04 Tuesday Feb 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, crocus, flowers, happiness, happy, hyacinth, moments, nature, orchids, pictures, purple, tulips, widow
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…
19 Thursday Dec 2019
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big girl pants, bouquet, flowers, memories, moments, orchids, retirement, roses, supplier, surprise, treat, weather, widow
yesterday I received a message that some flowers were coming my way…
I spoke with the florist who advised they would arrive before end of day…
but then, 6 pm came and went… they usually close at that time, so I figured there would be no flowers…
around 7:30 they arrived… still wasn’t sure who was sending them…
they were well wrapped because it was cold outside…
opened them up to discover a beautiful bouquet of orchids, roses and carnations…
they were from a Toronto supplier I had worked with over the last ten years…
a lovely surprise…
08 Thursday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, cabinet, desk, flowers, mess, orchids, plant whisperer, plants, purple, whisperer, widow
for the last few weeks my desk has been a bit messed up as I had loaned out a small rolling filing cabinet…
this meant that all my plants, mainly orchids, ended up on the desktop, making it a bit crowded…
today, I got the cabinet back and our amazing plant whisperer reorganized the space… she remembered exactly how it should look, which was good because I couldn’t remembered what went where…
looks amazing now… and the space has a much calmer feeling;-)… ahhh…
23 Sunday Jun 2019
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beloved, blessed, clusters, family, loss, Maui, memories, moments, orchids, remembering, shopping, smile, tears, treat
it has been over seven years since my beloved left us…
I still have difficult days… they often come in clusters and I’m in the midst of one right now…
today, when I was grocery shopping, orchids were on sale… so as a lovely reminder of my beloved I picked up two…
they do make me smile when I think of all the ones he brought home for me over the years…
he would have enjoyed the orchid farm on Maui…
I miss him so much…
03 Friday May 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, bliss, favourite, favourite thing, flowers, food, garden, leaves, moments, nature, orchid, orchids, photos, pictures, trees, vacation, waterfall, weather, widow
I’ve been asked by a number of people to share my favourite thing about Maui…
so I’ve been thinking about it… and I can’t come up with just one thing…
over the last week I’ve printed a group of my favourite photos… and have been looking them over and remembering the particular moments each one represents…
there were so many special times… the ocean, the beaches, the rainbows, the trees, the turtles, the vegetation, the orchids, the flowers, snorkelling, the waterfalls, the food, the helicopter flight, the cacao trees, and on and on…
it really was two weeks of bliss;-)…
20 Saturday Apr 2019
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bamboo, big girl pants, Maui day ten, orchids, turtles, typical, waterfalls, widow
today we saw waterfalls…
listened to bamboo sing…
found a humongous tent filled with orchids…
and spotted over fifty sea turtles together on the beach…
just your typical Friday;-)…
06 Tuesday Nov 2018
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. soup, big girl pants, dad, down, flowers, friends, happy, memories, November, orchids, sad, widow
recently have had conversations with a few people about being down, feeling sad, being depressed… seems like many in my circles are struggling this month…
November doesn’t seem to be a particularly good month for me… not sure if it is the time change, gray days, cold weather or what… seems like many have similar feelings…
my dad’s birthday was in November… he was a great guy and I miss him…
I like to remember that where there are downs, there will be ups…
today I bought some orchids to brighten my space which always perks me up…
then I made a lovely pot of Thai shrimp soup which was delicious and a wonderful treat…
27 Monday Aug 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, flowers, hot tub, love at first sight, memories, morning glories, orchids, remembering, sight, widow
yesterday when I was shopping I picked up an orchid…
I’ve been remembering times with my beloved a lot lately…
hot tubs and morning glories and orchids…
wonderful memories…
recently I heard someone ask if people believed in love at first sight…
I do…
the first time I met him I knew he was the one for me… and I was right, he most certainly was;-)…
10 Tuesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, boost, computer, cyclamen, flower power, flowers, garden, moments, offset, orchids, pond, violets, widow
such a boost today… flowers everywhere I was…
quick peek at the pond and as I backed out of the driveway the sky cleared and the flowers in the front garden all smiled at me…
at the office, there were violets, two different orchids and cyclamen…
all that flower power certainly helped offset the occasional computer difficulty that I came across throughout the day…
04 Saturday Mar 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, family, flowers, loss, memories, months, orchids, roses, sixty, time, widow
1825… days since my beloved left me… 261 weeks… 60 months…
hard to believe so much time has gone by… although it also feels like it was just a moment ago…
he was my best friend, lover, staunch supporter, caregiver, sounding board, helper, chauffeur, shopper, masseuse, gardener, and…
as each anniversary of his passing has come and gone I have been through a variety of emotions… profound sadness, loneliness, and many tears…
some years it has been less difficult than others, but it never has a clear path… not more difficult at the beginning and less so as time has gone by…
the first year my colleagues all wore purple to show their support to mark the day… sweet and supportive…
received flowers from the kids today…
beautiful… the orchids are nearly identical to the ones from graduation… my mauve dress and George’s matching turtleneck were designed and made by a friend and I wore a beautiful orchid corsage on my wrist… that was a very long time ago, lol…
and of course the roses… my romantic husband brought me hundreds over the years…
a lovely treat and they brought back some special memories…
