09 Friday Jun 2017
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went to close the curtains in the dining room this morning and was surprised and so excited to see the wild roses blooming…
we brought home a root that we dug out of a ditch around Hillside Beach decades ago…
nothing happened for a few years and then it took off…
ever since we’ve been pulling it out of flower beds, borders, and even the grass…
but it is beautiful and reminds me of fun times with my beloved…
08 Thursday Jun 2017
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bag, big girl pants, flowers, friends, garden, gusto, irises, moments, patio, special, sun, widow
wonderful evening…
supper out with my dear friends… we went to Pizzeria Gusto and had a lovely dinner…
shared lobster risotto and roasted brussel sprouts… and ended with half of a chocolate tart… delicious…
we enjoy one another’s company and always have things to share…
dinner out was to celebrate one of our birthdays… we have a birthday bag that goes from person to person…
we have used this bag for many years and it has been repaired a few times… but the fun when we pull it out for the next person’s birthday is just wonderful…
the birthday woman wanted to eat on a patio and we thought we’d picked a great spot, but then discovered it didn’t have an actual patio where you could eat, lol…
took numerous emails and texts to work out our plan, but we did…
it was warm but not hot on the patio and, as always when we gather, time flew by and we had lots of fun…
dropped off at home and spotted these irises blooming…
nearly missed them… it was serendipitous that I stepped out onto the deck and walked just far enough to see them…
a final special moment to end a very special evening…
07 Wednesday Jun 2017
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been thinking of some fun times with my beloved…
for years we tried to grow clematis… at one point we had one that grew for two years along the neighbour’s garage… then it died off…
we tried everything from putting rocks over the roots, to digging deeper holes, to trying different varieties… but nothing seemed to work…
we would laugh because one of our neighbours had one that took up the whole side of her garage, lol…
for the last seven years or so this clematis has grown up the side of the house…
I’m always so excited when it comes up again… it is still rather scrawny looking…
but here it is with blossoms that are nearly ready to open…
what a treat…
26 Friday May 2017
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big girl pants, Bino, chives, flowers, lilacs, Mexican, moments, purpleness, scent, SkipTheDishes, sunshine, Tomy Roma's, treats, widow, yoga
the day was filled with purple treats…
early this morning as I was walking to the clinic for some bloodwork I came across numerous lilacs in various stages of opening…
these ones were on the way there…
and these ones were on the way back… so pretty and the scent was divine…
was wonderful to be walking outside in the sunshine and warm weather…
at noon did yoga, in my purple outfit, on my purple mat, lol…
at the end of the day when I arrived home I took this picture of the purple flowering chives that are lining the driveway…
for supper I ordered beef bones through SkipTheDishes… lovely end to the week… Tony Roma’s is the only restaurant that calls after you’ve ordered to see if your meal was satisfactory… a great touch…
my daughter FaceTimed me to show me the parcel that arrived… inside was my newest Fitbit Charge 2 metal band… a purple one…
the final treat of my day was some of my loose teamate tea and a little bit of chocolate… love the purple Bino bottle with the extra hot water in it…
and it looks nice on my Mexican blanket/ tablecloth…
good day filled with purple moments…
12 Friday May 2017
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been an absolutely crazy busy week…
Monday night my friends helped stuff nametags for an event on Tuesday…
Tuesday I brought the snack for our staff meeting… had great fun the night before finding treats that everyone could enjoy… cheese and crackers, nuts and fruit made for a tasty start to the meeting, lol…
then there were the flowers… picked up tulips for the event… have learned a few tricks to help transport flowers from home… they ride in the back seat in a reusable grocery bag, with the seatbelt on, which keeps them from falling over on the trip… used them at the staff meeting before they headed over to the venue… they looked great simply put into tall vases, and came back to the office to brighten our space afterwards…
more food was involved when I prepared soup for our Souper Thursday…
rarely does it happen that we would have two events at work that one of us would be responsible for, lol… just my luck that I got so many things to do this week…
more flowers to celebrate a colleague’s birthday…
and finally today a gorgeous bouquet to take pictures of as someone picked up a treat for a family friend…
very happy it is Friday… gonna do lots of relaxing on the weekend…
08 Monday May 2017
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great evening with my BS buddies…
tonight they helped me finish up a project for an event tomorrow… four sets of hands make any piece of work get completed much quicker…
never know what topics we will cover in our time together… tonight we touched on pianos, rubber coated driveways, housing, people skills, travel, teaching, busy schedules, sleep patterns, and chairs…
can’t even imagine where I’d be without these amazing women…
flowers make me happy too;-)…
15 Saturday Apr 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, camaraderie, candy, dad, family, flowers, Good Friday, prep, screen, widow
been thinking of my dad a lot over the last few days…
he was ill my entire life and his last four years were really a gift…
he died on Good Friday nearly thirty years ago… I don’t remember the date but it was in March that year… I had been called to the hospital and realized he really was dying… I left for a short while to pull myself together and after talking with a friend went back and sat with him as he moved from this world to the next… a privilege to share those moments with him…
always amazes me how something brings back the sadness and grief, even after all this time…
he was a special man and taught me so much about being a kind and gentle person and always seeing the good in people…
I remember the times he would sit on the deck and enjoy visiting with family and friends…
today I put the screen into the upstairs hall window, which looks out on that deck… over the winter I take it out so that I can take better pictures, lol…
feels like it is Spring now that the screen is in and the window is open… had the screen door open and enjoyed the gorgeous weather while I was cooking and doing prep work for tomorrow’s Easter dinner…
dad always had candy in his pocket… you could almost hear the wrappers rubbing against one another when he walked, lol…
and as I prepared the space and table I was missing my beloved… he was so good at helping me get ready for special meals… he would have picked up the flowers and anything else needed and looked after a good portion of the cleaning as I worked in the kitchen…
I miss that camaraderie…
I have been, and continue to be, blessed with the men in my life…
03 Monday Apr 2017
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so happy… there are flowers everywhere…
yellow daffodils in the kitchen last night…
then they travelled in the car this morning on their way to the office…
found their final destination on the counter at the front of the office…
remind me of sunshine and smiley faces…
26 Sunday Mar 2017
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big girl pants, boost, charge, cleaning, family, flowers, frustration, fun, geese, hyacinth, widow
fun and frustration today…
spent some time cleaning off the deck and then sitting out reading and listening to music… warm enough to just have on a long shirt and culotte jeans…
heard and spotted geese flying overhead and managed to catch them on my phone…
my daughter was working but all the boys came over and we headed out to do some shopping… except that my car wouldn’t start… the boys pushed it out of the garage and into the street where my son-in-law boosted it…
we went to the first grocery store and when we came out the car wouldn’t start again… found a fellow leaving his car and got a boost… went to two more stores and we ran in and left my son-in-law in the car to drive around while we shopped… by the third store we all went in and rushed through to be sure the car would work…
on our way home we went to Canadian Tire and picked up a battery charger…
while supper was cooking, we charged the battery so it should be fine tomorrow…
when we were out I picked up a purple hyacinth and some purple flowers…
the funny thing was that when we arrived home from our vacation the kids’ vehicle wouldn’t start… then, this morning my son-in-law’s car wouldn’t start;-(… but this was the third, so we should be good, lol…
06 Monday Mar 2017
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bedroom, big girl pants, box, enjoyment, flowers, living room, moving, office, widow
so I’ve been moving the flowers around a lot…
when I first opened them, I had them on the dining room table…
then they moved to the living room… I spent time there reading…
when I went upstairs to the bedroom they went along with me… I’ve really enjoyed them wherever I’ve been…
this morning I boxed them up and took them to the office… they smelled delicious and looked wonderful all day long… my colleagues enjoyed them too…
then at the end of the day, I put them back in the box and brought them home again…
they were in the living room for a while but are now here with me in the bedroom…
wanting to get as much enjoyment out of them as possible…
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