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Ottawa Outing Day 2…

20 Friday Apr 2018

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Atelier, Bayshore, big girl pants, Day 2, dinner, family, flowers, fun, hog, memories, Ottawa, Ottawa Outing, Peace Tower, transit, widow

it was a long night, what with my buddy, the bed hog… not only does he hog the bed, but he snuggles right up… and he’s hot…

up early and checked out a few feeds on my phone… my grandson got up about half an hour later and we had some quiet time while the others slept…

when they got up, we had omelettes for breakfast and tried to get tickets to go up the Peace Tower, but is was closed for the day due to a protest…

we drove to Bayshore Mall because my daughter said we needed to go there… and discovered a beautiful show of mannequins dressed in flowers… had a wonderful time wandering around and taking pictures while the boys did other things…

then three of us took a bendy bus, train and double decker bus to get home;-)… lots of fun…

home for a nap, a quick hair trim and then the boys dropped us off for a fancy meal while they went out for dinner and a movie… and even remembered to take the picture I asked for;-)…

we went to Atelier and had a magnificent fourteen course dinner… here are a few of the courses…

they also brought us each an adorable micro mini cake with a chocolate candle that burned…

an excellent day;-)…

sentiments…

18 Wednesday Apr 2018

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beloved, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, flowers, memories, sentiments, sun, widow

very early this morning, as I was waking up, I heard the geese fly overhead… what a lovely way to begin my birthday…

sunshine and warm temperatures also contributed to a great day…

had a rose and balloons and a card filled with lovely sentiments…

throughout the day texts came, phone calls of people singing happy birthday, emails, Facebook posts, a gift card…

all of which made me feel very special…

missing my beloved but wearing those big girl pants, lol…

and as I write this, more geese are flying overhead…

I truly am blessed…

talent…

16 Monday Apr 2018

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arrangement, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, living room, office, talent, widow

so the flowers sure do look better…

these were the ones that went to the office and are sitting on my desk…

these are the lovelies sitting on the table in the living room…

wonderful to be surrounded by such talent;-)…

slippers…

15 Sunday Apr 2018

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big girl pants, bird feeder, dinner, flowers, garden, grandsons, hot tub, knee, moments, slippers, treat, widow

so very happy this morning when I was able to step into my slippers without thinking… for days I’ve had to lean on something and concentrate on my knee as I would slide my foot into the slipper…

while grocery shopping I treated myself to some flowers to celebrate my birthday week;-)…

didn’t arrange them that well, but might take some to the office and ask a friend to make them more beautiful… and tomorrow night I will ask another friend to do something with the ones I leave at home…

to top the day off, my grandsons came for dinner and helped with a few jobs around the house, including filling and hanging the feeder in the garden…

if the hot tub ever gets to temperature I will be able to watch the birds, lol…

and after the busyness of the day, my knee is feeling good… yay…

canopy…

12 Thursday Apr 2018

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big girl pants, canopy, Christmas, flowers, garden, Japanese Maple, rose, shortbread, smoothie, snow, widow

when I opened the door to head to work for an early event today, this is what I saw…

people, it is April 12th, sigh… even wore boots because I didn’t want to slip and twist my knee…

sat in the living room for a few minutes when I got home and enjoyed the full canopy on the Japanese Maple and the lovely little rose which I am hoping to plant in the garden whenever it gets warm enough… what a difference a few weeks have made…

had breakfast while I was out, so for supper I had a smoothie… fancied it up with some 100% chocolate squares… and finished the meal off with the last two Christmas shortbread cookies which I found by accident in a kitchen drawer…

what a treat…

April…

05 Thursday Apr 2018

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April, Atlanta, big girl pants, Chihuly, Chihuly Garden and Glass, flowers, fun, garden, installation, pictures, Seattle, widow

took this picture of the April page on my Chihuly calendar…

when I turned to this page it reminded me of the wonderful installation at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens and how much fun we had there…

the other place where there was a fabulous installation of the floats was at Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle… many floats were placed inside a row boat, just sitting on the floor in a huge empty room… very cool…

funny where a picture can take you…

snow…

29 Thursday Mar 2018

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big girl pants, bright, bunnies, flowers, moments, snow, sunshine, widow

day started sunny, but cold… then mid morning it started to snow…

the sun was back as we headed home…

the sunlight in the dining room shone on the bunnies…

although one of my grandsons said the wire one looked like a bird on Sunday, lol…

in the living room the flowers shone…

sunlight and shadows are so beautiful…

really happy to have the next four days off…

orchid…

28 Wednesday Mar 2018

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big girl pants, flowers, office, orchid, purple, widow

The beautiful purple orchid in my office…

sign…

23 Friday Mar 2018

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artist, BestCanvas, big girl pants, chat, flowers, garbage, happy, lilac, neighbour, photos, recycling, signs, snow, Spring, widow

two lovely signs of Spring today…

early this morning I was taking out the garbage and recycling… hadn’t been able to open the garbage container for a few weeks as it had frozen shut… happily it melted enough that I could finally open and fill it up…

as I was putting them out my neighbour came by and we had a short visit… it was warm enough for us to have a chat… he offered to bring them in once they were emptied… nice to connect with neighbours as the season improves…

and I was so excited later in the day when my BestCanvas picture arrived… it is a beautiful shot I’d taken at the Park of a lilac blossom and it looks amazing…

I’ve printed many of my photos and have a wall of my water lily shots, but it was rather energizing to have something on canvas… I feel like an artist, lol…

lilacs are one of my favourite flowers and another sign of Spring…

now, if the snow would stop coming, and the sun stay out longer, it really would be Spring…

rearranged…

19 Monday Mar 2018

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beloved, big girl pants, bouquet, flowers, happy, improve, orchid, rearranged, remind, widow

bought a bouquet on March 5th…

yesterday I tossed out some of the spent flowers and rearranged it…

amazing how long they have lasted and how good they still look…

on Friday I picked up this orchid…

left it in the plastic over the weekend to carry it to the office…

and here it is in its new home…

haven’t had an orchid for ages… they always remind me of my beloved… he brought them home for me all the time…

flowers sure do improve my days;-)…

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