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velcro…

01 Thursday Oct 2015

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yesterday was filled with lovely messages from my colleagues…

among them came an email with an ezine article from Pauseworks.com…

it talked about how we act like we are covered with teflon when given compliments… we tend to brush them off… 

and we treat negative comments like velcro… letting them stick…

this certainly rang true for me… 

I remember years ago, having performance reviews that were filled with positive comments… but a single, not so positive, one would gnaw at me and I would forget or ignore all the good stuff…

for some time now I have been working hard to accept positive affirmation without putting a but into my response…

yesterday I accepted all of the comments… and soaked them up…

then I added them all to my comments folder in Outlook… great place to pop into and read when a day isn’t going so well…

  
the sunrise this morning was lovely…

  
sunlight on the top of the trees on the other side of the house…

just happened to look out at the exact moments to catch the beauty…

missing…

26 Saturday Sep 2015

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up early and headed out for breakfast after we woke up the teenager…

on our way, stopped by the spot where we scattered George’s ashes as the middle one had asked about it a few weeks ago and we weren’t able to get there because his brother was sick…

wasn’t sure if the other two would want to, but they both said yes and away we went…

found the spot and played on the rocks and talked about that morning and how the oldest had scattered the ashes and they had gone out to the river and on to the lake… all places that Grandpa loved…

when we were sitting down for our breakfast we had a toast to Grandpa…

 
while we were waiting for our food to arrive we talked about our breakfast that morning and how it would have been better to have grandpa with us…

late in the afternoon we went across the street and the boys spent some time climbing a tree by the creek… it was just at the time that my friend’s ashes were being scattered in another part of the city… 

sat and thought about her as they climbed away… special moment…

  
missing a lot of people today…

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…

glorious…

07 Tuesday Jul 2015

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beautiful day… the sun was shining, yay…

  
those are shadows on the wall and door… very exciting after the last week of hazy skies when everyone was getting down and feeling bad…

as I was driving to work the sun was in my eyes and I had to put down the visor… amazing how wonderful it felt, lol…

this evening I am at a soccer game… it is a bit cool but the sun is shining and everyone is in a great humour…

  
great shot of the action, with the light shining on their backs…

just a glorious evening…

life is wonderful and I am lucky to be able to enjoy these special moments…

hazy…

02 Thursday Jul 2015

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 getting a bit tired of the hazy sky we have had for the last week or so… this morning I decided I’d taken enough pictures of the morning sun, until I spotted the crows on the wire… rare to see them in this area of the neighbourhood…

fires are burning to the west of us which is causing the constant haze…

as I was preparing my supper tonight, looked out the patio doors and spotted this goldfinch sitting in the cedars, like a Christmas decoration…

  
a few minutes later, when I was sitting outside, two of the male goldfinches chased one another all through the cedars nattering at the top of their lungs… for a while I was thinking we had a dad, mom and son, which might be true, but there is also another male and they don’t like sharing a feeder… 

luckily there are three feeders in the garden so they don’t have to fight over the seed…

so happy to have the time to spend outdoors and enjoy these moments…

energy…

06 Saturday Jun 2015

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was up early, made a nice breakfast and planned to work in the garden when I was done…

sadly it started to rain when I went outside so didn’t get much done for a good portion of the day… passed the time watching tv :-)…

last night I had a hot tub and sat out in the swing chair watching the colours change on the waterfall… beautiful… this is the cute little remote that works the lights…

  
feeling good and full of energy, when the sky cleared up around four, I spent some time in the front flower bed cutting down wild roses and pulling out grass… filled a pail but only got about half of it done… hope to finish that off tomorrow…

kids came over and we had supper while the hot tub was emptying… after they left I cleaned and filled it… now to wait for it to warm up and put in a few chemicals…

sitting out, with a blanket on and reading by the pond…

 
good news is that the waterfall is still running beautifully… bad news is that the pond keeps needing more water…

   

oh well, we’ll figure it out… poppies are getting closer to opening every day and at least one of the dahlias I planted has popped through the soil…

  
life is good and I am lucky enough to realize that and enjoy every moment…

well, maybe not every moment… a mosquito just tried to bite me, lol…

positive…

02 Tuesday Jun 2015

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many people i know are struggling… many reasons – health, relationships, work… been thinking of them and sending healing vibes their way…

it is always wonderful when they take a step toward wellness… trying to remember to always be positive, with them and everyone I come into contact with… including myself…

recently read an article about focusing on the good, not the negative… an excellent reminder… it is so easy to fall down that rabbit hole and turn into a negative force…

on my walk home tonight I took a slightly different route and went past a gorgeous wild rose hedge… it smelled divine…

 
my wild rose isn’t anything like this one… the roses are trying to take over the yard… they are having a wonderful time in AND out of the front flower beds… need to wear two pairs of gloves when trying to cut them down, lol… apparently wild means they will grow anywhere except where you want them…
  
wonderful moments today…

moments…

19 Tuesday May 2015

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spent a lovely hour sitting by the pond as I waited for my car to have an oil change and bath…

watched this family of geese…  

 

they are the only inhabitants at the moment… I have been there when there were many families but that must have been later in the season…

  
busy babies…

  
I was thinking the water must be cold as they paddled along for a short stint in the pond… it was a special moment…

spent the afternoon in the garden…

 
saw goldfinches…

  a black and white warbler… maybe a yellow warbler but it moved too quickly for me to get a photo… 

 
and this cute sparrow…

day filled with special moments… great to have the time to enjoy them…

walk…

12 Thursday Mar 2015

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had another lovely walk home tonight… passed a number of bushes that have started to produce buds… tried to get a picture but it didn’t turn out…

but I did get a great shot of the creek which is filled with running water…



so wonderful to see the snow melting away more and more each day…

got a wonderful card a few days ago from a friend who knew what a hard time I have been going through…



it came at the perfect time and was a lovely gesture which warmed my heart…

life is so special and moments like a walk in the afternoon and enjoying a card make it even better…

survived…

10 Tuesday Mar 2015

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recently someone was talking about how well they think I have survived these last three years… they felt that when I was with them I seemed to be managing very well, although they didn’t know how I was when I was alone…

some people put on different faces depending where they are and don’t share what is going on in their life…

for me, it really is what you see is what you get… I am the same wherever I am… if I am down I can’t cover it up… whether at work, with friends, or on my own, I can’t really hide what’s going on in my life…
some days I do great… other days are a bit difficult and some days are unbelievably painful… I think it works that way for most people…
we all have our ups and downs… on the whole, my life is full of special moments… I am so lucky to be able to spend the time to be in them…