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brighten…

21 Thursday Jan 2016

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this morning I took some pictures of the orchid… it is lasting amazingly well… 

  
sure does brighten up the living room…

have been doing a bit of reading on orchids and discovered that the roots hanging out of the pot were not as healthy as I thought… apparently they might need to be repotted…

  
snow fell off and on during the day in those big huge flakes again… so peaceful…

when I got home I took a few pictures of snowflakes on the mailbox…

  
but I didn’t take any with the camera… too lazy to dig it out so just used the iPhone…

opened up the sliding door for the first time in months so I could get a shot of the snow on the chair and table on the deck…

  
really enjoying the longer light each day… 

final picture of the day was of the skyline as the sun was going down…

 
the extra light certainly brightens my day… 

return…

02 Saturday Jan 2016

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decided that today was the day to put away all the Christmas decorations…

for the last few days I’ve taken pictures of many of the ornaments as I knew they’d be coming down soon… used one of my apps to make a nice collage…

  
got my exercise as I brought up boxes, put away ornaments, and took them back downstairs… 

always a bit sad to take everything down… and it took a good portion of the day… maybe because I took a few breaks for reading and napping, lol… did spend some of the time thinking about the fun I had with my friend when we put all the decorations up…

the living room has returned to normal… my plants are happy because they’d been relegated to a back room for the duration…

was happy to get a few pictures of the orchid… it really is amazing…

  
enjoyed seeing the sunshine again…

  
the paths continue to be used constantly… recently the bunny spent a good portion of a day sitting in the garden so I saw it a number of times… it is really big…

tomorrow is my last day before going back to work… gonna try a lentil recipe and get in a bit more reading…

windows…

27 Sunday Dec 2015

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this morning, while I was coming and going doing some chores around the house, I took this picture of the sun shining out the front window…

  

I sure do love the sunshine… and take the time to enjoy it every day it is out… we don’t get as much of it as we used to…

also put my orchid back on the table in the living room… it has been in amongst the garland in the dining room for the last few weeks while a hydrangea had the top spot in the living room… I left the greenery on the table when the flower died, but rearranged it today… the orchid has been blooming for months…

  

had a lovely lunch out with my sister-in-law, nephew and his friend… we had some very nice Vietnamese food at one of my nephew’s favourite places, KG Saigon… after tea here, she was heading to the airport for a flight to Vancouver for the remainder of her holiday… it was great to spend a bit of time together…

 

didn’t get photos of the whole table but these days I take pictures  of everything I eat… really helps with recording my food intake…

another shot looking out the bedroom window as the sun was going down…

  

always so happy when I catch these beautiful moments…

surprise…

06 Friday Nov 2015

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this morning had to take this picture as I stepped out the door…

  
that was snow on the ground, sigh…

I’ve been waiting all week for tonight’s fish and chips from The Captain’s Table… 

stopped at Polo Park to pick up a few items and as I left ordered supper from SkiptheDishes on my phone… got home, prepared some veggies, and the food arrived…

 
less than 30 minutes… great surprise… and it tasted great too…

much better day today… still a bit emotional first thing, but by the end of the day was feeling more settled… really does surprise me how strong emotions can be, even after all these years…

these orchids remind me of my love and how he took care of me…

  
he would surprise me with orchids all the time…

code…

29 Thursday Oct 2015

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the lack of light is starting to affect me…

it is dark in the morning when I get up and get ready for work… and gets dark soon after I get home… as well, it was dull and overcast all day…

took this picture of my beautiful orchid and my little pumpkin person that my sister-in-law made for me many years ago…

  
it was early this morning and the light really wasn’t bright enough to get a good shot…

last night for supper I had chicken with brussel sprouts and potato… very tasty although the brussel sprouts were a bit Cajun… that was a code word in our house for when George burned something, usually on the barbecue, lol…

  
bit more of that dark, lol… 

might be a bit lighter in the mornings for a while as the clocks turn back an hour on Saturday night…

think I must take my SAD light into the office and start using it again…

reimagined…

28 Wednesday Oct 2015

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recently came across an article which struck a chord… I subscribe to a newsletter which often gives me Pause to think…

this time it led to an article by Richard Leider on reimagining one’s future at any stage in life…

what struck me particularly in this article was the piece about living in the moment… 

for the past number of years I have been working hard to be in the moment as often as possible…

sometimes I am very successful and other times, not so much…

other points in the article resonated as well… 

connecting was one… I have been contemplating retirement, but feel that if I were to stay home I might turn into a hermit, lol… not a good plan… I enjoy what I do as well as the people I do it with… I want to go to work each day and hope to work until I don’t have that feeling anymore…

choice was another… these last three years I have stepped out of my comfort zone many times and done things I never would have imagined… like writing a blog… eating at a restaurant on my own… looking after my home…

Life Reimagined feels like what I’ve been living for the last while, without even knowing…

also made me giggle a bit as much of this is what the ReImagining group I am part of has been doing for over twenty years…

tonight I took a moment to check on my orchid and have a good look at it… it has more blooms and I got a nice shot of it with the fish tank in the background…

  

sky…

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

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the sky was lovely yesterday morning…

   

luckily I was able to take a few pictures as I was the passenger in the car… the colours were very pretty…

  
a beautiful sky makes me very happy…

when I got home I slept for an hour while my supper was cooking… then, after I ate, I slept through a number of shows and woke up in time to go to bed… and I slept all night… apparently I was really tired…

  
this orchid is so gorgeous… makes me smile every time I look at it…

 

flowers…

14 Wednesday Oct 2015

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early this morning I got a picture of the flowers on the coffee table…

  
I am really enjoying the blooms…

when I got home I got this picture of the morning glory...

  
they are still flowering even after the couple of frosts we’ve had…

when I got into the living room the flowers were beautifully lit by the sunlight…

 
guess I should put away the turkey, lol…  
the orchid is very lovely…  

these crazy cannas which I cut off from the main plants weeks ago… keep blooming…  

this dahlia came in from the garden when I lifted them out on the weekend and it has started to bloom… 

flowers make me so happy…

thanksgiving…

12 Monday Oct 2015

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got picked up by the kids on their way home from a family dinner last night…

had a sleepover at their house and this morning my daughter, a friend of hers, and I, went to Thermea…

  
it was windy first thing when I woke up…

 trees swaying in the backyard…  

blowing in the front…

pouring as we drove there, but we went anyway… when we came out of the locker room the rain had stopped and there were few people around… wind was a bit strong but we had a great time and had most of the areas to ourselves… even got to sit around one of the fire pits…

lovely start to our Thanksgiving day…

from there we popped over to Ikea to take back a few surplus items from their kitchen reno… I usually try not to go to stores on holidays but this was the only time we could get there… 

picked up a couple of cushion covers and a lovely orchid…

 

reminded me of my beloved who was always bringing orchids home to me… seemed like a great thanksgiving treat…
ended the day with a wonderful turkey dinner…

  

fun…

05 Friday Jun 2015

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excited this morning to take a picture of the blooming orchid…

  
spent a bit of time preparing a bag so I would be ready to head out after work for the evening’s soccer game…

picked up from work, drove across town to pick up the boys and dog, and headed back across town for the final game of the soccer series…

luckily, had a big bag of almonds which provided entertainment for the youngest as the game was played…

  
beautiful evening to sit outside and cheer on the nine and ten year olds… heard all about the importance of defence from my guy… did have to giggle as the dads’ were having a bit of trouble giving up being the coaches… fair bit of directives from the sidelines… 

wonderful opportunity to spend some time with my kids and a fun way to start the weekend…