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boost…

25 Tuesday Oct 2016

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feeling a bit under the weather and had a very hard time getting out of bed this morning…

so slow that there wasn’t time to walk on the treadmill… that is a rare occurrence…

as I turned onto the road at the end of the street I saw this beautiful sky… luckily there was no one behind me so I could stop and get a photo…

did give me a bit of a boost…

then I had lunch with a dear friend… lovely treat…

picked up and taken to aquasize by another friend and afterwards had a bit of leftover dinner from last night’s meeting…

now watching a bit of tv and thinking of a short nap and a hot tub…

breathtaking…

21 Friday Oct 2016

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the sky has been phenomenal lately…

this morning it was breathtaking again…

the right side looking out the upstairs stairwell window… 

the left side right after that…

as I stepped out of the house heading to the garage…

at a stoplight driving downtown…

the seagulls were everywhere this morning… I’ve heard that if you see a bunch of them it is going to rain… and it did rain a number of times throughout the day… happily every time I was out, the sky had just cleared up from one of the downpours, lol…

miss carpooling because, as a passenger, I could always get pictures along the way when I saw something special… now, it is rare when I have the chance to take a photo…

heart…

16 Sunday Oct 2016

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first thing I saw this morning was this stunning sky…

the colour in this picture is accurate… amazing… brought joy to my heart…

drove to the Formal Gardens at Assiniboine Park to walk and collect poke balls… one side of the garden was filled with parked cars…

there were tons of kids playing everywhere, but it took a while to figure out that an Ultimate tournament was going on… the other side of the Gardens didn’t have any cars, lol…

decided to walk the loop in the opposite direction than I usually do because so many cars were coming into the area…

it was chilly, but not too bad as long as I kept moving… and I had dressed warmly…

as I was taking pictures of the berries on this tree it occurred to me that a dear young friend and her daughters might be somewhere in the Park playing… they were and we found one another and had a visit while the girls played a game… got this shot of geese flying overhead during the game…

she said the sweetest thing when she introduced me to someone… she called me her mom of the heart…

it was a great treat to spend time with her and we stood for an hour or so and I didn’t feel too cold until I left and got back into the car when I realized how cold I was… 

after a few errands it took me quite a while and a few extra blankets to get warm again…

the kids came for dinner and the final surprise was my youngest grandson helping me download and play a new game and giving me a big hug as they were leaving…

day filled with special moments…

souper…

12 Wednesday Oct 2016

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been running up and down the stairs as I work on my soup for Souper Thursday tomorrow at work…

I made the broth on Monday and tonight I’ve been adding vegetables and barley and turkey…

it smells divine… and all that running up and down is adding to my step count, lol…

I always enjoy making my offering because the entire time I am prepping I am thinking of my colleagues and how much they will enjoy the soup…

we all look forward to Souper Thursday as it means someone else has organized our lunch… nearly everyone brings items to go along with the soup so there is always something tasty for lunch…

as I was going up and down I spotted this sky… nearly missed it… so beautiful…

working really hard these days to spot and savour those special moments…

be thankful…

09 Sunday Oct 2016

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wanted to write a thanksgiving message for Facebook and it took up a good portion of the morning to get it just the way I wanted…

put the turkey in the oven and then ran out for a few final groceries… relaxed and read as a few items cooked ahead of time…

kids arrived and we had dinner a bit early as my son-in-law had to leave for work around six…

the boys all helped with clean-up before we had pumpkin and coconut cream pies….

so great to have everything done by the time everyone leaves…

one went off to work and the rest of us headed over to the Park to collect poke balls…

just before we left, middle guy and I took a selfie…

he dressed up with a white shirt and tie for dinner…

at the Park we walked through the Leo Mol Garden gathering poke balls and took this pic of “our bench“…

then a few of us walked around the Formal Gardens while others drove/parked and waited…

beautiful sky… 

great way to end a lovely thanksgiving…

sundogs…

19 Monday Sep 2016

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spent some time recently considering what makes things special…

an event, a workplace, a person, a view…

and how do we make them special… 

is it being in the right place at the right time… is it an aura they produce… is it just being open to hear/see/feel…

last night I noticed a sundog in the sky which is very odd at this time of the year… usually they are visible when it is very cold, but after a little research I discovered this:

Sundogs can and do occur worldwide and during all seasons, but they are most common during winter months when the sun is low in the sky and ice crystals are more common. All that’s needed for a sun dog to form are cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. Only these clouds are cold enough to be made of the plate-shaped ice crystals we mentioned above. The sun dog occurs when sunlight is refracted off of these crystals…

it is just over the tree canopy to the left of the sun in this picture… 

what made me look out the window at just that moment… and actually see the tiny version of a rainbow…

chance?

Ottawa day 4…

04 Sunday Sep 2016

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really going to need to have a vacation when I get home…

today we were up and out of the house by 5 am… decided we would see if we could get a hot air balloon flight… if it didn’t work this morning then that was a sign that we weren’t meant to go…

by 6:30 we had a flight booked and were heading to the Gatineau Airport for lift off…

although the expectation was that we would go straight up and come right back down as the air was very still, we were up for an hour and a half and went to 3000 feet…


spectacular… this time when we got back to the Park, we all had Apple Cider together and got pictures with Annie, one of the pilots of La Magie de L’Air… what a great team they are… maybe next time we will take in the International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu;-)… 

then we headed to the Farmers Market at Landsdowne… lots of people there, most of whom seemed to be lined up for the bread…

we stopped at the Lindt store and Whole Foods for dinner supplies and headed home for a well deserved nap…

later we took a long list to IKEA and as we were leaving saw the balloons on their evening flight… 

once home, we even saw a few as they floated through the air close by…


ended the day with a stunning light show…

Ottawa day 1…

01 Thursday Sep 2016

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early this morning I took this picture of the gorgeous sunrise as I was running up and down the stairs finishing my packing…

my flight was at a very civilized 9:35 am which meant I even had time for a smoothie before I left home…

bags packed and ready to go…


after a good flight, landed in Ottawa and got this shot of a cool sculpture as I was heading toward the baggage carousel… one side was quite boring but this view was gorgeous with the light shining through…
when I got to the bottom of the escalator took a pic of the water wall while waiting for my bag…

was thinking how far I have come over the last number of years… flying is old hat for me now, which is good and bad I guess… and travelling on my own is very manageable… happily took a cab to my daughter’s house and then walked to the mall to pick up a few things for lunch… 

view from my bed for the next few days…

just last week when the boys were over we used the twin of this comforter for their sleepover…

once my daughter arrived home from work we walked down the street and had mani/pedis…

as we made our way home I stopped to get this picture of the gorgeous sunset…

woke up in one province to a beautiful sky and heading to bed in another under the an equally beautiful one…

stunning…

15 Monday Aug 2016

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been getting up around six so that I can get in a bit of the Olympic coverage before work…

today it was dark enough that I needed to turn on the light in the bedroom, sigh…

then I went down the stairs and saw this…

absolutely stunning sky… took out the screen so that I could get a clear picture… 

made me realize that I’d just opened that window and I had to run and close it so no bugs came in, lol…

yesterday I picked up some gladiolas when I was at the grocery store as a special treat…

although they are white, (I love the purple ones) they are stunning… in the process of checking on the correct spelling I discovered some interesting facts about flowers and birth months, lol…

decided to take a few stems to the office to brighten up my space…

so they travelled in the passenger seat…


a number of colleagues asked if they were from my garden… would be amazing if I could grow something like this in the garden…

start…

05 Friday Aug 2016

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this morning the sky was stunning… it started with white clouds, then dark clouds, and finally sunshine, all within what felt like minutes… 

then it was off to the Park for breakfast and a walk through the Gardens with my friend…

as I walked there, the sky continued to provide a variety of views…

once inside the Park, came across a huge tree down on the pathway…

great meal and stroll as we caught up on one another’s lives over the last few weeks…

the Gardens were at their absolute best with blooms bursting out everywhere we looked…

clearly the gardeners have been working nonstop…

and there were others hard at work in amongst the flowers…

this morning the Boy and his Boot were dry, but there were some new plants in the pond and they were lovely…

took a turn around the Riley Family Duck Pond and got a few shots of some mallard babies… not so little anymore…

nice view of the Pavilion and Lyric stage…

sky continued to change on my walk home… bit of darkness off in the distance as I crossed the bridge… and the wind started to pick up…

by the time I reached the corner of my street the temperature had probably dropped five degrees…

and it was very dark… but it all blew over and was sunny for the remainder of the day…

was sure to have my supper organized and eaten before six, when the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies started…

firmly ensconced in front of the tv… happily won’t have to get up in the middle of the night to watch as the time zone is so close to ours…

going to be busy for the next seventeen days, lol…

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