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recycling…

14 Saturday May 2016

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big girl pants, hosta, mandolin, recycling, rose, street, weather, widow

very strange to look out the front window and see garbage and recycling bins lined up along the street…

hadn’t set mine out so it was very odd to see them in the yard… first time in 43 years that they’ve been on the front street… the city has closed off a number of streets and apparently they will be working on the road for a number of months… guess I’ll be getting used to it…


last night I used the mandolin to slice some zuchinni and onions for supper… and not a scratch on me, woo hoo… I really like using the different parts of it, but have been causing injuries to my fingers nearly every time… 


happy to see this little hosta peeking through the soil, although with this crazy weather hope it doesn’t freeze…

cut a few of the mini roses and put them in vases around the house…


this one is beside my bed… so pretty…

difficult…

12 Thursday May 2016

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big girl pants, birthday, difficult, flowers, lettuce, rose, sadness, umbrella, widow

another early work day… juice had the cutest little umbrella in it…


been thinking of many I know who are dealing with difficult issues right now… health, work, loss… so much sadness…

happy news, today was a colleague’s birthday…


this was the gorgeous rose she received…

seems like flowers everywhere…

tonight I made lettuce wraps with taco meat and grated cheese… I like this type of meal because you have to work to get it eaten… even though it is cold, windy and overcast outside, this was a very nice meal… felt like Spring, at least in the house, lol…

been a full week… glad to have the day off tomorrow…

transition…

11 Wednesday May 2016

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airplants, big girl pants, early, flowers, overcast, rose, sky, transition, widow

the sky was overcast and it was spitting this morning, but the lovely mini roses on the kitchen counter looked gorgeous…


took this just before leaving the house at seven…

there are lots of plants with flowers on them all over the house because it isn’t  warm enough to put them outside… sure do make me happy…


a young friend is working on some containers with airplants so I took a picture of mine… think I might search out some moss to put in the bottom of them…


the sky caught my eye around 6 tonight… rather foreboding…

and by 8 it looked like this…


nice transition… sadly, it has gone back to the dark overcast…

was up and out early, so I am heading to bed as I’m tired… another early day tomorrow…

night…

sunny…

13 Wednesday Apr 2016

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basket, big girl pants, DeLuca's, rose, sunny, sunshine, walk, warm, widow

this morning I couldn’t stop taking pictures as I waited for my ride…

  
sun shining on the trees to the left…

  
glittering off the chimney…

  
and making beautiful highlights on the trees to the right…

went for a walk at noon with a colleague and it was lovely out… by four didn’t even need a jacket on…

had an opportunity tonight to take a few shots of some cream roses…

 

creamy rose

 
and brought home this lovely basket of goodies from an event at DeLuca’s where I had an enjoyable chat with Tony… 

 

De Luca basket of goodies

 
can’t wait to try everything out… 

it was so warm that we didn’t need jackets when we left the event… the car said it was 16… what a gorgeous day…

beloved…

04 Thursday Feb 2016

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beloved, big girl pants, blog, bulbs, equipment, flowers, George, rose, shovel

missing my beloved today…

first thing the toilet was acting up… time was when I would just tell him about it and he would fix whatever the problem was…

not these days…

had to dig out the appropriate equipment and solve the problem myself…

last weekend I had to go and find a different shovel so my shoveler can get down to the cement, and salt, so he could make sure the ground isn’t crazy slippery… also had to pick up a few bulbs so I could replace some burnt out ones…

I find choosing bulbs a very difficult job… there are so many and they seem to be similar but when you get them home they don’t throw the amount of light you expect, or are the wrong strength, or colour… arghhhh…

thankfully my son-in-law helped pick them and looks like they will all work…

many days I just do whatever needs doing, but other days I can barely keep from crying because he isn’t here…

today I happened to read a blog I wrote a year ago… it was all about flowers and how they have always lifted my spirits… also talked about how my beloved made sure there were lots around during January and February…

took this picture today…

  
beautiful… does make me feel better…

ready…

15 Tuesday Apr 2014

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eclipse, new doctor, ready, rose, tripod

last night before I went to bed I set the camera up on the tripod so it would be ready to take pictures of the eclipse… I didn’t set the alarm because I can usually wake up on demand…

20140415-213549.jpgapparently I needed my sleep, as I didn’t wake up until 6:30…

got a few nice shots of a colleague’s birthday rose…

20140415-213855.jpgended the day with an appointment where I met a new doctor as mine is away sick… was feeling quite nervous, worried that my blood pressure might shoot up… happily it didn’t and I was pleased with my time with him…

it was warm as I drove home and I enjoyed seeing how much snow has melted… yay…

special day…

23 Friday Aug 2013

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big girl pants, birthday tradition, George's job, morning glories, rose, special day, water lily

there were 5 blooms this morning… what a wonderful sight to behold…

four of the morning glories...

four of the morning glories…

four were two different shades of purple and there was a lovely blue one as well…

two of the purple morning glories...

two of the purple morning glories…

to top that off, the water lily is rising above the water in the pond…

water lily bloom rising up...

water lily bloom rising up…

every morning is a new surprise in the garden, although tomorrow I had better get out there and water and fertilize everything…

we have a bit of a tradition at work… we celebrate birthdays by circulating a card for everyone to sign and then pick up a rose for the birthday person… it is always fun to try and find a way to surprise them, because everyone knows the plan… today we had a lovely gathering and gave a colleague a beautiful orange rose…

we got some great pictures of the group and I got a couple of nice shots of the rose…

birthday rose...

birthday rose…

used to be George’s job to pick up the roses for me when I couldn’t get to the florist… now I put on the big girl pants and get them myself, lol…

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