06 Thursday Sep 2018
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haven’t had any morning glories bloom for the last week…
so this morning I was happy to see two buds, although they weren’t open… I love how they unfurl from a tightly twisted centre…
I figured that they would open and then close before I got home after work…
was very pleased to discover eight blooms in the garden that were still open…
what a lovely surprise…
27 Friday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, feet, gentle, nails, purple, Total Wrapture, treat, vacation, widow
gave myself a lovely treat as I start this ten day vacation…
went for a pedicure at Total Wrapture and was looked after by Shauna who was so gentle as she worked on me…
I have sensitive feet and she was ever so careful as she went through the process of getting them ready for the colour…
I sometimes get ingrown toenails and she put a tiny piece of cotton under the nail which will help keep that from happening again… sure hope it works…
24 Tuesday Jul 2018
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afraid, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, classic, Courtenay, fun, good times, heights, July, memories, missing, moments, morning glories, purple, remembering, surgery, vacation, widow
wondering if the reason I’ve been missing my beloved so much lately has to do with the social media reminders of how difficult Julys have been for me…
he was always there to look after me…
eight years ago today I had a procedure which gave me pancreatitis and kept me in hospital for six weeks… my beloved came everyday and often brought photos of the morning glories that were blooming that day… this was by far the most painful health experience of my life and I cannot imagine how I would have managed without him…
six years ago in July I had surgery for cancer and to repair a hernia… he wasn’t there to support me for that one…
but I also remember the wonderful trip we had in July of 2011 when we went to Courtenay to visit the kids… we saw hundreds of classic cars, walked among the huge redwoods, went up the chairlift on Mount Washington and lived to tell the tale… anyone who knows us would know how afraid of heights we both were, and I still am…
a glorious time…
so amongst the dark times there were also some great times…
really, how blessed have I been…
17 Tuesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, cement, family, flowers, garden, happy, mandevilla, moments, pictures, purple, supper, treat, water, widow
started my day watering planters on the deck and getting a shot of the second mandevilla flower…
from there it was off to work, where my colleague replaced the seat on my office chair… so happy and comfortable;-)…
at lunch workers were putting down cement on the Millennium Library ramp and I so wanted to put my footprints into it…
but, I didn’t…
ended the day with the most delicious dinner… summer in a bowl… new potatoes from the local grocery store, with small beets and purple beans from my daughter’s garden… what a wonderful treat… that first meal of fresh vegetables is always memorable… no meat required…
14 Saturday Jul 2018
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have walked by a shop on Portage a number of times but a couple of weeks ago I stopped in…
picked up some stones…
then I was in it a few times last week…
need to be careful that I don’t stop by too often, I do love rocks and stones…
most of the stones (including some I’ve picked up elsewhere) are in a little dish beside my bed… a few live on my desk…
purple;-)…
09 Monday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, budding, datura, flowers, garden, hibiscus, moments, pictures, plants, purple, water, widow
had a lovely time in the garden this morning…
instead of walking on the treadmill I watered all the pots and planters one by one with a bucket… I find this very helpful because it ensures that each one gets the correct amount of water…
the daturas are looking stunning… seems like I couldn’t get enough pictures of them this morning… lots of buds and opening flowers…
the mandevilla continues to tease me by slowly getting closer to opening every day…
and the big excitement was the hibiscus beginning to open… took the open shot when I arrived home after work… it is so much happier in this space, just about four feet from where it was… amazing what finding just the right spot can do for the plant’s happiness;-)…
22 Friday Jun 2018
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baskets, big girl pants, daisies, design, flowers, garden, grandson, moments, plants, purple, quality, shopping, weeding, widow
had the most wonderful day…
walked over to the “A” and met my oldest grandson for breakfast…
on the way I came across a bunny having a snack and a goose looking for its friends…
after breakfast we went to Superstore and picked up a bunch of baskets to put in the front flowerbed…
we weeded… a lot… I cut back all the daisies so we can actually walk on the path up to the bridge over the pond…
we saw a butterfly on one of the chairs, found some jewellery for him to take home, got all the pots filled, and then washed the windows in the living and dining room while a thunderstorm rolled over…
he worked so hard in the side garden…
not perfect yet, but we are on the way… we redesigned how it is going to look and have a plan for once he gets back from his grad trip…
we ran out to the Outlet Mall and Polo Park and had leftover Chinese food for lunch…
sure do enjoy spend quality time with this young man…
20 Wednesday Jun 2018
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today my dear colleague, who has done a ton of work to help get my office organized, brought in the last piece…
it is a wall hanging that started its life as a table runner for my dining room…
she had it steamed, sewed up the edges, picked up a dowel and some hangers for it…
it fills the final spot on the wall perfectly…
I had a lovely orchid in the space, but a few days ago when I got to work it had dropped all of its blossoms…
just on the weekend, I had picked up another beautiful plant, so this morning, I strapped it into the seatbelt in the back of the car and brought it to work… made the trip perfectly and looks great in the space, although it has a white pot, not purple…
but it looks wonderful… and has a special feel about it…
19 Tuesday Jun 2018
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big girl pants, bruised, chair, fell, foot, garden, pillow, purple, soccer, swollen, tailgate, widow
before the soccer game on Sunday night we had our own tailgate party with ribs, carrots, potato and Caesar salad…
as I was filling my plate two of the travelling chairs that were leaning against the back of the vehicle fell onto my foot…
it hurt, but after a couple of minutes I went and ate my dinner… then the game started… I was happy to make it to a game that actually happened, lol…
about half way through my foot started to be uncomfortable… took off my shoe and realized that it had swelled up with a huge bump along the side…
iced it when I got home but it was sore…
spent yesterday at home with it raised up on a pillow…
this morning it felt and looked fine, so I headed in to work… by the afternoon it was a bit uncomfortable…
now that I’m home it is raised up again on a pillow..
going to be a great shade of purple tomorrow I think…
16 Saturday Jun 2018
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basket, beloved, big girl pants, flowers, garden, geraniums, mother-in-law, poppies, purple, red, widow
still thinking about those poppies…
when we were walking around the English Garden yesterday these poppies popped out at me…
a few weeks ago, one of the baskets we picked up had geraniums in it amongst the purple and white flowers…
I wasn’t sure I wanted to buy it because I am not fond of the scent of geraniums… my daughter suggested I remove them, but I decided to leave them in the container… a few died, but some have survived…
I’m finding now that the pop of red reminds me of the poppies, which remind me of my beloved… it also reminds me of my mother-in-law who planted geraniums alongside her driveway and overwintered them in the basement each year…
each time I walk by the window I see them from a distance and think of my beloved…
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