05 Thursday Oct 2017
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been enjoying the colours of the leaves and trees everywhere…
took a few pictures over the last few days… beautiful orange on elms on my street and the gorgeous gold on trees in the Millennium Library Park by the office…
and this lovely collection of leaves beside Shadow this morning… the crunching sound is so cool…
I’ve also noticed a number of trees that were stunning last week and are bare now…
19 Tuesday Sep 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, George, leaves, memories, morning glories, pictures, reminders, roses, widow
been missing my beloved a lot lately…
tonight as I was looking through photos I came across a few that reminded me of him…
this picture of maple leaves, which I took while visiting Cyndi in Ottawa reminded me of a great photo we took in Courtenay of him holding a ginormous maple leaf as we were walking through Cathedral Grove…
on Saturday I turned on the in-floor heating because it is getting cooler… I can remember George installing it in 2009 when we renovated the bathroom… at the time we decided not to put an additional piece of it in front of the sink, thinking it would radiate over… not, lol…
this morning glory reminded me of my 2010 six week stint in the hospital where he brought me photos every day of one of the morning glories that were blooming…
tonight a contractor came by to fix a couple of holes in the bedroom ceiling… George would have fixed that…
and finally, this rose, blooming in the garden… I cannot even guesstimate how many roses he brought me in our life together…
I truly have been blessed over the years… and even now as I am able to enjoy these wonderful memories…
14 Thursday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, changing, flowers, garden, George, leaves, moments, purple, sky, sun, virginia creeper, widow
enjoyed the Virginia creeper this morning…
it is changing everyday and starting to look quite lovely, but unfortunately this also means that fall is coming…
the pergola that George built looks spectacular right now…
of course there were flowers blooming…
lots of purple today…
the sun was trying to make it through the smoky sky as we were driving downtown…
strange, but beautiful…
06 Wednesday Sep 2017
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2017 Ottawa day 7, Bier Markt, bus, chocolate, Kontinuum, leaves, light, Ottawa, oysters, Parliament, Technology, tourist, vacation, walk
took the bus, on my own, to meet my daughter after she got off work…
we had lunch at Bier Markt... and I tried oysters again… they were yummy, who knew…
then we went to see Kontinuum… it is a free light show in the new subway… it was quite neat…
afterwards we walked over to the Parliament buildings and took a few tourist-y shots…
the bus from her house to downtown was just an ordinary one, but on our way home we got on a bendy bus… yay…
took a few pictures of trees and leaves on our walk from the bus to the house… the maple leaves are beginning to change colour… very pretty…
after supper we did a small 100% cacao chocolate tasting…
and ended with the cutest little Brix bar which is made to slide over a wine bottle…
04 Monday Sep 2017
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2017 Ottawa day 5, big girl pants, boat, family, Kingston, leaves, locks, memories, moments, paddle boarding, selfie, walk, weather, widow
started our day early in Kingston with a trip to the Base beach to do some stand up paddle boarding… it was a gorgeous morning, warm but breezy…
my daughter got out onto the water but realized it was too windy so we packed the stuff up… it is a lovely beach with many sailboats at the marina…
on our way home we stopped and checked out a couple of trails…
the leaves and acorns were beautiful…
then it was time for lunch, farewells and the drive back to Ottawa… on the way we took a few detours to find some possible paddle boarding sites…
we came across a boat going through the locks at one spot and had fun watching the process…
continue to work on my selfie skills, and as one woman put it while we were trying to get just the right one – it is harder than it looks, lol…
rained for about the last half hour of our drive, then stopped for just long enough to unload the car…
another fun filled day… now I am tired and ready for bed…
15 Tuesday Nov 2016
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big girl pants, early, leaves, moon, super moon, tree, widow
got up a bit early so I could spend some time in the front yard taking pictures of the last of the super moon…
really happy with this one… too bad the leaves left on the tree were dead, lol…
29 Saturday Oct 2016
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yesterday I got off work early and went to the Formal Gardens at the Park to get in some exercise and collect poke balls…
pleased that I actually got out there… by the time I left the office it was drizzling and it kept up the entire time…
once there I put on my hat and rain jacket as well as some gloves to stay warm… I did still have on sandals…
on my circuit around the Gardens I ran into a fellow who asked me some questions about texting and cell phones… we would pass one another and have a few friendly words each time… kind of fun to have someone to talk to, lol… even if he didn’t know what texting was…
got some interesting pictures…
not sure why so many of the trees have this gray streak down the side…
there were leaves everywhere…
the Pavilion through the mist/drizzle…
took a little detour on my walk and spent some time taking pictures of Canada geese before heading to the car and then home…
as I was nearing the park exit saw two deer crossing the road and was able to stop and watch them for a few minutes before other cars drove by and scared them away… there is actually a deer in this picture but it is camouflaged pretty well…
felt good to get out and move… and I collected 100 poke balls:-)…
22 Saturday Oct 2016
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big girl pants, car, colour, leaves, stain, upholstery, walk, widow
Wednesday morning I took the leftover pickled veggies for my lunch…
realized when I got out of the car that the container had leaked all over the front seat…
used Kleenex and a heavy item from the glove compartment to see if I could soak it up…
still a wet stain when I got into the car at the end of the day… at home I brought out some towels and used a number of 2 by 4s to weigh them down… still there in the morning so I called the Chamois and booked an appointment to have the upholstery shampooed…
took it in this morning and spent an hour at Costco while it was being worked on… only had two grocery bags so needed to be a bit careful in what I picked up…
what I didn’t realize was that the seats would be quite wet when I picked it up…
the car is now in the garage with the windows wide open… hope it dries before Monday morning…
went to a play at PTE with a friend this afternoon and afterwards she dropped me at my neighbourhood grocery store… didn’t want to drive the car while it is still soggy…
picked up the few things I needed and walked home…
the leaves that were still on the trees/bushes were gorgeous…
this hedge was a lovely shade of red…
love the yellows and oranges in this section…
and then there are the trees that have lost all their leaves…
after all that I had a lovely nap, lol…
03 Monday Oct 2016
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big girl pants, camera, cleaners, flowers, health, leaves, lunch, money, priviledged, walk, widow, work
been reminded a few times recently of how privileged I am…
today I was able to take an extra half hour and have lunch with a great friend… we try to get together every month or so and check out different downtown restaurants, mostly within walking distance of my office… today we went to the Velvet Glove…
had a good visit and a fine meal…
not only am I able to take a little extra time for lunch but get to spend time with friends…
did laugh at the end of the day when I realized how much of what I ate was green… even the soup had green pumpkin seeds in it, lol…
yesterday I walked to and around the English and Leo Mol Gardens with my camera… another privilege that many people don’t have…
the fact that I have the time, am fit and healthy and able to take on such an activity is great too…
still lots of flowers around… and the leaves are turning colour at an alarming rate… for some of my walk it felt like it was raining leaves…
the final reminder of my privilege was in the bathroom after I got home…
the toilet paper is folded all fancy because the cleaners were in today…
talk about privilege…
22 Thursday Oct 2015
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was recently reminded of how your life can change in an instant… one minute someone is here with you, and the next they are gone, sigh…
was a beautiful sunny day as we arrived at the office… the light was shining on this tree at the corner of the building… lovely colour and the highlights where the sun was shining on it were wonderful…
walking by these piles of leaves on my way home reminded me of some fun times with George and the little boys… they spent lots of time raking leaves and jumping and hiding in them…
I particularly think of a day we were at the park and the boys were very little… they decided to gather leaves and spent ages collecting them with grandpa’s help and then getting covered up and popping out of them, to our surprise, lol…
they were so small when he died… the littlest one barely remembers him…
I heard his voice in a short video on Facebook the other day, and was brought to tears… how quickly we forget… it was really a treat to hear him, even if it was painful…
such excellent memories… I have been blessed… we had an amazingly wonderful life together…
