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07 Monday Mar 2016

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had to stop as I was backing out of the driveway this morning to take a picture of the glittering snow… so white, bright, shiny and clean looking…

  
lovely start to the day…

when I returned to the house I noticed two things… huge amounts of snow had melted throughout the day… here is the top of the deck just a few days ago…

  
this is the same spot tonight…

  
the sun shone with great strength all day… really noticed it on the drive home as there were many puddles and the snow banks had gone down a lot…

the final piece was in the bathroom… the cleaners come the first Monday of the month and they always fold the toilet paper like you are in a hotel…

  
I had prepared for them, but with the busyness of the day totally forgot they’d been here until I walked into the house and noticed how clean it was…

what a treat…

together…

29 Monday Feb 2016

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up and about fairly early for a day off…

ran some errands and picked up my hemmed jeans… my girls will be so proud:-)…

  
found a few pairs of socks and a nice white t shirt to go together with the jeans…

stopped in at DAVIDsTEA for the free cup that I heard about by email… really enjoyed the Mom’s Apple Pie flavour… and came away with this, lol…

 
it is a gorgeous shade of purple and keeps things hot or cold… also collected some tea that I had earned… 

my shoveler came after school and cleaned up all the snow… it was really cold out and he had to come in midway to warm up his hands…

  

we had supper – the red lentil curry – and he headed home on the bus, with curry, chicken and dumplings, and pistachios in his bag… 

always enjoy spending time together…

 

chills…

19 Friday Feb 2016

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this morning I wasn’t feeling great… had an early morning business breakfast so was out of the house by seven…

been struggling with a runny nose for the last week but this morning I got the chills…

tried lots of tea and a warm shawl when we were back in the office… nothing seemed to work, so I headed home at noon…

really appreciated the seat warmer and actually sat in the car for a few extra minutes to savour the heat…

climbed into the hot tub for quite some time in an effort to feel warmer… the icicles were dripping it was so warm outside…

got into my jammies and went to sleep…

when I finally woke up, three and a half hours later, and looked outside, it was snowing like crazy…

  
everything is covered in snow now…

for a Friday treat, and because I’m still feeling crumby, I ordered dinner from Clay Oven…

delicious and even have a few leftovers for tomorrow…

now back to bed… goodnight…

variety…

17 Wednesday Feb 2016

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over the last few days we have had a variety of weather… really cold days, with a nasty windchill, and slightly warmer ones… then there was time when the snow was melting… crazy…  

there has been quite a bit of overcast sky… on Sunday I caught this picture of the backyard… the bunny is just under the trees…

 
everything was covered in a dusting of snow and looked so pretty…

later in the day the bird feeders in the front yard took centre stage…

  
Monday, the sun was out and I got a couple of shots of it going down behind the clouds across the creek…

 

last evening as I was waiting for a ride to aquasize I spent a lovely few minutes watching the clouds scoot across the sky as the sun was travelling down…

often when I am waiting for a ride I have my phone in hand and am focussing on two or three things at the same time…

not this time… wonderful… 

paths…

08 Monday Feb 2016

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it snowed on Thursday and Sunday… and there was lots of blowing yesterday… my shoveler wasn’t able to get over, so tonight he met me at work and rode home with me…

he cleaned the paths and driveway after a short hand warming break…

  
looks great after it had all been tidied up… also happy to see that the solar lights are getting enough sunlight to turn on at night…

then we had supper together and a short visit before he took the bus home…

supper was the leftover chili which I had made for our family dinner last night, but the kids ended up staying at home…

I had listened to a show on chili making and decided to make this chili with kidney beans, mushrooms and some ground veggie burger with onion and diced tomato… used garlic, cumin, oregano and chili powder… just tossed things into the pot without measuring… 

came out very nice… he liked it, even when I told him it was veggie burger meat… he has quite an adventurous palate…  sent him home with a bag of red lentils… the last time we had dinner together he loved a red lentil recipe I’d made and wanted the recipe, lol… now he can make it at home for the family…

nice to spend time with him…

focus…

03 Wednesday Feb 2016

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every morning it is lighter… makes me so happy… took this picture as I stepped out the door…

  
sun shone for a good portion of the day… as I drove downtown the sun lit up the windows of the Hydro building…

  
but, as the afternoon progressed, the snow started falling… it was still falling when I left the office…

  
I had a great time cleaning off the car and taking pictures of snowflakes… temperature wasn’t too cold and I  enjoyed about fifteen amazing minutes focussing on getting some great shots…

  
had to clean it again at the end because it was snowing the whole time… what fun…

when I arrived home I took out my camera and spent another few minutes catching snowflakes…

between the light and the snowflake photos it was a glorious day… 

slippery…

01 Monday Feb 2016

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up early to head to the clinic for an A1C blood test… see the doctor next week…

always park a ways from the clinic and walk to get a bit more exercise… the sidewalk was terribly slippery… on my way back, sadly an hour later, I chose the road as a safer way to travel…

after the test I went to the Assiniboine hotel for breakfast, as I’d been fasting…

put on those big girl pants and ate on my own…

  
did a bit of shopping and picked up valentine treats for the boys and even mini eggs for Easter… 

  
now to put them in a safe place that I will remember on the 14th, lol…

also picked up a couple of tops… lots of black and white out there, but no purple…

  
had a nap and went to a gathering for supper and the evening… lovely dinner and interesting conversation with some very special women… we were all careful as we arrived and departed to watch our footing so there wouldn’t be any falls… lots of ice under the light dusting of snow…

another excellent day off…

overcast…

31 Sunday Jan 2016

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yesterday I walked over to the Park and took a few shots along the river…

  
although it was overcast the snow looked so pretty…

also took a picture of where our favourite tree stood…

  
the bench in this shot is right where the tree was… Dutch elm disease… very sad…

overcast again today and when we were out we looked at orchids at IKEA… we talked about the amazing orchid I’d purchased there so many months ago…

  

view…

28 Thursday Jan 2016

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woke up at 1:30 am to see the moon shining through the window… just above it and off to the side was a bright planet… a few seconds later it was covered by clouds… again, amazing to wake up at just the right moment to see the beautiful view…

then, on our way to the office, I got this view…

  
a Facebook memory this morning from four years back showed this lovely amaryllis… I had taken the picture looking out the window at the snow…

  
here is a picture of the amaryllis that I bought this year around Christmas… showed a beautiful pale pink flower on the box…

  
sadly, not a single blossom…

but the amazing thing is that the orchid continues to bloom… I so love flowers in the depths of winter…

  
more beautiful moments in my life…

snowfall…

27 Wednesday Jan 2016

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it snowed quite a bit overnight… as I was pulling out of the driveway the house looked so pretty that I had to stop and get a picture…

  

fresh snow makes everything beautiful…

started snowing on the drive to work… it was hard to see and very slippery… the snowfall lasted for a good portion of the day but by the time I left the office the car was clean… the temperature was over zero and it had melted… crazy weather, lol… main streets were practically dry…

sadly when we got on the side streets there was still tons of snow… 

my grandson met me at work so he could ride home and shovel for me…

  
we had supper and he got all the sidewalks and driveway cleared…

   

it’s been two years since my wall was painted purple so I spent a few minutes enjoying the beauty of the living room before heading on up to bed…