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cancer-free…

23 Thursday Jul 2026

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I’ve had my yoga mat out for a few weeks now… since I saw my physiotherapist…

for the first week I did a couple of exercises involving rocking my legs and lifting them to my chest… not too difficult and they seemed to help with the twisted knee…

then, the next week a new exercise involving my core came along…

this one seems more complicated and harder… which also makes it harder to get down and do them, lol…

but, this week marks 14 years since I had a hernia/hysterectomy surgery to deal with cancer of the uterus which made me cancer-free…

that puts a little thing like a difficult exercise into perspective, doesn’t it🤨….

foam…

08 Wednesday Mar 2023

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dug out an old watering jug so that I could set the vase of flowers into it and fill it with water so the floral foam inside the vase could soak up all the water it needed…

took a while, but after half an hour or so I was able to get it out with a bit of finagling…

sitting in the container of water…
just a touch over the top of the vase…
back on the table…

it is amazingly difficult to add fresh water to the container every day, lol…

writing…

06 Monday Mar 2023

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this anniversary of my beloved’s death has been harder than usual…

not sure if it is having someone else in the house, going through so many boxes and letting go of things… maybe it’s been seeing his writing on papers as I’ve sorted through files… maybe it is realizing I’ve been without him for a quarter of the time we were together…

you’d think after eleven years it would be less difficult…

whatever the reason, I’ve been struggling…

difficult…

08 Sunday Jan 2023

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great excitement as I have discovered three orchids that are setting buds;-)…

this makes me very happy as January and February can be difficult months – usually cold and dull…

the one orchid which is blooming is sitting on the middle of the living room table and doing very well…

guy…

21 Monday Jun 2021

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I’ve been thinking of many special Father’s Days and missing this great guy…

interesting how difficult holidays can be sometimes… used to be such a wonderful time… pleased that most years I am able to focus on the special times that have taken place…

still happy that the day is over…

pinching…

08 Wednesday Jul 2020

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so, I signed up for a 3-part video course on flowers in the garden… it is from @floretflower on Instagram… they are located in Washington State and have a flower farm and seed business…

yesterday I finally got around to watching the first of the two that I have received so far…

it was all about pinching the plants… this morning I decided to give it a try and it was difficult, because it does feel counter-productive to trim back a plant that is growing nicely… but I did it, and I also removed the flowers on the dahlias and put them into a vase…

it will be interesting to see if it really does double the number of blooms produced…

I will watch and see…

blubbered…

14 Thursday Feb 2019

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what a difficult day… i never know when one of these days will come along…

I’m a bit worn out from recent events so that may have exacerbated the feelings…

anyway, I blubbered throughout the morning at the office… my colleagues were all so kind…

I left after lunch and went to The Stoneware Gallery and found the cutest heart shaped bowls…

picked up bannock and rye bread from La Belle Baguette, which made me happy because they’ve been out of the bannock every time I’d stopped by previously…

filled up the car and got home in time to have a lovely afternoon nap…

looking forward to my first Friday off in many weeks…

thoughtful…

12 Monday Feb 2018

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had a lovely evening with some women who I haven’t seen for months…

what a treat… delicious dinner – a meat stew and a vegan one as well – and thoughtful conversation…

there was cake for dessert, but I waited till I got home and had some dark chocolate and almonds while watching the men’s half pipe;-)…

we talked about the many difficult things happening in the world and how we might reimagine ways to deal with them… what we might do in our small corner…

a lot to think about…

busyness…

11 Wednesday Jan 2017

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been thinking of a number of people in my circles who are going through difficult times…

as I drove to work this morning I was behind a Cube car, which brought back lots of memories of a former colleague and friend…

so many friends are dealing with their own or their family members’ health problems… busyness has kept me from giving them the attention I would like to…

a number of folk I know are trying to figure out their working conditions…

and still others are contemplating their living situations…

so much to be thinking about…