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08 Sunday Jan 2017

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been a quiet weekend which was exactly what I needed as I move into a very full week…

yesterday the kids dropped by in the afternoon and did a few little jobs around the house… I think they actually got the furnace fixed… reamed out the pipe again and also melted any ice which may have been in it…

I’ve put away most of the Christmas decorations over the last few days except for the snowflake wreath on the front door…

it is just too pretty to take down… 

also included this picture of the sand dollar wreath that just got rehung at the front door… it had a couple of broken pieces and while she was here my daughter repaired it and we put it back up…

going to have one of my decorator friends make a bigger purple bow to finish it off, lol…

the backyard is looking very lovely with the snow sculptures that the wind has made…

the stone for the waterfall has never been this covered up… there is a lot of snow out there…

took this shot a few days ago of the steps between the upper deck and the back door…

they are completely covered in snow…

doing laundry this morning, I was thinking of my mom who loved laundry… and could get any stain out… sadly, I did not inherit that love, or ability, lol…

cooked a few meals, tidied and relaxed…   

happy for the down time…

alone…

03 Tuesday Jan 2017

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ate well today… started with smoothies… mine was the usual spinach, yogurt, avocado and almond milk… my daughter’s was banana, frozen red berries, coconut yogurt, a bit of spinach, almond milk, and chocolate nibs…
we made it out of the driveway… there was a good bit of snow in it but I didn’t get stuck…

did a bit of shopping, came home, picked up her luggage and went for sushi on the way to the airport…

yummy… and I didn’t eat too much…

got her to the airport and then went and picked up a few groceries…

made it home and into the garage without getting stuck…

my grandson and his girlfriend came over and he shovelled… 

made them pizza and I had goldeye, salad and radishes…

after supper they headed across town…

I am now home alone… 

with tea and the last two imperial cheese cookies from one of my Christmas gifts…

mail…

15 Thursday Dec 2016

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it seemed lighter as I drove home today… wondering if it is due to the fact that the sun has actually been out, lol…

the solar lights in the garden were shining under the snow tonight… always pretty and makes me smile every time I see them… 

to top off all the cool things, received a Christmas card and two gift cards in the mail…

  

clothes…

11 Sunday Dec 2016

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was anticipating a quiet day but it didn’t turn out that way… did take a few pictures of the gorgeous snow…

worked on a project and then headed out to meet my kids…

we met up at IKEA, did a little shopping and then headed to Moxie’s for lunch… a wander through Rona and then I headed toward home as they went off to a soccer game…

stopped at Superstore to pick up a few groceries and some clothes jumped into my cart…

couple of pairs of leggings and three long-sleeve tops… with the cold weather haven’t seemed to have enough warm things for work…

bit of a nap and then I made Lemon Chicken and Rosemary Pappardelle from my ChefsPlate box…

the sky was beautiful again tonight…

finished work on the project and watched a bit of tv…

off to clean up from supper…

crazy…

07 Wednesday Dec 2016

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after such a late start to winter the snow has been coming down like crazy for the last few days…

when I looked out this morning the driveway looked like it had just a bit of snow, but when I opened the garage door I discovered this drift…

clearly the car wasn’t going to make it through that… so I shovelled for a while… wasn’t too windy or cold, in fact I could hear water dripping from the eavestrough as I worked… 

it was, however, very heavy… and there wasn’t really anywhere to pile it up, so I did a bit of walking and dumping, lol…

eventually it was cleared enough for me to get the car out…

the drive downtown was slow but steady and most of the roads had little snow on them, thanks to all the workers who have been working around the clock to keep the city moving…

snowed off and on for most of the day and my grandson got dropped off at my office to come home and shovel again…

we parked on the street so he could work without anything in his way…

he worked outside and I made supper inside and we finished at just about the same time…

then we visited… well, he played on his phone and I wrote my blog while we waited for his dad to pick him up when he was done work… 

happily we had lots of conversation in the car and over supper…

just need to bring Shadow in and then head to bed…

snowstorm…

06 Tuesday Dec 2016

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woke up to this…

it had snowed all night and snow was sticking to everything… couldn’t see through the windows…

it looked different when I got home… it was still snowing a bit but was all cleaned up… very happy that I was able to get up the driveway and into the garage…

the Advent Elf came by and shovelled as my grandson wasn’t able to make it over… there was a lot of snow, and it isn’t done yet…

a pain to clean up and travel through but so beautiful…

footprints…

22 Tuesday Nov 2016

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put on my boots this morning because there was snow…

wonderful to see the glistening snow all clean and bright on the ground… been missing it a bit, lol…

fun to make the footprints and then take their picture…

couldn’t believe the traffic… everyone was moving appropriately, but it was slow going…

had the all season tires on when I got to the office… they are so pretty…

but, when I headed for home, had snow tires…

they look much better with the fancy hubcaps on, although not as pretty as the all season ones, lol…

runners…

13 Friday May 2016

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strange weather today… had planned to meet a friend for a walk around the Gardens at the Park…

sky was lovely when I was first up at 6:45…


if you look hard, you might see the robin in the tree… then this…


all those white dots – snow, sigh… so we decided to meet for breakfast instead…

actually wore runners because I didn’t want to get my toes wet and the temperature was around zero…


after breakfast I went for a walk to and around the English Garden…

couldn’t get into the Leo Mol portion but was excited to see they are replacing the gravel path with bricks… they have replaced other paths in the Garden as well… looks very nice and will be easier to walk on…


the tulips are just starting to open… glad I went over today… hope to get there next week to see them in full bloom…


finally, about 6, the sun came out… crazy day, lol…

elements

10 Sunday Apr 2016

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can’t believe it but it was snowing out again… the elements are not cooperating, sigh…

  
hard to tell from this picture but it was coming down and swirling around thanks to the wind…

no sunshine today…

  
lovely view out the bedroom window last evening…

yesterday I saw a post on Facebook about grief… searched a bit and found it was written by Gwen Flowers… it talked about grief never going away, just learning to incorporate it into your daily life…

in this poem she writes… Grief is not a task to finish and move on, but an element of yourself – an alteration of your being.

an interesting take on it and something that I will have to think about…