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rainbow…

05 Tuesday Jul 2016

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started out the morning with a bit of rain early and as I was leaving for work it stopped, but I got some great shots of the hibiscus…


a colleague mentioned she had taken a picture of a double rainbow last night… I was looking to the west and she was looking to the east about the same time I think… I got shots of cool cloud formations, lol…

tonight I looked out the window to see the brightest rainbow I’ve seen in a long time…


picture doesn’t do it justice… it was so bright…

went to another window a few minutes later and saw the whole rainbow…

had to take two pictures to get it all in…


and then it was gone…

what a treat… makes the frequent rain more bearable…

thunderstorms…

04 Monday Jul 2016

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interesting weather day…

started off at 19 Celsius and sunny… but it did say something about thunderstorms later in the day…

when I got into the car at the end of the day it registered 32 and the sky was starting to get dark, but it didn’t rain on my drive…

once I was home and ate my dinner the rain began…


not that we really need more rain… the hibiscus has many yellow leaves from too much water…

and then the sky opened up and dumped so fast that it was difficult to see out the window and it looked like smoke was coming from the neighbour’s roof as the wind blew the rain across it…


it didn’t hail here, although it certainly made me think it was going to… but it did about 15 streets to the west…

by the time my friends arrived it had stopped raining and while we were visiting the sky started to clear and the sun came out…

when they left the sun was shining from the backside of the clouds so I had to get a picture of the lovely pink highlights…


always think how lovely it is to be able to enjoy these special moments in time… not only the weather but the opportunity to spend time with these wonderful and wise women…

jammies…

29 Wednesday Jun 2016

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slept over at the kids’ and was up for a grade 5 farewell…


very well done celebration and it ended with cake and punch… someone had three pieces, lol… wonder how the rest of his day was… big brother even came along so he could see his former teachers… pretty good school when kids want to come back and visit…


squeezed a picture out of the family before they flew off in different directions…

after a bit of time in their backyard, was dropped at home where I had lunch and a nap… for my dinner I warmed up some risotto that a friend had brought to me a few days ago and made some coleslaw to go with it… 


was yummy…

then headed to a local soccer field to watch the oldest grandson play… looked like it might spit a bit so I took a rain jacket… 


good plan, because it poured for at least half of the game… but those kids just kept playing like troupers…


by the time it ended the sun was out and so were the mosquitoes…


when I got home I discovered that my shorts were very wet, so I changed into my jammies and made a pot of tea…

been a busy few weeks, but lots of fun…

thunder…

12 Sunday Jun 2016

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quiet day, well except for the thunder… and the rain… 

this was the sky in two directions around ten this morning…

dark and brooding toward the west…

but it looked like it was clearing to the east… not true, lol… rained off and on all day…


my lunch included the last of a bbq grocery store chicken… bought it about a week ago and have been eating it since then… made dinners, a few work lunches, and some meals over the weekend… a friend who has had a difficult year talked about how she had lived on these for months on end as it was a healthy option that didn’t involve a great expenditure of energy to produce…

my goal for the last year and a half has been to ensure there are veggies at every meal… so for this lunch I made gazpacho… pretty happy with how many vegetables I got into it… celery, sad grape tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, mini peppers and basil from the (very wet!) deck… tasty…

chose outfits and packed my bag… hoping I have enough cool clothes as apparently it is very warm in Atlanta… 

yesterday I picked up a top and couple of pairs of shorts to add to the mix…


barely taking anything that is purple… still need to find something in case it is cold…

plants…

28 Saturday May 2016

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early morning again, but chose a hot tub as I was awake anyway… even though it was overcast, the birds sang the entire time I was outside… lovely start to the day…

great brunch with friends at a location I hadn’t been to yet… nice… also good to catch up…

my daughter and I went to Shelmerdine to pick up the last few plants for the garden… so happy to get the butterfly bush and milkweed… while we were there picked up four shubunkins for the pond… 


these should encourage the monarchs to visit the garden this summer… hoping my grandson comes by tomorrow so he can dig these in, lol…


although all the rain has been a bit of a downer for me, all of the plants are very happy… they’ve grown tremendously in just a week…

the fish went into the winter condo as we are waiting for the tadpoles to turn into frogs before they move out to the pond…

ended the day weeding – a tiny bit – and reading in the garden…

never did rain… ended up a great day…

listening…

23 Monday May 2016

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woke up just after midnight wondering what I was hearing…

took me a minute to realize it was rain pounding against the open window… once what I was listening to sank into my brain, I jumped up and closed the windows and patio door… then I went downstairs to see if it was coming in the corner of the basement, but it was dry…

when I got up in the morning it was fresh and green outside and the rain had stopped… after grocery shopping I took this picture out the front window…


always interesting how the rain can green everything up so nicely, much better than watering can…

sat out in the garden for a good portion of the day enjoying the beauty and finishing a novel…

kids came for dinner and we had our first meal of the season on the deck…


lovely, because often by dinner time it is already cooling off and we end up in the dining room…

afterwards there was some hot tubbing and visiting and I took this shot of the sky with some beautiful  clouds floating by…


the family stayed later than usual which was nice, and I am enjoying a last few minutes of quiet in the garden before heading in…

will be going to bed early tonight after a busy, but productive, long weekend…

I truly am blessed, having my family around me and the health to be able to enjoy working and spending time in the garden…

rain…

10 Tuesday May 2016

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woke up to the gentle sound of rain on the window… we’ve really needed it…


could almost see the grass getting greener, lol…

was a bit worried because I am still getting water in the basement if it rains a lot… happily, when I got home and checked, it was dry… even though it rained on and off all day…

finally wore my new Patagonia rain jacket when I headed out for my lunch date… bought it for New York, but the weather was great so I never used it…

met a friend at deer + almond… my first time there and it was excellent… food was tasty and the service was impeccable…


I had an open faced seared tuna sandwich with a goat cheese salad… yum…

spent time in the water after work as my swimming pal and I went for an aquasize class…

lots of water today, lol…

dull…

23 Friday Oct 2015

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yesterday morning the sun was shining on us as we drove to work…

  
this morning I headed to work early for a dentist appointment… it was dark and raining… proceeded to rain for most of the day… very dull and on top of that the dentist found a cavity…

had a rough day with flashbacks to the day George died… three and a half years later and it still stabs at my heart… not really what I want to be remembering and certainly drains my energy…

had a wonderful gabfest with a couple of my dear friends last evening… great to have the opportunity to catch up and spend time together…

  
I was given this amazing glass spoon, with a tiny bit of purple and turquoise on it… plan to make it my tea spoon so it will get lots of use… it feels amazing…

  

water…

04 Friday Sep 2015

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quite a day…

had to top up the water in the pond, so I spent a few minutes enjoying the fish… always makes me feel calm and relaxed…  

  

overcast when we headed to work… but still nice…

around two our fire alarm went off…

  
out we went, and across the street to the approved gathering spot… started to spit while we were out there… 

three fire trucks and two other fire vehicles arrived to check things out… work in the basement may have caused the alarm, so we were back inside within half an hour, once they were able to find the alarm panel and turn it off… that bell is very loud…

within five minutes of our return to the office the sky went black and the heavens opened…

  

picked up by my daughter and grandson and we went to The Burger Place for supper as the concert they were going to was cancelled due to the storm…

  
it was still raining and the puddles were amazing…

  
my daughter took this great shot of the corner where we were having our supper… one of George’s favourite places…

got home and was happy to discover that, although water had come into the basement, it had mainly been soaked up by the towels that I leave on the floor…

  
a bit had run across the floor to the drain, but nothing had gone as far as the carpet…

  

probably didn’t need to top up the pond, lol…

storm…

11 Saturday Jul 2015

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am dripping wet right now…

  
hard to see but there is a rainbow in this picture… this is what it looked like after I ran out in the pouring rain and put away all the cushions… first time they have been soaked, sigh… should have put them away before supper…

the day had been perfect up till the storm…

  
fish were out and about…

  
watered all the planters and baskets and they are doing well…

  
found a small tomato…

  
couple of green peppers…

  
and an eggplant… woo hoo…

  
mandevilla is ready to open…

  
and the million bells basket is beautiful…

the rain has ended but the thunder is still rolling…