26 Saturday Jan 2019
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big girl pants, croissants, flowers, hot tub, illusion, moments, moon, optical illusion, rose, snow, Tea, widow
started the day sharing tea and croissants with a very special person… such a lovely way to begin the weekend…
was going to grocery shop, but it just felt too cold, so home I came, lol…
the snow on the hot tub cover was amazing and it looked like the siding was melting… it wasn’t, thank goodness… a very cool optical illusion…
then it was laundry and sports on tv;-)…
22 Tuesday Jan 2019
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big girl pants, Christmas, flowers, hot chocolate, hyacinth, long, long day, odd, treat, widow
my hyacinth is growing, but it sure looks odd… last night we had quite the conversation about it, lol…
had some hot chocolate and a tiny slice of the last bit of my Christmas treats…
nice end to a long day…
20 Sunday Jan 2019
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yesterday I spent some time playing with my camera and flowers in the house…
working a bit with the macro feature…
got some good shots of the orchid… if you look at them just the right way you can see a dove…
also got a few pictures of the flowers in one of the bouquets on the main floor…
as everyone knows, flowers really help me through the cold and dark season… just looking at them makes me happy…
the great news is that every day there is a tiny bit more light;-)…
18 Friday Jan 2019
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bare hands, big girl pants, blessed, care for others, cold, faux, flowers, rose, safety, shelter, transportation, warmth, widow
on my drive in yesterday I watched a man walk across the street with bare hands… it was extremely cold and reminded me of the many who do not have the basics for this weather, sigh…
as I was leaving the office a man stopped and gave me a faux rose… he said
give this to someone and tell them you care, while you can…
then he gave me a second one, which he said was for me… at that point he asked if I had change for a cup of coffee… I advised I didn’t have any money on me so he took back one of the roses and merrily went in his way…
both reminders of how truly blessed I am… warm clothes to wear, a safe home to live in, a vehicle to get me around and work that makes me happy…
10 Thursday Jan 2019
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been enjoying some beautiful flowers lately…
the cutest little orchid…
and I’ve been watching and waiting for my amaryllis to grow and bloom… I bought two at the same time and the one my daughter had bloomed beautifully at Christmas time…
mine did nothing for over a month… now it has started to grow in a manner that looks more like a hyacinth… will be interesting to see what happens…
a rose from the beginning of the week…
04 Friday Jan 2019
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thinking of so many who are not well these days…
also been doing some reading on grief… it is always comforting to see that others have similar feelings and many of them can express themselves much more eloquently than I…
03 Thursday Jan 2019
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beautiful, big girl pants, delicious, flowers, garage, groove, moments, smell, treadmill, walking, widow
been back in the groove of walking on the treadmill every morning… kind of fell off the wagon over the holidays, lol… happy to get back on track…
before I left the house I sat and enjoyed the flowers that I picked up on Monday… a lovely treat to have the moment to focus on the beauty…
when I got into the garage it still smelled delicious… just like barbecued steak… yum… pretty nice after three days… didn’t smell when I got home… will check it out tomorrow, lol…
31 Monday Dec 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, ended, family, flowers, kids, lobster, New Year's Eve, orchid, treat, widow
ended 2018 with a delicious family dinner…
I ran out this morning to find some lobster tails and picked up a tiny orchid and some flowers… thought it would be lovely to start the new year with flowers… my beloved would have brought some home for me…
once home I prepared the twice stuffed potatoes…
then I relaxed and watched tv… I’ve been on a Bones marathon for days now, lol…
when the kids got here we finished getting organized… the younger boys helped set the table… the oldest grandson got Brussels sprouts ready and then cooked them… my daughter made sure the butter warmers were ready and my son-in-law barbecued the steak and lobster… had a FaceTime visit with the Ottawa kids and then dinner…
our traditional New Year’s Eve (or New Year’s Day) dinner was a treat… besides the steak and lobster, there were mushrooms, Brussels sprouts, salad, escargot sauce, twice-stuffed potatoes, and garlic butter…
yummy… we ended with lemon meringue pie…
everything was cleaned up and the kids headed home…
will be interesting to hear if they last until midnight, lol… not sure that I will…
23 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, family, filled, flowers, nature, orchid, pictures, preparations, shopping, snow, supper, widow
today was filled with activity…
started the day with a few pictures of my orchid…
then I prepped potatoes, turnip, stuffing for Christmas dinner and prepared twice stuffed potatoes for tonight’s supper…
it had snowed more overnight and in the morning… there was a lot of snow out there…
the kids arrived and we ran around getting a few last minute items… there were many, many people in all the places we went… particularly the parking lots…
home, dinner cooked, eaten and a bit of relaxing before everyone headed home…
last picture of the orchid…
09 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, buds, developing, flowers, moments, orchid, plants, surprise, treat, watering, widow
was wandering around watering the plants and had a lovely surprise…
usually I water on Saturday but was a bit behind so got to it this morning… was pleased that the paper whites have a couple of buds developing…
was at the mandevilla which has an orchid beside it – usually I keep the orchids for a year or two once they are finished blooming and then end up replacing them…
to my delight, I discovered four buds…
what a wonderful treat…
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