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warm…

05 Thursday Mar 2015

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I’ve been wearing slippers for the last number of months because the kitchen floor is cold half way into the room from the sliding doors…

this is quite unusual as I rarely wear things on my feet… I wear sandals all year round at the office…

what I am missing is the heated floor in the bathroom… can’t feel the warmth through the slippers…

when we put in the heating wires under the tiles we thought the heat would radiate out from the pad, but it didn’t we learned, so the space right in front of the sink is cold…

the day has gone by gently… messages and calls from family and friends… flowers from the kids, lunch with colleagues… surprise supper out with some of the kids…



I am home, cozy in my bed, thinking of my wonderful life…

had some great moments when people commented on Facebook about pictures and memories of George… warmed my heart…

it has been healing in a way… 

tulips…

23 Monday Feb 2015

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this morning our delivery of tulips arrived… they are part of the Lung Association campaign…

I love flowers and in the depths of winter really enjoy them… just yesterday I had to toss the daffodils I had purchased the week before…

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some beautiful purple and white ones…

amazing how a little flower can perk me up…

spent time in the living room tonight with my friends and got to admire my gorgeous orchid… it is really stunning…

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took this picture of a macadamia nut dark chocolate which was a treat from Costa Rica… first chocolate I’ve had since November… apparently I was so excited I couldn’t hold still, lol… very tasty…

hard day…

14 Saturday Feb 2015

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hard day… been on the verge of tears for much of it…

George was very romantic… he always brought me flowers and chocolate on Valentine’s day…

I’ve been thinking back to our last Valentine’s Day… he had picked up a purple jacket that I’d seen at Rona and had been coveting… a single rose, cinnamon heart candies and a mushy card finished up the gift… it was a work day and he had it all organized in the kitchen when I came downstairs…

I keep thinking it will get easier, but not so much today…

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for the last two years I have sent flowers to the girls because he always made sure they had a rose that day… last year I cried throughout the whole ordering process… this year I didn’t have any problem making the calls… guess that’s good, lol…

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had a quiet day… did a few chores around the house and watched a number of PVRed shows…

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had a lovely chocolate strawberry with a cup of tea this afternoon as a treat…

made it through the day and looking forward to a more positive frame of mind tomorrow…

some days those big girl pants are painful…

flowers…

04 Wednesday Feb 2015

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I’ve talked about how much I need flowers in January and February… they make me feel good…

here are some shots I have taken over the last couple of days…

pink rose...

pink rose…

this rose replaced one that drooped over last week… had to take a few pics because it had tiny droplets of water on it…

orange rose...

orange rose…

this rose is a stunning orange and was for a colleague’s birthday… another beauty…

mum and hydrangea...

mum and hydrangea…

this mum and hydrangea are part of a bouquet…

sadly, my hydrangeas are finally on their last legs… I have enjoyed them every day…

orchid...

orchid…

this is my orchid tonight… it is beautiful and seems to be doing very well…

what a lovely few weeks with so many flowers blooming around me…

flowers…

21 Wednesday Jan 2015

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had a rather hectic day…

in amongst all the activity these beautiful flowers arrived…

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they were a surprise from my colleague, who is admiring them in the picture…

I love flowers and have been missing them the last few weeks… George always made sure I had live flowers during January and February to help make the winter easier… so far I haven’t been able to pick any up as it has been too cold to have them in the car… he would warm the car up and then pop the flowers in and rush home, lol…

on our way out of the office I had to stop and take a picture of the gorgeous sky…

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it was still light at 5:03… that is very exciting…

made dinner, had a nap and then walked on the treadmill for 45 minutes…

outside…

18 Saturday Oct 2014

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had a great sleep last night and as I was heading downstairs saw this lovely view outside…

IMG_8886.JPGthe leaves were a beautiful shade of yellow…

spent most of the day resting but I did work on some chicken soup…

IMG_8889.JPGnot quite done yet…

this afternoon my pond guy came by and put in a new pump…

IMG_8888.JPGit looks good, so far… we’ve decided to take out the uv filter and try putting a skimmer in beside the pond to collect algae and other debris… the thought is that it will be outside of the pond where I can get to it easily… this likely won’t happen until the spring… the fish are still happy outside but soon they will need to come in to their winter condo…

while out there I got a few pictures of some flowers that are still hanging on.. sadly we’ve already had a few frosts…

IMG_8887.JPGno sun today, maybe tomorrow…

thanks…

11 Saturday Oct 2014

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spent a quiet day doing things around the house…

realized again how blessed I am… able to do whatever I want…

IMG_8765.JPGenjoying the beautiful flowers as I was working on the dining room table for Monday’s dinner…

able to have all the food we want for our Thanksgiving celebration… dug out a chicken from the freezer, got turnip, potatoes and squash in the last few days…

have the time and items to make the table special… pulled out dishes that had belonged to our elders to bring them to the dinner…

tonight I made myself a steak… cooked it in a frying pan with help from Gordon Ramsey… well a video online, lol… it was delicious…

IMG_8766.JPGit is good to take the time for thanks…

fall…

22 Monday Sep 2014

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had a wonderful morning in the garden and down the street…

IMG_8358.JPGwas working a later shift, so spent a couple of hours in the sunshine… watched the morning glories open…

IMG_8359.JPGthe hibiscus was beautiful…

IMG_8365.JPGwhile I was standing at the pond this squirrel came by and gave me a good look before leaving…

IMG_8366.JPGand this chickadee came to the feeder right beside me… very strange because usually they are quite nervous of anyone in the area…

IMG_8361.JPGwandered down to the park at the end of the street to get some pictures of the Virginia creeper, which was spectacular… took a lot of shots…

as I walked back up the street spent some time with this gorgeous tree…

IMG_8364.JPGfinal shot was up through the tree…

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maybe…

09 Tuesday Sep 2014

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the other day when I was cleaning out that difficult drawer, I came across this key…

IMG_8148.JPGthought it looked like the one for the safety deposit box they showed me at the credit union …

very excited and hopeful, I stopped in on my way home tonight to see…

the person I showed it to thought it was theirs as well… she found another
staff person and we went into the vault and they tried it in two boxes, both with the same number…

it didn’t fit either… we’ve had that
safety deposit box for probably forty years… think they moved it when the credit union moved to its new location, lol… haven’t been in it since 2005… and I’m fairly sure it is empty…

they can have a locksmith come in and drill it open for about $150, so if I can’t find the key I may have to do that…

currently I pay around $50 per year for it… used to be about $15 which didn’t seem too expensive…

tonight a few flowers were still blooming, even though the temperature has been very chilly for the last few days…

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maybe the right key will turn up…

stop…

15 Friday Aug 2014

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and smell the roses, or in this case, the flowers…

IMG_7241.JPGI was rushing off to work but had to stop in the garden and get a few shots of these blossoms…

IMG_7246.JPGif you remember last time when I came home at the end of the day the flower had fallen off… wasn’t sure if it was the wind…

IMG_7251.JPGbut, tonight, when I got into the garden the blossoms were both on the ground… possibly another one-day only flowering plant… must see if I can figure out the name of it…

there is another blossom which will hopefully open on the weekend and I can spend some time by the pond enjoying it…