24 Sunday Feb 2019
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have decided that it needs to be Spring…
bought this cute little crocus plant and am enjoying watching the blooms open…
the sun is shining out there and it feels like Spring… in the house, lol…
except that the temperature is minus 34…
picked up a few Spring-y tops on Friday…
maybe if we imagine it enough, it will come sooner;-)…
19 Tuesday Feb 2019
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sunshine and clouds…
Saturday the sun was shining down on the planters in the front yard and there were diamonds glittering… lovely dome of snow, which reminded me of a giant ice cream cone…
a bit later I caught this sundog… not very big but always such fun to spot… as I was driving downtown this morning there was a huge one, but I couldn’t stop to take a photo…
Sunday the clouds were very fluffy as I took this picture…
12 Friday Oct 2018
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today was my first Friday back in the office since May…
started the day with a visit to the dentist’s office… have lovely clean teeth now…
dressed casual to ease back into being in the office on a Friday, lol… and brought a snack for everyone… it was the leftover trail mix from Thanksgiving dinner… I had picked up a number of bulk seeds, nuts and smarties and mixed them together… came out great and everyone loved it…
on my lunch break I went for a walk in the sunshine and checked out some cameras… still looking for just the right one to replace my Nikon…
a few pretty plants out there although they were looking a bit rough around the edges close up…
09 Sunday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, cooking, dad, dinner, family, flowers, memories, missing, morning glories, pasta, rain, raindrops, remembering, rummaged, sunshine, tomato, treat, weather, widow
odd weather today… went from cloudy to sunny, to rainy, and back again a number of times… ended with sun shining through the clouds…
the poor morning glories took a beating early on… nearly every time it rained the drops were huge…
thinking of my dad today as I took hours to make fresh tomato sauce to go with some spaghetti for supper… I keep buying grape tomatoes to make caprese salad and then never use them all up… he would add all kinds of condiments to add flavour and it always ended up delicious… as I rummaged through the cupboard, I remembered watching him do the same thing, lol…
it turned out great and was a lovely treat as I don’t often have pasta… made some homemade coleslaw to go along with it and have a bit of both for lunch tomorrow;-)…
30 Monday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, family, grandson, lightning, Rabbit Lake, rain, regatta, sky, sunshine, weather, widow
spent Saturday at Rabbit Lake watching a rowing regatta…
last year my grandson was only in two races… this year he was in quite a few…
in his first race he was with someone he hadn’t rowed with before and they came in second, which meant they would row in the finals later in the day…
the process is very interesting… before they can put the boat into the water an umpire has to check that everything is correctly placed… then they have to put the boat into the water, get set up in the boat and head down to the starting area… when they have completed the race they row back, wait for directions to land, take the boat out of the water and then put it back with the rest of their team’s equipment…
then they might have to rush to get ready for their next race… he ended up a couple of times running from the end of one race to the start of another…
the most fun was a four hundred metre mixed race for eights… these huge boats are fun to watch and have very few races, lol…
at one point the proceedings were called due to lightning… so for nearly an hour everyone had to come off the water and tie down their equipment… then the sky cleared and it was back to racing…
much later the lightning and thunder ended the regatta… it was interesting to watch everyone get off the water and pack up all of the equipment…
and then it poured, cleared up and the sun came back out in time for a bbq and award ceremony…
a great fun day… then the long drive home…
19 Thursday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, East Coast, family, kids, moments, outside, raining, shells, sky, sun, sunshine, treasures, widow
this morning I put all the shells that my kids brought home from their trip to the East coast on the table outside to dry in the sun…
they have been soaking in soapy water for a few days to clean them and get rid of the fishy smell…
when I arrived home they were rather wet from the afternoon rainfall…
I was thinking they would have dried out and been cleansed by the sun…
right now it is pouring out and I am hoping that the shells don’t blow away in the storm…
wish me luck;-)…
13 Wednesday Jun 2018
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the last few days I’ve been watching the sky on my travels to and from the office…
a few mornings the sun has been sending rays through the clouds… of course I never get to take pictures on the drive…
this particular picture is from the night we went to a soccer game close to me… the sky that night was a show of great views… in the end the game was cancelled due to lightning… I really liked the sun shining down through the clouds…
the sun against the blue sky in the evenings has been lovely as well…
I was looking through my photos to find a picture that would show the beauty…
the pinks and blues of this shot last Friday don’t really replicate the amazing colour that evening…
it is always wonderful to take the time to enjoy the beauty around us…
more and more I focus on those moments…
25 Friday May 2018
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big girl pants, cleats, clouds, home, ice cream, soccer game, sunlight, sunshine, through, widow
the sun has been shining through clouds a lot lately but I haven’t been able to get any pictures…
last night, while we were waiting for the soccer game to start, I had the chance to get a few…
also excited to catch the moon in amongst the clouds too…
after I was dropped off I took a few pics of the clouds out the front…
in the end there was no game as the lightning kept coming, although we did get to have ice cream…
but look at these amazing soccer cleats;-)…
12 Saturday May 2018
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made the loveliest lunch today…
combined a smoked goldeye with cream cheese for a very tasty spread for the two types of crackers I had in the pantry…
then I started with shredded cucumber, green onion, vinegar and added radishes and cilantro… not only was it delicious when combined, but it also made it prettier with that bit of red added…
out in the garden I set up the chairs and cushions and ate my lunch and read my book…
04 Friday May 2018
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this morning I went for breakfast at the “A” with my grandson which was a lovely treat…
as we walked there he mentioned something about my having an opportunity to ride in a police car…
it reminded me that I had ridden in the back of a police car when they came to the door and drove me to the hospital when George died…
I don’t really want to do that again;-(…
there are still many days when the loss seems so fresh…
later in the day I spent some time in the garden… first opportunity to enjoy the warmth and sunlight… starting to look pretty good after the work done this week…
a squirrel came right up beside me while I was quietly reading in the sunshine…
still need the pond cleaned, the pump installed and the beds tidied…
much to do…
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