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buddies…

21 Thursday Dec 2017

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had a holiday celebration with my buddies today…

as I was waiting for my ride, went out and took a few pictures of the greenery and actually cut off the hangers from two of them… been meaning to do that for ages and used the new clippers I picked up yesterday…

we had a wonderful lunch at Cafe Dario… I had the Caribbean lobster tail grilled and smothered with compound butter… yum… others had the beef, duck and chicken… all were delicious…

it was busy and fairly loud but by the time we were finished eating it had emptied out and we traded gifts before heading to our various activities…

here’s the collection that I brought home…

sure am blessed with my friends and treats and special moments…

accomplished…

17 Sunday Dec 2017

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what a productive day…

started out with a few photos which demonstrate that a teenager was in the house…

there was stuff everywhere… a hat and headphones on the table in the living room… his gym bag by the fish tank… a bag of presents in a chair… didn’t get shots of the messed up bed and clothes in the basement, lol…

but he accomplished so much on our project… it had been difficult to walk into the computer room… I may have a slight problem with saving empty boxes, lol… and other stuff…

the top picture is from our family photo shoot in October taken by Jamie Noordman Photography… we both had our phones out and he was Snapchating with his friends… clearly we were both having fun…

today we worked well as a team… he dragged things out and I sorted and distributed stuff into various categories… at one point the hallway was filled with bags and boxes… we will need another day to finish, but it is so much better in there…

things were dropped at the Civic Centre recycling, Value Village and put into the garbage…

we popped out, delivered a few things and picked up a final joint present…

a wonderful Christmas present, I gotta say…

blanket…

11 Monday Dec 2017

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during the night snow fell and blanketed the neighbourhood…

it is a lovely sight to wake up to such beauty… and it always seems so quiet and peaceful…

here’s the view from the front of the house…

the reflection of the tree in the window is cool… and I like the glass ball in the bottom picture…

the back looks like it has a warm white blanket over everything…

thankfully it wasn’t deep, so I didn’t have any trouble getting out of the garage…

I like to be the first one to make tracks in the snow… although I also like when it is all clear, lol…

and finally this view from the front steps… I actually went outside and left footprints in the snow so I could get this picture…

wonderful start to the week… hope yours was as lovely…

calling…

10 Sunday Dec 2017

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early this morning I went out for a hot tub… for the last few days the temperature in the tub has read 104 so I’ve had a few excursions out there…

I don’t usually have the phone when I am in the hot tub, but a bird was calling and I wanted to record the sound so my birdwatching friends could listen and identify it… it was a beautiful morning and besides the bird there were a few squirrels flitting about…

a bit later I ran out to get some grocery shopping done… perfect timing because the store had very few people in it… took quite a few trips to get everything into the house…

got all the stuff put away and prepared for my company to arrive…

my dear friend, who I haven’t seen in ages, came to help decorate for Christmas… we had such fun…

while I was hanging some ornaments in the dining room window caught this little guy on the rail of the front steps…

once we were done my friend headed home and I put all of the unused things back into the bins and carried them downstairs…

certainly was a full day… and the house looks wonderful…

let the celebrating begin…

poinsettias…

08 Friday Dec 2017

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had some fun with flowers over the last couple of days…

on Wednesday, when I was at Safeway, I spotted these cute little poinsettias… they were the perfect addition to the table settings for our Holiday Celebration… the florist packaged them up for me and once I got them home and slightly unwrapped, they sat on the dining room table for a day…

this morning I wrapped them back up and took them over to Boston Pizza… had to wait outside the door for a while before someone let me in… apparently they don’t have many people at their doorstep at 7:45 am…

and finally tonight they brightened up the tables and acted as prizes for the event…

certainly remind me of the beauty of the holidays;-)…

surrounded…

23 Thursday Nov 2017

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last night I took a few pictures of the paper whites and the amaryllis… they are all starting to really move as they stretch up to the light…

hopeful that they will produce some flowers close to the holidays… am trying to take time every day to enjoy their growth…

tonight I took a few pictures… the plants, the fish, and the view from my seat on the couch…

this is not my usual spot but the tv in the bedroom is behaving very badly so I am watching in the main floor tv/guest room, lol…

seems like a lot is going on around me these days… dealing with the car accident and driving a rental car that has amazingly touchy brakes… issues with the hot tub not working properly after being repaired… trying to find a reasonably priced mattress… and now the silly tv…

the good news is that I am surrounded by flowers;-)…

technological…

21 Tuesday Nov 2017

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been exceptionally busy recently at work, but I’ve been having some great fun learning new technological things…

along with other things I’ve been doing some in-depth work in WordPress which has been great… discovering so much more of what can be done…

today I spent some fun time with a colleague as we learned a few new things about Instagram…

learning something new about technology gives me such a rush…

you can tell from the photo that we are having fun…

finished the day off with a snack of chips and Lindt Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt…

delicious… and a nice ending to the day…

reflection…

18 Saturday Nov 2017

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been doing a bit of reading on taking better photos with my iPhone…

today I spent some time working on a reflection picture… here’s one of the pictures that came out fairly well… maybe not as dark as it should have been…

then it was out and about for lunch and our play at PTE…

lunch was a lovely treat…salad rolls and a noodle bowl at Nhu Quynh on Ellice… delicious, and I even managed to bring some home for tomorrow…

the Christmas decorations at Portage Place were pretty, so I took a few pictures… then on to the play… the set was made up of suitcases… very cool…

had some of a dark chocolate Callebaut bar... delicious…

then home for a nap… was up very early this morning…

growing…

16 Thursday Nov 2017

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took a few shots of the amaryllis and paper whites tonight…

they are both starting to sprout and grow up… will be interesting to see if they actually bloom…

also enjoyed a few minutes with the flowers…

then I headed outside for a late night hot tub… Krevco came and replaced the heater on Friday… when I opened the cover the temperature was 90… rather disappointing, sigh…

guess I’ll be giving them a call tomorrow…

sleep…

05 Sunday Nov 2017

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have been feeling stressed for the last few days… wasn’t until Facebook reminded me this morning that it has been five years and eight months since my beloved left me that I put two and two together…

had the worst sleep – or lack thereof – last night… was anxious and couldn’t settle down…

now that I know what the stressor is likely I can settle down… that’s what usually happens anyway…

finally had a hot tub this morning… been having some issues with the temperature dropping so plan to have someone out to give it a look… but this morning it was at just the correct temp…

had to climb through the snow to get there, lol…

at one point during the day the sun came out and shone brightly in the garden and I got this pic…

sun and shadow are so beautiful…

later on the sunset was lovely…

hoping for a better night’s sleep…