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designing…

16 Thursday Mar 2023

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Wednesday was the day… I took the bouquet that came twelve days ago and separated it into three different arrangements…

the roses have been gone for quite a while but the remainder were doing quite well…

the biggest problem had been getting the water into it as the foam really filled up the top so there wasn’t room to easily add water…

started with designing this first arrangement in an oval shaped vase… it came out nicely I think… it is going upstairs into the bedroom…

ready for a new life…
in oval vase and looking good…
in its new spot in the bedroom…

there were so many greens that I filled another small container with them and added two of the carnations… this one has gone into the bathroom…

finally, the mums and a couple of daisies went into a very small bottle and were put in the den…

so that meant that the orchid collection has returned to the living room table…

flowers everywhere;-)…

eleven…

05 Sunday Mar 2023

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got a call from the florist Friday, advising they had a delivery for me…

not long after, the doorbell rang and a parcel was handed to me…

when I removed the packaging, I found a beautiful purple vase filled with flowers… what a treat…

they were from the kids in Ottawa… to celebrate my beloved… today will mark eleven years since he left us…

time has flown by and barely moved…

I am going to enjoy these beautiful flowers and take many, many, photos of them as I remember all the wonderful times we had together…

I have been, and continue to be, blessed…

white…

02 Thursday Mar 2023

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happy that I finally got a nice photo of the cute new little white orchids…

have had the plant for a few weeks now, but just couldn’t get a nice shot of a single bloom…

looks cute on the living room table along with the other new orchid and two little grape hyacinths which have just started to scent the air;-)…

and the new display in the table looks nice as well… some of my rock collection from Goose Spit with a few crystals thrown in;-)…

crocheted…

21 Tuesday Feb 2023

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on some of the colder days, I’ve been wrapping up in a blanket when I sit and read in the living room…

Ive been using the crocheted one that I made a few years ago and just recently found a post telling me that I finished it two years ago on February 7, 2021…

it is very cozy and I enjoy using it…

skinny…

15 Wednesday Feb 2023

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put out a heart on the front door yesterday to celebrate Valentine’s Day…

then I shovelled the bottom third of the driveway…

a bit skinny, but I think a car would fit there, lol…

bedside…

02 Thursday Feb 2023

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to make cleaning easier I always put most of the items on the bedside table into the drawer before the cleaners arrive…

after they leave I bring the items back out…

I absolutely love the amethyst heart that I purchased for my birthday when we were in Hawaii…

it sits at the edge of the Google Display and makes me smile every time I see it;-)…

took it downstairs into the sunlight to get a good photo before returning it back to its spot;-)…

caught…

23 Monday Jan 2023

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enjoyed the aquasize class although I lost a quarter when the key wouldn’t come out of the slot, lol…

the new gloves really do work well, although they caught on the rail as I was getting out of the pool…

next time I will take them off before I get to the stairs… but they sure look great with my water shoes;-)…

gear…

10 Tuesday Jan 2023

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yesterday my new swim gloves arrived…

and they happen to be purple;-)…

our instructor recommends them as essential gear… can’t wait to try them out later in the week…

banging…

25 Sunday Dec 2022

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I wasn’t expecting to get up early, but apparently my body remembers previous Christmas mornings, lol… although it was 6:47 am when I woke up, for many years it was often around 4… and I would eventually start banging pots in the kitchen to encourage all of the sleepers to wake up…

around 7:30 I got up, made breakfast and then read for a while in the living room enjoying the tree lights…

there were matching pyjamas, calls, texts, visits and naps throughout the day… the naps may have had something to do with the 6:47 wake-up, lol…

spaced amongst all of that were relaxing dinner preparations… beautiful mashed potatoes, delicious stuffing and tasty gravy went perfectly with chicken, turnip, ham, and previously homemade cranberry sauce…

I was absolutely spoiled with a myriad of wonderful gifts…

a lovely day… amazingly blessed, as always…

paintbox…

18 Sunday Dec 2022

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had some fun this morning… after going out and shovelling the droppings from the city snow plows…

been planning to colour the letters for these chocolate ornaments that I received from Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers…

finally got around to it… sadly there was no purple in the paintbox🤪…

I am pleased with how they came out… I used some of my gifts from last year in a slightly different way and enjoyed the time…

now they are on the tree…

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