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shovelling…

17 Thursday Dec 2015

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early this morning I took a picture of the front yard…

  
there was just a dent to show all the shovelling that my grandson did last night…

the snow had been quite light and easy to work with…

tonight he was here again, but the snow was very different… 

yesterday he came in runners, without anything on his hands… today he had on his boots and brought gloves…

  
the drift in front of the rolling garage door was solid when he went to shovel it… took a great effort on his part to get it done…

  
sidewalk looks clear and welcoming for his aunty’s arrival tomorrow…

  
driveway is clean and ready for me to drive down it first thing in the morning without anything keeping me from getting out…

his mom came and picked him up again so I don’t have to worry about him getting home on the bus…

really appreciate having someone to make sure it is all looked after… 

snow…

16 Wednesday Dec 2015

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first thing this morning I took this picture of the spiral tree outside the door…

  
it had snowed a bit overnight and just dusted it a bit…

here is a picture I just took of the same tree…

  
been snowing for most of the day, as you can see from the amount of snow on it…

my grandson came over and shovelled tonight… he came to the office and rode home with us through the very slow traffic… once he was finished his mom picked him up to take him home…

after supper I went on a cooking spree… made hummus and cut veggies for our potluck tomorrow… mixed goldeye cream cheese and almost have the zucchini basil soup done…

  
veggies ready…

now to bed… been struggling with a headache for most of the day…

headache…

22 Sunday Nov 2015

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managed to get a few chores done around the house but that is about all…

bit of a headache hanging over me today… tried sleeping, but that hasn’t done anything to alleviate it…

happy I did the running around yesterday although the headache was there too…

looks lovely outside, although overcast… for a good portion on the morning it was snowing so there is a new dusting of snow over everything… always looks so clean afterwards… too bad the sun hasn’t come out… 

  
the critters have been out and about since the first of the snow… there are little footprints everywhere… not sure if it the bunny, squirrels or cats…

bit of sun might make my head feel a bit better…

think I will make some chicken soup… 

outside…

20 Friday Nov 2015

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last night when I got home the bathroom window looked cool…

  
the glass blocks were covered in snow on the outside…

not sure if there wasn’t any wind during the night, or whether I was just so exhausted that I didn’t hear the flapping siding… had a good sleep and didn’t even need my Fitbit to tell me that, lol…

woke up with a stuffy head and sore throat, but felt better as the day progressed…

got this shot of the drift in front of the garage as we were leaving for work…

  
glad I didn’t need to take my own car because it might not have made it through…

am so blessed with my great kids… my son-in-law stopped by on his way home from work at 7 pm to shovel so that I can get out tomorrow…

  he did the whole driveway…
  
even the backyard… so I can get out to the hot tub:-)…

and my grandson has agreed to do the shovelling again this winter… this weekend he is out of town, thus the son-in-law…

well I guess winter has arrived… 

sticky…

19 Thursday Nov 2015

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this morning I took this picture of the back door window from inside the house…

  
a bit of snow was sticking to it… not too bad considering the wind and flapping siding, which kept me awake for a good portion of the night…

  
the picture shows it mid-flap this morning as I was heading out to the car… at least it is still on the house… was wondering if I might have to run out in the night to find it if it fell off…

was at a great event after work to celebrate Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Day… it was at the Peasant Cookery and the location, food and service were incredible… delicious tiny bites to eat, with nice vegan and vegetarian options…

  
cannot thank Carly and Michelle enough for their excellent attention to detail to ensure the event went smoothly…

there was a lot of snow when I arrived home… good thing I didn’t have the car because I don’t think it would have made it up the driveway…

  
here’s the same window tonight… even more stuck to it…

  
pretty though…

surprise…

06 Friday Nov 2015

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this morning had to take this picture as I stepped out the door…

  
that was snow on the ground, sigh…

I’ve been waiting all week for tonight’s fish and chips from The Captain’s Table… 

stopped at Polo Park to pick up a few items and as I left ordered supper from SkiptheDishes on my phone… got home, prepared some veggies, and the food arrived…

 
less than 30 minutes… great surprise… and it tasted great too…

much better day today… still a bit emotional first thing, but by the end of the day was feeling more settled… really does surprise me how strong emotions can be, even after all these years…

these orchids remind me of my love and how he took care of me…

  
he would surprise me with orchids all the time…

broken…

18 Monday May 2015

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woke up to this…

  
part way through the night the wind finally died down… apparently it was gusting into the 90 km per hour range at the airport, which is close to where I live… the whole house shook for a good part of the evening… didn’t really sleep well until it slowed down…

cold with a bit of wind during the day, but eventually the sun came out and melted the majority of the snow…

my daughter and the little boys came over for supper and she helped me put the swing back on its feet… sadly one of the spokes on the umbrella part of it broke, so we will have to see about getting that repaired…

 
the ground is covered with elm seeds, leaves, twigs and small branches that have come down… good news is that the tree stayed right where it was supposed to…

didn’t get out today but had a good walk on the treadmill…

had a fun time taking a few shots of the lobelia… I do love the flowers and enjoy taking the pictures…

 

 

windy…

17 Sunday May 2015

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had planned to go and pick up some mulch at Home Depot today but it has been rainy and windy all day so I decided to stay home…

lots of TV and a bit of reading…

watered all the plants in the dining room and made sure they were doing well as they wait for warm weather to arrive so they can get into the garden…

  
the ground is covered with elm seeds as they have been blowing off the trees all day long… with all this rain, will  have lots of weeds to pull out of the garden, lol…

bit tense for the last hour or so, as the wind has really picked up… around 60 km per hour…

looked out and saw my swing blown over…

  
it is very heavy so I was shocked to see it up against the rain barrel…

just hoping the elm tree next door remains standing… a few years ago a whole section of it came down between the two houses…

might be a long night… not sure when the snow is going to start… crazy weather…

wish George was here tonight…

planting…

15 Friday May 2015

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nice day with sun and warm temperatures… too bad I had to be at work…

sixteen degrees and sunny for most of the day…

 
but there is a threat of snow on Sunday night… and it is supposed to rain all day tomorrow and Sunday… not exactly the long weekend I was hoping for…

don’t think there is going to be any planting taking place… 

sky…

21 Tuesday Apr 2015

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first thing I saw when I stepped outside this morning…

  
as I drove to work the sun came in and out of view in the overcast sky… was very happy to be able to stop at the end of the street and get a shot of it… kind of hard to tell that actually is the sun, lol…

 
after work I drove home with my visor down to protect my eyes from the bright sun…

saw some beautiful cloud formations…

  
again, very lucky to have a red light so that I could take the picture…

tonight I read about how a young friend had a conversation about what clouds look like with their child on their way home today… they were probably looking up at the same time as I was…

still cold and windy, but the snow has gone…

amazing what you can see over the course of the day if you take the time to look…