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18 months…

05 Thursday Sep 2013

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I was married for 41 years and 7 months (15,193 days)…

anniversary in Courtenay...

41st anniversary in Courtenay…

I have been a widow, for 18 months (548 days)…

sometimes it feels like they are equally long…

the last few weeks have been difficult and it wasn’t until midway through last week that I realized it was coming up to a year and a half since my beloved left me behind…

last night I made a dish that I first made just after we were married… it had fish, rice, mushroom soup and whatever vegetable was around and I made it fairly often as my repertoire of recipes wasn’t very big…

he ate that meal on and off for 30 years before finally telling me it wasn’t his favourite… made me laugh as I was eating it last night…

as I sat in the hot tub later and looked up at the stars I saw a satellite along with 4 planes and remembered how he would always spot them before me and then have to point them out carefully so that I would see them…

my life is good, and I am getting used to the big girl pants, but some days I just really miss him…

I remember someone years ago talking about a Godde-sized hole inside them… I have a George-size hole… I imagine it will grow smaller, but don’t expect that it will ever be completely gone…

the pond…

01 Sunday Sep 2013

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had a good time with my sleepover friend… we counted morning glories (8)… we walked to the A for “the special” and got the rye toast that Grandpa liked… we worked in the garden, like Grandpa would have… one of us had a hot tub while the other continued with the garden work, like Grandpa would have…

rearranged floating objects in the pond...

rearranged floating objects in the pond…

had a couple of helpers throughout the day and one of them did some work in the pond… got one of the plants to stay upright, trimmed up some dead material, pulled out a broken glass ball and rearranged all the floats and glass balls…

lily pads and floats...

lily pads and floats…

fish were fed and numbers of people tried to find them, although they really hide well under the slate bridge…

got a couple of good shots of the floats and balls…

close up of floats and glass bubbles...

close up of floats and glass bubbles…ad 

went for dimsum and after the kids left, watched some TV and made a lovely dinner of pan seared steak with pan-fried potatoes, mushrooms and onions, and fresh tiny tomatoes from the garden…

a lovely day all around…

 

sleepover…

31 Saturday Aug 2013

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quiet day mostly… got up at five and had a lovely hot tub as clouds played peek-a-boo with the moon and dawn lit the sky… then back to bed for a few hours…

datura which will likely bloom tomorrow....

datura which will likely bloom tomorrow….

sat out in the garden and read, took photos, and enjoyed the pond till early afternoon…

fish in the main part of the pond...

fish in the main part of the pond…

 then watched a marathon of Top Chef Masters and napped…

fish looking for food by the waterfall...

fish looking for food by the waterfall…

picked up by the kids and went to the Olive Garden for dinner… I had been thinking about their salad and bread sticks for a while now… very long wait to get in, but most of our supper was good although Crystal’s wasn’t… the manager was quick to bring her something else so it all worked out well…

while there, we decided on a sleepover, so once we got home we watched a bit of TV, had a very nice time in the hot tub, and currently we are both eating popcorn and drinking purple koolaid…

enjoying popcorn before bed...

enjoying popcorn before bed…

very shortly we are going to bed, because Grandma is tired, lol…

beautiful blue morning glory...

beautiful blue morning glory…

I do have a wonderful life…

moon and morning glory…

21 Wednesday Aug 2013

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last night I went out for a hot tub and the moon was looking spectacular in its fullness, so I came in, got the tripod and camera to take a few pictures…

full moon last night...

full moon last night…

of course, by then more clouds had materialized and I didn’t get anything great, although when I was in the hot tub later, the clouds opened up and the moon shone brightly again, lol…

tonight I was admiring the dahlia again and noticed that a morning glory is getting ready to open… I imagine it will be open when I head off to work in the morning…

first morning glory buds, one of my favourites...

first morning glory buds, just a few days ago…

I just love it when the morning glories start blooming…

morning glory ready to bloom tomorrow...

morning glory ready to bloom tomorrow…

took a few pics and then went to see if I could get a picture of the bud on the water lily in the pond… right now the water hyacinth are all gathered up around it… if you look hard, you might spot it on the right…

water lily bud hiding among the water hyacinth...

water lily bud hiding among the water hyacinth…

the waterfall is going again, so we will see how the water drops…

summer is such a glorious time…

seeing and hearing, or not…

13 Tuesday Aug 2013

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last night I sat in the hot tub watching for the meteor shower, although it wasn’t very likely I would see it as it was in the direction of a very bright street light…

was thinking how George may have been able to see some activity in the sky… he had much better eyes than I and could always spot the satellites and shooting stars…

tonight I arrived home to a quiet backyard as the pond folk had been in and turned off the waterfall as they attempt to find the leak in the pond…

amazing how much one gets used to a certain sound… reminded me of the goldfinch that stopped by to sing for us as we were eating our dinner on the deck last night…

goldfinch having breakfast...

goldfinch…

still in recovery mode from all the recent activity here and after I ate my dinner I spent the rest of the evening sleeping…

going out for a short hot tub and then back to sleep for the night…

when I went to write this blog the computer wouldn’t connect to the internet and, rather than get rattled, I tried a few things and all of a sudden it was working again…

those darn big girl pants, lol…

oh how I miss my beloved…

the day after…

08 Thursday Aug 2013

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pretty tired today… worried that I was going to fall asleep on the way home from work, but I didn’t, lol…

got home, said hi to the kid who was here and had a good nap… got up and had a hot tub and then Cyndi arrived home from her visit with a friend…

we had a lovely rehash of last night’s Champagne Bubble Party… it was a success and we enjoyed every moment… as always, we learned a few things and would do a couple of things differently next time…

we had a photo booth and had talked about putting someone in charge which we didn’t end up doing… that was a mistake… we think if someone was looking after it they may have encouraged more people to have their pictures taken…

we made six by six inch bubble wrap bits which weren’t in quite the right spot so they didn’t get played with too much…

the garden was decorated beautifully with balloons in champagne colours, round mirrors of different sizes, clear glass ball ornaments, disco balls and lots of flowers…

I was busy and didn’t take many pictures… luckily Cyndi got a couple of shots that actually showed some of the bubbles floating up from the machines…

fun blowing bubbles and jumping in the boat ball pit...

fun blowing bubbles and jumping in the boat ball pit…

the children had great fun blowing bubbles, jumping into a boat filled with coloured balls… and running around the yard, up and over the decks… they were enthralled with the various bubble machines and kept going over to them to see what the bubbles were doing…

Champagne bucket and fixings...

Champagne bucket and fixings…

the adults enjoyed visiting and trying the champagne with various fruits and juices in it… everyone brought a bottle and we now have quite a lovely collection of bottles which we didn’t drink…

yummy food to eat...

yummy food to eat…

food was great and everyone enjoyed the beef sliders, meatballs and Caprese salad and the chicken balls (which we ordered from a local Chinese Restaurant)… a fruit ball and chocolate fountain, along with mini champagne cupcakes and cheesecakes filled out the menu…

bubble gum, gum balls, cheese balls and M&Ms rounded out the snacks…

a great event… now, when can we do it again…

remembering…

26 Friday Jul 2013

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last night I spent some time in the hot tub remembering…

last year at this time I was home but barely moving… getting in and out of the bed was very painful and I needed constant help… my nephew spent the first few days with me because they let me out of the hospital early and the friend who was coming hadn’t arrived yet…

he had to literally lift me to get out of bed… the pain was fairly high as I wasn’t taking any drugs… and even though I had stopped taking them within 12 hours of the surgery there were still residual effects which continued to make me feel sick…

it was months before I was able to get back into the hot tub…

so that’s what I was remembering…

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Diary Day 7

30 Thursday May 2013

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got up around 8:30 and went to the solarium to watch the water and have a bite to eat… Cyndi found me and proceeded to spot a group of dolphins off the side of he ship and a whale… she has very good eyes…

we went and put a deposit on another cruise, which you can do without choosing a time or destination… we are thinking of the Caribbean down the road… I have to find a buddy to go with me…

headed back to the room to sleep as I woke up feeling like I had run into a wall… think it was the exertion of preparing and participating in the snorkelling… to explain how bad it was, I took drugs in an attempt to feel better…

slept for quite a while and then we went for lunch where Ron spotted one or two whales out the window… they were breaching but my camera was having trouble focusing so I didn’t get a picture…

went to look at all the pictures taken of us and spent ages choosing the ten we liked best…

had a lovely time in the hot tub and relaxing in the solarium…

packed up the suitcases and after supper in the Windjammer went to sit by the windows and have a last glass of wine…

I nearly know how to get everywhere and we get off the ship tomorrow morning, sigh…

choices…

10 Friday May 2013

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a day filled with choices…  first thing I chose to rush to get ready for work and then sat for 15 minutes, camera in hand, waiting for the purple finch who had stopped at the feeder as I walked through the living room… little beggar never came back while I was there, lol…

put my contacts in for the first time since coming home from Mexico as my infection finally seems to be gone…

was very happy to go to yoga at noon as my side/back is so much better… it was lovely to be in the class again…

headed to the fabric store when I got off work to check out the outdoor fabric options… now I just have to find the picture that I took off my phone about 3 days ago that shows how much I need…

last stop was Safeway to get a few groceries for Sunday dinner… now I won’t have to go out at all tomorrow…

first course of dinner...

first course of dinner…

made dinner when I got home and then had a nap and watched TV… just woke up and went out for a hot tub to discover that it had rained quite a bit while I was napping but although everything was wet, there were no raindrops coming down…

all in all, a wonderful day…

nesting…

09 Thursday May 2013

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one of the first things I saw this morning out the front window was a robin filling it’s beak with old alyssum bits…  it gathered up a huge amount and then flew off… obviously in the process of building a lovely nest…

robin gathering nesting materials...

robin gathering nesting materials…

made me think a bit about my nest and how it feels rather empty…

later, when I was driving to physio, I was feeling a little sorry for myself… wishing that George was with me, to look after me…

was thinking how he would have enjoyed making sure that I did the exercises prescribed by Tori… today’s included a tennis ball to roll around on my hip…

realizing there are fourteen days to my Alaska cruise and I still haven’t read all the information that arrived in yesterday’s mail… and I need to start checking the weather along the coast to see what it is like as the days get closer…

beautiful night, with the new moon and lots of stars when I was just out in the hot tub… will see what tomorrow brings…