31 Saturday Mar 2018
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so happy to see the Japanese Maple budding out with new leaves…
for a little while there I was thinking that it was really done…
this maple has travelled from Vancouver Island across the prairies in the back seat of a car, which makes it special… sometimes I have been a bit slow to bring it into the house in the Fall… thought for a short time I’d really messed up…
so I was very happy to see those leaves…
Spring really is coming…
25 Sunday Mar 2018
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barbecue, big girl pants, covers, geese, ice, JUNOs, Shadow, skein, Spring, wedge, wheel covers, widow
been waiting to go to Canadian Tire to pick up new wheel covers for Shadow… this is the final piece following her accident, although I have to be back in touch with MPI to be reimbursed…
wasn’t 100% sure what I needed so I waited for a day when my son-in-law was available… today we ran over and found just the right covers, and when we got home he installed them…
as we arrived home a group of Canada geese flew over the house… can’t decide if it was a skein, a wedge or a team, lol… very exciting… made the dull overcast seem less oppressive… a sure sign of Spring…
ended the day with barbecued steak for our dinner…
the last bit of ice in the covered entryway to the backyard has also been removed which makes me happy…
now to watch the Junos…
23 Friday Mar 2018
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artist, BestCanvas, big girl pants, chat, flowers, garbage, happy, lilac, neighbour, photos, recycling, signs, snow, Spring, widow
two lovely signs of Spring today…
early this morning I was taking out the garbage and recycling… hadn’t been able to open the garbage container for a few weeks as it had frozen shut… happily it melted enough that I could finally open and fill it up…
as I was putting them out my neighbour came by and we had a short visit… it was warm enough for us to have a chat… he offered to bring them in once they were emptied… nice to connect with neighbours as the season improves…
and I was so excited later in the day when my BestCanvas picture arrived… it is a beautiful shot I’d taken at the Park of a lilac blossom and it looks amazing…
I’ve printed many of my photos and have a wall of my water lily shots, but it was rather energizing to have something on canvas… I feel like an artist, lol…
lilacs are one of my favourite flowers and another sign of Spring…
now, if the snow would stop coming, and the sun stay out longer, it really would be Spring…
21 Wednesday Mar 2018
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big girl pants, jacket, jealous, lack of sleep, moon, overcast, rice rolls, sleep, snow, son-in-law, Spring, widow
yesterday was the official first day of Spring… this is what I saw out the windows and door this morning…
I did get to wear my lighter jacket as it is getting warmer, but unfortunately it was overcast all day, which is always a downer for me…
after a long day, partly due to the fact that I slept poorly last night, for supper I did get to have a few of my favourite rice rolls that a colleague surprised me with…
my son-in-law took this fabulous photo of the moon tonight in Ottawa at his Astronomy class where they got to spend time with a big telescope…
a bit jealous because my shots of the moon never look like this… obviously the sky wasn’t overcast there, lol…
14 Wednesday Mar 2018
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artistic, big girl pants, cream, flowers, fragrance, hyacinth, moments, opportunity, Spring, text, widow
I’ve been wanting to get some flowers for the office recently, but haven’t had an opportunity to pick any up…
as I was heading to work this morning I got a text from a colleague asking me to pick up cream for the office on my way in…
so it just felt like a sign that I now had the chance to get the flowers;-)…
and so I did…
another colleague has an amazing artistic talent and she took the flowers and made them picture worthy…
I also picked up two small hyacinth plants… left one at the office and brought the other one home…
just love the fragrance when they are blooming… Spring is in the air…
14 Friday Apr 2017
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woke up to the sound of thunder… and listened to it rain for a little while…
had a wonderful lazy day… spent it in pyjamas watching tv and reading…
had a couple of great phone calls, catching up with folks… and made a few meals…
didn’t even realize how warm it was until a few minutes ago when I checked the temperature to find it was still 20 out, and nearly 8 pm…
guess I should have opened the door at some point… could have sat on the deck to read, lol…
yesterday I caught my thumb in a door and broke my nail… my nails are very strong and it really pulled the nail from the bed… feels sore and I think it is rather bruised… such a little thing, but it is a reminder of how a little thing can change how you feel in a moment… also makes me remember the cold that is gone now, and the knee that is working perfectly again…
been talking with friends about just that… you can be healthy and well one moment and then something happens and you are not… needing to celebrate these days of good health… so easy to take things for granted…
been sending healing thoughts to so many who are dealing with health issues these days… hoping Spring will provide some respite for them…
the grass is greening, from just that little bit of rain…
27 Monday Mar 2017
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big girl pants, cake, collages, dessert, evening, friends, gifts, Irish stew, purple, ReImagining, Spring, widow
lovely evening with my ReImagining group tonight…
we haven’t met for the last few months as weather and other activities intervened…
been carrying around their Christmas gifts in the trunk of the car in my favourite purple bag, lol…
these are the last few which weren’t chosen…
supper was Irish stew with mashed potatoes… so good and the potatoes were a wonderful treat…
and then there was dessert…
we got to make collages and talk about Spring plans…
wonderful evening…
22 Friday Apr 2016
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big girl pants, ducks, earth, English Garden, flowers, Park, Spring, walk, widow
had a nice walk to the Park just before lunch and met up with a friend… after lunch we wandered through the English and Leo Mol Gardens…
she very kindly took a picture of me with the lady reading inside the gate to the English Garden… 
was sad to discover that there are no words in the book, lol…
the Gardens are starting to show signs of Spring… a few plants were starting to pop through the earth and we also came across a few flowers blooming…
saw ducks, geese, bunnies, squirrels, juncos and sparrows…
beautiful day for a walk…
a lovely earth day…
07 Thursday Apr 2016
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no time to walk on the treadmill this morning but I did get a nice picture of the Japanese Maple… the leaves are coming out in full force…
this is a real sign of spring…
the snow that keeps coming down isn’t the most difficult thing we’ve had to deal with lately… it is the grayness… the sun hasn’t been out very much over the last few weeks and that affects many of us…
have noticed that it occasionally comes out late in the afternoon…
and so it did today… got this lovely shot of the orchids in the sunshine…
and this one…
just amazes me how happy a few minutes of sunlight can make me…
01 Friday Apr 2016
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big girl pants, daffodils, flowers, Krevco, snowflakes, Spring, widow
from Spring flowers to huge snowflakes… what a day…
yesterday I picked up some daffodils and irises… really wanted to add some life to the house… have some upstairs and others in the living room…
makes me happy to have the bright colours around…
also fairly sure I listened to a robin singing while I was laying in bed… and the geese flying over… seems like every day I am hearing new bird songs as they are returning…
around six fifteen tonight I looked outside and saw huge snowflakes coming down very quietly…
had stopped at Krevco earlier and had the water tested… made sure to put all the chemicals in so that I could go out and have a hot tub… been waiting for the fresh water to get up to the correct temperature… not sure now if I’m going out there tonight or not…
pretty though…
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