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simpler…

21 Thursday Sep 2023

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went for my annual eye exam, and while I was waiting, saw a former work colleague…

had a lovely catch-up…

I went through the gamut of tests and then got to spend time with my doctor… I’ve been going to him for ten years and they’ve been gathering data on my eyes over all that time… I don’t mind waiting, because when he is with me, there is no rushing through the explanations and all questions are answered…

eyes are in good shape and I learned a new way to clean my glasses while I was there…

will give it a try and see if it makes cleaning them simpler;-)…

carpool…

27 Wednesday Feb 2019

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yesterday I drove to and from work with a colleague…

carpooling is always more fun than driving on my own… I’ve carpooled with a number of people over the years… for years I rode with a good friend who worked close by… also with another colleague… and for many years my beloved drove me to and from work…

one of the best things is that I can take pictures, lol…

waited in the living room for my ride and got a photo of the very slow traffic on our way home…

at the end of the day I walked up the street in my heavy Canada Goose jacket, which kept me toasty warm… sadly the zipper on my usual Canada Goose jacket isn’t working properly so I’m wearing the heavier one…

looking forward to traveling with her tomorrow…

drifted…

04 Monday Feb 2019

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this morning I was rather surprised by how much snow had fallen overnight…

when I opened the back door there was easily six inches of snow up against it… I figured it had just drifted and when I stepped over it there was six inches of snow on the deck and all the way to the garage…

when I opened the big door there was four or five inches… I walked along the driveway to see how deep the snow was and decided that I might not be able to get the car out…

back inside and called a cab… didn’t want to get stuck at the bottom of the driveway…

but it sure was pretty, lol…

was able to get a ride home with a colleague and walked from the end of the street to be sure she didn’t get stuck…

there was even more snow when I walked up the driveway… snow pants would have been helpful, lol…

the steps and sidewalk were completely covered…

my shoveler isn’t available tonight, but will be here at 7:30 am so that I can get out in time for work…

office…

20 Wednesday Jun 2018

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today my dear colleague, who has done a ton of work to help get my office organized, brought in the last piece…

it is a wall hanging that started its life as a table runner for my dining room…

she had it steamed, sewed up the edges, picked up a dowel and some hangers for it…

it fills the final spot on the wall perfectly…

I had a lovely orchid in the space, but a few days ago when I got to work it had dropped all of its blossoms…

just on the weekend, I had picked up another beautiful plant, so this morning, I strapped it into the seatbelt in the back of the car and brought it to work… made the trip perfectly and looks great in the space, although it has a white pot, not purple…

but it looks wonderful… and has a special feel about it…

seatbelt…

24 Thursday May 2018

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flowers make me happy and I haven’t had any around the house for the last little while…

yesterday I was at the grocery store and picked a bunch up…

I always put them in a seatbelt when I have them in the car… it keeps them upright so they don’t fall over with any sharp turns or quick stops, because we all know I drive like a maniac (not really)…

overnight they were in water and this morning I packed most of them back up to take to work… I did leave a few at home in a vase…

made two bouquets at the office and put mine at my desk…

had to laugh when my colleague came over to see if I was okay, because she knows I like to have flowers around as they help relieve stress… when she saw so many flowers she thought something really big and bad was going on…

she was very happy when I advised that one bunch was a treat for someone else, lol… I was touched that she was worried about me;-)…

serendipitous…

09 Friday Mar 2018

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took this picture of the trees out the back before I left the house…

reminded me of a colleague who we lost to cancer a few years ago… she and I had taken a photography course together and the picture was similar to one that I took at that time as part of our homework…

later in the day I was working on a computer and came across her name…

seemed rather serendipitous…

she had a wonderful artistic streak and a great eye… we worked well together and she taught me a lot… one of my favourite things was how she showed me to add a URL into a Facebook post and then delete the URL once the link had opened up so that the post looked cleaner… a little thing but it makes a huge difference…

a very special woman…

slideshows…

12 Thursday Oct 2017

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another beautiful early morning drive… was rather surprised by the amount of traffic…

ended my day with the last of the Thanksgiving mashed potato and green beans, made into patties and shrimp…

in between I learned some very cool things regarding photos on my phone… been trying for ages to save slideshows on my phone… and today a colleague helped me figure it out… so exciting… I do love technology...

gotta go and play now;-)…

recipes…

04 Wednesday Oct 2017

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had some fun with recipes the last few days…

got this from a colleague… she makes the best scones and I am always asking for them so the other day she gave me the recipe… it was written on a recipe card by her mom…

had to call her a few times to clarify what to do, lol… pulled out my Purity cookbook to review steps…my BS buddies came by and they were able to provide a few more bits of info… baked them at 450 instead of the 400 noted on the card… they came out great… so busy I never even got a picture of them other than this one which I ate with the amazing chocolate raspberry jam that we picked up when I was in southern Ontario…

we talked about how often those older recipes didn’t provide much direction, lol…

today I made coleslaw from a recipe I received from a matriarch of the church over thirty years ago… the recipe is written for a huge crowd…

it has been reduced down a number of times, and when I make it now it is certainly way smaller…

came out fabulous, as always…

bandage…

23 Friday Jun 2017

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bright spots in my day…

I took a few photos of the flowers that a colleague brought me yesterday from the Farmers Market... a lovely treat… particularly love delphiniums and calla lilies…

brought them home with me…

a colleague got this beautiful rose in such a sweet vase today… had to take a picture…

my gardener grandson came by to do some yard work… when it was raining he did some organizing in the basement…

some say he looks like George and today he reminded me of him as he came in a few times with injuries and needed a bandage… 

laughed because the bandaid package has lasted much longer without my beloved being around… he always had a bandaid somewhere on his body, lol… 

so many special moments in the day…