02 Saturday Jun 2018
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having a hard day… been ages since I’ve had one this bad…
a few things have happened over the last week which have made me wish my beloved was here with me… he was always my biggest supporter…
never know when the grief will overwhelm you, sigh…
spotted these yesterday… he loved alliums…
27 Sunday May 2018
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barbecue, Barbie, baskets, big girl pants, cushions, flowers, garden, groceries, mandevilla, reading, relaxed, widow
much more relaxed day today…
started the day with a hot tub in the mist… while I was sitting there, looked over to see I had left cushions on one of the chairs, lol… luckily that chair was under one of the cedars…
happy to find a white mandevilla along with a couple of pretty baskets when I was out shopping…
picked up a few groceries, came home and had a short nap… spent the remainder of the day in the shade reading…
because it was so lovely out, I chose a steak for dinner… and I brought Barbie out of the garage to make it… usually I don’t bother unless the kids are over and they do the barbecuing, but did a great job of the meat and the asparagus… even cooked the mushrooms out there… forgot to take a picture of them on Barbie, lol…
delicious dinner…
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;-)…
15 Tuesday May 2018
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big girl pants, bud, creeper, flowers, plants, Spring, virginia creeper, widow
was happy to purchase the plants on Sunday…
but even happier to see that the Virginia creeper has started to bud out…
it really is Spring…
14 Monday May 2018
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big girl pants, birthday, buddies, cafe, cloud, flowers, friends, petunia, walk, widow, Yafa Cafe
took some nice shots over the last few days… the cloud formation was very pretty last night… and this morning I took a few photos of the flowers that we picked up yesterday… one is quite beautiful, called starry sky… it is a petunia and I’m not fond of them but it was too beautiful not to bring home…
once I got home tonight I walked over to the Yafa Cafe to meet my buddies for a birthday dinner… we tried a number of items and enjoyed them all…
lovely time with wonderful women;-)…
11 Friday May 2018
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big girl pants, bouquet, dandelions, David Suzuki Foundation, exercise, flowers, knee, robins, Spring, widow
early this morning I caught sight of a couple of robins in the front yard… I’ve heard them recently but these was the first ones I’ve seen… a sure sign of spring;-)…
had another visit with the physiotherapist… my knee is doing very well although the range of motion is not where he would like it to be… he poked and prodded and gave me different exercises to do for the next few weeks…
as I drove up the driveway I spotted the dandelion flowers and chive blooms…
according to the David Suzuki Foundation we should leave the dandelions to help the bee population… well, maybe that’s what I will do…
I think back to the number of times my girls brought me home bouquets;-)…
09 Wednesday May 2018
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bedroom, big girl pants, bouquet, dining room, flowers, found, happy, living room, magnet, purple, widow
yesterday I wandered around the house taking pictures of the flowers that I found…
there were some in the living room…
some on the dining room table…
and finally, some in the bedroom;-)…
that is really what I like to see…
as mentioned many times previously, flowers make me happy;-)…
a colleague advised she had to pick up this magnet for me recently, lol… she also took this shot…
and a close-up of one of the bouquets, that just happened to be purple…
01 Tuesday May 2018
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today I got to drive my new car to work for the first time…
flowers were the first thing that got carried in the car… how lovely is that;-)…
I’ve been contemplating her name for a while now… depending on the light the colour moves from blue to purple…
spent some time checking out purple-ish names… had fourteen on my list but the ones that resonated the most were
amethyst – orchid – periwinkle – indigo
in the end Indigo was the winner… it is described as a colour between blue and purple…
she will go by Indi;-)… suits her…
23 Monday Apr 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, Conservatory, family, flowers, fun, garden, grandson, heron, moments, museum, Ottawa, Ottawa Outing, sunshine, taxi, trees, walk, widow
our plan was to go to the newly opened Science and Technology Museum today as my daughter had to work and it is within walking distance…
this morning, when I checked their hours, I discovered they weren’t open on Mondays, apparently like many of the museums…
eventually we decided to go the Central Experimental Farm… very round about taxi ride finally got us there and we had great fun checking out the animals, especially the sheep…
the babies were very cute…
we visited the other exhibits and had the snack that we’d packed in the backpack…
we then walked over to the conservatory through a big field where we came across this giant tree that was planted 107 years ago…
the conservatory was tiny but had a few flowers blooming…
then we walked to Dow’s Place where we called a taxi and spotted a heron while we were waiting… we saw some cute flowers as we walked…
when we got home computer games and napping took place…
out for burgers on our last evening here…
home for a movie before bed…
21 Saturday Apr 2018
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big girl pants, breakfast, ByWard Market, Chihuly, Diefenbunker, Fallls, family, flowers, maple syrup, moments, Ottawa, Ottawa Outing, Quebec, treats, widow
slept much better on my own in the basement on an air mattress, lol…
we were up, dressed and ready to go before nine… drove out past Almonte to Fulton’s Pancake House and Sugar Shack for breakfast and to learn a bit about how maple syrup is made… had lots of fun and it was a lovely day for a drive…
from there we stopped at Aquatopia to check out the plant sale… they had some lovely koi and water features, but no water plants, which I had been hoping for…
then it was over to check out the Diefenbunker… a long way underground… lots to see, read and touch, lol…
from there it was home for a nap… afterwards three of us went to see the Rideau Falls, visit the Hilton in Gatineau to see the Chihuly chandeliers, return back to Ottawa for frozen yogurt and macarons in Byward Market, buy Montreal bagels and then pick up groceries for dinner…
prepared homemade macaroni and cheese, along with a Caesar salad for dinner, while the kids played cards, then we watched a Netflix show and everyone headed to bed…
been a busy day…
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