sitting here looking at the electronic picture frame and the orchid behind it…

got me thinking about how, for a number of years now, we always had orchids over the winter months…  one of George’s workmates, who worked in the garden centre, would always let George know when a new batch of orchids came in so that I could come down and pick two or three to brighten up the house…  George always teased me about buying too many, but he was the one who would tell me they were in, or even bring one or two home…  what a guy…

I do much better during the dark months when I have flowers around me…

last weekend we went to pick up a few orchids… sadly they weren’t at their best but I found three that I liked and brought them home, along with a lovely frilly African violet…  one orchid and the African violet went to work, and the other two orchids are here in the living and dining rooms…

orchids and frame…

today I went for dim sum with the kids, including my nephew and his girl friend… Tavin and I sat beside one another and he did a bit of drawing…  he made a couple of great pictures of the fish tank with some goldfish and said he coloured one of the fish blue, cause that was Grandpa’s favourite colour…

fish in the tank…

we talked a bit about how much we have both been missing Grandpa… Mommy chimed in that she has been having flashbacks to the day he died…

we ran a few errands together and went to Indigo so the boys could pick up a book each as they had some gift cards from Auntie Cyndi and Uncle Ron…

it is always interesting to watch their thought process as they try to decide which is the best book to get…  I love this because they have received books from us for every birthday, Christmas and other occasions – just as we did for their mother and aunt since they were little girls…  we did pick up a couple of great books for my house too… one is about frogs jumping in the pond, right up my alley, and the other was about farm animals and tabs slide on each page…

I just looked up to see a picture of George and the little boys making salad…  George made the best salad ever, and even when we use exactly the same ingredients, we can’t make it as good as he did, lol…

white with purple…