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joy…

31 Thursday Dec 2020

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last evening I spent time on Instagram… people tend to put up their nine most liked photos of the year, but I decided to put up my nine favourite ones…

I was thinking they would be flowers, with maybe a bird or piece of chocolate included…

once I finished, there were seven with flowers, one bird and a monarch butterfly…

looking through the pictures reminded me of some wonderful times over this past year…

my orchids, which provide such joy for me all year long…

planting, growing and enjoying morning glories, datura and dahlias…

time spent, with and without cameras, viewing the birds in the garden…

a rose along the sidewalk on one of the walks I took this year, with my daughter in my ear;-)…

the amazing time I spent over the summer with eggs, caterpillars and butterflies… and the day my grandson and I watched the butterflies appear…

time with hearts and flower bouquets…

the water lily flowers that erupted in the pond… had the most blooms ever this summer… and I hope to overwinter them in the aquarium…

lovely reminders of a crazy, but wonderfully special year…

charcuterie…

30 Wednesday Dec 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, charcuterie, chocolate, Christmas, duck, family, food, memories, moments, Ottawa, pictures, plate, treats, vacation, widow

this photo was taken last year on this day when I was in Ottawa… we made a few plates with veggies, crackers, fruit, cheese, duck, and chocolate…

I think we were ahead of the current charcuterie craze, lol…

today, after I saw this picture, I made my own fancy plate…

it was fun to enjoy the items and remember our delicious lunch a year ago…

so blessed to have had that holiday… looking forward to the day we can do it again…

macadamia…

29 Tuesday Dec 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, daughter, dishes, family, gift, macadamia, Maui, memories, moments, treat, widow

yesterday I had one of the chocolate covered macadamia nut clusters that were part of my Christmas present from the kids in Ottawa…

for fun, I went and found one of the little dishes that we took to Hawaii when we went in April of 2019… it looked very cute with the nut cluster on it…

so happy that we were able to go, and have such wonderful memories from our time there…

as I ate the chocolate I spent time remembering the same chocolates that we enjoyed throughout our trip;-)…

salt…

28 Monday Dec 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, broken, food, pepper mill, purple, salt, seasoning, widow

so happy that my salt mill has been replaced… it stopped working a few weeks ago and I took it apart to see if I could fix it… wasn’t possible…

a bit difficult because I only have coarse salt so seasoning was troublesome…

eventually, I emptied the pepper mill and filled it with salt… for a few days it produced salt and pepper together, lol…

of course, then I couldn’t use pepper…

finally my grandson was able to pick up a replacement for me…

so happy to have salt and pepper available now;-)…

relaxed…

27 Sunday Dec 2020

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had a quiet day yesterday… spent time taking photos of ornaments on the tree and the orchids…

a friend dropped off the fixings for turkey dinner which I warmed up at supper time… it was a lovely treat and made for a relaxed and enjoyable meal… ended the day with hot lemonade in my new mug and gifted shortbread…

just another reminder of how blessed I truly am…

support…

26 Saturday Dec 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, moments, recycling, snow, support, thank you, weather, widow

yesterday I took out the recycling and garbage… Friday is our usual pick-up day, but because of Christmas it was moved to Saturday this week…

I don’t put the bins out every week, but they were getting full and it was a beautiful day… bit of an issue getting over the mound behind the gate, but I managed okay, lol…

today, as I was listening to the trucks going down the lane I was thinking of all the people who don’t really get much, if any, time off while the rest of us are cozy and warm in our houses…

to all of those who support us in so many ways…

unusual…

25 Friday Dec 2020

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this morning the living room looked lovely and I enjoyed the serenity as I sat in the quiet and enjoyed the lights…

the Ottawa kids and I Skyped and we opened our presents together… following our usual pattern, in this unusual time, we opened the gifts one at a time… it was great fun… they liked all their gifts, which made me happy…

one of my gifts from them was all the fixings for my New Year’s Eve dinner… usually on New Year’s Eve we have steak and lobster, although for the last number of years that meal has happened on New Year’s day… there was beef carpaccio, lobster, truffle chips, olives, red peppers, cookies, a lovely glass of wine (with gold in it) and a festive cracker…

there were also gifts from a number of friends, filled with goodies… I am blessed…

a bit later the Winnipeg kids FaceTimed as they opened the gifts I had sent over… I didn’t do so good with their gifts as two of them had received the same gift from their parents, lol…

yesterday I peeled potatoes and turnip, made stuffing, and produced Thai Shrimp soup so that there wouldn’t be too much to do today… I had decided that, even though I would be here alone, I wanted a proper Christmas dinner… it was delicious;-)…

it was a different, but very nice, Christmas…

forty-seven…

24 Thursday Dec 2020

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tonight, as I sit in the living room listening to Christmas music and enjoying the lights, flowers, and tree, I am remembering many Christmas Eve’s that have taken place in this house over the last forty-seven years…

once the girls arrived, our parents came here to celebrate the season…

when the kids were on their own and some had their own children, they came here for years… there were family members sleeping everywhere… had to be careful where you walked to be sure not to tread on anyone…

only in the last few years have we gone to the kids’ place which made it easier for everyone…

so many wonderful memories and fun times…

elves…

22 Tuesday Dec 2020

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today my two older grandsons came by… one got dropped off so he could shovel, while the other went out for a few last minute items I needed… the main one being food for the fish;-)…

while he was out and about, the younger was shovelling… there was a lot of snow and it was heavy… put out some hot chocolate to warm him up…

the shopper returned and the elves loaded up the car with presents and goodies for their house…

a bit sad to see Indi with snow on her… she doesn’t have a garage for protection these days…

good news is that all the gifts have been sent on their way;-)…

stay…

21 Monday Dec 2020

Posted by sulis303 in life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized

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what a beautiful view to wake up to on this first day of winter… everything was covered in a blanket of snow…

even more beautiful considering I don’t need to go out in it and can stay inside;-)…

well, I did shovel the sidewalk…

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