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beauty…

02 Monday Jun 2014

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was so happy yesterday to get a new hibiscus… looked lovely in the vignette on the deck…

20140602-223511-81311031.jpgthis afternoon when I got home it had two beautiful flowers on it… didn’t get out for a picture till dusk, but it still looks great… it is supposed to be a tri-colour so will see if some yellow and light pink blossoms turn up…

tonight I also had on the big girl pants when I removed an old scale off the wall and put up a very slim purple one…

20140602-224011-81611632.jpgit looks great with the lotus blossom bowl covers… useful and decorative…

flowers…

31 Saturday May 2014

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enjoyed a lovely morning… got my hair purpled and then went to a garden centre where I had way too much fun…

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20140531-213700-77820763.jpghad a very large cart which was hard to maneuver around the plants, but amazingly I managed…

20140531-214015-78015493.jpggot some help with what to put in the pots that are going into the front bed… hope I can remember what goes with what…

20140531-214157-78117930.jpgwas forced to stop shopping when I ran out of room in the cart… but I did get a beautiful water hyacinth and a lovely water lily for the pond…

20140531-214401-78241437.jpgunfortunately I worked on one of the ponds in the garden and spent a bit too much time in the sun… may have a touch of sunstroke as I’ve been feeling sick for the rest of the day…

20140531-215527-78927162.jpgtomorrow planting will happen… and I will work in the shade, lol…

spring planting makes me happy, but it also makes me miss my beloved…

presents…

06 Tuesday May 2014

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a couple of days ago I hung up one of my birthday presents from Cyndi and Ron…

used one of the command fasteners and apparently got the directions right, lol…

20140506-223923.jpgthis is a lid for bowls… it sits on top of the bowl and you can actually pick it up by the little handle… but it is easy to lift it from the edge… going to be way better than plastic or foil… may need to get another couple…

I also got purple toilet paper… very cool…

and my favourite gift was an infinity scarf covered with butterflies… sadly I forgot it at their house after wearing it every day while I was there, but they will bring it when they come in June…

great reminders of a wonderful time…

vacation day three…

27 Sunday Apr 2014

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woke up fairly early and spent some time deleting photos from my phone while the kids slept…

once they were up and dressed, we checked out of our room, got some directions and tickets from the concierge and headed out…

we went to Vasco da Gama for Montreal bagels…

20140427-220036.jpgthey were delicious… then we went in search of the Metro so we could get to the Montreal Botanical Garden…

20140427-220248.jpgtoday was the last day of a Butterflies Go Free exhibition… we had to walk up a hill but eventually got there and spent a couple of hours wandering through exhibits which included an orchid section and the amazing butterfly area… took many pictures and had an awesome time…

20140427-220932.jpgwas privileged to have one land on my head, which I felt, although I didn’t feel it lift off… maybe the purple in my hair looked tasty… after our fun there, we walked to the Biodome where we had a quick snack and wandered through four displays… saw a penguin that looked just like one from Happy Feet!

caught the Metro back downtown and had a last bite of poutine at La Belle Province…

20140427-221636.jpgpicked up our luggage and took the two hour train trip back to Ottawa, a short trip on the bus, and we were back in the apartment to catch this lovely sunset…

20140427-222021.jpgwonderful fun-filled day…

soon taking my poor sore feet to bed, lol…

busy evening…

29 Wednesday Jan 2014

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not very often that I have visitors in the evening… well, other than Monday nights, lol…

tonight I had two different ones…

possble picture for the purple wall...

possible picture for the purple wall…

a colleague dropped off a picture for me to check out and see if I want to use it on the new purple wall… thinking I like it, but will need to have a look at it in the daylight…

very shortly after that a friend stopped by to pick up the car to use while she is in town over the next few days…

I had made tea, but both women had things to do and places to be, so I had to drink the tea all on my own…

during the day my contractor friend was by and painted the new door upstairs purple… it looks amazing… so then I had to stage the room to get a picture for you…

purple door in the bedroom...

purple door in the bedroom…

made me giggle a bit… for quite a long period in our life I had red everywhere and it drove George a bit batty… I wonder what he would think now as the purple slowly creeps into the house room by room…

sometimes wearing those big girl pants is kind of fun…

purple…

27 Monday Jan 2014

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this morning, I helped my contractor move the couch, after having moved all the breakables out of the living room before he arrived…

before the paint job...

before the paint job with furniture out of the way…

I headed off to work around 10:30 and he started to paint the end wall… you guessed it – purple…

after the paint job...

after the paint job…

when I arrived home about 7:45 this evening, there it was in all its glory.. I just love it… when we picked the paint on Saturday it took all of three minutes for me to make a decision and I was worried a bit yesterday as to whether it was the correct shade of purple… the name is Morpheus, which I hadn’t looked at until after picking it… I do find that the name can affect whether I like a paint colour or not…

I feel as though I am morphing into a new person and when I looked the name up, this is what Wikipedia said:

Morpheus (/ˈmɔrfiəs/ or /ˈmɔrfjuːs/) is a god of dreams who appears in Ovid‘s Metamorphoses. Morpheus has the ability to take any human form and appear in dreams. His true semblance is that of a winged daemon, imagery shared with many of his siblings. Starting in the medieval period, the name Morpheus began to stand generally for the god of dreams or of sleep.[1]

after painting the wall, he installed the sliding barn door upstairs in the bedroom… it isn’t painted yet, but it looks wonderful… the two bi-fold doors were both removed and this new door slides on a track and can cover one or the other opening… the only time I close the bedroom door is if the boys are over and I need to change clothes… otherwise it will cover the closet door… already the room looks more spacious…

my son-in-law and I had done quite a bit of work finding the track and runners and then he found an old door at his house that we could use… he was all ready to get working on it when family health issues drew a halt to the project… but now it is up thanks to his planning, and my contractor…

looking forward to the final work to get the door finished and the closet repaired and painted as well…

 

nature…

18 Sunday Aug 2013

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this morning I got up, put out the cushions in the garden and had a hot tub… it was lovely and the sun was shining… by the time I had searched for my book, the sky was overcast and after a short time we had a big thunderstorm…

water came into the basement again, but I now keep towels on the floor and because of the direction of the rain anticipated the problem… all cleaned up now but it does make me think that I will need to get someone in to look at this, sigh…

waited for quite a while before going out to do some shopping because I wanted to be sure everything stayed dry downstairs…

squirrel jumped from garage to tree, couldn't believe it...

squirrel jumped from garage to tree, couldn’t believe it…

 

saw a squirrel jump from the corner of the garage to one of the trees along the fence… have never seen that before…

went to a number of stores… BestBuy was one because the wireless mouse on the laptop just stopped working on Friday, and I really dislike using the mouse pad… got me a beautiful white one with some lovely purple on it… working very well…

then I went to the Apple Store looking for a genius because I’ve been having a couple of issues with my iPhone 5… pictures that I send to myself from my phone are all of a sudden embedded in the email and no longer attached… this is quite a pain as I often take pictures for the blog with my iPhone… have a short term solution but no one really seems to know why this happens…

second problem is that I can’t iMessage one of my girls… works fine for everyone else, except her all of a sudden… they couldn’t figure that one out and have sent a request to the engineers to see if they can figure it out…

barbecued steak for my dinner...

barbecued steak for my dinner…

this evening had barbecued steak for dinner, which doesn’t sound like that big a deal, except that I did the barbecuing… first time since George’s death… it was excellent and I was able to get it going without a problem…

those big girl pants…

first morning glory buds, one of my favourites...

first morning glory buds, one of my favourites…

wandered around the garden and spotted some buds starting on the Morning Glories and the Hibiscus has finally got a couple as well…

first buds on the hibiscus as well, very late in the season...

first buds on the hibiscus as well, very late in the season…

the pond is murky from the storm… will see if it is clear tomorrow…

three surprises…

15 Monday Jul 2013

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three lovely surprises today…

our Mexico Vacation books arrived this afternoon… they are lovely and show all the fun we had when we were there… we have one for each family to keep… it is nearly six months since we were there, and the book brings back lots of memories of the fun times we had when we were all together…

Mexico Vacation book...

Mexico Vacation book…

when I got home I checked the pond out and realized that someone had been by and watered the hydrangeas – one of which is looking exceptionally sad…

checked the phone and had a message telling me that a light had been installed in the waterfall portion of the pond and that it had a remote control and could change colours…  I tried to take a picture of it purple, but it was a bit too dark to see anything but the purple light…  will have to take another picture tomorrow night before it gets too dark…

then one of our BS group who has been living in Regina and popping into and out of Winnipeg arrived in person for our Monday night gathering… another of the group made it as well while the two remaining members were off to the lake and out for dinner…

we had a lovely visit on the deck and enjoyed the breeze while we chatted…

all in all, a wonderful day…

 

purple plus…

05 Friday Jul 2013

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had a lovely day off…

laid abed and watched a bit of tv, did some computer work and headed out for a pedicure – purple – then got my hair done to match…

water running in the pond...

waterfall running in the pond…

came home, had a short nap and then was surprised by the pond guys turning up…  they worked away, laying edging, stones and sod, and eventually they got the waterfall running… yay… it looks great… still a fair bit to do but they will be back on Monday…

bunny we spotted on our walk to get dinner...

bunny we spotted on our walk to get dinner…

Crystal and the little boys came over and she mowed the grass while the boys and I walked to Subway to pick up supper which we all enjoyed…

2 boys going up...

2 boys going up…

 

Crystal pulled some large weeds in the front flower bed and I got talked into two sleepover friends…

2 boys running down...

2 boys running down…

they are headed to bed, as am I… been a full day and I expect that we will be up early in the morning…

the weather…

29 Friday Mar 2013

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wasn’t going to do anything today… a day to rest, as tomorrow and Sunday will be busy…

last night before bed I took some nice shots of the moon through some trees behind the house… I had been on my way to bed but it was so beautiful that I had to run and get my tripod and camera and take a few pictures…

moon through the trees...

moon through the trees…

so this morning when I woke up to fog, I took some pictures of that as well…

had a lovely time cleaning out a portion of a closet…  it was great fun to pack stuff up to give away, dump things into the recycling and garbage and find some space…

then I called and booked an appointment for a hair cut and purple and got in right away…  took my camera when I headed out because there was gorgeous hoarfrost on the trees…

the house with the lonely tree...

the house with the lonely tree…

after my hair appointment I drove through Assiniboine Park and took some pictures… later I spent quite a while on the computer uploading the pictures and organizing…

trees covered in hoarfrost...

trees covered in hoarfrost…

driving through the Park reminded me of the fun George and I would often have there… I took pictures of some trees that we often stopped at…

it was a lovely day… very re-creational…