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magical…

08 Thursday Mar 2018

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had a magical time with flowers today…

there were tulips at the office and I got time to take pictures for a social media post we were working on…

when I arrived home the sunlight was streaming through the living room window and making the vase of flowers look amazing… so I spent a lovely time taking pictures…

to top off the day, the house magically cleaned itself… it smelled good when I walked in and seeing the toilet paper folded was the confirmation…

well, the cleaners came although I hadn’t been expecting them, lol…

what a blessing…

collection…

04 Sunday Mar 2018

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had some fun with pictures today…

reorganized a few items and took a few shots…

angels have been part of my collections forever… now it has been reduced to just a small group…

a few are handmade puppets;-)…

when my eyes aren’t glued to the tv, this is what I see… can see beams of light early in the day and also midday as well…

I do love sunlight…

gardens…

03 Thursday Aug 2017

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had a lovely early morning walk to and around the Gardens at the Park…


first time the pelicans have been around this year when I’ve been on my walks…

the Gardens are lovely right now…


the gardeners were everywhere and the sprinklers were rather a danger… took quite different paths so I didn’t get drenched…


last week I got a shot of this bench with a woman seated on it from the other side of the garden… looks different from this point of view…


the view from our bench… and here’s the bench…


as I left the Gardens the path was beautiful with the dappled light…


great start to the day…

lighting…

30 Monday Jan 2017

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apparently yesterday was quite full…

started in the morning with a lovely sunrise…

wonderful to have the sunshine… a bit later I noticed the sun lighting up the waterfall…

picked up some cushions on sale while I was out grocery shopping…

while the kids were here for dinner they scraped down a large section of the kitchen ceiling where the paint had been peeling… what a mess it made, lol… but now I won’t have to worry about it falling on my head…

and finally last evening the lights all came on at the correct time and went off when they were supposed to…

lots happened and it was all fun… 

circle…

12 Saturday Nov 2016

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today I went to the Formal Gardens at the Park to walk the circle… haven’t been moving much for the last few days and really needed to get some exercise…

the shapes of the trees stand out now as there are no longer leaves on them…

this beauty was covered in red berries…

the sunlight and shadows were quite stunning…

circle of tall grass…

stunning with light shining through…

wonderful to be walking in the sunshine although only managed two laps, not my usual three…

had to slow down now and again but on the whole my back was behaving…

picked up some groceries on my way home and stopped by the floral department to take a few pictures…

ChefsPlate…

18 Tuesday Oct 2016

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the lack of light and sunshine drags me down…

when I got home tonight I was exhausted and had a nap before even thinking about dinner…

when I woke up I made sesame tofu banh mi with enoki mushrooms, pickled vegetables and sweet soy glaze…

it was the final meal from last week’s ChefsPlate box… good thing because this week’s box arrives tomorrow, lol… 

opening the bag is a bit like Christmas and the excitement starts to build as each piece comes out… 

reading the directions and following the steps in order is fun and gave me energy…

it turned out very tasty… although a little spicy… might not put all the chili peppers in the next one…

and the great news is that tomorrow’s lunch is all ready;-)…

signs…

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…

designs…

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…

frost…

27 Friday Nov 2015

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last night I was quite excited to look out and see that the solar powered lights glowing…

  
that means the sun had been shining during the day…

  
really enjoying the sunlight as much as possible… today I was commenting on the sunlight streaming through the office windows…

was very pleased tonight when I arrived home and looked at the garage windows… had to get out my phone to take a few pictures…

  
a few years ago I was at a friend’s house and got some amazing shots of hoarfrost on her garage windows… so these pictures reminded me of that special evening when we decorated her living room for Christmas…

  
frost is amazingly beautiful…

as I walked up to the door my phone chirped with a text from another friend who had just cuddled up on her couch with a crocheted blanket I had made for her a year or so ago and wanted to tell me how she enjoyed it… 

lovely memories to finish off a long week…

purple…

21 Saturday Nov 2015

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so happy to get my hair purpled today… was supposed to have happened on Monday but something came up and we had to rebook…

my hair has been too long since last week and I have really forced myself not to go and get it cut… colouring is much easier the longer the hair is…

  
waiting for the cooking portion to be complete… as I left the house in Charleswood I watched this deer in the next yard…

  
so pretty… and the sunlight shining was lovely too…

popped into the Safeway store and picked up groceries… good sales today… had six or seven bags which included some items for Christmas…

got home, put everything away and had a short nap…

  
feels great and looks good too… a couple of people commented on it as I was shopping…