packages…

12 Monday Jun 2017

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lots of treats and surprises today…

when the mail arrived there was a box with my name on it… in it was all of this…

two tasting packages, a cute notebook, a card and a hummingbird chocolate bar in a tiny love bag…

at lunchtime three of us did a little chocolate tasting… we had a great time… comparing how the small pieces taste for each of us is way more fun in a group than individually…

it was funny because I had decided to do a tasting on my own after supper with some of the pieces that my daughter sent me a while ago…

she had sent the parcel ten days before Mother’s Day and it only arrived last week, lol… the parcel today was a replacement because we had given up on the original one…

after lunch a colleague brought me a package with my favourite summer rolls… had them for my dinner…

the chips were a bonus;-)…

chimes…

10 Saturday Jun 2017

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the new neighbours have put up some wind chimes… the kind that I like, not the high pitched tinkling ones…

wonder how long I will refer to the neighbours as new, lol…

reminds me of the wonderful ones that we had… they were a gift from friends and had a lovely deep sound…

one year we decided to make similar ones as our Christmas gift for friends…

George took ours apart to create the template and worked on them for weeks…

we had great difficulty finding the correct type of copper, but eventually all the bits and pieces were gathered up…

during that time he came down with an infection which damaged his heart… he just finished the gifts in time, as he was feeling so sick…

he never did put ours back together… I think the struggle to get the gifts done really tarnished his love of them…

a couple of months ago I found the bits for our original set, but apparently some of the pieces aren’t there…

I can’t figure out how to put it together but with the lovely sound coming from next door I think it’s okay…

rose buds getting ready to open…

funny the things you remember…

gusto…

08 Thursday Jun 2017

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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…

collages…

27 Monday Mar 2017

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lovely evening with my ReImagining group tonight…

we haven’t met for the last few months as weather and other activities intervened…

been carrying around their Christmas gifts in the trunk of the car in my favourite purple bag, lol…

these are the last few which weren’t chosen…

supper was Irish stew with mashed potatoes… so good and the potatoes were a wonderful treat…

and then there was dessert…

we got to make collages and talk about Spring plans…

wonderful evening…

circles…

11 Saturday Feb 2017

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as I’ve been struggling with this cold or almost flu it has reminded me of how great I usually feel…

when I think back to the few times I’ve been seriously ill and gone through tough surgeries… and the slow process to recover and how I would feel a little better each day… and then would eventually get to the place where I was well…

sometimes we forget how much we take good health for granted…

next week I have a CancerCare checkup… I think it is my second to last appointment as July will be five years since my cancer surgery…

amazing how the time has gone by so quickly…

good reminder that although I’ve felt rough over the last week it is nothing like what I’ve been through before… and I am very blessed on the whole…

thinking of all those in my circles who are struggling with health issues, either their own or their loved ones…

cake…

06 Monday Feb 2017

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could barely drag myself out of bed this morning… was so tired…

really finding that I need that one do nothing day in the weekend to recover from the week…

cooked a small roast and baked a potato which gave me an hour to rest when I got home… finished off with a lettuce salad… good thing it was easy because I am still tired…

two of my Monday night friends came by and one brought a delicious bit of cake for us to try… chocolate with a lemon sauce and some whipping cream…

I licked my plate…

apparently I looked so bad they only stayed for a little while so I could get to bed, lol… I was cold and had to dig out a warm jacket… the others thought it was warm in the house…

hoping that a good night’s sleep will fix me up… really don’t have time to be sick…

treat…

21 Saturday Jan 2017

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what a wonderful treat today…

watched skating, skiing, snowboarding and a few of my favourite PVRed shows…

then two wonderful women stopped by and we enjoyed some tasty treats…

some of my Christmas baking gifts, chocolate from Hummingbird, ChocoSol, Decadence and Aschenti, and the ever popular raw almonds…

always amazes me what can be found in the cupboard at the last minute, lol…

and we had a lovely hot tub in the plus two degrees Celsius weather…

such fun to share these moments with such special people…

busyness…

11 Wednesday Jan 2017

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been thinking of a number of people in my circles who are going through difficult times…

as I drove to work this morning I was behind a Cube car, which brought back lots of memories of a former colleague and friend…

so many friends are dealing with their own or their family members’ health problems… busyness has kept me from giving them the attention I would like to…

a number of folk I know are trying to figure out their working conditions…

and still others are contemplating their living situations…

so much to be thinking about…

supper…

09 Monday Jan 2017

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was supposed to meet with my ReImagining friends tonight for supper and conversation…

when I left the office the snow was coming down like crazy… I started across town but then decided the weather was too miserable to make the trip…

headed home and got a few shots of the snow coming down when I drove into the garage…

found some leftovers for my supper and am going to have a nap…