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story…

22 Wednesday Jun 2016

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just yesterday a colleague and I were discussing how best to look after orchids…

I was sharing the story of my IKEA orchid which I purchased in October… it bloomed until about a month ago and now a new stem is blooming…


I treat orchids like cut flowers… well, basically that’s how I deal with all plants…

I water them sparingly on Saturday… some people use an ice cube weekly to be sure they don’t overwater… my orchids have all liked being in the sun for a good portion of the day…

if they last longer than a bouquet that’s great, if not they get tossed…

way less stress and I am often pleasantly surprised when they last a long time… 

I have a bamboo which one of my daughter’s friends brought me when I had surgery in 2010… still going strong…

tonight I was sitting outside while the pond was filling and admiring the daisy explosion in the garden…


they are everywhere…

flowers inside and out… what a treat…

lilac…

31 Tuesday May 2016

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lilacs are one of my favourite flowers… and they have such a beautiful fragrance…


this morning a new colleague brought some in for another colleague and I…

she took a picture of the two of us with them…


such a lovely treat… what a thoughtful thing to do… great start to the day…


there were also some amazing roses…

flowers all day long…

mothering…

07 Saturday May 2016

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been thinking of my mom…


for the majority of our lives we did not do well together… she wasn’t able to mother my brother and I due to illness… not sure I understood at the time…


we connected much better during my adult years, and had an extraordinary four months at the end of her life as we travelled her final journey together… 


I was fortunate to be with her every day during that time and learned so much about her… we came to be good friends… 

such a difficult time, but also a blessing…

it appears that Mother’s Day has gone from a day to treat your mom, to a weekend, even week, of excess… all I want is time with my children…

these days, with all this hype about Mother’s Day, I am thinking of all those who don’t necessarily get along with their mothers… or those who mother people but are not considered mothers… 

life is short… give someone a hug… you never know what tomorrow will bring… besides, it feels good;-)…

clean…

07 Monday Mar 2016

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had to stop as I was backing out of the driveway this morning to take a picture of the glittering snow… so white, bright, shiny and clean looking…

  
lovely start to the day…

when I returned to the house I noticed two things… huge amounts of snow had melted throughout the day… here is the top of the deck just a few days ago…

  
this is the same spot tonight…

  
the sun shone with great strength all day… really noticed it on the drive home as there were many puddles and the snow banks had gone down a lot…

the final piece was in the bathroom… the cleaners come the first Monday of the month and they always fold the toilet paper like you are in a hotel…

  
I had prepared for them, but with the busyness of the day totally forgot they’d been here until I walked into the house and noticed how clean it was…

what a treat…

glass…

01 Tuesday Mar 2016

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great fun to turn the page on my Chihuly calendar this morning… so happy I was able to get a 2016 one…

  
every picture reminds me of the amazing visit we had to Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle…

this morning it was very light and I took a few pictures of the fish through the glass…

  
they kind of posed for the photo…

ended the day with some fabulous pho that we picked up after aquasize…

  
it was delicious… and a lovely treat… 

was very good all day to be sure I could manage the special meal…

vanish…

22 Friday Jan 2016

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on my way out to the car this morning — with my hands full of various bits and bags for work — I had to stop and take a picture of the pink sky…

 
my driving buddy thought I’d fallen as it took me a few extra seconds to get to the car, lol…

 took lots of pictures as we drove downtown… you never know, when the sky is so beautiful, when it will vanish…

  
at lunch I went for a walk with my daughter as our yoga class was cancelled… did well, particularly as I hadn’t planned on walking… had a spare jacket to put under my coat and pulled up my hood… only my legs got cold…

then my grandson met me at the office and came to shovel… afterwards we had leftover lentils with brown basmati rice along with roasted brussel sprouts and mushrooms… 

  

he chose the menu and prepped the veggies… we had a lovely visit and he headed home on the bus…

what a treat…

bouquet…

07 Thursday Jan 2016

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been a tough week, so last night I treated me to a lovely bouquet of flowers…

didn’t open the package and brought them to the office to perk up my space…

  
they look and smell wonderful and were a great bit of beauty as we worked on a project… enjoyed the perfume and looked at them many times throughout the day…

  
from one of my shots I made wallpaper for my phone…

  
going to take a few more pictures tomorrow before I start work…

lucky to be able to treat myself…

treat…

07 Saturday Nov 2015

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so excited this morning to see the moon out the window… made me jump out of bed to take a picture and I discovered that there was a planet just above it…  couldn’t decide if it was Venus or Mars, lol, but cool… this was a wonderful treat because it has been overcast for days…

a little later I got this shot of the sun shining brightly…


what a treat… wasn’t out in the garden for long but took the time to look out the windows to enjoy the sunshine whenever I could…

picked up groceries and made zucchini basil soup, which is becoming a staple in my house, for my dinner… it is so tasty and easy…

got the ingredients chopped and cooking…

  

within half an hour was blending it together…

  

enjoyed it with some lovely Tuscan garlic bread from Safeway…

 

walked into the living room and enjoyed this topper to the day…

 
now spending the evening drinking chocolate rocket tea and watching ice skating on tv… 

funny how the rough days make the ones that follow more special as you realize how wonderful life really is…
  

meditation…

16 Friday Oct 2015

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wonderful start to my day…

  
beautiful flowers, bunnies, bluejays and squirrels…   all within a few minutes… the wonder of having the moment to enjoy this lovely treat…


at yoga today we sat up against a wall and meditated for a while… especially liked being able to lean against something… apparently any comfortable position works, except laying down, lol… 

over the next weeks we are going to try different meditation methods… I am looking forward to it because I have always found meditating difficult… when I close my eyes all I see is black…

 

good to get back to my yoga practice… 

nervous…

20 Monday Jul 2015

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yesterday was three years since my cancer surgery…

today I had my regular six-month check-up… which I will have until five years have gone by… the chances of the cancer reoccurring are basically nil as the doctor pointed out today, but I was still nervous…

  
usually my daughter comes with me but she wasn’t able to today… didn’t even want to be in the building so soon after my friends’ deaths… and it isn’t CancerCare’s fault… they did everything they possibly could…

everything went well and I am fine… back to the office in record time…

  
combined the homemade pesto with whole wheat pita bread and Brie for a great pizza, with a veggie salad for my supper… doing much better with whole wheat items, particularly if there are strong flavours with them…

I had a few pieces of Lindt Orange Intense Dark Chocolate as a treat… don’t tell my BS friends… this was supposed to be their treat from my Ottawa trip, lol… I’m sure I can save the rest of it…