dumplings…

29 Tuesday Sep 2015

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made the chicken soup yesterday… been waiting all day for my supper because it was chicken soup with my mom’s dumplings… and they came out exceptionally well…

yum… I may have had two bowls full, lol…

I am doing a good job of planning my meals the day ahead so I don’t have to make last minute decisions, which might not be the best food choices… because I was having the dumplings tonight I was careful not to eat any bread products today…

started the day with a lovely view out the front window…

the trees are changing colours and dropping leaves at a very rapid pace…

it went below zero last night and a few plants in the front flower bed were hit, but it looks like the mandevilla and morning glory survived…

happy about that…

like…

22 Tuesday Sep 2015

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had a bit of a giggle when I got this badge the other day…

seems like a strange number for an award, lol… maybe 1000, or 1250, or 1500… but 1337?

still enjoy every like, follow and comment that I get…

Thursday I took a picture of the leaves starting to turn on a tree on the street…

took this picture of the same tree tonight as I walked down the street…

colours have seriously changed… not sure that I like that…

a small group of us met tonight and had a great conversation…

these women are an amazing sounding board and have been there to support one another for many years… truly blessed with such friendship…

cloudy…

17 Thursday Sep 2015

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what awesome moments today…

first thing was the morning glory opening even as the sky was overcast…

while I waited for my ride, got a lovely shot of the sky through the living room window, clearing up…

clouds reflected in the coffee table, with my Japanese Maple in the window…

a lot of yellow leaves along the edge of the street as I was walking on my way home…

going up the street toward the house noticed the colours in the trees… getting lighter… sky is filled with grey and white clouds…

just before eight, and after a short period of rain, the sky turned this amazing pink and orange colour…

deck was still wet when I went out and got this picture of the end-of-day morning glory…

so happy that I was able to enjoy each of these special sky moments…

blink…

24 Friday Oct 2014

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this morning as I was taking out the garbage and recycling to the lane, the pond sounded funny… walked over and realized the strange sound was the pump sucking air… couldn’t really see it because it was still very dark, but I unplugged it to be sure it didn’t burn out…

tonight I took a picture of the pond…

hard to tell how low the water is with all the leaves in it, but it is low… also got a shot of these flowers which just keep blooming…

was reminded again today that our lives can change in the blink of an eye…

hug those you care about… tell them you love them… take the time to do what you want to do…

every moment is precious… don’t waste a single one…

attention…

22 Wednesday Oct 2014

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today’s events in Ottawa are a reminder that we never know what is going to take place…

felt disconnected all day…

need to pay attention to what is going on around me and enjoy each special piece of life that comes along… stop and smell the roses…

got dropped off by the high school and had a good walk home and took the time to enjoy that walk…

a few leaves are still on some trees and these ones were a lovely colour…

many of the trees are dressing as skeletons for Halloween…

the sky had been overcast all day and it seemed to mirror my feelings… not long after I got home it started to rain and it has continued for quite a while…

outside…

18 Saturday Oct 2014

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had a great sleep last night and as I was heading downstairs saw this lovely view outside…

the leaves were a beautiful shade of yellow…

spent most of the day resting but I did work on some chicken soup…

not quite done yet…

this afternoon my pond guy came by and put in a new pump…

it looks good, so far… we’ve decided to take out the uv filter and try putting a skimmer in beside the pond to collect algae and other debris… the thought is that it will be outside of the pond where I can get to it easily… this likely won’t happen until the spring… the fish are still happy outside but soon they will need to come in to their winter condo…

while out there I got a few pictures of some flowers that are still hanging on.. sadly we’ve already had a few frosts…

no sun today, maybe tomorrow…

walk…

15 Wednesday Oct 2014

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got dropped off a little further from home than normal…

so I had a lovely walk in the sunshine…not sure what the temperature was, but right now it is 15 Celsius…

many of the trees on the street are nearly bare…

the tree next door still has some leaves on it…

it is the one I see from the hot tub…

some of the bushes still have quite a few leaves… this one had lots of birds flitting in and out… I guess they can still hide here…

spent some time in the hot tub, watching the stars through the trees… now to bed…

chilly…

06 Monday Oct 2014

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it really is Fall… the temperature is proving it every day…

it is chilly in the morning, and often in the evening as well… hard to know what to wear because it may or may not be hot in the office, depending on how the boiler is feeling, lol…

missing my fish as I haven’t been out in the garden for ages… hopefully we can bring them into the house soon… think it is going to be fun trying to catch them all…

most of the trees are bare….

yesterday morning I believe I saw frost in the garage roof…

five years…

30 Tuesday Sep 2014

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it was overcast and cool this morning… the morning glories were struggling with the temperature… not sure how many more blooms there will be…

the leaves are falling very quickly and there are less than half of the coloured Virginia creeper ones left along the garage…

today marked the fifth anniversary at my work…

we each have a box where other staff members can write and put notes of appreciation and thanks… my box used to be purple, but has faded to blue, lol…

so, to celebrate, I wrote a note to each person on staff thanking them for their contribution to these five years… and I brought in some nuts and a lovely chocolate haystack… we do love treats to eat…

we have been through a lot during this time… I have struggled with two serious illnesses/surgeries and my colleagues have been walking this new journey with me since George’s death… they really are amazingly supportive…

one of my colleagues had brought in some flowers from home yesterday, and this morning she shared them with me…

I have been blessed in all of the positions I have held… from a year at a law office, eight years at Transport Canada, contract work from home while our girls grew up, assisting my sister-in-law with her real estate business, a year at The Faculty of Theology at the U of W, ten years at a theological college, to these last five wonderful years…