14 Monday Aug 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, gifted, International Left-Handers Day, left-handed, memories, moments, remembering, widow, writing
Sunday was International left-handers day…
made me laugh as I thought about the cute magnet that my son-in-law got for me a number of years ago…
it is certainly one of my favourites;-)…
apparently both my beloved and I were gifted…
sad about the kids, lol…
30 Sunday Jul 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, chairlift, family, fear, memories, moments, Mount Washington, nature, nervous, remembering, snow, views, widow
this picture came up on my Facebook memories recently…
I can still remember that day… we were in Courtenay and drove up Mount Washington… there was no one else around as it was summer… we sat at the bottom of the ski hill for a very long time as we were both afraid of heights…
but we decided to go for it…
we got on the chairlift but the person didn’t put the safety bar down… we realized this as we were moving upwards… I think that the bars along the back and beside me, that I was holding onto for dear life, probably had dents from the grip I had on them😳…
there are no pictures because of the death grip… we were both terrified…
when we arrived at the top the staff person didn’t seem that worried about it, but did say they would ensure that the bar was put in the correct position when we descended…
there was still snow on the ground and the views were beautiful, but I was still nervous about going back down…
of course, we had no choice about going down… after being safely secured correctly, we made the trip down and I even enjoyed some of the views, lol…
but, once we made it back to town, we stopped and sat in a coffee shop for quite a while to let our nerves settle;-)…
an unforgettable memory, lol…
18 Sunday Jun 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cushions, dad, dressed, family, fish, flowers, garden, happy, memories, moments, nature, pond, remembering, water lilies, widow
spent a beautiful, quiet day in the garden…
I always start with putting all the cushions out so that the space feels dressed…
I watched baby house sparrows, at the pond for drinks, flutter as they learn to use their wings… one tried to have a dust bath on the table, lol…
a few nearly flew into me…
the fish are enjoying the shade of the water lily leaves and spent lots of time out and about the pond…
and the two water lily flowers opened slowly and looked so pretty…
yesterday I spotted another bud and this morning I found a fourth one…
heard the drums at the park as the marathoners went through and thought of my dad and my beloved…
it was a lovely day;-)…
02 Friday Jun 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, huge, memories, moments, nature, plants, poppies, remembering, widow
for whatever reason the poppies opening is a huge deal for me…
this morning Facebook shared a memory from this date in 2012 when there was an abundance of poppies blooming…
and when I went into the garden, the first one this season was open…
what a treat, and a lovely reminder of my beloved, who also loved poppies;-)…
09 Sunday Apr 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, collection, found, lost, memories, moments, nature, original, resources, seashells, shells, widow
feels like working to clean up the computer room is a never-ending project…
but…
on Saturday I found my original seashell collection…
I can’t believe it… I came across a box that hadn’t been opened yet and figured it was filled with more papers… and when I took off the lid, this is what I saw;-)…
yikes, not even going to think how long that corner of the room hasn’t been touched…
what a lovely time I had today, unwrapping each one and putting them in the table and credenza…
memories came flooding back as I remembered names of many of the shells as they emerged from the 1998 newspapers they were wrapped in…
going to take out my resource books and do a bit of a refresher, lol…
07 Tuesday Mar 2023
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Assiniboine Hotel, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, family, hoarfrost, icy, memories, moments, nature, snow, treacherous, trees, walk, weather, widow
walked to and from the “A” on Sunday morning…
it took a bit longer than usual as it was icy so the walking was a bit treacherous…
but it gave me the opportunity to get a few photos of the beautiful trees…
happy to get outside and enjoy the fresh air…
06 Monday Mar 2023
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anniversary, beloved, big girl pants, difficult, eleven, family, grandson, loss, memories, moments, remembering, struggling, time, widow, writing
this anniversary of my beloved’s death has been harder than usual…
not sure if it is having someone else in the house, going through so many boxes and letting go of things… maybe it’s been seeing his writing on papers as I’ve sorted through files… maybe it is realizing I’ve been without him for a quarter of the time we were together…
you’d think after eleven years it would be less difficult…
whatever the reason, I’ve been struggling…
05 Sunday Mar 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, eleven, family, flowers, gone, memories, moments, Ottawa, purple, remembering, time, treat, widow
got a call from the florist Friday, advising they had a delivery for me…
not long after, the doorbell rang and a parcel was handed to me…
when I removed the packaging, I found a beautiful purple vase filled with flowers… what a treat…
they were from the kids in Ottawa… to celebrate my beloved… today will mark eleven years since he left us…
time has flown by and barely moved…
I am going to enjoy these beautiful flowers and take many, many, photos of them as I remember all the wonderful times we had together…
I have been, and continue to be, blessed…
05 Sunday Feb 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, celebrate, decorating, donation, family, health, heart, Life, memories, moments, remember, stairway, virus, widow
been doing a little decorating for February…
it is Heart month and I dug out the hearts from various spots around the house and put them out…
the stairway came out quite nicely;-)…
every time I go up or down the stairs, I am reminded of my beloved…he dealt with a number of heart issues over his last few years…
he had been in good health, until a virus caused serious cardiomyopathy and later he had a quadruple bypass… all of that before he was finally taken with a heart attack… his father also died from a heart attack…
this month I will be making a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation in celebration of our wonderful life together…
05 Thursday Jan 2023
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bare, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, memories, moments, stairs, taking down, trees, undecorating, widow
spent Tuesday putting away the little trees…
now the stairs look a bit naked…
the front trees are put away but that space looks filled with the plants that returned from the den…
I’ve been trying to add a new tree to the collection most years, but didn’t manage it this year… maybe next year;-)…
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