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shivers…

05 Sunday May 2019

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this morning the sun was shining as I got dressed to go for my first Spring walk to the Park…

temperature was a bit cool, right around 1° Celsius, but it looked pretty nice out…

so, I wore short pants and sandals… by the time I was heading out the door the sky looked a bit dark (like snow) so I did add my hat…

a bit of wind as I was walking, but not too bad… I had on my Spring/Fall jacket and my little gloves were in my pocket…

before too long I had on the gloves and took most of my pictures wearing them… luckily the camera doesn’t insist on bare skin the way the iPhone does, lol…

snowflakes did fall every now and then… May 5th, sigh…

I was happy to get home but didn’t realize until I was laying under a blanket with a hot cup of tea in my hands how cold I had been… I did sit in the bathroom for a while to warm my toes on the floor;-)…

my entire body shivered for ages, lol…

hope my next walk is a bit warmer…

spill…

01 Wednesday May 2019

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last night I made some of my new black currant tea…

got out my special cup, filled up my Bino with extra hot water, put milk in my cute little purple whale jug and found a few pieces of chocolate to go with everything and put it all on my new tray…

had two lovely cups…

and then…

as I was pouring the third cup… knocked over the milk which spilled everywhere on the tray and onto me, lol…

but those first two cups were excellent;-)…

mailbox…

30 Tuesday Apr 2019

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started the day admiring a few of the flowers from my birthday bouquet… yesterday morning I removed a few and returned the remainder to the office…

when I got home and checked the mailbox I was very happy…

there was a parcel and a postcard from Hawaii;-)…

the parcel was from one of my “girls” who lives in Vancouver now… she sent me some lovely black currant loose tea… what a sweet girl…

the postcard was from my daughter… she is always sending postcards and while we were on Maui she found one with orchids on it and sent it to me;-)…

just made a cup of the tea… it is lovely…

discontinued…

28 Thursday Feb 2019

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today I went in search of tea… my all-time favourite one has been discontinued and I’ve been searching for a replacement…

I stopped in at the Farmers Market at City Place and talked with two different tea companies… going to pick up a sample next time from one, and got a few samples from the other…

I also went online and ordered my second favourite tea… and it was delivered to the office within a few hours…

lovely collection…

will be filling some tea bags tomorrow…

illusion…

26 Saturday Jan 2019

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started the day sharing tea and croissants with a very special person… such a lovely way to begin the weekend…

was going to grocery shop, but it just felt too cold, so home I came, lol…

the snow on the hot tub cover was amazing and it looked like the siding was melting… it wasn’t, thank goodness… a very cool optical illusion…

then it was laundry and sports on tv;-)…

kindness…

09 Wednesday Jan 2019

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in December we had a Random Acts of Kindness contest at work… we added berries to the wreath whenever we did something kind, or saw someone else doing something kind… at the end of the contest we sent a donation to a local charity…

have been thinking a lot about kindness lately…

from friends taking meals to support others…

to someone bringing me a cup of tea while I was deep in a project…

to the person who brought me my favourite lunch treat for no reason…

whenever I see frost on my garage window I remember the kindness of someone who invited me to their house not long after my beloved died… the frost on the window in their garage was stunning and I will always remember taking some pictures of it…

people are kind…

coleslaw…

19 Saturday May 2018

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set the alarm for 4 this morning to watch the Royal Wedding…

got some shortbread cookies from the freezer, almonds and Morden’s dark chocolate wafers… made tea and had it in a mug that had a bunch of birds perched on a branch, looking at something… lovely little treat as I watched…

had a nap later in the day and then spent some time reading in the sunshine…

baked some chicken, mashed cauliflower and coleslaw… it was very tasty…

reminded me of my mother-in-law who made delicious coleslaw, and a lovely elder who taught me to make coleslaw for large groups… I still use the recipe that has to be divided by four to make a reasonable amount for a family, lol…

coffee…

02 Monday Apr 2018

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had a wonderful day… treated to a manicure and lunch with a very special person…

after our manicures we went a few doors down and had lunch… she started with a fancy cup of coffee and I asked for a cup of tea, but they don’t have tea on the menu… something about doing things well, and just focusing on coffee…

we shared a yummy cauliflower, roasted sweet potato and kale salad… then I had a carbonara pasta topped with shrimp… very tasty… she had a pizza named after a person, lol…

as we ordered our dessert my friend asked for plain coffee and was told they only make the fancy type… so, no regular coffee or tea… odd…

after we finished lunch, I headed home and spent the afternoon deep in a book… another treat as I haven’t done much reading lately…

final treat of the day was having the cleaning crew come and freshen up the house…

very nice end to the Easter weekend…

tea…

28 Saturday Oct 2017

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on Thursday I ran across to the CityPlace Farmers Market looking to refresh my stash of Teamate loose tea…

I really love their Ginger Peach and often make it in the evening using my wonderful Wall left handed tea mug… but sometimes it feels like too much effort… I usually make tea in a thermos, take the bag out after it has steeped and then have it for the next while… I don’t want to use loose tea in my thermos as it would be very difficult to get it clean afterwards…

a friend mentioned they had suggested to the tea person that they should put it into teabags… what a brilliant idea…

as it happens I have tea bags from David’s Tea, so I filled a few and then put them back into the empty Teamate package…

this morning I used one of those bags…

worked perfectly… and way less work…

made me think of my beloved… our all time favourite tea was Apricot Ginger from Twinings… we were so sad when it was discontinued and we never did find a good replacement… until now…

I’ve spent the day watching figure skating… drinking my tea and remembering how my beloved would watch tv in the basement, particularly when I was watching skating, so he wouldn’t have to watch it, lol…

sure do miss him…