21 Tuesday Feb 2023
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on some of the colder days, I’ve been wrapping up in a blanket when I sit and read in the living room…
Ive been using the crocheted one that I made a few years ago and just recently found a post telling me that I finished it two years ago on February 7, 2021…
it is very cozy and I enjoy using it…
20 Monday Feb 2023
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had a quiet day… it was snowing when I got up and didn’t stop until around 4 pm…
then the sun came out and it looked beautiful… looked being the operative word as, sadly, right now it feels like -30 Celsius… brrrrr…
spent a good portion of the day on the couch reading a book by one of my favourite authors and barely got my steps in… when I am into one of those books, it is hard to stop to get up and walk around…
but, was happy to take a few pictures of the lovely blooms around the space…
life is good…
01 Wednesday Feb 2023
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great excitement…
got a call from my next door neighbour… we are both readers and share books on a regular basis…
she was at a thrift store and found books by one of our favourite authors… she wanted to check to see if we had read all the ones that were available…
we chatted and went through the list that I’ve made as I’ve read the books… I used the list inside one of the covers and have noted each book we’ve read…
we discovered six… yay…
once she dropped them off, I went through the list and marked the books in order of where they are on the list, which is the order I will read them… I also included three that I had just purchased…
so, you may not hear from me for a while, lol…
25 Sunday Dec 2022
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I wasn’t expecting to get up early, but apparently my body remembers previous Christmas mornings, lol… although it was 6:47 am when I woke up, for many years it was often around 4… and I would eventually start banging pots in the kitchen to encourage all of the sleepers to wake up…
around 7:30 I got up, made breakfast and then read for a while in the living room enjoying the tree lights…
there were matching pyjamas, calls, texts, visits and naps throughout the day… the naps may have had something to do with the 6:47 wake-up, lol…
spaced amongst all of that were relaxing dinner preparations… beautiful mashed potatoes, delicious stuffing and tasty gravy went perfectly with chicken, turnip, ham, and previously homemade cranberry sauce…
I was absolutely spoiled with a myriad of wonderful gifts…
a lovely day… amazingly blessed, as always…
03 Wednesday Aug 2022
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I’ve been enjoying my time reading in the garden…
the one issue has been a lack of steps, lol…
recently, I’ve set a timer for twenty minutes of reading and then five minutes of walking, either around the garden or in the spot…
I’ve had some success with a few days of over ten thousand steps… which makes me happy…
now there is no guilt whatsoever about spending the entire day reading😊…
01 Friday Jul 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Canada, family, fireworks, gather, learning, memories, moments, munched, Park, popcorn, reading, remembering, Technology, trees, widow
in recent years Canada day has been a much quieter event for me…
for many years my beloved and I would have a gathering with family, friends and neighbours, and end the day with huge bowls of popcorn which we would consume as the fireworks went off at the Park…
chairs for everyone would be placed out on the street and there was lots of oohing and aahing at the fireworks as we munched on the popcorn…
this afternoon, I made a bowl of popcorn and munched on it thinking of the past and dreaming of a more inclusive future…
after forty plus years, the trees have grown so much that we could no longer see most of the display and over the last few years the Park hasn’t set off fireworks due to construction happening where the staging area used to be…
last year it felt like celebrating would be an insult to our First Nations peoples and so I spent time learning more of our sad history…
today I hung an orange heart on the front door and wore an orange shirt with red leggings… I continue to learn and support in ways that I am able…
I love this country and hope that we can do better… I am finding these to be very complicated feelings and continue to struggle with them…
03 Tuesday May 2022
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today I ate my lunch on the deck… first time this year…
yay… it has been a very, very long winter and spring has not been welcoming…
afterwards I sat, enjoyed some tea and read for a while…
looking forward to many more such opportunities…
28 Thursday Apr 2022
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not too long ago my daughter sent me photos of two books that she thought I might like… they were at Costco and she wondered if I wanted her to buy and mail them to me…
I thought they looked good, but said I would see if the kids here could pick them up for me;-)…
a few days ago a friend checked to see if I needed anything from Costco and I mentioned these books…
she picked them up for me and came by today to drop them off… I asked if she had time for coffee and she said she did if I was okay with her coming into the house…
I feel like I am getting more comfortable with having individuals inside these days…
we talked about art, family treasures, grandkids, the weather, and food… a great visit…
now I have a bit more reading to do;-)…
23 Saturday Apr 2022
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I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately…
today I spent most of the time in the living room, with the light on, as it has been raining off and on the whole time…
besides enjoying my book I’ve also watched birds and bunnies and listened to thunder roll across the sky…
there were chickadees and house finches and juncos… a squirrel has been trying to get to the feeder on the window and I kept rapping on the window to discourage it, lol…
across the street, three bunnies have spent a good portion of the day snacking on goodies in the grass… the rain has certainly melted most of the snow, so I guess new treats have come to light…
as I write this, there is even more thunder and now a bit of lightning…
not sure if I will finish the book today…
25 Tuesday Jan 2022
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amaryllis, big girl pants, blessed, books, drawers, encourage, moments, neighbour, purple, reading, widow
decided recently that it was time to change out the living room table…
so I the removed all the purple and silver ornaments and put them away…
then collected the books I haven’t read yet and inserted them into the four spaces… my neighbour has been sharing books with me and I am a little behind in my reading…
I also put the blooming amaryllis, a violet, and the last of the New Year’s bouquet on it…
looking at the table should encourage me to make more time for reading;-)…
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