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18 Monday May 2015

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woke up to this…

  
part way through the night the wind finally died down… apparently it was gusting into the 90 km per hour range at the airport, which is close to where I live… the whole house shook for a good part of the evening… didn’t really sleep well until it slowed down…

cold with a bit of wind during the day, but eventually the sun came out and melted the majority of the snow…

my daughter and the little boys came over for supper and she helped me put the swing back on its feet… sadly one of the spokes on the umbrella part of it broke, so we will have to see about getting that repaired…

 
the ground is covered with elm seeds, leaves, twigs and small branches that have come down… good news is that the tree stayed right where it was supposed to…

didn’t get out today but had a good walk on the treadmill…

had a fun time taking a few shots of the lobelia… I do love the flowers and enjoy taking the pictures…

 

 

windy…

17 Sunday May 2015

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had planned to go and pick up some mulch at Home Depot today but it has been rainy and windy all day so I decided to stay home…

lots of TV and a bit of reading…

watered all the plants in the dining room and made sure they were doing well as they wait for warm weather to arrive so they can get into the garden…

  
the ground is covered with elm seeds as they have been blowing off the trees all day long… with all this rain, will  have lots of weeds to pull out of the garden, lol…

bit tense for the last hour or so, as the wind has really picked up… around 60 km per hour…

looked out and saw my swing blown over…

  
it is very heavy so I was shocked to see it up against the rain barrel…

just hoping the elm tree next door remains standing… a few years ago a whole section of it came down between the two houses…

might be a long night… not sure when the snow is going to start… crazy weather…

wish George was here tonight…

weeds…

16 Saturday May 2015

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a while ago I was weeding in the garden but couldn’t tell if this one plant was a weed… decided to leave it for a bit and see how it grew…

well, today I figured out that it was a weed, fast growing and with deep roots… deeper than dandelions… couldn’t get one out no matter what I did… 

spent some time reading in between the weeding… day turned out to be lovely… put my new gazing ball into the pond… will see how it does there…

  
the fish are quite skittish… hiding under the bridge most of the time and rushing back there if they are elsewhere and hear any noises… even a car driving down the lane… odd but we will see what happens as the weather warms up and they get used to the space…

  
thankfully the kids came by for supper and mowed the grass, whipper snipped and vacuumed some of the garden… and pulled out that weed…  looks great out there…

we ran out to Home Depot and I found some white wooly thyme which I hope to plant tomorrow if the weather holds…

  
best thing today was seeing a goldfinch fly through the garden in the afternoon… made sure to fill all the feeders so maybe next time it will stop for a snack…

planting…

15 Friday May 2015

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nice day with sun and warm temperatures… too bad I had to be at work…

sixteen degrees and sunny for most of the day…

 
but there is a threat of snow on Sunday night… and it is supposed to rain all day tomorrow and Sunday… not exactly the long weekend I was hoping for…

don’t think there is going to be any planting taking place… 

burger…

14 Thursday May 2015

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food has become an important part of my existence as I work to keep my diabetes under control…

makes me think of my dad, who ate to live… food was just something he had to get into his body to give him energy… he had emphysema and eating used up a lot of his energy… if there was too much food on his plate he couldn’t eat anything… 

because of that I think I have always been empathetic of those who have trouble keeping their weight up…

for most of us the problem is trying to keep the weight off… and it is hard to understand the difficulty in struggling to maintain it… sadly I know many who deal with this…

tonight I had a burger… a veggie burger…

  
it was quite delicious… who knew that I would be eating, and enjoying, vegetarian food…

have been trying to eat meatless at least once a week… so far my favourite has been a “chick’n burger”…

looking forward to trying some of these on the barbecue…

interning the turns our lives take…

peace…

13 Wednesday May 2015

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yesterday I received a lovely Mother’s Day card in the mail…

  
lovely peaceFULL card… my daughter has used a peace sign as part of her signature since she was a teenager so this card holds lots of meaning for me…

had a miserable headache for a good part of the day yesterday, but it was gone when I woke up this morning…

made sure to water all the plants that we brought home from the greenhouses… they are looking good as they await their transfer into the garden… can hardly wait for the weather to warm up so that they can get out there… the garden is my refuge and I am eager to spend time in it…

 

stopped in for a haircut and then a few groceries on my way home from work tonight… this morning I had to search for something for breakfast as I had run out of early morning foods, lol… picked up a few kinds of cereal, yogurt and fresh veggies… for many years I didn’t eat breakfast and now I try to make sure that there are easy things to eat so that I can stay on track…

I think that knowing I am sticking to my diabetes plan makes me feel good about life in general…
 

lonely…

12 Tuesday May 2015

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was so happy to get the fish moved outside on Sunday…

 
partly because they are very happy when they are out there… and partly because the pond is much more alive when I am sitting by the edge of it… and I love watching them…

but in the morning I am a bit lonely because there are no friends swimming around and keeping me company… last thing in the evening I would feed them before heading to bed…

has been very quiet as the tank is empty and the rather noisy pump is turned off… 

  
made sure to water all the plants and flowers tonight as they wait their opportunity to move into the garden…

maybe tomorrow night I will plant the dahlia tubers in a couple of pots and get them started in the house… I love dahlias and am excited to see them blooming throughout the summer…

also picked up a new gazing ball, that glows in the dark, when we were at Shelmerdine on Sunday… need to get it outside soon…

change…

11 Monday May 2015

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met with my ReImagining friends tonight…

almost didn’t go because I was worried about the drive home after our gathering… put on the big girl pants and went anyway…

after a great dinner we spent some time focusing on dealing with change… great book and good conversation… 

  
once I got my directions straight I headed for home, on the Perimeter… still have trouble with east and west, lol…

everyone knows that I dislike (previously would have used the word hate) highway driving, but thought this would be the best route…

as I drove, the sky was absolutely beautiful… didn’t have a chance to get a picture but enjoyed watching the sun set…

made it home, safe and sound, and in good time too…

greenhouse…

10 Sunday May 2015

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wonderful day… early morning hot tub and a walk to the Park where I wandered around the English and Leo Mol gardens…

got some pictures of the undone gardens and am looking forward to taking pictures from the same spots as the summer progresses… was thinking about how cool it would be to see inside the Park’s greenhouses…

checked out the Duck Pond and spotted a few ducks and geese, but not many yet…

on my walk over I spotted four mallards in our creek… didn’t see the wood ducks though…

kids picked me up and we went to a number of stores and greenhouses… got some baskets of flowers and a great collection of pond plants… made me very happy because if you don’t pick them up early you might not find any… too cold for them to go out yet, but the counter in the dining room has become a lovely little greenhouse…

  
had a teenburger for lunch and picked up the fixings for steak and shrimp for our dinner…

Jeff and the boys caught the fish in the tank…

  
and then moved them into the pond, carrying on grandpa’s tradition… he always loved taking them outside after the long winter in their condo…

 
had a number of conversations with my Ottawa kids and spent the entire day with my kids here…

the boys cleaned up after dinner and I am now prone on the bed watching tv…

worn out, lol…

beloved…

09 Saturday May 2015

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last night I was at the computer and for some reason decided to see if George’s obituary was still online…

it was, and I cried as I read it and the condolences that people wrote online about my beloved…

was at Rona today to look for a planter pot and saw a few people who had worked with him, although most of them seemed to be new… things change in three years… it was a scratch and save day and I remember how he always had to work on those Saturdays and Sundays…

picked up a few African violets for the office… also got a pink mandevilla…

  
all of these reminded me of the many flowers George has brought me over the years…

also picked up some solar lights which I put outside to see if I turned them on correctly…

tried on lots of clothes but only found two things I liked… a nice pair of soft pants to wear around the house and some cute purple shorts…

 

came home and took it easy for the rest of the day… 

will be missing my beloved tomorrow…