10 Monday Sep 2018
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a few days ago I turned on the radiant heater in the bathroom because the floor was chilly…
sun is going down earlier and coming up later every day… seems like it was just June and here it is September, sigh…
also I’ve been noticing that the trees and plants are changing colour… the cedars are filled with cones… have never seen so many before… seems too soon to be fall…
07 Friday Sep 2018
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app, BeeWi, big girl pants, iPhone, light, purple, Technology, widow
having to turn on the bedroom light in the morning, sigh, so I’ve started to use my BeeWi iPhone app to turn off the light when I leave the room…
had a bit of fun with changing the colour of the bulb… nice to play with, but I’m sure it will end up white again, lol…
so far I don’t need to use it to turn the light on when I come upstairs after work:-)… sadly the time is coming when I will need to…
11 Wednesday Apr 2018
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big girl pants, garden, glowing, happy, light, moon, solar light, surprise, widow
this morning I had a happy surprise when I went by the window in the hallway…
it was around six am and the light was still glowing in the garden… the solar light had stayed on all night… surely a sign of warmer days and stronger sunlight…
had to go back to the bedroom to get my phone so I could get a photo of it…
as I drank my smoothie I also noticed the moon out the window…
every day is getting lighter… this makes me very happy…
11 Sunday Mar 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, health, ice, icy, light, struggles, thinking, walk, weather, widow, winter
been thinking a lot about people struggling with mental and physical health these days…
I usually feel down in February and March and I think it has to do with the lack of light and cold weather… of course this being the time of year that I lost my beloved has added to the negative feelings…
many of those I speak with at this time of year are having similar struggles…
maybe we focus on our aches and pain more because we are getting out and about less, lol…
my knee has been bothering me for about a week now and it is frustrating because I can’t figure out what I did to it…
I will be so happy when I can get out and walk to the Park again without having to worry about freezing temperatures and icy sidewalks… and be able to smell fresh air…
07 Wednesday Mar 2018
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04 Sunday Mar 2018
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angels, beams, big girl pants, collection, handmade, light, moments, pictures, puppets, sunlight, widow
had some fun with pictures today…
reorganized a few items and took a few shots…
angels have been part of my collections forever… now it has been reduced to just a small group…
a few are handmade puppets;-)…
when my eyes aren’t glued to the tv, this is what I see… can see beams of light early in the day and also midday as well…
I do love sunlight…
26 Monday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, filled, flowers, happy, light, Manitoba Lung Association, roses, tulips, widow
flowers, flowers, everywhere…
had roses delivered to the office this morning for the staff members who were away on Valentine’s Day… had to laugh because they were nicer than the ones we had… these ones came with greenery and glitter, lol…
and shortly after that our Manitoba Lung Association fundraiser tulips were delivered… the office was filled with beauty…
every day the sky is filled with light which lasts longer and is brighter, and to have flowers on top of that just makes me happy…
06 Tuesday Feb 2018
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winter is often a down season for me… I really miss the light…
George always made sure I had lots of flowers throughout these darker months…
yesterday I was at the grocery store and bought flowers to brighten my space…
they will be in the living room and the bedroom at home and on my desk at work…
also noticing that the days are getting longer…
I already feel happier…
06 Friday Oct 2017
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big girl pants, early, heavens, hot tub, light, moments, moon, nature, Orion’s Belt, pictures, sky, stars, widow
of course, on a day off I woke up at 5:30, so I headed out for a hot tub…
the heavens were amazing and the moon was huge… the stars were very bright and I was able to get a picture of Orion’s Belt…
considering it was on my phone it came out pretty good, lol…
the streetlight shining on the lawn furniture was also lovely…
as I was driving toward my appointment this morning the moon looked like it was close enough to touch…
happy I stopped and took a few photos, because by the time I got out of the car, it was gone…
had a nap this afternoon;-)…
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…
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