09 Monday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, blossoms, flowers, garden, happy place, mandevilla, moments, morning glories, purple, rain, widow
got this shot of the morning glories before leaving for the office…
not only can you see the bloom that opened this morning (purple) but yesterday’s one as well (pink)… even a few mandevilla blossoms are visible…
good thing because it has been raining since leaving the office…
07 Saturday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, flowers, garden, glories, happy place, memories, morning glories, plants, purple, sunshine, widow
I am over-the-moon with excitement…
some time ago I realized that I hadn’t planted any morning glories and was very sad because I really love the flowers… the inner light is mesmerizing…
recently I realized that some seeds from last summer had sprouted in a large container of soil that was sitting under the deck… they hadn’t had any water or sunlight but were growing…
I moved the pot out into the sun and made sure to put water in it… and watched it every day…
a week ago I saw what looked to be buds and I’ve examined them each day to see what would happen… since then we’ve had quite a bit of rain, overcast skies, and cooler temperatures, so I’ve been worried they wouldn’t bloom…
but… this is what happened…
I spent extra time in the garden today sitting and enjoying the purple flowers…
I am in my happy place… flowers really do make me happy;-)…
24 Saturday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, memories, morning glories, tenacity, widow
rather thrilled when I realized that my container filled with extra soil was growing morning glories;-)…
this pot was under the deck and wasn’t getting any water, so they have really toughed it out…
I pulled it out and gave it some water… might even move it up onto the deck so it gets more sunlight…
not sure if they will end up blooming, but I am hopeful…
just a couple of days ago I had a memory on Facebook showing one of my previous year’s blooms…
tenacity…
24 Wednesday Jul 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, drugs, friends, health, memories, moments, morning glories, nurses, widow
been thinking of illness and recovery lately…
unfortunately many of those I know are dealing with difficult life situations…
today I was reminded that nine years ago I began a 42 day stint in the hospital with pancreatitis…
waking up in the middle of a procedure and remembering how a nurse had said that if that happened they would put me under again quickly and I would be okay… and I was, but it sure was scary…
it really was the worst I have ever felt… medications caused numerous problems and confirmed my own knowledge that drugs do not play well in my body…
trying to convince medical staff of side effects which they had never heard of and hoping that down the road when someone else mentions a similar reaction they will remember my comments and maybe believe that the drug might have different effects on different people…
the difficulty in having the staff not give drugs that made me hallucinate and yank tubes out of my body…
and the amazing nursing staff who believed me and took such great care of me…
I remember how my beloved brought me pictures every day of the morning glories as they opened in the garden…
life can change in an instant… hug your loved ones and tell people you care…
25 Tuesday Sep 2018
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anniversary, beloved, big girl pants, bittersweet, blessed, daughter, family, flowers, memories, moments, morning glories, sick, wedding, widow
today is my daughter and son-in-law’s wedding anniversary…
I remember what a great day it was, but also the weeks that led up to it…
the day went off without a hitch… our daughter looked amazing… picture taking was great fun… the sky was blue for their outdoor service… the limo stopped at Starbucks so they could get coffee… the reception was very classy and everyone had a wonderful time…
but just prior to that I had been in the hospital for six weeks, followed by weeks at home with a drainage tube which was removed just a few days before the wedding…
that was probably the sickest I have ever been and recovery was slow and difficult…
I also remember what a gem my beloved was as he visited me in the hospital and brought me daily pictures of the morning glories as they bloomed…
he took such good care of me, always…
I can only wish that kind of love for my children as they move forward in their life together…
bittersweet memories…
21 Friday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, delicate, garden, hibiscus, Japanese Maple, leaves, mandevilla, morning glories, stress, widow
put a note in my calendar the other day so that I would remember to bring the Japanese Maple in from the garden…
doesn’t look like it was affected by the cold weather which makes me happy… will watch and see how stressed it will be from the move… it is a bit delicate and often drops all of the leaves when moved…
still have to bring in the hibiscus and mandevilla… maybe on Sunday…
right now the morning glories are wrapped all around the mandevilla, lol…
20 Thursday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, dark, garden, morning glories, sad, vitamin, vitamin D, widow
this morning I was up at my usual time… it was dark…
the sun rose forty-five minutes later… this is very sad… a clear sign of what is to come…
it was light when I left and there were many, many, morning glories blooming in the garden…
this week I started back on vitamin D…
15 Saturday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, flowers, moments, morning glories, pjs, relaxed, widow
a most lovely relaxing day…
watched tv, did some work in the computer room, checked out the flowers and made meals…
stayed in my pjs all day;-)…
13 Thursday Sep 2018
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angry, big girl pants, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, pictures, sky, stash, storm, Technology, treats, widow
two storms during the night and the power was off… not sure for how long, but it came back on at 6 am… I know that because I heard what sounded like a car not starting… after a few minutes I realized it was the printer coming on line…
the sky was still quite angry…
when I got home had a beautiful view as I came out of the garage into the garden… even after an all-day overcast sky, the morning glories were smiling at me…
ended the very long week with a delicious treat… a bit of chocolate, almonds and two shortbread cookies from my stash, lol… 
happy weekend;-)…
09 Sunday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, cooking, dad, dinner, family, flowers, memories, missing, morning glories, pasta, rain, raindrops, remembering, rummaged, sunshine, tomato, treat, weather, widow
odd weather today… went from cloudy to sunny, to rainy, and back again a number of times… ended with sun shining through the clouds…
the poor morning glories took a beating early on… nearly every time it rained the drops were huge…
thinking of my dad today as I took hours to make fresh tomato sauce to go with some spaghetti for supper… I keep buying grape tomatoes to make caprese salad and then never use them all up… he would add all kinds of condiments to add flavour and it always ended up delicious… as I rummaged through the cupboard, I remembered watching him do the same thing, lol…
it turned out great and was a lovely treat as I don’t often have pasta… made some homemade coleslaw to go along with it and have a bit of both for lunch tomorrow;-)…
