patio…

13 Thursday Apr 2023

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Tuesday, the patio door was open for a good portion of the day… guess it is time to connect the spring again…

always such a treat when that day arrives each spring… spent a good portion of the day sitting on the deck…

started the morning in one of the new deck chairs… after I pulled out one of the cushions from the garage… needed a blanket and jacket, but the sun was shining;-)…

then I brought out the wicker set from under the tarp on the back deck… I purchased and put them together last year…

and got very comfortable… by that time the jacket was off and the blanket put to the side…

wonderful way to spend the first day that was warm and sunny enough to be outdoors…

gusto…

08 Thursday Jun 2017

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wonderful evening…

supper out with my dear friends… we went to Pizzeria Gusto and had a lovely dinner…

shared lobster risotto and roasted brussel sprouts… and ended with half of a chocolate tart… delicious…

we enjoy one another’s company and always have things to share…

dinner out was to celebrate one of our birthdays… we have a birthday bag that goes from person to person…

we have used this bag for many years and it has been repaired a few times… but the fun when we pull it out for the next person’s birthday is just wonderful…

the birthday woman wanted to eat on a patio and we thought we’d picked a great spot, but then discovered it didn’t have an actual patio where you could eat, lol…

took numerous emails and texts to work out our plan, but we did…

it was warm but not hot on the patio and, as always when we gather, time flew by and we had lots of fun…

dropped off at home and spotted these irises blooming…

nearly missed them… it was serendipitous that I stepped out onto the deck and walked just far enough to see them…

a final special moment to end a very special evening…

appreciation…

14 Thursday Jul 2016

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on my way out of the house this morning I dug out my camera to take some pictures of the flowers that were blooming…

one of the hibiscus flowers was just opening…

the raindrops are so pretty on the blossoms… and there have been lots of raindrops recently…

the datura is very happy in its pot… one day the pot might make it to the front yard, lol…

today was Staff Appreciation Day… we came in a bit later than usual and were treated to a lovely breakfast…

then we had a great workshop on DISC, a personal assessment tool…

DiSC® is the leading personal assessment tool used by over 1 million people every year to improve work productivity, teamwork and communication.

great to get more insight into how we can work more effectively as a team and learn a bit more about one another…

before heading out for lunch everyone got to choose a parcel and this is the one I chose…

the only one with a gift certificate to Thermea, woo hoo… I’ve been thinking about going for the last while, and now I will…

then we went to The MET for lunch on the patio, followed by the afternoon off…

returned home, turned the pump back on in the pond, and came into the house for a lovely nap…

feeling very nicely appreciated…

special…

30 Monday May 2016

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had a lovely evening…

dinner with a most special woman to celebrate our friendship…

we sat on couches on a patio in the sunshine and traded gifts with one another…

she treated me to a beautiful purple bird feeder and a solar dragonfly for the garden…

for her I’d found a compact umbrella and wrapped it with a pretty scarf… she is one of the best wrappers I have ever come across, so I was feeling a bit of pressure to do a good job, lol… she thought it looked great, yay…

had a virgin Caesar that had three olives in it… practically a meal…

followed that with a delicious pizza… tasty…

once I arrived home I found that two of the dahlias are breaking through the soil in one of the pots… very exciting…

ended the evening with three more special women… we shared stories of recent activities and had a picture presentation of one’s recent trip to the Galapagos Islands…