flipped…

06 Sunday May 2018

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when I flipped my Chihuly calendar to May, I was reminded of our wonderful visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden a few years ago to see the Chihuly Installations…

the picture is a tower and reminded me of the tall yellow one where we had a picture taken by some people walking by, lol… my daughter had taken a few pictures for them just before that… it was also one that lit up at night…

I dug through old photos and found a few of my favourites from that trip…

the goddess was the reason for the trip and we spent a fair bit of time at that installation…

of all of Chihuly’s pieces, I am always most drawn to the blues… from the very first ones I saw at Chihuly Garden and Glass… here is a blog I wrote about that amazing experience…

lovely memories… wondering what might be next…

turn…

03 Sunday Dec 2017

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this morning I turned my Chihuly calendar to the last page…

so happy to have next year’s all ready to go… and I know exactly where it is…

can’t hang it yet as my mother-in-law always said that it was bad luck to put up a new calendar before the actual start of the year, lol…

funny how some things stick with you…

finished…

23 Wednesday Aug 2017

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the month is nearly finished and I haven’t even put up my August Chihuly calendar picture…

cool picture…

and finally, a picture of the finished roof…

yay…

calendar…

01 Saturday Jul 2017

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had planned to spend the day in the garden, but woke up to rain coming down…

left the patio door screen open overnight so it was rather chilly when I got downstairs…

eventually the rain stopped and the sun came out… but then it clouded over again… sun peaked out now and again for the remainder of the day…

although I never left the house I put on red and white to commemorate Canada Day… started with long pants but then moved to shorts when I thought I’d go outside, only to discover it was chilly out again… never did get outside…

was very happy to see the new picture when I flipped the page on my Chihuly calendar…

reminded me of our visit to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens last June… took these pictures of a similar tree which was stunning, during the day and at night…thinking about where we might go next to see more Chihuly…

looking forward to a week in Ottawa towards the end of the summer… we will be going to Mosai Canada to see a version of the Goddess which we saw in Atlanta…

have seen a few teaser pics on Instagram of how she will look… here’s one…

can hardly wait to see all of the installations at the Jacques Cartier Park… gardens and water, two of my favourite things;-)…

coconut…

08 Thursday Dec 2016

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had a tasty treat after dinner tonight…

this was in my Advent calendar on day 4, which was also George’s birthday… it is 65% dark chocolate with coconut, candied violets and gold flakes by ChocoMe…

and it tastes delicious…

had it with some almonds to be sure I got a portion of protein with it…

memories…

03 Sunday Jul 2016

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this morning I was thinking about our time in Atlanta just a few weeks ago…

very happy while I was there to pick up a 2017 calendar… also picked up some beautiful notecards and a Chihuly hat…

just a few days ago I turned over my 2016 calendar to this picture…

another beauty… makes checking the date a very pleasant experience… and a reminder of those wonderful visits to the Atlanta Botanical Garden and our amazing visit to Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle…

I had picked up a couple of novels before heading to Atlanta and started reading this one…

was blown away by her reference to Chihuly as I read on the flight to Ottawa on the way to Atlanta…

synchronicity…

memories…

gardens…

01 Sunday May 2016

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always great fun to turn my beautiful Chihuly calendar from one month to the next…

these orbs make me very happy… remind me of the lovely purple ones that the kids gave me for Mother’s Day…

still have to put a bit of water in them and then silicone the small hole in each one so they will float… also think I might join the three of them together with some fishing line through the silicone…

had a decadent lunch… hard to believe that a chicken sandwich on flax bread with chips and a salad is decadent, lol…

bread is really one of the most problematic foods for me… makes my sugar levels go up all of the next day so I have to be very careful how much of it I eat…

when I was shopping today the bread really jumped out… my favourite technique is to buy bread, have some, and then feed the rest to the kids when they come for dinner or take it to work the next day… that way I can have the treat but not overdo… the last few days have been quiet as I saw the kids and had dinner with them on Friday… bread’s going to work tomorrow, lol…

have been watching the information about the new Chihuly opening at the Atlanta Botanical Garden… today I came across a great article in Houzz showing pictures of a number of the installations… sure looks awesome…

my new frog friend is very talkative… there is a lot of noise coming from the pond area… not sure if there are more there, or whether it can throw its voice…