03 Tuesday Apr 2018
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the weather has been decidedly crazy lately…
last week I wore sandals to work… since then there have been threats of snow almost daily…
happily, for many of the days, at least the sun was shining…
nearly everyone I talk to has been feeling crummy with the up and down temperatures… hard to know whether to wear a light jacket, the middle jacket or the really heavy duty cold one…
hard to believe we haven’t had much snow at all this winter considering that it’s been so cold…
crazy…
29 Thursday Mar 2018
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day started sunny, but cold… then mid morning it started to snow…
the sun was back as we headed home…
the sunlight in the dining room shone on the bunnies…
although one of my grandsons said the wire one looked like a bird on Sunday, lol…
in the living room the flowers shone…
sunlight and shadows are so beautiful…
really happy to have the next four days off…
02 Saturday Dec 2017
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up early and the youngest and I went for an early breakfast… he is usually the first up in their family so was excited for us to go down to eat together…
spent an hour in the pool area… the boys really enjoyed their final trips down the slide…
packed up our bags, checked out and headed to the first game…
it ended up being the last game for the team… they finished the tournament in 5th place… our guy had some great serves and volleys… so proud of the entire team… they have come a long way over the four years that I’ve been watching them play…
we watched one of the girls’ semi finals and then began our trip home…
another beautiful drive on a sunshiny day…
02 Saturday Sep 2017
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2017 Ottawa day 3, big girl pants, dinner, family, flowers, fun, Kingston, moments, paddle board, pottery, Public Market, shopping, sunshine, SUP, vacation, widow, wobble
began our day at the Kingston Public Market where we picked up veggies, flowers, and treats to take home…
it is a cute little Market with many food vendors and artisans… found some maple syrup and pottery to bring home…
stopped into a bakery, an Italian grocery store and a butcher shop to finish off the items needed for our dinner…
then it was off to Sydenham Lake to christen the new SUP…
my daughter had a lovely paddle on it and enjoyed every minute…
after her first round she came in and gave me instructions and assistance to give it a try…
my goodness it is difficult… at one point I asked what was making the board wobble so much and she announced it was me, lol… took a short paddle after she helped me onto the board, then did kneeling paddle boarding… rested for a few minutes and did one more round of the standing up version… lots of fun but exhausting;-)…
I would do it again, as long as someone was there to get me up on it…
fabulous steak dinner with beets, fingerling potatoes and green beans…
now for a movie and then to bed…
14 Friday Jul 2017
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big girl pants, flowers, garden, haul, light, local, morning glories, purple, shopping, summer, sunshine, widow
started yesterday with a morning glory sighting…
they are just so stunning… make me smile every time I see one… I am always astonished at the light that seems to pour out of the centre of them…
it was a lovely day so we had lunch in the Millennium Park… the sun was shining and Emptyful was misting rather nicely over us…
another colleague walked by and took this great shot of the four of us…
once we were finished eating a few of us walked over and around the Downtown Farmers Market… we were pretty quick but I was so happy to have found peas and small cucumbers…
what a haul… had a few last night and they are delicious…
ah, summer…
01 Thursday Jun 2017
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big girl pants, Emptyful, family, Harry Potter, Millennium Park, photos, poppies, selfie, sunshine, walk, weather, widow
yesterday had lunch in the Millennium Park next door to the office… a lovely time in the sun enjoying conversation and food with some great individuals… as I was walking back, with my hands full and the sun shining into my face, took this shot of Emptyful…
came out pretty good considering I couldn’t see what I was doing, lol…
my new iPhone 7 makes pictures move in an odd fashion… reminds me of the photographs in the Harry Potter series…
after work, met up with my daughter and oldest grandson and we had supper out before attending his final band concert of the year… on our way back to the car we took this selfie in front of Emptyful as we went by…
wonderful to have opportunities to be outside on such a beautiful day…
and today spent a few minutes enjoying the poppies blooming in the garden before heading to the office…
walked to the Fairmont and back this morning… great treat to be out again while we are enjoying such beautiful days…
looking forward to spending time in the garden planting tomorrow…
26 Friday May 2017
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the day was filled with purple treats…
early this morning as I was walking to the clinic for some bloodwork I came across numerous lilacs in various stages of opening…
these ones were on the way there…
and these ones were on the way back… so pretty and the scent was divine…
was wonderful to be walking outside in the sunshine and warm weather…
at noon did yoga, in my purple outfit, on my purple mat, lol…
at the end of the day when I arrived home I took this picture of the purple flowering chives that are lining the driveway…
for supper I ordered beef bones through SkipTheDishes… lovely end to the week… Tony Roma’s is the only restaurant that calls after you’ve ordered to see if your meal was satisfactory… a great touch…
my daughter FaceTimed me to show me the parcel that arrived… inside was my newest Fitbit Charge 2 metal band… a purple one…
the final treat of my day was some of my loose teamate tea and a little bit of chocolate… love the purple Bino bottle with the extra hot water in it…
and it looks nice on my Mexican blanket/ tablecloth…
good day filled with purple moments…
09 Tuesday May 2017
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light… it brightens my life…
this morning I spotted the sun shining into one of our rooms at the office…
busy throughout the day and then tonight I got this shot of the light in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights…
light in the early morning and light late in the day…
all of that makes me so happy…
30 Sunday Apr 2017
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great excitement today…
ran out and did a number of errands and when I got home came outside and sat by the pond… first time I’ve been out on the back deck this year… only brought out cushions for one chair but it was delightful to sit out and read a book in the sunshine…
had my lunch there and eventually it got so hot that I changed into a tank top and shorts…
kids came over and my son-in-law cleaned the leaves out of the pond, with a little help from the younger boys… they found a frog, woohoo, which always makes me happy… maybe it has been making the odd noise I’ve been hearing when I’ve been in the hot tub over the last week or so…
and he got the pumps in and working…
there is still lots of work to do in the pond, as dead plants need to be removed, ones that are starting need to be cleaned up, and new ones purchased and popped in, although not before all chances of frost are gone… have lost a few when I was over eager, lol…
we had barbecued steak for supper and now they are gone and I am sitting listening to the water running with the sun shining in my face and a blanket on to keep me cozy…
will be sure to have a hot tub to enjoy the sound of the water before bed…
summer really is coming;-)…
28 Friday Apr 2017
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hurray, its Friday… very happy about this… been a long week…
sunshine started early…
this morning I finished planting the morning glories and moon flowers…
excited to see if I will get blossoms earlier than usual this year…
was bright and sunny the whole day and the temperature was 12 degrees when I was heading home… so nice to be a bit warmer…
made Japanese Ginger Pork Burgers with Bok Choy and carrot salad for dinner… instead of the brioche bun, used romaine lettuce… how good am I;-)…
tasty and healthy…
hoping for warm and sunny days over the weekend…
wishing you sunshine and rest…
