27 Tuesday Sep 2016
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angels, big girl pants, gone before, in our midst, special, tree, walk, widow
on a walk the other day I came across this little angel propped up against a tree in a place where few people would see her…
made me think of the angels among us… whether people who have gone before, or those in our midst who do those special things for us… and maybe we don’t even know they’ve done something…
30 Monday May 2016
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, friendship, Galapagos, gifts, patio, purple, special, widow
had a lovely evening…
dinner with a most special woman to celebrate our friendship…
we sat on couches on a patio in the sunshine and traded gifts with one another…
she treated me to a beautiful purple bird feeder and a solar dragonfly for the garden…
for her I’d found a compact umbrella and wrapped it with a pretty scarf… she is one of the best wrappers I have ever come across, so I was feeling a bit of pressure to do a good job, lol… she thought it looked great, yay…
had a virgin Caesar that had three olives in it… practically a meal…
followed that with a delicious pizza… tasty…
once I arrived home I found that two of the dahlias are breaking through the soil in one of the pots… very exciting…
ended the evening with three more special women… we shared stories of recent activities and had a picture presentation of one’s recent trip to the Galapagos Islands…
what a treat the evening has been…
I continue to be blessed with so many special people in my life…
06 Wednesday Apr 2016
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big girl pants, chips, delight, eating, George, kind, moments, orchid, special, treats, Vietnamese shrimp rice rolls, widow
took some pictures of my newest orchid this morning… it is such a delight to gaze upon…
great way to start the day… beautiful flowers and photos…
a colleague was out for an errand and brought back a bag of chips… as it happened there weren’t any in my treat drawer… nice to have a few goodies available at all times, lol…
it was my lucky day because someone else brought me Vietnamese shrimp rice rolls... one of my all-time favourite things to eat…
came home and enjoyed them as a late afternoon snack while dinner was cooking…
I remember how my colleagues came to see me a few at a time during the days right after George died… they brought me many of my favourite things as well as their company… these rolls were one of the items they brought and were the first thing that I eventually ate… wasn’t eating or drinking at all for a number of days and when I finally felt able to get something, down the rolls were exactly what called to me… enjoyed them for a few days as I was trying to get my appetite back…
kind of giggled when they arrived today as I had just been thinking of them…
special moments… all in all, a delightful day…
12 Friday Feb 2016
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beloved, big girl pants, colleagues, gift, memory, roses, special, Thermea, Valentine
I have celebrated all the special days of the year forever and I love doing that… miss my beloved who also enjoyed holidays, particularly Valentine’s Day… he always made sure that both of the girls and I got roses… I often wear the jacket that he gave me on our last Valentine’s day…
had roses delivered to the office for my colleagues…
put them out so everyone could choose one… did it yesterday as four of them were not in today…
I enjoy surprising people with treats and they are an amazing group of individuals so it makes me very happy to show them how special each of them is…
it is always such fun to see which one each person chooses… makes me happy…
today after lunch when I got back to the office from yoga there was a card and gift on my desk…
the card was filled with lovely expressions of thanks from all my colleagues, and a gift certificate to Thermea…
what a wonderful surprise… brought me to tears… as I said, a special group of individuals…
a very special Valentine memory…
25 Friday Sep 2015
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big girl pants, celebration, desserts, grandsons, moon, special, Subway, yoga
looking out the window at the nearly full moon… so beautiful…
when I arrived home the boys were already here…
we walked over to Subway and chose sandwiches for our supper… on our way back I got a picture of the three of them…
some were eager to get home… besides the subs there were cookies in the bag… another wasn’t so excited, although there were chips, lol…
after supper the boys had a hot tub…
they love the lights but the water level was very low so there was lots of water shooting out of the tub, right where I was sitting… after they got out I added water… hope it warms up by tomorrow night…
snack of popcorn and a bit of tv before bedtime for the two littlest, with the other one ensconced in the basement…
excellent start to our weekend…
tomorrow is a celebration of my friend and colleague’s life… I am not able to attend, but with others organized desserts for the event… this afternoon we filled up the back of a car with treats to be delivered…
will be thinking of her, her family and friends in the evening… recently someone commented how impressed they were with the way we still include her in our thoughts and stories…
she loved yoga and I spent our practice today remembering her…
special people…
20 Sunday Sep 2015
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odd day…
went out and ran a couple of errands… came home, put away a few groceries and had a nap…
watched a bit of TV and sat outside and read…
wandered by the living room window this evening and saw this…
stunning sunset…
always find it amazing how I will just happen to look out a window and there will be something special happening…
truly blessed…
07 Monday Sep 2015
Posted in life, nature, technology
here are a few flower pictures I’ve taken over the last while…
this shot of hydrangea was special to me because of the light…
this was in the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden and there were dozens of bushes filled with blossoms… quite beautiful…
yesterday morning I took this shot of wild jolly jump-ups… they are so tiny and cute… could easily have been missed…
there are now three little patches of them in the grass in the garden… luckily they are right along edges so should survive mowing…
here is a shot of one of the morning glory buds preparing to open…
thought they looked like this the day before they open, but it seems they can stay like this for a few days… will be interesting to see if it opens tomorrow while I am home, lol…
this is a stalk from the calla which I cut off the other day because I thought it was done…
it is just stuck into a pot to dry the seeds out, and now it is blooming… pretty special…
this final photo is of one of the phone handsets in a bag of rice…
managed to drop it into the toilet yesterday… hopefully the rice will do its magic and dry it out…
18 Saturday Apr 2015
woke up way too early… went out for a hot tub and watched the light come up as the birds sang in the trees… opened my parcel from Cyndi and Ron and found a beautiful bead…
which, I discovered a little later, she had made… also some black currant and vanilla tea… gonna try that tomorrow…
went for dimsum with the kids and enjoyed every bite…
then we headed over to The Forks for the Chocolate Festival… wandered around for a couple of hours collecting small bits of a variety of chocolate items… they were tiny and I didn’t have all of them but did get tastes…
ended our visit with a walk down by the river…
lots of steps today…
came home, had a rest and made mashed potatoes and stuffing for tomorrow’s supper…
lovely collection of birthday treats…
calls, emails, posts all added to my special day… and to top things off I have two sleepover buddies tonight…
04 Saturday Apr 2015
busy day… out and about early to get groceries and a few things for tomorrow’s dinner with the kids…
picked up sardines for lunch with some lovely herb and garlic bread…
made me think of my dad… he loved sardines and would mash them and put them on crackers…
he died on Good Friday in 1988… interesting that I would be thinking of him today…
he was a very special person… in my entire life I never heard him raise his voice to anyone… you knew if he used a certain voice that you were in serious trouble…
he looked after my mom who struggled with depression for the greater portion of her adult life… and he looked after us for many months of the many years she was in the hospital…
I still remember driving him to and from work every day as he became more and more affected by emphysema…
he taught me that every individual ‘s effort should be celebrated… he had been a great athlete in his early days and we spent many hours at the arena watching sporting events where we always cheered for everyone’s performance…
I still love to watch many sports on TV, lol…
lovely memories…
05 Tuesday Feb 2013
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blessing, conversations, enjoy every minute, family stories, hot tub, Kingfisher Spa, normalcy, quadruple bypass, special, surgery
had three interesting conversations today…
the first one was with someone about a friend needing a quadruple bypass… it reminded me of George’s triple bypass in December of 2008…
it was a crazy time, following a couple of test results which led up to the bypass… the waiting was the worst, wondering if his already damaged heart would start to beat again once they were done with the surgery…
walking the halls of St. Boniface…
he came through with flying colours… in fact the doctor said his recovery was textbook perfect… within a few days he was home taking longer and longer walks and feeling so much better now that the blood was flowing freely through his heart… the worst part for him was the scar on his leg where they took the veins to use on his heart… for the longest time it caused him discomfort… he had a great time with his boy friends who would meet for walks and Tim’s coffee, well, tea for him…
those days reminded us to enjoy every minute that we had because time was a gift…
a wonderful day at the Kingfisher just outside of Courtenay, BC…
the second conversation was with a woman whose husband died last April… we were comparing feelings and the struggles we’ve been going through… both of us missing our husbands and wondering when things will settle down to some type of normalcy… some women have told me they are just surfacing at the five year point…
the third conversation was with a young friend while we enjoyed a hot tub… we were sharing family stories and it made me realize, once again, how much we are all alike even though we often think we are special, lol…
a lovely day, to have three such excellent opportunities to remember what a blessing time with loved ones is…
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