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rainy…

24 Sunday Sep 2017

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mostly a quiet day, except when I went out to grocery shop and run a few errands…

it rained on and off the whole day…

was chilly too… the late blooming hibiscus doesn’t seem to be minding the colder weather…

had been planning to pick up some flowers but instead picked up this water bottle which jumped right off the shelf into my cart:-)… and it was on sale, so I really had no choice, lol…

my grandsons came for dinner and we had a good time… dad was working and mom was home sick… they helped get supper ready and with clean up…

a minute ago the oldest was being born… now the three of them come and visit on their own… time flies crazy fast;-)…

wasp…

18 Monday Sep 2017

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stayed home to rest and recover from this silly cold and plugged ear…

looking out the bedroom window I noticed a wasp on the outside… tried to get a picture but that apparently scared it…

I went outside once to take a few pictures of the hibiscus and discovered another wasp on it…

happy with the pictures…

did eventually get one of the hibiscus flower, lol…

many…

10 Sunday Sep 2017

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flight arrived around 4:15 yesterday and my son-in-law picked me up and brought me home…

was contemplating a nap, but my daughter texted wanting to know if I wanted to go to ManyFest with her, the younger boys, and a friend’s three year old twins… said yes, thinking it would be a bit later in the day… they arrived about half an hour later… no nap for me, lol…

had fun with all the kids and stood in many lines for food… we were quite the little parade as we travelled around the site… there are always many people…

managed to get this picture of the Golden guy as we were walking around…

I don’t remember turning off the tv, but it was off this morning… apparently I was tired…

happy to wander around the garden this morning and check on all my flowers…

the morning glories were blooming and I took a few pictures because I really missed them… the hibiscus had many flowers and buds…

usually the kids come for dinner on Sunday, but today lunch worked better for them… my grandson picked me up and we went downtown to meet the others and have crepes…

only the second time I’ve been to Kawai Crepes and it was delicious…

and then we went to see The Emoji Movie… it was very cute… I ate nearly a whole bag of popcorn…

they headed to their place… I stopped and picked up a few groceries, came home, watered the garden and did many loads of laundry… roasted a chicken for lunches this week and watched a bit of tv…

been a busy few days… had imagined that I would have time to rest up before heading back to work, lol…

going to bed…

dreary…

21 Sunday May 2017

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rained all day long… spent the time reading, watching PVRed shows and napping…

cooked a roast and made coleslaw for dinner with the kids…

looked dreary…

took the hibiscus outside during the day yesterday, but today it was only around 6 for most of the day so kept it inside, although I’m sure it would have liked the rain…

the morning glories are starting to twist around each other… hope that I can get them separated when it is finally time to plant them, lol…

not ready to put the water hyacinth outside because, although they are serious weeds in the south, they don’t like cold and will die off if the weather is too chilly for them…

certainly lots of green around…

favourites…

04 Tuesday Apr 2017

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in my camera app you can save favourites… 

when I like a picture for some reason or other, I put it into the favourites folder and wait for the right time to use it…

today I have a few that I’ve been saving and thought I would share…

on one of our walks on vacation I took this picture of a lovely hibiscus…

this shot of the new shell additions to the living room table… one square has the purchased ones and the other all of the ones we found along the beach…

newest page on my Chihuly calendar…

I love April…

this cute  little ladybug was wandering along the baseboard in the bedroom the other day…

wonderfully gnarled tree in the English Gardens…

once I’ve used them I remove them from Favourites… and on to the next;-)…

flowering…

06 Thursday Oct 2016

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beauty…

I love flowers and during the winter months I try to keep some around me because they keep me happy…

been enjoying some lovely blooms on the plants that came in from the garden…

the hyacinth is still flowering although its leaves are falling off… this is often the pattern when they come in from outside…

the gardenias are starting to open and perfume the air… it might just be happier inside the house…

this morning as I was leaving the house I got this picture of the begonias in the planter…

cool to see how some plants just keep on blooming while leaves are falling off everything else around them…

last few bits of summer… such a treat…

squirrels…

13 Tuesday Sep 2016

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a few days ago I noticed that the impatiens plants have been decimated in the garden… all that is left are the stems… not a leaf or a flower in sight… at first I thought it was the bunnies…

then I noticed that the hibiscus had broken branches…

yesterday while I was making supper in the kitchen a squirrel jumped onto the rail right beside the patio door…

they have broken branches on one of the cedar trees by the bird feeder, which they think is their personal food container…

I had wondered how the birds were emptying the feeders and then noticed this… they are jumping up from the ground… yikes…


they are everywhere…

appreciation…

14 Thursday Jul 2016

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on my way out of the house this morning I dug out my camera to take some pictures of the flowers that were blooming…

one of the hibiscus flowers was just opening…

the raindrops are so pretty on the blossoms… and there have been lots of raindrops recently…

the datura is very happy in its pot… one day the pot might make it to the front yard, lol…

today was Staff Appreciation Day… we came in a bit later than usual and were treated to a lovely breakfast…

then we had a great workshop on DISC, a personal assessment tool…

DiSC® is the leading personal assessment   tool used by over 1 million people every year to improve work productivity, teamwork and communication.

great to get more insight into how we can work more effectively as a team and learn a bit more about one another…

before heading out for lunch everyone got to choose a parcel and this is the one I chose…

the only one with a gift certificate to Thermea, woo hoo… I’ve been thinking about going for the last while, and now I will…

then we went to The MET for lunch on the patio, followed by the afternoon off…

returned home, turned the pump back on in the pond, and came into the house for a lovely nap…

feeling very nicely appreciated…

angels…

11 Monday Jul 2016

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had another wonderful evening with my ReImagining friends… some of us have been gathering since 1993 even before we attended the first conference in Minneapolis… these women are some of the angels in my life…

after a lovely dinner, we gathered in a circle with this in the centre…

we caught up on one another’s lives and had a conversation about love, and forgiveness… a safe place to share our deepest thoughts and challenge our beliefs…

as I left our gathering this gorgeous rose called to me, so I stopped to get a picture…

the sky was getting a bit ominous as I waited at a light, but thankfully it never amounted to anything… 

was happy that I arrived home just before darkness took over the sky… well timed and made for a nice drive…

this angel’s trumpet stood out as I walked into the garden from the garage… white flowers are so bright as dusk settles over the garden…

and right at the door this hibiscus flower welcomed me home…

great rejuvenating time…

rainbow…

05 Tuesday Jul 2016

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started out the morning with a bit of rain early and as I was leaving for work it stopped, but I got some great shots of the hibiscus…


a colleague mentioned she had taken a picture of a double rainbow last night… I was looking to the west and she was looking to the east about the same time I think… I got shots of cool cloud formations, lol…

tonight I looked out the window to see the brightest rainbow I’ve seen in a long time…


picture doesn’t do it justice… it was so bright…

went to another window a few minutes later and saw the whole rainbow…

had to take two pictures to get it all in…


and then it was gone…

what a treat… makes the frequent rain more bearable…