04 Tuesday Feb 2020
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had some fun taking flower pictures yesterday…
the crocus and hyacinth are doing very well and enjoying the light in the living room… also some tulips at the grocery store…
orchid blooms are looking lovely and I picked up an orchid on sale at Save-On-Foods that is now living in the bedroom…
01 Saturday Feb 2020
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had the best time watching the videos we took when we were in Maui…
gave the card, from the GoPro we rented, to my daughter when we came home and just got my copy when I was in Ottawa…
spent quite some time trying to get photos from the videos and eventually found the option to save a single frame as a picture;-)… that was entertaining…
the smile on my face says it all… snorkelling was such fun and being in the giant aquarium with the fish and turtles was amazing;-)…
such a lovely reminder of the wonderful time we had in and under the water…
also, there were photos that my daughter took of me on the stand-up paddle board…
need to spend a bit more time working on balance…
such wonderful memories;-)…
27 Monday Jan 2020
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one of the reasons I went shopping on Sunday was to get flowers…
it is that season again when I really need them to brighten the atmosphere in the house… it is also a time when I particularly miss my beloved…
he always made sure I had flowers all the time during these cold and dreary months… and all over the house…
I can see and smell them in every room;-)…
I hope you have something in your life that brings you happiness…
26 Sunday Jan 2020
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Friday I received a parcel in the mail…
in it was the cutest handmade keychain…
a gift from my daughter… she is planning to send me something regularly throughout the year — instead of an Advent calendar that just comes in December;-)…
how lovely is that…
I love all the pieces it is made of, but the little bird is a reminder of the wonderful morning we spent at Mer Bleue feeding the chickadees…
my goal for the Spring is to train my chickadees to eat from my hand… this is a wonderful reminder…
I am very excited to get working on this…
10 Friday Jan 2020
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recently I flew home from Ottawa… I spent the majority of the trip with my eyes glued to the window… it was like the entire sky was filled with a sunset for the entire flight… what a gift…
I had the most wonderful visit with my daughter and son-in-law… also had a fun time meeting and getting to know his mom…
it was quite a different Christmas for me… flew out on Christmas Day and celebrated New Year’s there as well… his mom was with us for a week and then I spent another six days with the kids…
had so much fun… the kids are wonderful hosts* and offer up all kinds of interesting things to do… I stayed in their AirBnB room which was very cozy…
while I was there we ate great home cooked meals, fed birds out of our hands, went to see butterflies, had afternoon tea, went to the Market and restaurants, spent a day at the spa, had a photo shoot, and two chocolate tastings…
and enjoyed great conversations…
now I am home and able to begin retirement living…
*AirBnB Cozy Blue Room Ottawa
09 Thursday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, happy, hot tub, memories, moments, moon, nature, pictures, spa, treat, vacation, widow
for my last full day in Ottawa, we went to Nordik Spa in Chelsea… it is the parent of Thermea, where I was, just days ago…
but it is so much bigger… there are whole sections for quiet activities, as well as silent ones… every time I go they have added something new… this time it was Quonset hut saunas… the light reflecting on the ceiling was gorgeous…
we started in one of the warm glass beds and moved to warm pools, saunas, hot pools, had scrubs, and sat around fires in huts…
we drank tons of water and had a delicious lunch… we chatted with strangers, just ourselves, and we spent time in silence…
they don’t allow photos on site so these are a few I took: leaving home as the snow fell, the view as we stood in line to get our bracelets, and a picture my daughter took as we were leaving…
it was a wonderful relaxing and rejuvenating day, and a great way to end my visit…
we drove home in the dark, after watching the moon rise from various pools, and had a simple supper before all three of us watched a movie…
we didn’t want to go to bed because she had to work the next day and I would be packing and flying home;-(…
29 Sunday Dec 2019
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what an eventful day yesterday was…
in the morning my daughter and I headed to Bulk Barn for bird seed and then on to Mer Bleue where it was way too slippery for a walk but we spent a lovely time feeding the birds from our hands… such fun;-)…
chickadees came and went from the surrounding trees… we saw blue jays, two types of woodpeckers, a nuthatch and maybe a partridge…
it was great fun… my daughter took the picture of the chickadee looking at me, lol…
then we picked up my son-in-law and his mom and went to the Canadian Museum of Nature where we saw exhibits about the arctic, the earth and Canadian birds… and we spent some quality time in the butterfly exhibit…
here are a few of my favourite photos…
birds AND butterflies…
finished the day off with a BeaverTail;-)…
those were for sharing, I only had half of one;-)…
20 Friday Dec 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, family, grandson, hot tub, massage, moments, nature, retirement, Thermea, treat, water, widow
had the most delightful day with my grandson…
we had breakfast at one of our favourite places, ran a few errands and spent six hours at Thermea…
went in when it was light, and left in the dark…
today was the first time I’ve had a massage there and it was lovely… I like the Swedish, gentle, ones… my grandson had the deep tissue one, lol… I think he might be bruised, but he was happy…
then it was on to the thermal experience… even the Polar pool a few times… we attended an Aufguss ritual, spent time in nearly all the saunas, sat by the fire, enjoyed both pools, had supper and spent more time in the cool pool and hot tub…
just like his mother, aunt and grandfather, he can find people he’s met before in any place he goes;-)… and had a lengthy chat with them…
what a wonderful day it has been… on our way home he treated me to a Dairy Queen ice cream cone – one of my favourites ;-)…
20 Wednesday Nov 2019
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beauty is surrounding me… blessed…
first thing in the morning the orchids and hibiscus greet me… it is exciting to see which ones are getting ready to open… wondering how many might open at once…
at the office more orchids are blooming…
more are getting buds;-)…
17 Sunday Nov 2019
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