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blossoms…

03 Tuesday May 2016

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big girl pants, blossoms, flowers, happy, hibiscus, nature, warm, widow

this morning I got a few shots of my new hibiscus… 

  
it is so lovely to see blossoms first thing in the morning…

  
flowers always make me happy…

recently someone mentioned that whenever there are flowers around, people notice and comment in a positive way… flowers add warmth to any space… maybe that’s why I like them so much…

another thing that makes me happy is seeing changes in nature…

as I walked up the street tonight I noticed the greening of one of the trees by the creek…

  
spent time tonight as well enjoying those hibiscus blossoms…

flowers…

27 Wednesday Apr 2016

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big girl pants, flowers, garden, light, morning, NYC, sunrise, tulips, widow

early this morning I got a shot of the sun rising…

 

sunrise

 
loving the mornings… it is light so early now… could hear birds singing… and saw squirrels darting about the garden…

took a few pictures of the tulips I picked up a few days ago and brought to the office…

 

purple tulip

 

tulips

 
they are a lovely colour and have lasted very nicely…

reminded me of a colleague who, on my return from New York, commented that most people who visit NYC post many skyline pictures… but I posted pictures of flowers, lol…

then she said: “which is so you“…

I do love flowers and plants and gardens…

earth…

22 Friday Apr 2016

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big girl pants, ducks, earth, English Garden, flowers, Park, Spring, walk, widow

had a nice walk to the Park just before lunch and met up with a friend… after lunch we wandered through the English and Leo Mol Gardens…

she very kindly took a picture of me with the lady reading inside the gate to the English Garden…   
was sad to discover that there are no words in the book, lol… 
  
the Gardens are starting to show signs of Spring… a few plants were starting to pop through the earth and we also came across a few flowers blooming…

  
saw ducks, geese, bunnies, squirrels, juncos and sparrows…

  
beautiful day for a walk…

a lovely earth day…

NYC day 4…

19 Tuesday Apr 2016

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9/11, Big Apple, big girl pants, chocolate, Eatalia, flowers, High Line, memories, NYC, vacation, widow

another busy day, but tons of fun…

we had cold pressed juice for breakfast at the hotel and then broke into two groups… two went with their main goal shopping for gifts for those at home… we went out with a plan to see Eatalia and take a walk on the High Line…

we started out and stopped by the 9/11 memorial where we took a few pictures… was very interested in the story of the survivor tree which was found buried in the rubble, moved to a nursery, damaged in a storm and replanted on the grounds and is thriving…

  
the sun shining on this rose with the huge sculptural dove in the background came out beautifully… 

we stopped at a rather high end mall and found a Tory Burch bracelet for my Fitbit… I am so excited about this because I have only seen them online and wasn’t sure of the sizing so hadn’t wanted to order one… the young woman who helped us provided great service and was able to find a single silver one in the store which fit perfectly… 

  
so it was my present to me… when she heard it was my birthday she gave me a great deal…

my plan for the day included taking as many flower pictures as possible, so I was happy to come across this flower shop…

  
there was a tulip festival taking place and some beautiful purple and orange ones jumped out at me…

  
a nice picture of the Flat Iron Building with my daughter and a blooming cherry tree in Madison Park… just before we headed into Eatalia…

  
what fun we had there wandering through all of the sections and having a spectacular lunch… 

didn’t see Mario though, lol…

from there we found our fifth chocolate shop of the trip… and picked up a few items to bring home… and while we were there we shared a piece of coconut chocolate birthday cake which was delicious… this from a person who isn’t fond of cake, lol…

  
on to the High Line which we walked for about half an hour… hot and sunny the whole way…

  
met up with the other two girls, had a snack and headed to the airport… shared a delicious birthday supper at Prime and made it onto the plane for the first leg of our flight…

  

our second flight got us home just after midnight…

most everyone we met was welcoming, informative and provided excellent service…

we walked, rode the subway, took taxis and flew, all in one day…

so many memories of four days in the Big Apple and the many little bites we took…

NYC day 2…

16 Saturday Apr 2016

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Beaubourg, beautiful, big girl pants, busy, Canada Goose, Central Park, flowers, New York, rickshaw, widow

up fairly early considering what time we went to bed, lol…

walked and walked and walked… saw flowers blooming everywhere… 

  

rode the subway again… took a rickshaw tour of Central Park… what fun… great way to see most of it and learn fun facts… a beautiful place…

  
caught a Canada Goose resting on a rock with a turtle… 

  
saw the city vistas from Top of the Rock… 

 

Central Park from Top of the Rock

  
 
bought and ate a tiny bit of chocolate… went on an open double decker bus tour, walked partway across the Brooklyn Bridge… strolled along the riverside at Battery Park… had a delicious supper at Beaubourg… and ended the day with a glass of Baileys…

 
sunshine and warm weather make the day very enjoyable…

snowflakes…

01 Friday Apr 2016

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big girl pants, daffodils, flowers, Krevco, snowflakes, Spring, widow

from Spring flowers to huge snowflakes… what a day…

  
yesterday I picked up some daffodils and irises… really wanted to add some life to the house… have some upstairs and others in the living room…

  
makes me happy to have the bright colours around…

also fairly sure I listened to a robin singing while I was laying in bed… and the geese flying over… seems like every day I am hearing new bird songs as they are returning…

around six fifteen tonight I looked outside and saw huge snowflakes coming down very quietly…

  
had stopped at Krevco earlier and had the water tested… made sure to put all the chemicals in so that I could go out and have a hot tub… been waiting for the fresh water to get up to the correct temperature… not sure now if I’m going out there tonight or not…

  
pretty though…

Easter…

27 Sunday Mar 2016

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beloved, big girl pants, bunny, dinner, Easter, eggs, family, flowers, lamb, sore throat, tulips

woke up to a phone call from my grandkids wishing me a Happy Easter at 7:30 in the morning, lol… they were very excited to share all about the treats they discovered around their house…

then I went downstairs and on the way spotted the bunny outside…

  

must have just been getting home from all those deliveries…
 
last night I decorated the living room… even put some tulips into the bathroom…
  

flowers make me happy… finished the dining room and set the table for dinner… 

had picked up pencil crayons, colouring books and a few reading books for the boys which I put into the glass drawers in the living room table, along with more of the cute chocolate bunnies from the fundraiser…

  
amazingly, while I was sleeping, the Easter Bunny put mini eggs all over the table and elsewhere on the main floor…

missing my beloved… he had a great connection with the Easter Bunny and the two of them always made sure to find good hiding places for treats…

had a very quiet day as my throat has been sore for a while and I’m trying to rest up and get rid of it… lots of people have been struggling with miserable colds/flu…

kids came, searched and found all of the eggs… we had a lovely lamb roast for our dinner… didn’t realize that daddy wasn’t fond of lamb… oops… maybe that’s why we haven’t had it before… next year we’ll have ham, lol…

  
bit of trouble getting a good photo and some were wondering when they could actually eat… 

after dinner my son-in-law went off to work and the rest of the family headed home…

I am climbing into bed…

flowers…

25 Friday Mar 2016

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beloved, big girl pants, flowers, happy, jammies, moon, snow, sun, sunshine, widow

woke up to snow on the ground this morning… really, lol… it was lovely because I didn’t have to go outside into it… 

  
there was also a beautiful moon…

  
spent the entire day in my jammies taking it easy… 

did walk for half an hour on the treadmill and made zucchini basil soup… I might be a bit addicted to that one…

the whole house is permeated with the smell from the hyacinth… so I took a few pictures of all the flowers in the house today…

  
the light was wonderful in the dining room…

  
the sunlight on them was lovely… 

and finally I got a picture of the sun streaming into the living room…

  
so happy to have the flowers filling the house…

they make me happy… 

remembering my beloved who would make sure I had lots around, particularly at this time of the year…

spa…

13 Sunday Mar 2016

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big girl pants, flowers, foggy, hydropath, Kingfisher, moon, sauna, spa, Thermea, widow

had a lovely couple of hours at Thermea tonight…

a while before leaving the house all of a sudden it was very foggy…

 
could barely see on the drive over, but it was beautiful on the grounds… had a lovely view of the moon while we were sitting in the outdoor pools…

reminded me of the lovely hydropath at the Kingfisher Spa just outside of Courtenay, BC… tried to get there whenever I visited my daughter while she lived at the coast… have come a long way from the days when I could only stay in the steam sauna for about two minutes, lol…

today we spent the most time in the eucalyptus steam sauna… pretty hot and steamy… also really enjoyed sitting by the fire on this beautiful evening…

  
finally had the chance to go at night to see how it looked lit up… lovely…

a wonderful treat, thanks to the generosity of my colleagues…

final treat of the day were these flowers that jumped into my shopping cart…

  

creation…

23 Tuesday Feb 2016

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big girl pants, bunny, chips, chocloate, creation, flowers, squirrel, tracks, tulips

seemed like I was surrounded by creation today… some days it just jumps out at me…

on my way out to the car this morning stopped to take a picture of these bunny tracks…

  
came right up the steps to the front door…

at the office took some pictures of the tulips that arrived yesterday as part of a Lung Association fundraiser…

  
one of my colleagues really wanted a shot of the black centre ..

here’s a picture of my purple ones with a colleague seen through them…

  
just love flowers… how wonderful it is to see them all around the office…

as I walked up the driveway tonight I stopped to take this picture of the squirrel tracks…  

  

and I enjoyed this creation in the afternoon… jumped off the shelf when I was picking up milk for the office…

  
oh my… unfortunate about the 270 calories for 5 chips… only ate 3… considered just having these for supper but eventually thought better of it, lol…

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