27 Monday Feb 2023
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had some fun with shadow pictures… it reminded me of the great photography class I took with a colleague many years ago… we had so much fun…
the vase looks pretty cool in these photos…
enjoying the afternoon sunshine…
03 Thursday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, design, garden, hot tub, light, moments, nature, photos, retirement, shadows, snow, weather, widow
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about moments… as in, how easy it is to miss one…
this morning, the sun was shining through the patio doors and created a beautiful design on the side of the microwave… I spent time enjoying it and took a few photos… the shadows reminded me of the pictures I took during a photography class a number of years ago…
just a few minutes later I was in the kitchen and the design was gone… happy that I wandered in at just the right moment and had the chance to enjoy the sight;-)…
a bit later, I was walking on the spot and got to see a bunny running around the backyard… such a treat…
when I was in the garden, I spotted these lovely designs through the pergola and on the hot tub…
we won’t talk about the large amount of snow covering the hot tub;-(…
I am so blessed to have the opportunity to enjoy these…
09 Tuesday May 2017
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light… it brightens my life…
this morning I spotted the sun shining into one of our rooms at the office…
busy throughout the day and then tonight I got this shot of the light in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights…
light in the early morning and light late in the day…
all of that makes me so happy…
12 Saturday Nov 2016
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back, big girl pants, circle, flowers, Formal Gardens, shadows, sunlight, trees, walk, widow
today I went to the Formal Gardens at the Park to walk the circle… haven’t been moving much for the last few days and really needed to get some exercise…
the shapes of the trees stand out now as there are no longer leaves on them…
this beauty was covered in red berries…
the sunlight and shadows were quite stunning…
circle of tall grass…
stunning with light shining through…
wonderful to be walking in the sunshine although only managed two laps, not my usual three…
had to slow down now and again but on the whole my back was behaving…
picked up some groceries on my way home and stopped by the floral department to take a few pictures…
25 Thursday Feb 2016
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big girl pants, changes, circles, hermit, retirement, shadows, sun, travel
lately I’ve been hearing a lot of people discussing their retirement plans…
I’m of an age where many people in my circle are considering retiring… some are cutting back their work schedules and others are pulling the plug…
in the women’s groups I meet with, there are only three of us who still work… the others are busy with life and fitting in time for travel…
some days it makes me think about not working but I then I remind myself how much I enjoy my colleagues and the work I do… I like being around people and staying home might mean turning into a hermit…
I do enjoy my extra day off every few weeks and am looking toward having that opportunity every week…
so many changes to consider…
caught this lovely play of sun and shadows today…
13 Wednesday Aug 2014
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big girl pants, Empty Full, goldfinch, moments, savour, shadows
today I found opportunities to savour the moments… spent a few minutes enjoying the gorgeous gladiolas and the light and shadow cast by the sun…
as I was backing out of the driveway I spotted one of the goldfinches at the front feeder… took a few moments to watch and get a few pictures… rarely do I get this close to them…
Empty Full has just been worked on and the waterfall and mist were beautiful this morning…
tonight I spent time by the pond and watched a squirrel enjoying a snack at one of the feeders… must have spent half an hour watching it, lol…
day full of wonderful moments…
04 Saturday Jan 2014
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big girl pants, bunny tracks, deep snow, hot tub, photography course, shadows, shadows in the snow, snow
a few years ago I took a photography course with a colleague… we had great fun as we would often go out for dinner before the class… she is an artist and it was wonderful to see what she would do with the homework projects…
shadow thrown from the gate which George built to look like the sun and its rays…
one of the homework projects involved taking pictures of shadows… it was quite difficult as there wasn’t much sunshine that week… I remember arriving home on the only sunny day we had and rushing out to get a few shots… George and I went to the grocery store and I was taking some pictures of the beautiful fruit when a store representative came up and asked why I was taking pictures, yikes…
we also had fun driving around the Park to get some photos…
bunny tracks through the garden…
this afternoon I got a few great shots of some lovely shadows in the back yard…
you can see how high the snow is on the pergola by the garage…
there is still a lot of snow out there… it is quite beautiful but I am looking forward to my kids coming over tomorrow and getting some of it cleared away… can’t even get out to the hot tub, lol…
29 Friday Nov 2013
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took this picture a few days ago early in the morning…
it was lovely looking outside… just too bad that we had to go out in it, lol…
reminded me of the photography classes that Susan and I took a few years back…
one of our lessons was on shadows and this picture reminded me of some of the shots I took then… we had a lot of fun and learned some great tips…
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