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skeins…

12 Tuesday Mar 2024

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what a delightful time I had yesterday…

spent an hour and a half on the deck, reading in the glorious sunshine…

started out with a blanket and my winter jacket, but eventually put away the blanket and changed to my spring jacket… woohoo…

while I was out there I heard at least two skeins of geese fly by, although I never did see any of them, lol…

spent a few hours with my Monday buddies, read in the living room, and napped;-)…

patio…

13 Thursday Apr 2023

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Tuesday, the patio door was open for a good portion of the day… guess it is time to connect the spring again…

always such a treat when that day arrives each spring… spent a good portion of the day sitting on the deck…

started the morning in one of the new deck chairs… after I pulled out one of the cushions from the garage… needed a blanket and jacket, but the sun was shining;-)…

then I brought out the wicker set from under the tarp on the back deck… I purchased and put them together last year…

and got very comfortable… by that time the jacket was off and the blanket put to the side…

wonderful way to spend the first day that was warm and sunny enough to be outdoors…

jacket…

21 Wednesday Mar 2018

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yesterday was the official first day of Spring… this is what I saw out the windows and door this morning…

I did get to wear my lighter jacket as it is getting warmer, but unfortunately it was overcast all day, which is always a downer for me…

after a long day, partly due to the fact that I slept poorly last night, for supper I did get to have a few of my favourite rice rolls that a colleague surprised me with…

my son-in-law took this fabulous photo of the moon tonight in Ottawa at his Astronomy class where they got to spend time with a big telescope…

a bit jealous because my shots of the moon never look like this… obviously the sky wasn’t overcast there, lol…

romantic…

28 Saturday Jan 2017

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been thinking a lot about Valentine’s Day and my beloved…

he was a romantic and always made sure that the day was special for me… he was also romantic the rest of the year…

been dealing with a few household issues lately and maybe that’s why I’ve been thinking of him so much…

on our last Valentine’s together he had a lovely card, a rose, cinnamon hearts and a jacket I’d been coveting from his work – all sitting on the kitchen counter when I came downstairs… he’d had to go through quite a process to get the jacket for me as they didn’t have the right size at his store, so he’d gone to another location to get it.. still one of my favourites…

every time I have flowers they remind me of all the individual roses, bouquets and orchids he brought me over the years… particularly during the winter months when I would often feel down… 

flowers have always been able to perk me up and bring a smile to my face…

rain…

10 Tuesday May 2016

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woke up to the gentle sound of rain on the window… we’ve really needed it…


could almost see the grass getting greener, lol…

was a bit worried because I am still getting water in the basement if it rains a lot… happily, when I got home and checked, it was dry… even though it rained on and off all day…

finally wore my new Patagonia rain jacket when I headed out for my lunch date… bought it for New York, but the weather was great so I never used it…

met a friend at deer + almond… my first time there and it was excellent… food was tasty and the service was impeccable…


I had an open faced seared tuna sandwich with a goat cheese salad… yum…

spent time in the water after work as my swimming pal and I went for an aquasize class…

lots of water today, lol…

renew…

21 Sunday Feb 2016

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since November of 2014, and my diabetes diagnosis, I have lost forty pounds…

I’ve had to renew my wardrobe a few times during the process…

this morning I was shopping, looking for new pants, including jeans, and a few tops… 

apparently I am between sizes again… makes it so much harder to find things that fit, sigh… will have to look in another couple of stores… 

my daughters were both surprised about the jeans as I never wore them until three or four years ago… I only have one pair and they are getting too big to wear…

  
really happy that this jacket we picked up yesterday fit nicely…

been hard to let some pieces go but it is also getting clear that many items are way too big… continue with a box in the dining room which collects all the things that no longer make the cut…