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06 Wednesday Apr 2016

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took some pictures of my newest orchid this morning… it is such a delight to gaze upon…

  
great way to start the day… beautiful flowers and photos…

a colleague was out for an errand and brought back a bag of chips… as it happened there weren’t any in my treat drawer… nice to have a few goodies available at all times, lol…

it was my lucky day because someone else brought me Vietnamese shrimp rice rolls... one of my all-time favourite things to eat…

came home and enjoyed them as a late afternoon snack while dinner was cooking…  

  
I remember how my colleagues came to see me a few at a time during the days right after George died… they brought me many of my favourite things as well as their company… these rolls were one of the items they brought and were the first thing that I eventually ate… wasn’t eating or drinking at all for a number of days and when I finally felt able to get something, down the rolls were exactly what called to me… enjoyed them for a few days as I was trying to get my appetite back…

kind of giggled when they arrived today as I had just been thinking of them…

special moments… all in all, a delightful day…

sweet…

24 Thursday Mar 2016

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last night I made soup for today’s Souper Thursday… stopped on our way home and picked up sweet potatoes, carrots and coconut milk… this sweet potato and carrot soup is really easy…

  
it turned out very well… veggies, salad, crackers and fruit appeared and we had a great lunch… and everyone enjoyed it… every last drop was eaten…

a while ago I ordered a number of chocolate bunnies for a fundraiser, so this morning the Easter Bunny dropped them off at each person’s desk…

  
made some cute little notes to go with them…

such fun…

  
spent a few minutes admiring my beautiful new orchid this morning… the older one still has four or five blossoms on it…

although I’ve been struggling with a headache it was a pretty sweet day…

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22 Tuesday Mar 2016

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this morning I wanted to take a few pictures in the living room… the hyacinth is almost in full bloom and the orchid is quite lovely…

my camera wouldn’t work… tried all the things I could think of but nothing seemed to make a difference…

was very stressed because we were going to a photoshoot and I wanted to record the process with pictures…  


finally put the camera away and used my iPhone… this was my view of the new orchid… beautiful…

the photoshoot went well… I find it fun to watch the photography team work with the client…

  

my view of them keeping the conversation going to relax the person being photographed…

  
my teammate produced a smile even as she was feeling stress about the whole process… she really didn’t want to have her picture taken…

  
checking out how the shots came out…

when it was my turn we talked about how much easier it is to be behind the camera as opposed to in front of it… I posed as requested and didn’t bother to see how they came out… one thing I’ve learned is that the person in the picture isn’t usually able to see how great they look, so I was happy to trust the professionals…

watching Ian take the pictures you could often see when he knew he had the photo he wanted… in my own way sometimes I have that feeling…

he had a peek at my camera and figured out that one of the buttons was stuck… I couriered it over to a local repair shop and hope they can fix it… haven’t heard back yet…

bookends…

21 Monday Mar 2016

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didn’t have to be at work until eleven so I relaxed with a cup of tea in the living room while enjoying the perfume from the blooming hyacinth…

  
such a delicious smell… and I was so pleased that it turned out to be purple, lol…

also saw a bunny hop across the street while I was soaking up the quiet…

this afternoon I received this in my email…

  
a Hershey’s kiss in a purple wrapper from my kids who are visiting Las Vegas… makes me giggle because Hershey chocolate tastes like soap to me… but I love kisses…

to bookend the great start to the day, tonight a dear friend came over with her freshly made hot cross buns… they are soooo delicious…

  
we had a lovely visit and both enjoyed the new orchid which I picked up at the Manitoba Orchid Society’s show and sale yesterday afternoon at the Assiniboine Park Conservatory…

  
the beauty that surrounds us is most amazing…

touch…

10 Thursday Mar 2016

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got a great shot of a squirrel yesterday morning having a snack in the garden…

  
this morning I was up even earlier and watched a bunny crossing the street but didn’t get a picture… the exciting thing was that it was light out when I headed downtown at seven…

did take a few pics of the orchid which still looks pretty good… trying not to touch it which might cause one of the blossoms to drop off…

  
have spent a fair amount of time over the last few days remembering the day of my beloved’s memorial service… it was four years ago today…

all of us getting ready together was rather stressful… 

making it through the gathering was painful and I was barely able to move as my body reacted to the distress of the day and my health issues…

having the opportunity to speak with everyone who came to celebrate his life was awe inspiring and very comforting…

arriving home to discover that someone had hit a borrowed vehicle and driven away without even leaving a note…

can’t actually remember the evening…

such a painFULL time… 

am pleased with how well we have come through these days/months/years… each of us is moving forward and supporting one another…

we  talk about George/Daddy/Grandpa often… I don’t want anyone to forget him and his impact on us and everyone who he touched…

we are and have been blessed…

anniversary…

04 Friday Mar 2016

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took a few pictures of the orchid this morning…

  
the blossoms are now falling each day…

  
still beautiful in their own way…

wore my new jeans today and everyone loved them…

  
some of the detail on the back…

  
all day I kept trying to figure out what was making my hands blue… must have washed them a dozen times to get the colour off…

finally mentioned it, only to learn that I should have washed the jeans with salt or vinegar before wearing them the first time… it was the dye that was rubbing off on my hands, lol… clear that I am not a jean connoisseur… good thing I learned this before sitting on my couch, lol…

been thinking of my beloved more than usual… tomorrow marks four years since his death… seems to me that the week or so before the anniversary is more difficult than the actual day…

looking through photos I decided on this one for my Facebook profile picture…

  
we had spent a lovely time at the zoo with our youngest grandson and just came out of the butterfly garden… he was tired and had a seat on the lovely bench while trying to convince the little guy to join him… doesn’t he look like an angel…

I miss him…

lazy…

27 Saturday Feb 2016

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lazy day…

spent the day watching sports… some great figure skating and speed skating on… also watched a few cooking shows…

  
only actual chore I managed was to water my plants… noticed that my amazing orchid, which I bought mid-October, has finally started to drop some of its flowers…

  
it has bloomed for over four months…

decided to make the red lentil curry for supper… and to double the recipe as the can of tomatoes was twice what I needed… was putting everything together after I cooked all the lentils, only to discover that I had green curry paste not red… oops… so I made it with what I had…

  
not quite the same but still tasty… a bit more spicy than the red version, lol…

  
enjoyed it with brown basmati rice, cilantro and brussel sprouts on the side…

overcast…

31 Sunday Jan 2016

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yesterday I walked over to the Park and took a few shots along the river…

  
although it was overcast the snow looked so pretty…

also took a picture of where our favourite tree stood…

  
the bench in this shot is right where the tree was… Dutch elm disease… very sad…

overcast again today and when we were out we looked at orchids at IKEA… we talked about the amazing orchid I’d purchased there so many months ago…

  

salmon…

29 Friday Jan 2016

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my usual pattern after work is to watch The Chew before making dinner… on Monday, when I watched the PVRed program, Michael Symon made a dish with salmon, Brussels sprouts, sweet potato, coconut milk and cilantro…

as it happened, I had a piece of salmon in the fridge that I’d taken out for my supper, and all the other items as well… I didn’t have sweet potato, but had a leftover baked potato so I substituted that…

  
had a few leftover roasted peppers and mushrooms from our family supper the night before, so warmed them up as well…

it was delicious…  

used half of the coconut milk and put the rest into the fridge…

this morning I took out another salmon fillet and decided to make the recipe again… I really liked it…

tonight I used Brussels sprouts and mushrooms instead of potatoes… delicious again…

  
simply cooked foods are my norm… cook the fish in a pan or bake it in the oven and then have some veggies to go along with it… don’t usually fancy my food up, lol…

I have really enjoyed this so may try to perk up a few other staples…

here’s the link to the recipe…

had fun taking pictures of the ever blooming orchid… this is a great close up… I have had this for months and the flowers are still lovely… some days I wonder if it is silk, lol…

  
life is good…

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28 Thursday Jan 2016

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woke up at 1:30 am to see the moon shining through the window… just above it and off to the side was a bright planet… a few seconds later it was covered by clouds… again, amazing to wake up at just the right moment to see the beautiful view…

then, on our way to the office, I got this view…

  
a Facebook memory this morning from four years back showed this lovely amaryllis… I had taken the picture looking out the window at the snow…

  
here is a picture of the amaryllis that I bought this year around Christmas… showed a beautiful pale pink flower on the box…

  
sadly, not a single blossom…

but the amazing thing is that the orchid continues to bloom… I so love flowers in the depths of winter…

  
more beautiful moments in my life…