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18 Monday Jun 2018

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this is a crazy busy few weeks for our family…

the oldest grandson is graduating from grade 12 next week so we’ve been deciding on gifts and doing some shopping… it’s taken a while but eventually he and I agreed on a leather briefcase/computer bag… he’s planning many more years of schooling so that seems like a great idea…

that same day is the dad’s birthday…

Thursday the middle one turns 13…

a few days after grad, the mom, dad and graduate are heading off on a trip to the east coast…

so there has been lots of collecting and shopping for that as well…

yesterday we picked up a sleeping mat for the grownups and then went in search of the bag for the graduate…

we found a number of options at Bentley and the one he chose is beautiful and had everything he wanted in it… much like his mom, he has expensive taste, lol…

but this will last him for many years, and hopefully he will remember the fun we had picking it out;-)…

then it was off to find a catfish rod for the soon to be thirteen year old… he got to pick a nice one, they added the line to it and we got a few other basics that he will need…

while we were there I got my fishing license… looking forward to time with the boys in the boat or on the dock;-)…

top…

01 Thursday Mar 2018

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got a lovely gift today from a colleague who had been home for a holiday…

it is a dress, but I will have it shortened to make a very cute top… the detail around the neck is particularly nice… makes me feel a bit like a queen when I have it on;-)…

my colleague is hoping she will eventually convince me to wear a dress… can’t even remember the last dress I’ve worn… I do wear floor length dresses occasionally although at work they end up getting caught in the wheels of my chair… and I wear sarongs all the time at home…

as we were leaving the office, took a few shots of the lovely rose at her desk…

colour matches my new top…

mothers…

09 Thursday Nov 2017

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been thinking a lot of mothers and daughters lately…

a number of women in my circles are in that difficult place where they are looking after their mothers…

some of them are ill, some just need extra support…

it reminds me of when I looked after my mom as she was dying… and what a gift that time was for me…

it also makes me think of my girls and how they are looking after me now…

seems like what goes around comes around, lol…

snuggles…

25 Sunday Jun 2017

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well this was fun…

two tiny babies turned up at the birthday party today…

I patiently waited my turn and then held this little bundle of snuggles for about an hour;-)… can still put any baby to sleep… it’s a gift… thanks to my son-in-law for taking these pictures as I was busy…

always fun when everyone gathers and it’s time to open presents…

it is different these days… at this age all they want, and get, is money… apparently he is wanting a game system… amazed that there is one they don’t have…

the gift from Aunty and Grandma was money for the big brother to drive all the boys to Baked Expectations for dessert… chocolate cake for breakfast is one of Aunty’s specialties;-)… can’t believe they are so grown up…

he is looking forward to a Paintball party, so really loved his paintball cake…

gift…

12 Monday Dec 2016

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was picked up at the office and got this shot of the moon which is going to be full tomorrow…

had a delicious supper at my daughter’s and then we headed to my grandson’s band concert… sat between the two little boys and had lots of fun, sharing chocolate and almonds…

the concert was great and certainly brings home the season…

what a gift to be able to attend special events like this…

sixteen…

10 Wednesday Aug 2016

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today my oldest grandson turned sixteen…

he is a lovely young man and we’ve been able to spend a portion of our Fridays in the garden over the summer… I have really enjoyed having this time together…


took this shot on Sunday at his birthday party… I’d got him the newest Harry Potter book… he enjoys reading and we’ve both been fans since the first book came out… looking forward to reading it once he’s done…

all of a sudden he looks like a man, not a boy… his grandpa would be so proud of the kind young person he has become… 

the day he was born changed my life… in two ways… 

being a grandparent is by far one of the most amazing things that has happened to me… grandchildren are such a gift to be enjoyed and we’ve been privileged to have our grandkids here and be able to spend time with them on a regular basis since they’ve been born…

it also brought my daughter and I together… before he was born I was not one of her favourite people… we were connected, but her daddy was much more important to her… well, that never changed, lol…

I hadn’t been invited to the hospital as they prepared for the baby’s birth, and was waiting at home with baited breath to hear results of how they were doing and when the baby would be born…

then the phone rang, and my daughter was calling asking me to come to the hospital… from that moment we have had a much better relationship… 

so, this young man has been a gift in more ways than one…

what a wonderful sixteen years it has been… and how lucky am I…

Valentine…

12 Friday Feb 2016

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I have celebrated all the special days of the year forever and I love doing that… miss my beloved who also enjoyed holidays, particularly Valentine’s Day… he always made sure that both of the girls and I got roses… I often wear the jacket that he gave me on our last Valentine’s day… 

had roses delivered to the office for my colleagues…

  
put them out so everyone could choose one… did it yesterday as four of them were not in today…

  
I enjoy surprising people with treats and they are an amazing group of individuals so it makes me very happy to show them how special each of them is…

  
it is always such fun to see which one each person chooses… makes me happy…

today after lunch when I got back to the office from yoga there was a card and gift on my desk…

  
the card was filled with lovely expressions of thanks from all my colleagues, and a gift certificate to Thermea…

  
what a wonderful surprise… brought me to tears… as I said, a special group of individuals…

a very special Valentine memory…

leaving…

12 Saturday Dec 2015

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had an excellent sleep last night… been waking up between four and five and then not getting back to sleep… this has gone on for over a week… so, waking at just after seven was wonderful…

my daughter came by shortly after that and we went out for some shopping and breakfast…

her first time driving Shadow… here’s a shot just before leaving…

  
apparently she has never named a car… how odd…

although I am done shopping for Christmas, I was able to find a few additional gifts, lol… maybe I shouldn’t be leaving the house…

picked up a few fish for the tank… the young woman who helped me went out of her way to pick pretty ones…

  
you can see one of the bigger fish under the rock to the right… the new ones are very small, but they will grow and already seem comfy in the space… 

  
this is a close-up of the newbies… they have very nice colouring…

one other thing I got for me was a cute tree from Rona, and a wreath for the front door which I had been eyeing and couldn’t leave behind… 

 

half price sale, yay…
 
welcome…

  

grateful…

30 Wednesday Sep 2015

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today I celebrated six years at my current work… I was so excited that I barely slept last night…

  
had been thinking for weeks about what I could make as a thank you gift for my colleagues…

decided on coasters with some of my photos on them… 

  
had a hard time choosing the pictures… going through my albums I needed thirteen but picked about fifty… decided to make them all, lol…

  
that was a good plan because I wanted everyone to be able to pick one they liked, not get stuck with something that didn’t speak to them…

spent time on Pinterest looking for a good process and then spoke with my daughter about best practices…

  
tried Modge Podge on a few, but that didn’t work… was very nervous about trying the resin but it was very simple once I got the hang of it…

as I worked, I thought about which person would choose which picture… I was right for about half…

  
my workplace is pretty special… I have been able to expand my “job” to fit my skills and likes and that is quite wonderful…

my colleagues are all great people who care about one another and the people we work with… 

in my work life I have been blessed… I haven’t really seen my positions as work, more as a calling… and this position has been no different… 

I am forever grateful to have these people in my life…

simple…

01 Tuesday Sep 2015

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a gorgeous evening… 

  

the temperature right now is 27 degrees and I am sitting on the back deck by the pond enjoying the sounds…

well not really… as I write this an ambulance is going by and the neighbour is running his shopvac, lol… up until that point I was listening to the waterfall and chickadees flitting about the garden and watching a little red squirrel dash across the main deck…

the canna is blooming again… bright and beautiful, it was the first thing I saw when I looked out the window this morning…

  
I am continually surprised by how much happiness a blossom or two can give me…

  
on a recent walk through the English Garden at the Park I got a lovely shot of some Lisianthus…

  
next year I am going to grow some, although I’m not sure where I will find plants…

there were very few water lilies open but this one caught my eye…

  
some of them have the most interestingly patterned leaves while others are simply green…

simple things really do make me happy… 

once again, as I spend these precious minutes steeped in the beauty of a late summer evening, watching the fish swim around the pond as the light fades, I realize what a gift my life is and how blessed I am…