morning I had a cup of my favourite tea with a bowl of red curry lentils and rice… not my usual breakfast…

yesterday I made the curry as a gift, and kept a tiny portion for me… and apparently was craving it…

we had ribs and potato salad for supper… delicious… always love the first potato salad of the year;-)…

so happy about the tea… great to have a full box… it makes it even more special and I enjoyed every sip…

also got the waterfall running, and the fish are in the pond…

my grandson and I are planning to pick up some new goldfish in the next few weeks as we are down to three… it will be nice to have a small school, lol… hopefully the big ones won’t eat the new little ones…

chimney…

14 Friday Jun 2019

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today the chimney came down…

just before Christmas I had planned to get a chimney sweep out to make sure it was safe to use the fireplace as I hadn’t used it since my beloved died… decided to wait until the weather was more conducive to someone climbing up onto the roof…

I finally made an appointment a few weeks ago for someone to come out to inspect and clean it… they looked at the fireplace and said we needed to go outside so I could see why they weren’t going to clean it…

they explained that the chimney had rusted out and would either need to be replaced or removed…

in the end I chose removal as the cost of a new chimney was prohibitive for the amount the fireplace is used…

this morning they came and took it down…

apparently the chimneys of this era rusted from the inside and out… my beloved would have realized that the rust on the outside of the chimney was a sign that it needed to be checked… I was just lucky that I didn’t start a fire…

now that it is capped there won’t be any drafts, lol…

maybe in the Fall I will have Ye Olde Soot Sweepers out to show me options for changing it to gas… will have to see…