27 Monday Feb 2017
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yesterday morning I had a bit of fun taking pictures of the sun rising in the sky…
this is what it looked like at 7:24 as the sun was just peeking out through the trees…
then this as 7:49…
this was the last of the series that I took, at 9:09…
so beautiful and such a change when you look out the window at different times…
it was out for most of the day and even though it was cold and windy it felt great…
that bit of extra light and bright sky makes such a difference in my mood…
17 Friday Feb 2017
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the sky was absolutely stunning this morning on my drive to work… from the moment I turned east until I turned into the parking lot it kept changing…
from pink and gold to blue and mauve the entire time… didn’t have a good spot anywhere along the way to take a picture and I don’t think I could have taken one that would show the actual beauty…
it was a lovely start to Friday…
I’ve been giggling since I got home and discovered that the reason the love sign in the window hasn’t looked right is the fact that the o was backwards…
was a great chuckle for me and a good start to the long weekend…
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…
15 Sunday Jan 2017
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sunrise…
and sunset…
today…
what a great day…
sunshine all day long today and yesterday, and it wasn’t freezing cold either…
went grocery shopping with my daughter and picked up some beautiful flowers…
they make me feel happy…
and I cannot believe it but the never ending orchid has a new bud on it;-)…
22 Thursday Dec 2016
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full day of fun…
up just in time to witness the beautiful sunrise…
we had smoothies to start our day… hers had fruit in it to sweeten it up a bit…
my daughter headed out with friends for the day…
and I finished off the wrapping as the carols pumped out of the iPod…
all done and packed up ready to go…
we met up in the afternoon and visited a local chocolate shop and a bakery…
picked up her husband when he landed and had a tasty treat…
they have headed off to house sit and I am relaxing in front of the box…
now for a quiet evening…
09 Wednesday Nov 2016
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got a beautiful bouquet today…
flowers make me happy;-)… a lovely treat and I spent some time admiring them…
they kind of matched the sunrise today…
been lots of pinks and reds in the sky over the last while…
the weather was amazing and we ate our lunch in the Millennium Library Park… lots of folks walking through, but we were the only ones having lunch… the sun was warm on our backs, but when the wind blew it was a bit cool, lol…
quite remarkable to be outside eating lunch on November 9…
26 Wednesday Oct 2016
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for the last few weeks I have been feeling down…
missing my beloved a lot… usually when I am struggling with missing him I can spot the triggers… a date… a particular activity…
can’t put my finger on anything in particular right now… and I think that makes it worse…
this morning it was dark when I left for work… and when I checked online it showed the sun rose at 8:09 am and set at 6:15 pm…
so it really is getting darker all the time, sigh… light affects me a lot, or lack of it…
and of course the overcast skies and rain don’t help much either…
find that I sleep more as it gets darker… maybe I want to hibernate, lol…
have been taking vitamin D for the last few weeks and think I need to start using my SAD light on a regular basis…
light and shadow on a lisianthus in the English Garden
21 Friday Oct 2016
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the sky has been phenomenal lately…
this morning it was breathtaking again…
the right side looking out the upstairs stairwell window…
the left side right after that…
as I stepped out of the house heading to the garage…
at a stoplight driving downtown…
the seagulls were everywhere this morning… I’ve heard that if you see a bunch of them it is going to rain… and it did rain a number of times throughout the day… happily every time I was out, the sky had just cleared up from one of the downpours, lol…
miss carpooling because, as a passenger, I could always get pictures along the way when I saw something special… now, it is rare when I have the chance to take a photo…
16 Sunday Oct 2016
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first thing I saw this morning was this stunning sky…
the colour in this picture is accurate… amazing… brought joy to my heart…
drove to the Formal Gardens at Assiniboine Park to walk and collect poke balls… one side of the garden was filled with parked cars…
there were tons of kids playing everywhere, but it took a while to figure out that an Ultimate tournament was going on… the other side of the Gardens didn’t have any cars, lol…
decided to walk the loop in the opposite direction than I usually do because so many cars were coming into the area…
it was chilly, but not too bad as long as I kept moving… and I had dressed warmly…
as I was taking pictures of the berries on this tree it occurred to me that a dear young friend and her daughters might be somewhere in the Park playing… they were and we found one another and had a visit while the girls played a game… got this shot of geese flying overhead during the game…
she said the sweetest thing when she introduced me to someone… she called me her mom of the heart…
it was a great treat to spend time with her and we stood for an hour or so and I didn’t feel too cold until I left and got back into the car when I realized how cold I was…
after a few errands it took me quite a while and a few extra blankets to get warm again…
the kids came for dinner and the final surprise was my youngest grandson helping me download and play a new game and giving me a big hug as they were leaving…
day filled with special moments…
01 Thursday Sep 2016
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early this morning I took this picture of the gorgeous sunrise as I was running up and down the stairs finishing my packing…
my flight was at a very civilized 9:35 am which meant I even had time for a smoothie before I left home…
bags packed and ready to go…
when I got to the bottom of the escalator took a pic of the water wall while waiting for my bag…
was thinking how far I have come over the last number of years… flying is old hat for me now, which is good and bad I guess… and travelling on my own is very manageable… happily took a cab to my daughter’s house and then walked to the mall to pick up a few things for lunch…
view from my bed for the next few days…
just last week when the boys were over we used the twin of this comforter for their sleepover…
once my daughter arrived home from work we walked down the street and had mani/pedis…
as we made our way home I stopped to get this picture of the gorgeous sunset…
woke up in one province to a beautiful sky and heading to bed in another under the an equally beautiful one…
