07 Friday Apr 2023
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while going through stuff in the computer room, I came across a few items from my work life…
was so excited to find two Pentel RSVP pens… it wasn’t till I tested to see if the ink still flowed that I remembered how much I loved them… I made it a habit to be sure there were a couple of the purple/violet ones in my desk at all times, lol…
now I have one in the computer room and one in the kitchen, so I can access them at any time…
simple things can make me so happy…
12 Thursday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, garden, grateful, moments, morning glory, nature, simple, time, widow
been thinking of all I am grateful for in my life…
things as simple as my beautiful morning glories…
the option to take a cab somewhere if that makes the most sense…
the ability to make whatever I would like for my dinner…
opportunities to visit with friends…
being able to thank special people…
having time…
11 Monday Jun 2018
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big girl pants, iPhone, recording, simple, technique, Technology, text, widow
have spent the last hour or so trying to record my iPhone screen so that I can show the steps necessary to complete a particularly task… interesting learning process…
sounds really simple, except for when you go too fast, or slow… or someone sends you a text, or Twitter let’s you know someone is tweeting after a long time… all in the middle of the recording…
then, after all that, when I emailed it, the video was a bit fuzzy…
but, I think I’ve got it;-)…
29 Sunday Oct 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, carvers, family, George, grandsons, halloween, pumpkins, simple, supper, widow, witch
this afternoon when the kids came over, they brought their pumpkins… they are way bigger than mine, lol…
we had supper early and then got down to the business of carving…
this year we all scooped out the guts and seeds from the inside of the pumpkins… usually some people don’t want to get their fingers dirty…
went for simple designs this year as there were only three of us carving four pumpkins… great job by everyone…
they decided to leave the pumpkins here because they will all be out on Tuesday trick or treating…
works well for me because I haven’t brought out any of the Halloween decorations…
wrote this blog on carving pumpkins a few years ago and there are pictures of George working with the kids…
was thinking of him a lot as the younger boys and I worked away…
witch’s hat looks pretty cool…
01 Tuesday Sep 2015
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big girl pants, blessed, blossoms, canna, garden, gift, happy, pond, precious, simple, water lily
a gorgeous evening…
the temperature right now is 27 degrees and I am sitting on the back deck by the pond enjoying the sounds…
well not really… as I write this an ambulance is going by and the neighbour is running his shopvac, lol… up until that point I was listening to the waterfall and chickadees flitting about the garden and watching a little red squirrel dash across the main deck…
the canna is blooming again… bright and beautiful, it was the first thing I saw when I looked out the window this morning…
I am continually surprised by how much happiness a blossom or two can give me…
on a recent walk through the English Garden at the Park I got a lovely shot of some Lisianthus…
next year I am going to grow some, although I’m not sure where I will find plants…
there were very few water lilies open but this one caught my eye…
some of them have the most interestingly patterned leaves while others are simply green…
simple things really do make me happy…
once again, as I spend these precious minutes steeped in the beauty of a late summer evening, watching the fish swim around the pond as the light fades, I realize what a gift my life is and how blessed I am…
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