11 Friday Oct 2024
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alert, big girl pants, blessed, bracelet, Calgary, catch up, family, moments, purple, sister-in-law, time, widow
on Monday, I had a lovely visit with my sister-in-law who was in from Calgary for the weekend…
it is always fun to catch-up in person…
and she brought me this beautiful amethyst bracelet…
how blessed am I;-)…
08 Sunday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, family, horses, jumping, memories, riding, sister-in-law, Spruce Meadows, widow
been enjoying some show jumping on TV from Spruce Meadows…
beautiful horses and quite amazing riding…
reminded me of my wonderful sister-in-law who came for a visit last weekend… she’s been recovering from a riding accident in June…
it was lovely to have her in the garden…
11 Sunday Sep 2016
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beloved, big girl pants, butterfly, ending, English Garden, family, fleeting, Leo Mol Garden, moments, Pokemon-ing, Shadow, sister-in-law, vacation, walk, widow
what a lovely ending to my vacation…
enjoyed a walk to and through the Park before a breakfast date with my sister-in-law, nephew and his girlfriend…
after breakfast we took a quick tour of the Gardens…
she lives in Calgary so it is always great to spend time with her when she comes to town…
had just pulled my camera out to take a picture of a butterfly bush when this butterfly decided to land on it… and pose…
surprised how this picture turned out with the light and dark from my shadow…
I love this spot and often sit here for long periods of time… a favourite place where my beloved and I would rest when we walked through the Gardens…
and my kids came for supper… soccer is over, yay… we had a great time, Pokemon-ing and visiting… everyone enjoyed the food and there were leftovers to share for a few meals this week…
kitchen is tidy, laundry is done and I am ready for my return to work after a fun and fleeting break…
I think I enjoyed every moment of the ten days… lots for the memory banks…
08 Sunday May 2016
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big girl pants, dimsum, dumplings, family, goose, hot tub, kids, pond, rocks, sister-in-law, supper, widow
up early and had a hot tub… a red squirrel came to the feeder as well as this cute little sparrow…
went to Rona and got $56 back from when I bought the power washer, as it had gone on sale… woo hoo…
so then I picked up a gardenia standard and three mini roses, lol…
think all of these will go into the planter at the front door… once the risk of frost is over…
saw this Canada goose as I was leaving Rona…
headed downtown to meet the kids, my sister-in-law, and two nephews for dimsum… great meal and visit…
once home, put out the cushions, had a nap and sat out in the garden… looking forward to finishing the pond remodel now that we have all of the needed rocks…
sunny and warm, with very little wind…
had a few phones calls with my Ottawa kids and made chicken and dumplings for dinner… got the dumpling recipe right this time but not sure how I feel about the whole wheat flour… may go back to white flour and just not have as many… no point making them if they don’t taste good… using almond milk instead of 2% but that doesn’t seem to affect the taste…
was a bit odd not to have supper with the kids but soccer has put Sunday dinner on hold for the next while…
27 Sunday Dec 2015
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big girl pants, KG Saigon, moments, orchid, sister-in-law, snow, sunshine, windows
this morning, while I was coming and going doing some chores around the house, I took this picture of the sun shining out the front window…
I sure do love the sunshine… and take the time to enjoy it every day it is out… we don’t get as much of it as we used to…
also put my orchid back on the table in the living room… it has been in amongst the garland in the dining room for the last few weeks while a hydrangea had the top spot in the living room… I left the greenery on the table when the flower died, but rearranged it today… the orchid has been blooming for months…
had a lovely lunch out with my sister-in-law, nephew and his friend… we had some very nice Vietnamese food at one of my nephew’s favourite places, KG Saigon… after tea here, she was heading to the airport for a flight to Vancouver for the remainder of her holiday… it was great to spend a bit of time together…
didn’t get photos of the whole table but these days I take pictures of everything I eat… really helps with recording my food intake…
another shot looking out the bedroom window as the sun was going down…
always so happy when I catch these beautiful moments…
18 Thursday Jul 2013
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a year, difficult but healing, Dobby, excellent care, friends, grieve the loss of my beloved, her big girl pants, hysterectomy and ventral hernia repair, my girls, organizing fridge and freezer, roses amongst baby's breath, shifts in the hospital, sister-in-law, surgery, water the plants, wonderful doctors
it is a year today since my hysterectomy and ventral hernia repair…
I can remember the fear, and the relief when I woke up… my sister-in-law coming to be with me and spending the night because I was afraid to be alone following the surgery and having to leave early the next morning to catch a plane to get her to work on time…
frst night at the hospital…
and I also remember the excellent care I received and the wonderful doctors I dealt with… and how my friends rallied around me with shifts as my support in the hospital, and then at home as I slowly recovered…
I remember the problems with the drugs and how I made the decision to stop taking them just hours after the surgery… the pain was severe but my body was so happy not to have all that stuff in it… drugs just really aren’t my friend…
it was a difficult time but also very healing as during those ten weeks before I was able to get back to normal living I had the opportunity to grieve the loss of my beloved…
thinking back to all the company that came and delivered food, sat with me, and did the things I couldn’t… Dobby who stayed for a week and tempted me with wonderful tidbits to encourage me to eat… organizing the fridge and freezer so when she left I would be able to manage on my own… my nephew staying with me for the first two days after they sent me home early, picking me up and sitting with me through the pain… friends who came by to water the plants because I couldn’t lift anything… my girls doing everything possible for me…
maybe that is what I have been struggling with this week…
now I am healthy and doing well… I can water my own plants, make my own food and do my own chores… what a difference a year can make…
as someone put it today it seemed like a very long time ago, or was it just a few months?!?!?
roses to celebrate a great year…
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