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Ottawa day 1…

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…


after a good flight, landed in Ottawa and got this shot of a cool sculpture as I was heading toward the baggage carousel… one side was quite boring but this view was gorgeous with the light shining through…
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…

Clementine…

06 Wednesday Jul 2016

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worked the late shift today and was able to meet up with a good friend for lunch before I started, and check out a new restaurant…


the restaurant is located on the lower level and is nicely decorated… small but fresh and bright… they only serve breakfast and lunch, which is a fun change…

we always have a good time together and spend our time checking in with one another… lovely to catch up… they had been to a number of places since we’d last been together… I went on about Atlanta, lol…

I had the Braised Bacon Benedict…

Braised Bacon Benedict Maple Sabayon, Dill, Poached Eggs, Pickled Jalapeños, Cheddar Biscuit


as it would happen, I asked for the jalapeños to be on the side, and they actually didn’t even come…

it was very tasty and the eggs were poached perfectly…

I also had the cucumber salad…

Cucumbers, Romaine Hearts, Tomato Caramel, Tahini Dressing


today they had avocado instead of the tomato caramel…

my friend had the Seared Tuna, Cashew, Peas & Rhubarb which was also delicious…

I had parked at work and then walked to and from lunch… still a few steps short of my daily goal…

such a treat to be able to spend some time with a good friend…

home…

20 Monday Jun 2016

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woke up to another great day in Atlanta…


lazed around a bit and packed up our bags… always interesting how difficult it is to get the same stuff back into your bag, lol…

headed to the airport hoping we could get seats together on the plane… apparently you need to book online as soon as you can because when we went to check in there were no empty seats and we were at opposite ends of the plane…

decided to head out early and have a nice breakfast at the airport… not to happen… when we finally got to the correct terminal – after taking the train again – all they had was a food court, sigh…

this was my breakfast…


wasn’t quite what we imagined it would be… it was a full moon after all…

at the gate we were advised we were stuck in the seats we had been assigned… I ended up in the furthest window seat at the back of the plane, where there is no window and the seats don’t recline at all… really felt claustrophobic the whole flight… strange that they were far apart as we booked them together…

my daughter had purchased some duty free liquor and when we arrived in Toronto and made it to the security line we were advised it wasn’t in the right bag, duh, so we had to leave the area and go back to WestJet check in and leave her bag, with the liquor there to be checked… luckily we had a spare cloth bag… then we had to go back through security again… omg… good thing there was time before our flights…

we ordered some lunch in an Irish pub place and it took a long time to arrive… thankfully it was right beside the two gates we needed…

after lunch we spent a last few minutes to say goodbye between the two gates before we each headed to our flights…


standing in line I could see her waiting for her flight…

two and a half hours later and I was home… unpacked a bit, had a bite of supper and heading off to bed as I work tomorrow…

a great trip and lots of fun… 

now, back to reality…

retirement…

25 Thursday Feb 2016

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lately I’ve been hearing a lot of people discussing their retirement plans…

I’m of an age where many people in my circle are considering retiring… some are cutting back their work schedules and others are pulling the plug…

in the women’s groups I meet with, there are only three of us who still work… the others are busy with life and fitting in time for travel…

some days it makes me think about not working but I then I remind myself how much I enjoy my colleagues and the work I do… I like being around people and staying home might mean turning into a hermit… 

I do enjoy my extra day off every few weeks and am looking toward having that opportunity every week…

so many changes to consider…

caught this lovely play of sun and shadows today…

  

daisies…

21 Sunday Jun 2015

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the daisies have taken over the path by the pond…

  
I don’t actually think there were any planted in this garden, lol…

there have been daisies in the backyard for at least twenty-five years…

for many of those years they have travelled back and forth across the garden…

they would be on one side of the yard and within a few weeks would move through the grass… whenever George mowed they would bloom right at grass height and then move a little bit further before he mowed again…  

 

these pictures are from either end of the pathway… the daisies are everywhere, lol…

they are so bright and happy looking… 

  
final bonus today are these jolly jump ups that self seeded…

  
so cute…

 

travel…

15 Monday Jun 2015

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was up early, had a hot tub and breakfast…

finished packing my bag…

  
and there seemed to be lots of room left in it… wonder what I forgot!?

taxi to the airport and a short wait before boarding the plane…

  
nice flight…

  
landed in Ottawa, met by my daughter and we took a bendy bus to her house… there are many bendy buses here… at home there are two for the entire city…

  
then we walked to the local strip mall and had a pedicure on our way to pick up groceries for supper…

  
seems like I travelled a lot today using quite a number of modes of transportation, although I didn’t take a boat, lol…

glad to be here safe and sound and have a few days with these kids…