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tent…

22 Wednesday Aug 2018

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was thinking about how our camping game has improved…

in August of 2015 we camped in two tents… one for the boys and one for the adults… we also had thick air mattresses and a tarp that covered both of the tents…

there was a humongous thunderstorm during the night and the tarp saved us from being drenched… after it started to rain again in the morning we decided to pack up and go home…

we camped the second night in the basement of the kids new house, lol…

August 2018… for the last ten days we were in this tent trailer… we bought it last year and after the first trip one of the ends broke…

the kids finished making repairs, painting and replacing the floor just before we left… so much more comfortable than the tents, lol…

it reminds me of the camping trips we made when the girls were young as it is very similar to the one we had then;-)…

my beloved would have enjoyed it…

forest…

01 Wednesday Aug 2018

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been thinking of forests a lot lately…

after being in Cathedral Grove, BC, it has felt like we don’t really have many forests around here…

but when I walk through the forest in the Park I remember how special and rejuvenating trees are… it always seems extra peaceful and other sounds are blocked out…

took this shot looking up through the tree in the Leo Mol Garden… can never remember what the name of this particular tree is, although it is one of my favourites…

this photo is from July 2011 in Cathedral Grove…

we had a memorable time while visiting Courtenay and surrounds… it was a very special time and it was our last anniversary…

classic…

24 Tuesday Jul 2018

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wondering if the reason I’ve been missing my beloved so much lately has to do with the social media reminders of how difficult Julys have been for me…

he was always there to look after me…

eight years ago today I had a procedure which gave me pancreatitis and kept me in hospital for six weeks… my beloved came everyday and often brought photos of the morning glories that were blooming that day… this was by far the most painful health experience of my life and I cannot imagine how I would have managed without him…

six years ago in July I had surgery for cancer and to repair a hernia… he wasn’t there to support me for that one…

but I also remember the wonderful trip we had in July of 2011 when we went to Courtenay to visit the kids… we saw hundreds of classic cars, walked among the huge redwoods, went up the chairlift on Mount Washington and lived to tell the tale… anyone who knows us would know how afraid of heights we both were, and I still am…

a glorious time…

so amongst the dark times there were also some great times…

really, how blessed have I been…

appetite…

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

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this morning I was reminded that six years ago today I had surgery to remove my uterus and repair a large hernia… just a few months after losing my beloved…

how my life has changed since then…

I did have cancer, but removing the whole thing meant no further treatment needed to happen, other than frequent checkups for the next five years…

for ten weeks I couldn’t lift anything… friends and family came by to do everything that needed to be done…

since then I have been well, although two years later I was diagnosed with diabetes… I’ve lost weight, been more active and changed my diet… thankfully I do not need to take any meds…

tonight, as I ate rice rolls that a colleague brought me, I was reminded of how little I ate during those first weeks… I had no appetite and a friend who came to stay with me worked very hard to find foods that would temp my taste buds, lol…

one of my fondest memories was the day I was able to walk out of the house and into the garden after being stuck inside on the main floor for over a week because I couldn’t manage stairs…

the garden is such a healing place…

yelling…

16 Monday Jul 2018

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just heard one of the squirrels outside yelling at something or someone…

reminded me of a couple of things…

first was the squirrel on the roof this morning as I was taking a picture of the hibiscus flowers…

it was quite upset that I was standing there and I suggested that it could stop the yelling as it was my roof and I wasn’t doing anything to cause a problem…

got the picture of the hibiscus, the cloudy sky and the pond that is losing water at an alarming rate again… could just be the amount of water falling with the wind and heat… we shall see…

was also thinking of the squirrel that used to holler at my beloved every time he would walk out of the house… or when he came out of the garage… just to taunt him, lol… eventually he caught it and we drove out to a forested area and dropped it off…

so, yelling squirrels bring back many memories, lol…

graduate…

27 Wednesday Jun 2018

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what a great evening…

met up with a group of friends and family for an early dinner at Hermanos to celebrate the graduate… we also toasted the dad on his birthday…

on to the Concert Hall for the graduation ceremony… there were many early birds like us who wanted to get great seats, lol…

we are so very proud of this young man, who moved from a French immersion school to a fully French school in grade nine, and in the process completed the International Baccalaureate program…

following the ceremony there was lots of photo-taking with proud friends and family;-)…

grandpa would be pleased and I am sure he was watching… I was happy to see that he was wearing my beloved’s high school ring and my mother’s chain;-)…

exciting to see where his next steps will take this very special young man…

geraniums…

16 Saturday Jun 2018

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still thinking about those poppies…

when we were walking around the English Garden yesterday these poppies popped out at me…

a few weeks ago, one of the baskets we picked up had geraniums in it amongst the purple and white flowers…

I wasn’t sure I wanted to buy it because I am not fond of the scent of geraniums… my daughter suggested I remove them, but I decided to leave them in the container… a few died, but some have survived…

I’m finding now that the pop of red reminds me of the poppies, which remind me of my beloved… it also reminds me of my mother-in-law who planted geraniums alongside her driveway and overwintered them in the basement each year…

each time I walk by the window I see them from a distance and think of my beloved…

hopefulness…

15 Friday Jun 2018

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always amazes me how some of the best photos happen…

I’ve been trying to get a great shot of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights for ages… when I am near it, I am either driving, in a car and going too quickly, or else something just isn’t right when I am walking in the area…

I have taken many photos of the building but nothing particularly good…

last night I was the passenger in a car as we went past and took a number of shots… cars and people kept interrupting a good shot, but when I checked my photos I found this great one…

I think the threatening sky had something to do with it…

the lighting in the Museum helped too…

earlier I had taken a very quick shot of an orchid that I walked past…

it came out nicely as well…

I often see a dove in close ups of orchids and they always remind me of hopefulness and my beloved…

kind of fun to have good shots of CMHR and an orchid taken so close together… both of which are such signs of hope…

a memorable photo day;-)…

Ex…

09 Saturday Jun 2018

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been watching ads on tv for the Red River Ex, which is always a sign of summer…

they brought back some wonderful memories…

when our kids were in baton – so, quite a few years ago – my beloved and I worked at the gates welcoming guests… it was fun and paid well for the four or five years we participated… always so interesting to see how people present themselves…

people were either thrilled and happy to be there or irritated beyond belief, lol…

the other piece it reminded me of is how often it rains during the Ex, lol… rain suits were a staple… should be good for the garden…

fun memories…

took this picture last week;-)…