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23 Friday Dec 2022

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had a busy day yesterday… makes me laugh, because usually my days are quietly spent at home reading and watching tv…

started with our aquasize class in the morning… even though it was very cold outside… lots of fun as the session was filled with holiday music that many sang along to…

from there we were off for lunch at the Falafel Place… perfect timing as most people were nearly done as we arrived… had falafel with hummus and salad… it was yummy…

home to spend time listening to Christmas music and reading…

then, a dear friend came by with fish and chips for our dinner… and brought Christmas presents;-)…

I was so excited to spend time with them that I completely forgot to take a photo of my meal, lol…

after we finished our dinner we had cookies and a wonderful visit…

I am so blessed with fabulous friends 🥹…

reminisce…

05 Tuesday Oct 2021

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well, I must say I am tired… but what a delightful day it has been…

got up early and set about preparing for the day… moved 14 bags of mulch, a wheelbarrow and compost can, used the leaf blower to clean the garage floor, set up a table with a tablecloth in case it was too windy to sit outside, put out cushions and rearranged lawn furniture, prepped some fruit and whipped cream… cleaned leaves out of the pond, set out dishes, made coffee and sun tea, wrapped a gift and wrote two cards…

sat and read in the garden for half an hour and then welcomed four of the most wonderful women into the space…

visited, ate some delicious food from Feast Bistro, enjoyed the nature around us, laughed, shared stories and celebrated one another with some delicious options…

nearly lost one umbrella to the gusts of wind, but the weather was quite amazing for early October…

when they left, I finished tidying up and got ready for dinner with another wonderful woman…

when she arrived we had fish and chips (which I love), more stories and laughter… what a great visit…

it is dark now and I just finished a bowl of strawberry shortcake with whipped cream as I sit on the deck (quite comfortable in shorts and a sleeveless shirt) and reminisce about all the great parts of the day…

hope you had a good day as well…

bouquet…

23 Wednesday Dec 2020

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today I got a lovely surprise when the doorbell rang and a bouquet of flowers was delivered…

I have been missing fresh flowers and they were even on my christmas list…

they were from a dear friend, and I have spent a good portion of the day taking photographs of them…

I have moved them from area to area as the day has gone on…

often I look up words to see if I have already used them for a post title, and today I found this post… it was for an event that this friend and I were both working on, lol…

what a delightful treat…

reminders…

14 Tuesday Mar 2017

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every time I wring out my facecloth in the bathroom I think of my beloved…

he had the strongest hands and would often wring out things for me and get out tons of additional liquid…

at the end of the day at the office, one of us turns on the dishwasher… each time I do that I am reminded of a colleague who has died… she prepared a label which is located just above the equipment with the directions on which buttons to push…

little things, but these reminders of times with special people are everywhere if you care to see them…

shower…

02 Friday Dec 2016

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what a lovely time tonight… a group of sixteen gathered to celebrate the coming birth of a baby… pretty cool timing, eh…
had a cup of tea and looked over the space before everyone arrived…

we had lots of fun, conversation, good food and there were some great gifts as well…

this was the first big party that I’ve hosted since my beloved left me…

it might have been here, but there were many others who helped make it a success… from the planning team who decided on each step of preparation, to the friends who came and helped with Christmas decorating, to the ones who set up the planter, to the ones who made the centrepieces, to the ones who came at noon and helped with salad prep, to the ones who picked up the pasta and organized the kitchen… to the ones who brought various bits and pieces of yummy treats and gifts, to the ones who cleaned up and left the house the same as it was before anyone arrived…

my life is filled with such special people…