15 Saturday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, flowers, moments, morning glories, pjs, relaxed, widow
a most lovely relaxing day…
watched tv, did some work in the computer room, checked out the flowers and made meals…
stayed in my pjs all day;-)…
09 Sunday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, cooking, dad, dinner, family, flowers, memories, missing, morning glories, pasta, rain, raindrops, remembering, rummaged, sunshine, tomato, treat, weather, widow
odd weather today… went from cloudy to sunny, to rainy, and back again a number of times… ended with sun shining through the clouds…
the poor morning glories took a beating early on… nearly every time it rained the drops were huge…
thinking of my dad today as I took hours to make fresh tomato sauce to go with some spaghetti for supper… I keep buying grape tomatoes to make caprese salad and then never use them all up… he would add all kinds of condiments to add flavour and it always ended up delicious… as I rummaged through the cupboard, I remembered watching him do the same thing, lol…
it turned out great and was a lovely treat as I don’t often have pasta… made some homemade coleslaw to go along with it and have a bit of both for lunch tomorrow;-)…
24 Friday Aug 2018
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appointment, Baby, big girl pants, blessed, camping, friends, Indi, lunch, moments, Park, pretzel, walk, whisperer, widow
been a full day… up early to get to my doctor’s appointment…
from there went to get Indi washed… she’s happy to be clean after all the bugs and dirt from camping… I think she was a bit embarrassed to be seen while she was so dirty;-)…
on to Polo to pick up meds and a warm pretzel as a reward for a good appointment…
home to put everything away and then walked to the Park to meet a friend and her baby for lunch and a walk around the Gardens… sure do love baby snuggles…
maintained my baby whisperer status as I managed to get her to have a lovely nap as we wandered around…
stopped in at an upholstery shop on the way home to see about getting some sewing done…
now to rest…
21 Tuesday Aug 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, blooms, grandson, happy, mandevilla, morning glories, saved, waiting, water, widow
so happy that the morning glories were saved…
while I was away my grandson came by a few times and watered them… they are in small planters so need lots of water…
I’d been waiting for them to flower for weeks and the first bloom only came out the day before I left on vacation…
they are blooming in and amongst the mandevilla which is also blooming like crazy…
flowers sure do make me happy…
08 Wednesday Aug 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, cucumber, flowers, garden, glory, memories, morning glories, nature, neighbour, orange, photos, sky, sun, tulips, widow
three great things before I even left the driveway this morning…
a stunning sky… couldn’t really get a picture that showed how orange the sun was…
then as I was headed to the garage I spotted morning glory flowers… the first ones of the year…
while I was searching for more blooms spotted my neighbour and after checking in with him he shared cucumbers and tomatoes with me…
dropped them into the house, took one final picture of the morning glories and headed off to work…
pretty fine way to start the day…
07 Tuesday Aug 2018
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a couple of weeks ago I was scheduled to have lunch with a friend…
this person always arrives early wherever we are going to meet…
usually I email the night before or early the day of, but this time I didn’t…
I made it to the restaurant and my friend wasn’t there… I waited about half an hour, ordered takeout and headed back to the office…
sent an email just wanting to be sure they were okay…
later that evening I received a message that they had just not realized what day it was, lol… something about retirement and not checking calendars… so happy that they were fine…
when I arrived back at the office this morning, after being off for a week, I discovered this lovely package…
it was a sorry I missed lunch gift… so not necessary, but what a lovely treat…
it is often chilly in the office so this pashmina will be a lovely way to stay warm on those cool days…
and, it fits into my office decorating scheme perfectly;-)…
I truly am blessed…
01 Wednesday Aug 2018
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anniversary, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Cathedral Grove, forest, George, memories, moments, nature, peaceful, sound, trees, vacation, widow
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…
29 Sunday Jul 2018
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, duck, family, Friday, garden, pond, treat, visit, walk, widow
Friday morning got to spend time with my sister-in-law who was in from Calgary for the weekend…
picked her up at the airport and headed over to the Park Cafe for breakfast and a wander around the Duck Pond and Gardens…
was able to see the new island in the Duck Pond… it will filter the water in the pond and help with algae control… looks really neat… a duck or two came up to us as we were admiring the pond…
had a wonderful visit as we checked out the Gardens… got a fun shot of three wheelbarrows lined up as a crew of gardeners were weeding a bed at the entrance to the Leo Mol Garden…
haven’t seen my sister-in-law for ages so it was a real treat to spend time with her… she was married to my brother and when they divorced we kept her and let him go;-)…
24 Tuesday Jul 2018
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afraid, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, classic, Courtenay, fun, good times, heights, July, memories, missing, moments, morning glories, purple, remembering, surgery, vacation, widow
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…
18 Wednesday Jul 2018
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appetite, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cancer, exercise, family, flowers, foods, friends, garden, healing, health, mandevilla, moments, surgery, walk, widow
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…
