08 Tuesday Mar 2016
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it was lovely out this morning and I stood outside waiting for my ride…
lots of melting yesterday…
on my walk from the corner tonight took a few shots of the creek which was filled with water… amazing because it was overcast all day, not a single ray of sunshine…
the solar lights in the garden are on tonight… very exciting that the sun is strong enough to light them up…
maybe spring is here…
07 Monday Mar 2016
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big girl pants, bright, busy, clean, cleaners, melting, puddles, snow, strong, sun, treat, widow
had to stop as I was backing out of the driveway this morning to take a picture of the glittering snow… so white, bright, shiny and clean looking…
lovely start to the day…
when I returned to the house I noticed two things… huge amounts of snow had melted throughout the day… here is the top of the deck just a few days ago…
this is the same spot tonight…
the sun shone with great strength all day… really noticed it on the drive home as there were many puddles and the snow banks had gone down a lot…
the final piece was in the bathroom… the cleaners come the first Monday of the month and they always fold the toilet paper like you are in a hotel…
I had prepared for them, but with the busyness of the day totally forgot they’d been here until I walked into the house and noticed how clean it was…
what a treat…
25 Thursday Feb 2016
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big girl pants, changes, circles, hermit, retirement, shadows, sun, travel
lately I’ve been hearing a lot of people discussing their retirement plans…
I’m of an age where many people in my circle are considering retiring… some are cutting back their work schedules and others are pulling the plug…
in the women’s groups I meet with, there are only three of us who still work… the others are busy with life and fitting in time for travel…
some days it makes me think about not working but I then I remind myself how much I enjoy my colleagues and the work I do… I like being around people and staying home might mean turning into a hermit…
I do enjoy my extra day off every few weeks and am looking toward having that opportunity every week…
so many changes to consider…
caught this lovely play of sun and shadows today…
17 Wednesday Feb 2016
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aquasize, big girl pants, bird feeders, bunny, cold, moments, overcast, snow, sun, variety, windchill
over the last few days we have had a variety of weather… really cold days, with a nasty windchill, and slightly warmer ones… then there was time when the snow was melting… crazy…
there has been quite a bit of overcast sky… on Sunday I caught this picture of the backyard… the bunny is just under the trees…
everything was covered in a dusting of snow and looked so pretty…
later in the day the bird feeders in the front yard took centre stage…
Monday, the sun was out and I got a couple of shots of it going down behind the clouds across the creek…
last evening as I was waiting for a ride to aquasize I spent a lovely few minutes watching the clouds scoot across the sky as the sun was travelling down…
often when I am waiting for a ride I have my phone in hand and am focussing on two or three things at the same time…
not this time… wonderful…
09 Tuesday Feb 2016
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the mornings continue to get lighter, which makes my heart sing…
heading out to the car I took a few moments to take some pictures of the hoarfrost designs on the garage windows… so pretty…
the sun was shining brightly as I drove downtown…the blues in the sky were amazing…
throughout the day the sun cast beautiful designs on the floors and ceiling… makes a person feel warm and cozy…
on my drive home had to use the visor because the sun was still shining so brightly…
stopped in and got a haircut and when I arrived home it was still bright outside…
sunlight makes me happy…
28 Monday Dec 2015
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big girl pants, bunnies, cats, coconut, Guylian, laundry, Lindt, shortbread, squirrels, sun, tracks, treats
sun was out again today… yay…
spent a bit of time at the window watching to see if I could spot any of the critters that have made numerous tracks through the garden…
didn’t spot any… I’m sure that some are from the squirrels and the neighbourhood cats, but maybe some are from bunnies too…
finished up the laundry from when my company was here… now towels, sheets and tablecloths are all clean and put away…
tonight I treated myself to a shortbread cookie from a friend and one of my Lindt coconut balls… they only come out at Christmas time and my daughter brought me a little collection of them…
also have some Guylian chocolates to enjoy…
being careful not to have too many treats because I don’t want my A1C to be high when I next have it tested…
26 Saturday Dec 2015
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this morning I wandered around and took a few pictures of the snow…
through the living room window… sun was shining… nice…
and from the dining room window… trees are very pretty…
my amaryllis is growing nicely, although no buds have started…
had a lazy day in my jammies watching tv, sleeping and eating…
seemed to be just the right thing to do…
24 Thursday Dec 2015
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this morning I watched the sun rise from nothing to a gorgeous yellow orb…
sun isn’t quite up yet… shortly after that it peeked through the trees…
a while later it was much more visible…
and the window multiplied the reflection…
opened the upstairs window to take this one so there wasn’t any reflection…
but it had a cool sun circle around it…
finally took this shot of the gazing ball under a top hat of snow… sun was glittering off it…
haven’t had much sun for the last week or so… just revelled in it this morning… makes me feel so much better when it shines…
what a treat…
04 Friday Dec 2015
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big girl pants, blooming, dinner, FaceTime, Grandpa, orchids, sun, Technology
very happy the day is nearly over… been a long one…
this morning the sky was quite lovely… got a few pictures as we were driving to the office… also enjoyed the sun streaming through the windows throughout the day…
had supper with all the kids… technology is an amazing thing… we FaceTimed over burgers… we had A&W and they had Burger King… besides a teenburger, I had a few onion rings and two of their apple pies…
have had this picture on my phone for quite a while but hadn’t found the right time to use it… today seems like the right time… George loved to bring me orchids all the time and so when I see them I always think of him…
this has been blooming for weeks…
haven’t been able to talk about him all day… not even over dinner… our usual pattern is to share some grandpa stories during our meal, but I just couldn’t do it…
02 Thursday Jul 2015
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big girl pants, crows, decoration, garden, goldfinches, hazy, moments, sun
getting a bit tired of the hazy sky we have had for the last week or so… this morning I decided I’d taken enough pictures of the morning sun, until I spotted the crows on the wire… rare to see them in this area of the neighbourhood…
fires are burning to the west of us which is causing the constant haze…
as I was preparing my supper tonight, looked out the patio doors and spotted this goldfinch sitting in the cedars, like a Christmas decoration…
a few minutes later, when I was sitting outside, two of the male goldfinches chased one another all through the cedars nattering at the top of their lungs… for a while I was thinking we had a dad, mom and son, which might be true, but there is also another male and they don’t like sharing a feeder…
luckily there are three feeders in the garden so they don’t have to fight over the seed…
so happy to have the time to spend outdoors and enjoy these moments…
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