22 Saturday Feb 2014
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big girl pants, crocus, flowers, hyacinth, raised spirits, Spring
was out doing errands late this afternoon, after spending the majority of the day watching the Olympics…
had the hot tub water checked and it is doing great… yay…
at Safeway came across hyacinth and crocus in little pots… couldn’t help myself, had to bring them home…
they even smell a little spring-y…
amazing what a little fresh growth makes to my spirits…
03 Friday May 2013
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birds, female purple finch, Krista Kagume, mood lifted, new voices in the choir, sneaking up, Spring, sunshine, weather influences us
the sun is streaming through the window as I sit here to write my post…
started early this morning when I headed to work in the car… sun was shining in my face and I had to put down the visor… I don’t like to do that because I do love the sunshine, but really needed to see where I was driving, lol…
the mood in the office has been brighter this week as Spring has sent us a bit of warmth, but mostly sunshine… even those who were battling colds were lighter as winter coats were tossed off and spring ones put on…
amazing how the weather can influence a person… and not just people…
I’ve been listening to the birds first thing in the morning and as the week has progressed they are singing louder and longer… and there are new voices in the choir…
yesterday’s bird question has been solved by a good friend… following her suggestion I realize that my bird friends are female Purple Finches…
this makes me smile, because I am crazy in love with the colour purple… when I went to Grandparents’ day a little while back my grandson was wearing his purple t-shirt, just for me…
purple finch description…
here’s a picture from my Saskatchewan and Manitoba Nature Guide by Krista Kagume which shows a much better picture… the backs of the birds are quite browny-red…
hope to catch some of my own pictures tomorrow…
02 Thursday May 2013
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been hearing robins for a week or so, and finally saw my first one of the year this morning… in fact, there were two of them.. I didn’t get my camera out quick enough and they flew off, but only after flying up into the air and bumping each other’s chest…
being as it is Spring (sort of) I wondered if this was a mating ritual, but after doing a bit of research I think they were fighting over territory… not sure who won, as they both flew off, leaving the Juncos happily snacking…
it was always a fun little contest for George and I to see who saw the first robin… guess I win this year, sigh…
the feeder in the garden has been visited a lot in the last few weeks and this morning there was a large crowd…
I think they were all Juncos but some of them had a decidedly reddish tinge along their backs and tails… sadly they haven’t been still when I’ve had one of the good cameras in my hand so I just got this shot with my phone…
maybe different variety of Junco…
01 Wednesday May 2013
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May day, when everyone dances around the May pole… when it is supposed to be spring…
May 1st…
not so much this morning… the garden had a light dusting of snow… can we say enough with the snow already…
on my way to the car I had to take a picture of the footprints on the deck…
footprints in the snow…
20 Saturday Apr 2013
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gaggle of geese, George, hot tub, lounge chair, pedicure, Rona, solar lights, Spring
went to Rona and got a new folding lounger for the deck outside the patio doors… been using a wooden rocker there but it just isn’t comfortable when I’m reading a book and want to put my feet up… this one will be great and I might even try sleeping in it tonight to see what that does for my back… the young woman at the Service desk knew who I was right away, which is becoming more unusual as staff change on a frequent basis… when I was in the store the other day, the person who was helping me in Hardware didn’t know who George was… felt kind of sad about that…
then we went for a pedicure… which was actually quite good for my back as I was sitting up for an hour, even if I was jerking my feet around as my toes were pampered… I have very sensitive feet, lol… Crystal and Cyndi get quite a kick out of the whole process…
purple toes…
just came in from a hot tub… while I was out there I could hear gaggles of geese flying over in the dark, although I couldn’t spot any of them… but certainly a sound that makes one think of Spring…
and, even more exciting… the solar light by the pond was flickering… which means that the snow is nearly gone by the pond, and the sun s getting strong enough to give it a charge… sadly my dragonflies don’t seem to be lighting up…
dragonfly solar lights…
maybe Spring is really on the way…
03 Wednesday Apr 2013
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spent some time in the hot tub tonight thinking about the garden… realized that I didn’t move the planter boxes under the deck, and empty out the pots around the yard like George would have… I hope that none of them will be cracked when the snow finally leaves… there is definitely less every time I come home from work these days, but there is still a lot to go…
still see a hole in the sky where this elm tree used to be…
considering changing the side garden… still getting used to the fact that it isn’t a shade garden anymore, now that the elm tree is gone… the barrel running into the kidney shaped pool just isn’t working and I am thinking about possible alternatives… hoping that the big pond will really get redone… this might happen in June if all goes well… I don’t want to get too excited about it after last year’s fiasco… but I do have a good feeling…
barrel and pond…
will need to find a gardener who can help me get everything in shape, and then I should be able to manage it for the remainder of the summer… last year I had a wonderful woman named Lynn, but I think it was too much for her… she did a great job of weeding and cleaning up the side garden particularly, as well as trimming the virginia creeper so that it didn’t get right out of hand…
must be spring, lol…
27 Wednesday Mar 2013
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beloved, blessing, healthy, in the moment, journey, move forward, sandals, Spring
well, this morning I put on a spring coat and wore my sandals to work… I have worn sandals at work all winter, but wore boots to and from… but this morning the sun was shining and it was supposed to go to 0 degrees, so I decided it was time to move into spring…
the sandals might have been a little early, but it was wonderful to have them on instead of boots…
a little chilly on the toes this morning…
was talking with someone who mentioned George’s memorial service… I don’t remember much about it because I was dealing with a health issue at the time and was focussed on that, and not fully on what was happening around me… maybe that was a blessing…
It did remind me of the fact that last March I was afraid to walk down the street because I might have a problem with my body… I had spoken with my doctor and we were in agreement that I needed a hysterectomy and I was waiting to get in to see a specialist, but it was a very stress-filled time…
what a difference a year makes, in so many ways… I am healthy and can do most anything these days without any worries…
I miss my beloved but each day I am learning strategies to move forward on this new journey…
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