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06 Tuesday Nov 2018

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recently have had conversations with a few people about being down, feeling sad, being depressed… seems like many in my circles are struggling this month…

November doesn’t seem to be a particularly good month for me… not sure if it is the time change, gray days, cold weather or what… seems like many have similar feelings…

my dad’s birthday was in November… he was a great guy and I miss him…

I like to remember that where there are downs, there will be ups…

today I bought some orchids to brighten my space which always perks me up…

then I made a lovely pot of Thai shrimp soup which was delicious and a wonderful treat…

cart…

26 Sunday Aug 2018

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big girl pants, cart, flowers, gladioli, happy, orchid, widow

had some fun at the grocery store today…

found gladioli and had to pick some up… and a lovely orchid jumped into the cart…

now there are flowers everywhere… the living room, dining room, bedroom and bathroom…

happy, happy, happy…

saved…

21 Tuesday Aug 2018

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big girl pants, blessed, blooms, grandson, happy, mandevilla, morning glories, saved, waiting, water, widow

so happy that the morning glories were saved…

while I was away my grandson came by a few times and watered them… they are in small planters so need lots of water…

I’d been waiting for them to flower for weeks and the first bloom only came out the day before I left on vacation…

they are blooming in and amongst the mandevilla which is also blooming like crazy…

flowers sure do make me happy…

cement…

17 Tuesday Jul 2018

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big girl pants, cement, family, flowers, garden, happy, mandevilla, moments, pictures, purple, supper, treat, water, widow

started my day watering planters on the deck and getting a shot of the second mandevilla flower…

from there it was off to work, where my colleague replaced the seat on my office chair… so happy and comfortable;-)…

at lunch workers were putting down cement on the Millennium Library ramp and I so wanted to put my footprints into it…

but, I didn’t…

ended the day with the most delicious dinner… summer in a bowl… new potatoes from the local grocery store, with small beets and purple beans from my daughter’s garden… what a wonderful treat… that first meal of fresh vegetables is always memorable… no meat required…

stopped…

05 Tuesday Jun 2018

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was able to take pictures of flowers today which always brightens my day…

when I first stepped out of the house this morning the fuchsia was so stunning that it stopped me in my tracks… had to take a some photos…

there are a number of small bouquets in the office and I was able to wander around and get a few shots…

and then I spotted the blooms getting ready to open on one of the African violets in my office…

flowers make me happy and I was pleased to be able to spend a few moments enjoying the ones I came across…

seatbelt…

24 Thursday May 2018

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big girl pants, colleague, flowers, happy, seatbelt, store, stress, widow, worried

flowers make me happy and I haven’t had any around the house for the last little while…

yesterday I was at the grocery store and picked a bunch up…

I always put them in a seatbelt when I have them in the car… it keeps them upright so they don’t fall over with any sharp turns or quick stops, because we all know I drive like a maniac (not really)…

overnight they were in water and this morning I packed most of them back up to take to work… I did leave a few at home in a vase…

made two bouquets at the office and put mine at my desk…

had to laugh when my colleague came over to see if I was okay, because she knows I like to have flowers around as they help relieve stress… when she saw so many flowers she thought something really big and bad was going on…

she was very happy when I advised that one bunch was a treat for someone else, lol… I was touched that she was worried about me;-)…

streaming…

17 Thursday May 2018

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amethyst, beautiful, big girl pants, designer, happy, office, omelette, Rice Krispie, sky, space, streaming, weekend, widow

the sky was absolutely amazing this morning…

I took these pictures between 6:07 and 7:15 am…

the sunrise was spectacular… on the drive downtown the sunlight was streaming through the clouds… not a single red light all the way to the office… and by the time I got there the clouds had filled the sky…

just before I left the office for the weekend, I got a photo of my amethysts… today we heard a designer talk about the importance of feeling good in your workspace and as I get used to my office I do enjoy all of the bits and pieces that make it mine and make me feel happy…

once I arrived home I took a picture of a piece of the Rice Krispie cake that my sweet colleague brought me this afternoon…

was so busy getting ready to leave the house early this morning that I forgot to take something out for dinner, but made a veggie omelette… it was tasty…

and now for a four day weekend;-)…

found…

09 Wednesday May 2018

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bedroom, big girl pants, bouquet, dining room, flowers, found, happy, living room, magnet, purple, widow

yesterday I wandered around the house taking pictures of the flowers that I found…

there were some in the living room…

some on the dining room table…

and finally, some in the bedroom;-)…

that is really what I like to see…

as mentioned many times previously, flowers make me happy;-)…

a colleague advised she had to pick up this magnet for me recently, lol… she also took this shot…

and a close-up of one of the bouquets, that just happened to be purple…

glowing…

11 Wednesday Apr 2018

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big girl pants, garden, glowing, happy, light, moon, solar light, surprise, widow

this morning I had a happy surprise when I went by the window in the hallway…

it was around six am and the light was still glowing in the garden… the solar light had stayed on all night… surely a sign of warmer days and stronger sunlight…

had to go back to the bedroom to get my phone so I could get a photo of it…

as I drank my smoothie I also noticed the moon out the window…

every day is getting lighter… this makes me very happy…

fixed…

07 Saturday Apr 2018

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big girl pants, emptied, filled, fixed, happy, heating, hot tub, knee, moved, tricky, water, widow

today the hot tub got fixed… I am so happy…

this afternoon I was able to go out and attach the hose to drain it… this process takes about three hours…

managed to do this without kneeling down, which was great because my knee is still sore…

process was a bit dicey because I didn’t want water to freeze in the tub and wreck it…

my son-in-law stopped in on his way home from work…

he moved the hot tub out from the wall, had to remove one of the panels, was able to fix a broken fastener and finally screw the replacement arm in place…

he pushed it back up against the wall and I started to fill it… amazingly it didn’t even take an hour to fill up…

sometimes the pump doesn’t start as easily as it should, but today it got going perfectly… now it is heating…

because it is plugged into a regular output it takes quite a while to heat up… likely won’t be at the correct temperature for a few days…

looking forward to getting into it soon;-)…

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