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fresh…

02 Sunday Aug 2015

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out and about this morning… picked up painting supplies so my daughter can paint the front and back doors… they are purple, but very faded so she is going to freshen them up for me…

  
also picked up some gray trim paint to go around the back door and patio door… will look lovely and fresh when this is done… 

  
right now the paint is peeling horribly…

thrilled today to see a morning glory from the deck…

  
to see the others I had to be in the garden area…

spotted two of the tiny tomatoes starting to turn colour, oh yay!

  
looking forward to eating them soon…

yesterday I purchased some fresh green and yellow beans which we included with our dinner tonight, although only my daughter and I eat them…

also picked up the fixings for steak and lobster dinner today… that was usually our anniversary splurge… amazingly, all of the grandkids like lobster already… don’t think our girls even got to taste it until they were in their teens, lol…

dinner was great and the lobster delicious… lobster is fine for me, but that butter, not so much…

now I am sitting in the garden, with a blanket on, watching a red squirrel do acrobatics to get seeds out of the bird feeder…   

it had been there for ages, but as soon as I went to take the picture it darted away, lol…

been a busy day, and the light is fading… 9:40 and I had to put a light on in the garage to put things in their places…

morning…

30 Thursday Jul 2015

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rather busy day… up early this morning to get the boxes out for pick-up…

  
ran over to the Mall to have my iPhone checked out… battery is barely making it through the day which isn’t so good for a brand new phone… went to MTS who sent me to the Apple Store… served quickly in both stores, and they offered up a few suggestions which might make a difference… have to back everything up and go back so they can reset it which may also make it better… technology is wonderful when it works…

got home and my son-in-law was here replacing the metal stringers on the deck stairs… he noticed a while ago that they were rusting out…

  
look great and feel much more sturdy…

after lunch we sat in the garden for a few minutes and I noticed this morning glory bloom…

  
been thinking about July of 2010 when I was in hospital… it was supposed to be our vacation so George came to spend time every day while he was off work… he knew how much I love morning glories and every morning before he came, he would go out into the garden and count how many of the flowers were blooming… occasionally he would take a picture for me as well… 

I found this blossom which should open tomorrow…

  
was testing my lounger out when the sky got a bit dark…

  
just got in and it poured for a couple of minutes… after supper I went out to write my blog, but it was kind of chilly… came in and all of a sudden it was pouring…

 
the mandevilla is covered with flowers and buds… looking forward to the morning glory beside it starting to flower as well…

leaves…

24 Wednesday Sep 2014

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was noticeably darker this morning when I got up…

only this one morning glory bloomimg…

IMG_8383.JPGonce I got out of the driveway, I stopped to take this picture of the trees down the street…

IMG_8384.JPGyou can see a few leaves under it… I was happy with how the flag was waving too…

when I turned onto the street tonight I stopped once again and got this picture…

IMG_8385.JPGtons of leaves dropped throughout the day… apparently it is Fall…

lingering…

23 Tuesday Sep 2014

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this is a strange cold… coughing comes and goes… my head feels like cotton and at night I feel like I still have my headset on… some days it seems like I’m improving and then it rears its cold head… lingered long enough…

forgot to turn my alarm on last night so I woke up half an hour late… still had to stop and check for morning glories, lol…

IMG_8371.JPGyesterday there were five blossoms, today just this one…

at the end of the day this hibiscus was smiling at me…

IMG_8372.JPGhad the windows down and the moon roof open and enjoyed the 28 degree temperature… first day of Fall…

cloudy…

19 Friday Sep 2014

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on my way to work this morning I took a few pictures of the lovely cloud formations…

IMG_8286.JPGluckily had to stop at a few lights so I was able to get good pics… often when I see something, the traffic flows so smoothly that I don’t have the needed opportunity…

there were no morning glories at home, but when I arrived at the office a colleague had picked a beautiful one from her garden and brought it in…

IMG_8287.JPGgot a shot of a bendy bus as I was sitting through five lights at Portage Avenue… knew that we had a couple here, but hadn’t seen any:-)…

IMG_8288.JPGit was just before five and the traffic was absolutely crazy… had been overcast all day and started to pour just as I turned onto Portage and it rained all the way home…

finally starting to feel better…

light…

17 Wednesday Sep 2014

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noticing every day how there is less light… waking up in the dark and needing to turn on the lights to get ready…

the sun is setting around eight so it is dark before you know it… less than thirteen hours of light each day…

the garden is struggling as well, what with the low temperatures… I check as soon as I get outside to see if any morning glories have braved the weather and bloomed…

IMG_8256.JPGI can’t see a morning glory without thinking of George counting how many were blooming each morning when I was in hospital for a six week period, and often bringing me a picture… sure do miss him…

IMG_8257.JPGhard to see, but this is a picture of some geese flying over first thing… the sound of their honking makes it clear that Fall is coming, lol…

IMG_8258.JPGfresh tomato with my chicken, potatoes and roasted garlic tonight… love popping something into the oven and napping while it cooks…

even with a persistent cold, life is good…

ahhhhh…

23 Saturday Aug 2014

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lovely first day of vacation…

up early and walked over to “the A” to have breakfast with my daughter…

IMG_7414.JPGof course I had to check the morning glories… still can’t believe it was the purple ones that seeded themselves…

IMG_7416.JPGit was misty when I stepped outside and Bruce Park looked cool…

IMG_7417.JPGdelicious breakfast and good to spend time with my girl…

IMG_7418.JPGthen we shopped at a few places… met the rest of the family and my nephew for dimsum and headed home…

had a nap, watched tv and ate leftover roti for my dinner…

got out my suitcase and started packing…

overflowing…

22 Friday Aug 2014

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this morning it was misting outside but I had to take pictures of the morning glories…

IMG_7390.JPGwhenever I look at them I remember how George would bring me pictures and tell me how many were blooming as I spent weeks in the hospital a few years back…

the pond is nearly overflowing…

IMG_7391.JPGwe’ve had two huge rains this week and rather than being low on water, it is bursting its seams…

before I left home I had to move and dump the barrel liner… It was full again this morning… certainly a good workout to pull it across the driveway and then tip it over…

IMG_7392-0.JPGthis beautiful and large hibiscus greeted me when I arrived home…

IMG_7393.JPGone of the biggest blossoms so far on this tree…

a great beginning to my two weeks of vacation…

unhealthy…

27 Friday Sep 2013

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been taking a number of drugs lately as I am dealing with a few health issues… had quite a scare at my CancerCare check-up the other day and it turned out to be just a little thing but it did mean taking some drugs…

then a couple of days ago I started to experience abdominal pain, which might have been a side effect of one of the drugs I was taking, but it moved to my side and made me think that possibly my diverticulitis was acting up… hasn’t bothered me for nearly four years… saw the doctor and he agreed so now I am on more drugs…

I don’t like drugs, and often they don’t like me… I am always leary about taking a new one as I don’t know how my body is going to accept it…

pills...

pills…

usually I would prefer to deal with pain rather than drugs, but sometimes you just can’t get around it, sigh… hopefully I won’t be on these for long and they will do the trick…

besides not dealing well with drugs, I have difficulty swallowing pills… not nearly as bad now as it used to be…

one of the meds that was prescribed was 8 quite large tablets that I had to take all at once with food… after lunch yesterday, two of my colleagues tidied up the kitchen and chatted while I worked at getting these pills down… it was quite wonderful to just have them there supporting me and I was able to get the job done… not sure I  could have done it at home, on my own…

today I felt out of sorts, cold, slight headache, just not myself… think it was my body responding to that large dose of antibiotics yesterday… finally tonight I am starting to feel better… and I realized that my side had not bothered me at all today, yay…

morning glory buds...

morning glory buds…

there was one morning glory blooming today but there were many buds as well… looking forward to more blooms…

enjoyable day…

07 Saturday Sep 2013

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believe that I enjoyed every minute of my day… got up, dressed and went outside… spent some time in my new chair and read…

reading and watching the plants get watered at the root level...

reading and watching the plants get watered at the root level…

found the root watering tool and watered all of the plants in the new pond area… right now the pond is filled with algae and I think it is from fertilizing the plants and the water running into the pond…

took most of the day, but each plant got a lovely soaking at the root level, and while that was going on I watched the birds, read and snacked…

beautiful morning glory...

beautiful morning glory…

had a lovely nap in the afternoon and watched some great jumping at Spruce Meadows…

read and watered some more and then came in for supper and some TV…

starting to feel more positive again… thank goodness…