when I was working on a project I ended up with this left on the saucer…
thought it was pretty, so took a few photos;-)…
saucer…
25 Thursday Feb 2021
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Tag Archives: purple
fever…
24 Wednesday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, fever, garden, happy, moments, nature, orchid, plants, purple, reorganize, widow
I seem to be in the midst of Spring fever…
spent time rearranging plants around the main floor trying to change it up a bit…
moved one of the orchids from the dining room garden to the living room window and placed it into a vase I received when I retired… I think I like it…
I clustered the African violets together and moved a fern from one spot to another…
it will be interesting to see if they all like their new locations…
I am also watching the mandevilla, which I think, has a bud starting… very exciting…
squares…
21 Sunday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, change, garden, hearts, memories, moments, pictures, purple, squares, table, widow
spent time today putting away all the hearts and refreshing the living room table…
often at this time of year I would be filling it with rocks and shells, but that seems a little early…
I gathered up all the silver and purple ornaments and took them downstairs…
then I put some Chihuly calendar pictures in the four squares and added a few other items… one square has my gardening books as I’ve been looking through them to work on the garden design for the summer…
another has a few of my favourite children’s books in it, and some cards with fun pictures of time on Maui…
the third one holds my new pouch and postcards…
the last one has items to read… magazines, my tablet and kobo… and some butterfly things…
looks good and makes me happy…
wool…
16 Tuesday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, moments, pancakes, photos, purple, roses, sunlight, widow, wool
had a relaxing and productive day…
after finding another skein of wool, I finished (again) my little throw, lol… it is a good size now and will keep me warm on cold days in the den…
followed by pancakes and chicken livers ordered in for my lunch (and supper)…
then I had a lovely time taking photos of some of the roses…
ended the afternoon reading in the warm sunlight in the living room…
crochet…
08 Monday Feb 2021
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100 Day Project, big girl pants, blessed, crafts, crochet, moments, purple, time, widow
on January 31st I picked up a project that had been sitting in my closet for at least two years…
it was a partially crocheted blanket that I had started and then walked away from… it was going to be for the bed, but I think it is a little small for that…
I decided to work on it for the 100 Day Project, so I’ve been doing a row or two each evening…
last night I finished it;-)… it is going to be great to cuddle up under in the den…
particularly in this cold weather…
hanging…
07 Sunday Feb 2021
cut the blooms off the hyacinth plants yesterday morning… when I walked into the living room they were all hanging over the edges of their pots…
put the purple ones in the bathroom…
the yellow ones went on the ledge between the kitchen and dining room…
moved the pots into the dining room garden… a bit of additional green looks good… that garden is getting bigger;-)…
now the scent is everywhere on the main floor…
doorway…
29 Friday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, delivering, doorway, family, Indi, mask, moments, purple, shopping, shovelling, snow, weather, widow
my grandsons came by… one to shovel and the other to bring me a few items…
it was nice to see them both… the younger one stepped inside the back door where he warmed up his cold hands and drank some of the hot chocolate I made for him…
the older one stepped inside the front door and brought in the items he had picked up… we had a short chat, he in the doorway with a mask on, and me on the far side of the living room with a mask on… nice to have a short chat with him as well…
once the shovelling was finished, they headed off with a few treats I’d gathered up for them;-)…
it was nice to see Indi, even if she was dirty, lol…
smelling…
28 Thursday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, hyacinth, moments, nature, purple, smelling, treat, white, widow
so excited to have received hyacinth plants… my grandson picked them up for me at Safeway…
one is in a pot with three in it… they will be white when they open…
a smaller pot contains a single purple one…
looking forward to seeing and smelling the blooms…
pouch…
26 Tuesday Jan 2021
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bean to bar, big girl pants, blessed, CanadianChocoholic, chocolate, family, flowers, friends, moments, orchid, pouch, purple, Tea, treat, widow
yesterday we had an online chocolate tasting in the afternoon… it was the gift I gave my four buddies for Christmas…
before it started I spent time preparing my space for the call… moved most of my orchids into the pass through and put fabric behind it so the light wouldn’t cause a problem… looked great;-)…
everyone received a package in the mail with a beautiful handmade pouch holding four chocolate bars… three were the same for everyone, and one was different for each of us…
besides information on how to taste, choose and buy chocolate, forms to use to describe tasting information on each bar, there were little treats included as well… a chocolate flavoured tea, hot chocolate, a cocoa bean and cocoa nibs…
we had a lovely time, learned a huge amount about cacao, its origins and how it is made into the chocolate that we enjoy… we were able to ask questions throughout and shared what we thought of each bar…
thanks to Cyndi (@CanadianChocoholic) for the wonderful experience…
one of us couldn’t get their camera to work, but was able to see us, even if we couldn’t see them… there was a lot of laughter and delicious chocolate eating, uh, tasting, happening…
what a great treat… as much a gift for me as my buddies…
pashmina…
21 Thursday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, events, fun, gift, gratitude, happy, memories, moments, pashmina, pin, purple, remembering, widow
this morning my contemplating card was about gratitude…
a short time later I was putting on this lovely pashmina which hangs on the back of one of the chairs in the living room… it was a gift from a dear friend and is pink and purple…
I added a magnetic pin that I received at one of the SHEday events to hold it closed…
reminded me of how grateful I am to have many great and caring friends, and that I have participated in some amazing activities…
another thing I am grateful for is that when we remember something particular, usually we focus on the fun/good parts, not necessarily the things that weren’t as much fun, lol…
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