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favourites…

04 Tuesday Apr 2017

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in my camera app you can save favourites… 

when I like a picture for some reason or other, I put it into the favourites folder and wait for the right time to use it…

today I have a few that I’ve been saving and thought I would share…

on one of our walks on vacation I took this picture of a lovely hibiscus…

this shot of the new shell additions to the living room table… one square has the purchased ones and the other all of the ones we found along the beach…

newest page on my Chihuly calendar…

I love April…

this cute  little ladybug was wandering along the baseboard in the bedroom the other day…

wonderfully gnarled tree in the English Gardens…

once I’ve used them I remove them from Favourites… and on to the next;-)…

crafting…

26 Monday Dec 2016

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today I started turkey soup and worked on a craft project which my daughter gave me for Christmas…

the soup has simmered all day and soon I will separate the broth from the meat…

the crafting was fun… started with a box…

opened it to discover everything I would need to produce a Ferrero Rocher tree…

took out the bits and pieces…

pretty cool set up… way better than glueing them together, lol…

couple of levels done…

nice, eh… okay, okay, so all I did was put the chocolates on the layers, but it looks great…

my kind of craft… will use it as the centrepiece for New Year’s dinner…

I love Ferrero Rocher, but shouldn’t be eating them… will be great to have my family’s assistance in getting rid of them, lol… they are very helpful that way…

Ziggy…

25 Sunday Dec 2016

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felt a bit sad for our friend Ziggy this morning… he looked very sad as we put him into the hot almond milk…

but sure was tasty… 

had a wonderful day filled with fun, family, special moments and lots of treats…

ended with delicious turkey and all the trimmings…

the boys did a great job of cleaning up and then we devoured a chocolate Christmas tree;-)…

photo by @peacecyndi…

turnip…

24 Saturday Dec 2016

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yesterday and this morning got the food prepped for Christmas dinner…

peeled and cut up potatoes and turnip… my dad insisted on turnip water to make the gravy… felt it added just the right flavour… so I cook turnips for every holiday meal, lol… a few of us even eat the turnip…

thought I was done and then remembered the stuffing… broke up the bread while watching tv and then finished it while I was making my supper…

this morning I cooked and blended the cranberries…

picked up the Ottawa kids and now we are at my daughter and son-in-law’s house for a Christmas Eve sleepover…

quite a few presents under the tree…

I’m home with the kids…  the big boys are out watching the new Star Wars movie and the girls are doing last minute shopping…

interesting…

18 Sunday Dec 2016

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got a variety of interesting shots today…

started early when I took a picture of the tree with the Advent butterflies and angels added to it…

then I got a few pictures of the 2015 October orchid which is still blooming…

back to the tree for another shot which has a reflection in one of the ornaments…

although the moon was full just last Tuesday it is nearly half gone…

spent quite a bit of time updating pictures for the electronic picture frame…

frustrated because some of the pictures are coming up sideways after I turned them on the card… even bought new batteries for the remote to see if that would make a difference… sigh, no luck…

then the kids met me at Save-On-Foods and we checked it out… got the turkey for Christmas and various other bits and pieces… next time I will go on my own to just wander around and really see what they have, lol…

seemed like there was lots going on today…

greenery…

24 Thursday Nov 2016

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as I was leaving the house this morning spotted this on the deck…

thinking that the squirrels were looking for a snack and pushed the alyssum, that was still blooming, off the deck… sad because I really liked that pot…

at noon I got this shot of the tree in City Place… quite lovely…

and tonight, this cute tree…

a lot of greenery in my day, lol…

angels…

27 Tuesday Sep 2016

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on a walk the other day I came across this little angel propped up against a tree in a place where few people would see her…


made me think of the angels among us… whether people who have gone before, or those in our midst who do those special things for us… and maybe we don’t even know they’ve done something…

new…

09 Wednesday Mar 2016

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on Saturday I picked up these new shorts… 

  
the ones from last summer aren’t going to fit this year…

and I will need them for our trip to New York City for a weekend mid April…

not exactly sure what the temperature will be but want to be prepared…

I’m going with my two daughters and one of their friends… looking forward to it…

have been looking through websites, Pinterest, and talking with people who’ve been…

we will be going early on a Friday and returning home late on the Monday… not too long but we are planning to see lots while we are there… 

everyone I’ve talked with has said it is wonderful… been a bit nervous because I’m not very good in crowds and am worried that there will be tons of people everywhere…

I’m looking forward to dinner at a great restaurant, maybe seeing some cherry trees in bloom and walking in Central Park…

early in the winter I bought a new pair of ECCO sandals and will be happy to break them in on this trip… for a number of years my feel hurt all the time but once I started wearing these shoes they have been pain free…

  
all winter I wear my sandals at work… people laugh when they see me with bare toes but I can still remember the pain that I was in constantly before… these are the only shoes for me now… I can walk forever…