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pouch…

26 Tuesday Jan 2021

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yesterday we had an online chocolate tasting in the afternoon… it was the gift I gave my four buddies for Christmas…

before it started I spent time preparing my space for the call… moved most of my orchids into the pass through and put fabric behind it so the light wouldn’t cause a problem… looked great;-)…

everyone received a package in the mail with a beautiful handmade pouch holding four chocolate bars… three were the same for everyone, and one was different for each of us…

besides information on how to taste, choose and buy chocolate, forms to use to describe tasting information on each bar, there were little treats included as well… a chocolate flavoured tea, hot chocolate, a cocoa bean and cocoa nibs…

we had a lovely time, learned a huge amount about cacao, its origins and how it is made into the chocolate that we enjoy… we were able to ask questions throughout and shared what we thought of each bar…

thanks to Cyndi (@CanadianChocoholic) for the wonderful experience…

one of us couldn’t get their camera to work, but was able to see us, even if we couldn’t see them… there was a lot of laughter and delicious chocolate eating, uh, tasting, happening…

what a great treat… as much a gift for me as my buddies…

days…

24 Sunday Jan 2021

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today, as I sat in the living room looking out the window I spent a few happy moments remembering the wonderful neighbours we have had over the years…

our next door neighbours became our very good friends… when the girls were first born they would take them home so that we could eat our supper without interruption… the girls would go over to their house to see if “Uncle Buzz could come out to play?” and he did… we fed them on Wednesday nights and they babysat while we went bowling… at one point Ellen produced a cookbook for each of them with all of the recipes she made that we all loved…

the neighbour across the street made Barbie clothes and we shared many meals and coffee on the deck…

the neighbour a few houses down the lane would come and help my beloved with whatever project he was working on and they had such fun together…

the neighbour across the back lane shared their pool…

these days we aren’t quite as close to the neighbours, as all of those have gone, but they are all kind and caring in their own way…

made me think of today’s contemplating card;-)…

maybe, if the world ever returns to some semblance of normal, I will have them all over for a meal and time together;-)…

threshold…

05 Tuesday Jan 2021

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on New Year’s morning I was walking on the treadmill and happened to turn on the front camera to see if any birds were at the feeder…

there was a man standing there, so I ran upstairs to see what was going on…

it was a young friend with a gift in his hand… he said he was looking for coal… I had him step back, and put out a gift bag I had put coal and a scone into… anticipating that my middle grandson was coming over…

then he stepped over the threshold and put down the gift and gift bag and stepped back outside…

my daughter had sent a number of items to her friends and they had packaged them up and delivered them to my door…

for years we have done first-footing… this was by far the fanciest package, lol…

there was tea, charcoal shampoo, chocolate covered fruit, a Christmas cracker, little bottles of alcohol, sourdough chocolate, a delicious fresh banana chocolate chip muffin, an adorable tin with a cute gingerbread person in it and a fresh orange… and of course the chunk of coal;-)…

what a wonderful surprise… truly, I am blessed…

relaxed…

27 Sunday Dec 2020

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had a quiet day yesterday… spent time taking photos of ornaments on the tree and the orchids…

a friend dropped off the fixings for turkey dinner which I warmed up at supper time… it was a lovely treat and made for a relaxed and enjoyable meal… ended the day with hot lemonade in my new mug and gifted shortbread…

just another reminder of how blessed I truly am…

unusual…

25 Friday Dec 2020

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this morning the living room looked lovely and I enjoyed the serenity as I sat in the quiet and enjoyed the lights…

the Ottawa kids and I Skyped and we opened our presents together… following our usual pattern, in this unusual time, we opened the gifts one at a time… it was great fun… they liked all their gifts, which made me happy…

one of my gifts from them was all the fixings for my New Year’s Eve dinner… usually on New Year’s Eve we have steak and lobster, although for the last number of years that meal has happened on New Year’s day… there was beef carpaccio, lobster, truffle chips, olives, red peppers, cookies, a lovely glass of wine (with gold in it) and a festive cracker…

there were also gifts from a number of friends, filled with goodies… I am blessed…

a bit later the Winnipeg kids FaceTimed as they opened the gifts I had sent over… I didn’t do so good with their gifts as two of them had received the same gift from their parents, lol…

yesterday I peeled potatoes and turnip, made stuffing, and produced Thai Shrimp soup so that there wouldn’t be too much to do today… I had decided that, even though I would be here alone, I wanted a proper Christmas dinner… it was delicious;-)…

it was a different, but very nice, Christmas…

royally…

20 Sunday Dec 2020

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well, talk about being treated royally…

three different present deliveries to me today… and one last night…

only spoke with each person for a second… it was chilly out there, but such a joy to have a socially distanced word with each of them… and these days that is an exceptional treat…

friends are gifts on their own;-)…

online…

06 Sunday Dec 2020

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recently had a phone call with a friend… she was stressing about getting gifts for Christmas… I suggested she do a bit of online shopping although she hasn’t done much of that…

made me think about all the items I have purchased online over the last month in preparation for the big day…

and how I learned from someone else that I could order from IKEA and have items delivered directly to my house…

very happy to replace my broken measuring cup and think this steamer will work well in my Instant Pot…

I have ordered from many places I didn’t even know existed… and have also been able to get some local items delivered across the country…

there has been lots of learning in 2020…

61st…

03 Thursday Dec 2020

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it would have been my beloved’s 72nd birthday tomorrow… we’ve commemorated it a number of ways over the years and this year I plan on dinner from Modern Plate Catering, with my Ottawa kids on Google Duo…

we’ve had some wonderful birthday celebrations over the years…

one of my favourites was his 61st birthday… he was recovering from quadruple bypass on his 60th, so we couldn’t do anything special, lol… on his 61st we had dinner out at Fusion Grill with his boy friends and their partners…

during his illness he had three particular friends who went for walks, coffee, talks and visits with him on a regular basis… it was such fun to spend time with them all together… it was a great surprise for him and everyone had a lovely time…

last night I spent ages searching for this picture and did not find it… this morning it came up in my Facebook memories, lol…

fun to remember some of those special times… makes the days happier;-)…

swag…

30 Monday Nov 2020

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had a lovely front yard visit with a friend who dropped off some items from an online fundraiser…

before she arrived I put one of the deck chairs out by the bird feeders… she sat there and I sat on the steps… luckily, we each had our own tea, so that kept us warm…

got two poinsettias and a swag for the front door…

after she left, I spent quite some time hanging the swag on the door… there is quite a bit of fishing line holding it up, lol…

it was nice to have a face-to-face with another person…