13 Saturday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, couple, feeder, finch, garden, pond, purple finch, quiet, widow
quiet day by the pond…
had some lovely visitors…
maybe a purple finch couple;-)… they stayed for quite a while…
25 Friday Jan 2019
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big girl pants, birthdays, celebrate, circles, instead, moment, quiet, struggles, treadmill, widow
spent a few quiet moments this morning… first time in over a week that I haven’t been downstairs and walking on the treadmill…
instead, I spent some time quietly thinking of recent and upcoming birthdays… many in my circles have had or will be having birthdays soon…
lots of struggles as we age, and we try to support one another the best way we can…
a reminder for me to make the most of every day and be sure to take time to be in the moment…
20 Thursday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, family, haircut, heron, presents, quiet, restful, slippery, walk, widow, wrapping
today I finished wrapping the presents and put them under the tree…
also received a parcel from Ottawa with a few pieces to add to the pile:-)…
it came with a lovely card… it has a heron on it… I love herons…
was going to walk to get my hair cut but after taking out the recycling and garbage decided that it was way too slippery…
enjoying these restful days before the busyness of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day…
11 Sunday Nov 2018
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anticipated, big girl pants, ceremony, chocolate, family, moments, nap, quiet, remembering, Remembrance Day, sky, snow, widow
anticipated a quiet day… no plans to go out or anyone coming over… I would watch the Remembrance Day service on Parliament Hill and read and watch tv…
woke up to blue sky out the window… haven’t had much of that recently, so it was a great treat…
I did a few little jobs around the house and settled in to watch the service…
received a message that someone was going to drop off some chocolate within the hour, so I responded saying as long as it wasn’t while the service was on…
then my son-in-law called and said he was on the way over for tea… he and the youngest arrived just as the moment of silence was taking place…
we watched together and a few minutes later there was a loud noise coming from the driveway… the person who is going to clear my snow had come over and was blowing the little bit of snow on the ground with a strong leaf blower… I wrote out cheques while we were watching the tv and then waited for him to knock on the door… eventually I realized he had left…
about then the kids left…
didn’t really get to watch much of the ceremony, lol…
decided not to nap in case either the snow blower person or the chocolate person turned up…
the snow clearing person arrived a bit later and I gave him the cheques…
wasn’t until I was making supper that the chocolate person arrived…
much busier day than expected…
12 Thursday Jul 2018
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watered the garden this morning before leaving the house…
the plants are all quite happy and there are many flowers…
woke up with a headache which progressed throughout the morning and by lunchtime it was raging…
so bad, in fact, that I took pills and lay on the floor in our meeting room with lights out and blinds closed…
thankfully, eventually the headache dulled and I made it through the rest of the day…
quiet dinner and early to bed tonight…
16 Saturday Dec 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, burgers, cold, grandson, memories, power, quiet, shopping, snow, walk, widow
bit of an odd day… woke up at 6:15, made a thermos of tea and went back to bed… it had snowed a bit in the night…
at 7:30 the power went off and didn’t come back on for two hours… happy to have the warm tea as the temperature in the house dropped to 69 Celcius…
it is always so quiet when the power is off… and with the fresh blanket of snow it felt very cozy… particularly because I didn’t have to go out…
once the power was back on I spent some time working on a project and later met up with my daughter and eldest grandson at the mall… oh my… what was I thinking…
cars and people everywhere… good news is that I now have just about everything I need…
stopped to pick up A & W teen burgers, onion rings and fries and then home… teen burgers from A & W were a treat we would sometimes have on our way home from work… nice to enjoy them with my grandson who is spending the night and helping me with some chores around the house tomorrow…
a number of people say he looks just like my beloved;-)…
11 Monday Dec 2017
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big girl pants, blanket, blessed, footprints, garden, moments, nature, pictures, quiet, snow, tree, white, widow
during the night snow fell and blanketed the neighbourhood…
it is a lovely sight to wake up to such beauty… and it always seems so quiet and peaceful…
here’s the view from the front of the house…
the reflection of the tree in the window is cool… and I like the glass ball in the bottom picture…
the back looks like it has a warm white blanket over everything…
thankfully it wasn’t deep, so I didn’t have any trouble getting out of the garage…
I like to be the first one to make tracks in the snow… although I also like when it is all clear, lol…
and finally this view from the front steps… I actually went outside and left footprints in the snow so I could get this picture…
wonderful start to the week… hope yours was as lovely…
28 Tuesday Nov 2017
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bedroom, big girl pants, chocolate, club, hot, hot chocolate, hot tub, Lindt, mattress, quiet, widow
had a wonderful hot tub tonight… the stars were bright and it was very quiet… because the temperature has been so warm there wasn’t even the sound of skating in the rink at the community club, because the ice is likely melted…
been a while since the tub has been working properly, so it was great to go out and have it hot, lol…
when I came back in I made some hot chocolate with coconut milk and a few squares of a coconut Lindt bar… topped the snack off with some almonds…
I’m slowly reintegrating items into the bedroom and I started with this little vignette…
always fun to reorganize a space, but it can be a bit of work…
tomorrow a new mattress will be arriving which should help with my sleep…
looking forward to having the space all set up and comfortable… one little step at a time…
24 Sunday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, family, flowers, garden, grandsons, hibiscus, memories, purple, quiet, rainy, shopping, supper, weather, widow
mostly a quiet day, except when I went out to grocery shop and run a few errands…
it rained on and off the whole day…
was chilly too… the late blooming hibiscus doesn’t seem to be minding the colder weather…
had been planning to pick up some flowers but instead picked up this water bottle which jumped right off the shelf into my cart:-)… and it was on sale, so I really had no choice, lol…
my grandsons came for dinner and we had a good time… dad was working and mom was home sick… they helped get supper ready and with clean up…
a minute ago the oldest was being born… now the three of them come and visit on their own… time flies crazy fast;-)…
24 Monday Jul 2017
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big girl pants, English Garden, flowers, garden, Habitat, Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, pictures, quiet, walk, widow
on my way to the Park yesterday I walked past the Habitat for Humanity Build…
made me laugh because I hadn’t realized it was happening two blocks away from my house… as it was Sunday there wasn’t any activity…
the Gardens were beautiful… I hadn’t been for a few weeks, so it was lovely to see how well they were looking…
lots of people wandering around so I had to stop and wait for just the right moment to get my shots… they are clearly ready for the influx of visitors to the city at the end of the week…
once back at home I spent the day in the garden… lots of reading and relaxing… very quiet…
a lovely end to a wonderful family-filled weekend…
