03 Tuesday Oct 2017
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took a few minutes to enjoy this sunset last night…
feels as though life has been going by so quickly that I haven’t taken the time to enjoy those special moments as they happen…
have had a very intense few days so it felt timely tonight as I spent a few minutes checking out this cool sky…
11 Friday Aug 2017
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big girl pants, boat, camping, family, friends, grandson, moments, Nutimik day one, sunset, wakeboarding, widow
arrived just before noon on this beautiful day…
the borrowed camper was set up and then the boys headed back to the city for the boat…
we got everything organized and the girls went down to the beach… I spent a while in the hammock…
the sky was beautiful… it was lovely and peaceful…
then the guys arrived with the boat and we headed to the water…
we spent hours by the diving rock and had such fun… even the dog was diving…
a little wakeboard demonstration by the oldest and the dad… then back to the campsite for a rest and dinner…
clearly we had a lot of fun… what with all those wet towels and clothes, lol…
we are now sitting at the beach watching a gorgeous sunset…
what a great start to our time here…
22 Saturday Jul 2017
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big girl pants, Boathouse Restaurant, campsite, Canada Games, chips, grandson, Kenora, memories, rowing, sunset, Tops and Bottoms Regatta, views, widow
yesterday, started our morning at the campsite… quick breakfast and my daughter, oldest grandson and I headed to Rabbit Lake, on the outskirts of Kenora…
it is a lovely little lake that is going to be the site for rowing at the Canada Games over the next few weeks…
we spent a good portion of our day here… waiting for the boats to arrive, watching the kids get them offloaded, and then various practices as they prepared for today’s Tops and Bottoms Regatta…
we headed into town for a bit of the time where we had lunch at the Boathouse, which seemed fitting, lol… while we were there it started to pour… there was thunder, and lightning was flashing… we had to go back and get our boy, but did stop for some chips from the Ye Old Chip truck… I mean, we were in Kenora, lol…
picked up our boy, came back into town and checked into the hotel… our room had a great view of the harbour…
back at Rabbit Lake the sun came out and we actually got to see some rowing… very proud of my grandson as he prepares for his first races…
after practice it was back to town for supper and an early evening…
he went out with his teammates and we had dinner in the Waterside Restaurant which is high above the water and offered stunning views… the food was very tasty…
not sure how many pictures I took, lol…
memory-filled day…
25 Saturday Mar 2017
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took it easy today after all the fun and busyness of the last week…
slept in and had a smoothie for breakfast… unpacked and did laundry… put chemicals in the hot tub and watered the plants…
added the new blanket to the bed, watched a good amount of tv (we didn’t even turn the one on in our room while we were away)… and also ate chips… had very few while I was away… missed them a lot…
gathered up all the chocolate that I purchased and took a few photos…
loving my new tech bag… it has all my bits and pieces in one spot…
tonight took this picture of the sun setting… appreciated the sunsets in Mazatlan but happy to be home and see my own, lol…
really enjoyed the quiet day…
20 Monday Mar 2017
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beachcombing, big girl pants, Mazatlan Day 4, nap, plants, pool, rocks, shells, Starbuck's, sunset, thunder, vanilla, walk, waves, widow
up around six this morning… did some beachcombing with the middle grandson and my daughter…
I provided the bag and they found the shells, lol… many were thrown back because we have a strict rule about not keeping broken ones…
the waves were beautiful and some crashed like thunder…
daughter found a very nice cowrie which we decided meant she won the day…
also had to pick up a few rocks for the collection, lol…
met up with the rest of the family for breakfast and then three of us walked to Starbucks stopping along the way to check out the shops and plant life…
found vanilla, hot chocolate mix and a few other goodies… apparently chocolate shops, which we have been watching for, are few and far between here…
once we got back to the hotel we went to the pool where the rest of the group were, and the kids spent the remainder of the day there… I had a nap and also some pool time…
it gets dark here quite early – around 6 – and we’ve been enjoying the sunsets, which have been stunning…
heading out for a steak dinner shortly…
another wonderful day in paradise…
15 Wednesday Feb 2017
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for the last few days I’ve been noticing how much light there is in the morning and into the evening…
just yesterday I went down to the basement without needing to turn on a light…
got this lovely shot of the moon when I arrived at the office…
and at the end of the day I caught this beautiful sunset…
been thinking about how time goes by so quickly and how important it is to let go of the negative and focus on the light…
continue to work toward focussing on the good… and not letting myself get stuck in the negative…
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;-)…
21 Wednesday Dec 2016
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@peacecyndi, big girl pants, chocolate, ChocoMe, daughter, hot tub, Instagram, macaroni and cheese, sunset, TheChocolateLab, widow, winter solstice
Christmas has begun… my Ottawa daughter is home for the holidays…
took this picture of the hot tub when I returned home from running errands this afternoon… looks pretty although not so good that the ice is all the way down the wall;-(…
as I headed to the airport this beautiful sunset stopped me in my tracks…
it was still light when I arrived and I waited in the car, watching for the plane…
wasn’t very long till it landed, but the light was certainly gone on this winter solstice evening…
the plane was very, very, very, big…
home to her favourite dinner of macaroni and cheese, made by mom…
then we had some chocolate after she took the appropriate pictures for her Instagram account @peacecyndi… it was fun to watch her at work…
the leather and walnut bite we shared was delicious and then we had some of my coconut, candied violet with gold flakes Advent chocolate bar from ChocoMe…
it is lovely to look at and quite tasty…
now for a hot tub and bed…
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
01 Thursday Sep 2016
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big girl pants, flight, mani/pedi, Ottawa Day 1, packed, sky, sunrise, sunset, travel, water wall, widow
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…
