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events…

12 Friday May 2017

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been an absolutely crazy busy week…

Monday night my friends helped stuff nametags for an event on Tuesday…

Tuesday I brought the snack for our staff meeting… had great fun the night before finding treats that everyone could enjoy… cheese and crackers, nuts and fruit made for a tasty start to the meeting, lol…

then there were the flowers… picked up tulips for the event… have learned a few tricks to help transport flowers from home… they ride in the back seat in a reusable grocery bag, with the seatbelt on, which keeps them from falling over on the trip… used them at the staff meeting before they headed over to the venue… they looked great simply put into tall vases, and came back to the office to brighten our space afterwards…

more food was involved when I prepared soup for our Souper Thursday… 

rarely does it happen that we would have two events at work that one of us would be responsible for, lol… just my luck that I got so many things to do this week…

more flowers to celebrate a colleague’s birthday…

and finally today a gorgeous bouquet to take pictures of as someone picked up a treat for a family friend…

very happy it is Friday… gonna do lots of relaxing on the weekend…

blink…

10 Wednesday May 2017

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things can change in the blink of an eye…

recently a number of women in my circles have been dealing with very difficult situations… loss of parents, illness of partners and children, employment concerns…

often there is little to do besides sending positive energy and love over the airwaves… spending time holding them in thought and prayer feels like a good use of time…

good to remember to smell the roses, or in this case, tulips…

momentous…

05 Wednesday Apr 2017

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been thinking of the momentous moments in one’s life… and how they change everything…

for me those moments have included…

the moment I met my beloved… he walked into my parents’ house with a friend who was staying with us… from that instant my life changed forever…we were inseparable from that day forward…

the moment we got married… and began our life together… although we were young it felt like the perfect step and started a lifetime of great happiness…

the moment we became parents, both times... and how our lives changed again in the most amazing and wonderful way…

the moment we became grandparents… and how life changing that has been as each one of our grandchildren has come into the world and added joy to our lives…

the moment we became the seniors in our family…when we returned from the hospital after his mom (our last parent) died and our children began looking after us…

the moment my beloved left me… 

tulips…

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

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first thing this morning I took a few pictures of my purple tulips…

really amazing how flowers make me happy…

also have tulips at my desk at the office… we always buy them in support of the Lung Association Breathe fundraiser… 

tonight I made this delicious ChefsPlate Thai Sweet Potato Curry with coconut milk, swiss chard and whole wheat naan bread… it was delicious and also made me happy…

I was so excited to start eating it that the bowl was half empty when I remembered to take a picture…

can hardly wait to eat the leftovers;-)…

park…

27 Friday May 2016

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met a friend for a walk around the English and Leo Mol Gardens this morning…

the Park is about a twenty minute walk from my house, but I had an appointment after so took the car… probably took me twenty-five minutes to drive there… 


there was set-up going on for Sunday’s Teddy Bears’ Picnic, and the usual entryways were all blocked off… 

eventually I made it to where I wanted to be, found a place to park and walked a bit to get to the entrance of the Gardens…


the alliums were a bright welcome to the garden and there were gardeners everywhere…


these tulips were still beautiful… many are dropping their petals… it was great fun to spot the changes since last week when I was there…


these white lilacs were nearly done although they look a bit purple in this picture…


these hostas fill a good sized section of the garden…

before we headed off in our separate directions, took this picture by the Children’s Garden…


as I walked back to Shadow I came across one of the Canada Goose families taking a swim…


sure do love my Fridays…

runners…

13 Friday May 2016

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strange weather today… had planned to meet a friend for a walk around the Gardens at the Park…

sky was lovely when I was first up at 6:45…


if you look hard, you might see the robin in the tree… then this…


all those white dots – snow, sigh… so we decided to meet for breakfast instead…

actually wore runners because I didn’t want to get my toes wet and the temperature was around zero…


after breakfast I went for a walk to and around the English Garden…

couldn’t get into the Leo Mol portion but was excited to see they are replacing the gravel path with bricks… they have replaced other paths in the Garden as well… looks very nice and will be easier to walk on…


the tulips are just starting to open… glad I went over today… hope to get there next week to see them in full bloom…


finally, about 6, the sun came out… crazy day, lol…

flowers…

27 Wednesday Apr 2016

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early this morning I got a shot of the sun rising…

 

sunrise

 
loving the mornings… it is light so early now… could hear birds singing… and saw squirrels darting about the garden…

took a few pictures of the tulips I picked up a few days ago and brought to the office…

 

purple tulip

 

tulips

 
they are a lovely colour and have lasted very nicely…

reminded me of a colleague who, on my return from New York, commented that most people who visit NYC post many skyline pictures… but I posted pictures of flowers, lol…

then she said: “which is so you“…

I do love flowers and plants and gardens…

excellent…

29 Tuesday Mar 2016

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had an excellent day yesterday…

early in the morning got this great shot of the garage roof which glittered with a thin blanket of fresh snow…


took a few pictures of the buds on the Japanese Maple, which is a sure sign of Spring for me…

  
then it was off to help with the set up for a special event…

a good friend picked me up and we went to Peasant Cookery for a lovely early birthday lunch… delightful…

from there we stopped at UN Luggage where I found a rain jacket… my current one is on the large size and I heard that I should have one in New York…

  

bit of a colour departure for me but the magenta leans towards purple, lol…

our last stop was a walk through the Gardens at Assiniboine Park… it was a gorgeous day…

  

this goose seemed to be looking for the water, lol…

spent some time playing with my Olympus camera as my Nikon is still at the hospital…

rather pleased with this shot…

  

  

Easter…

27 Sunday Mar 2016

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woke up to a phone call from my grandkids wishing me a Happy Easter at 7:30 in the morning, lol… they were very excited to share all about the treats they discovered around their house…

then I went downstairs and on the way spotted the bunny outside…

  

must have just been getting home from all those deliveries…
 
last night I decorated the living room… even put some tulips into the bathroom…
  

flowers make me happy… finished the dining room and set the table for dinner… 

had picked up pencil crayons, colouring books and a few reading books for the boys which I put into the glass drawers in the living room table, along with more of the cute chocolate bunnies from the fundraiser…

  
amazingly, while I was sleeping, the Easter Bunny put mini eggs all over the table and elsewhere on the main floor…

missing my beloved… he had a great connection with the Easter Bunny and the two of them always made sure to find good hiding places for treats…

had a very quiet day as my throat has been sore for a while and I’m trying to rest up and get rid of it… lots of people have been struggling with miserable colds/flu…

kids came, searched and found all of the eggs… we had a lovely lamb roast for our dinner… didn’t realize that daddy wasn’t fond of lamb… oops… maybe that’s why we haven’t had it before… next year we’ll have ham, lol…

  
bit of trouble getting a good photo and some were wondering when they could actually eat… 

after dinner my son-in-law went off to work and the rest of the family headed home…

I am climbing into bed…

creation…

23 Tuesday Feb 2016

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seemed like I was surrounded by creation today… some days it just jumps out at me…

on my way out to the car this morning stopped to take a picture of these bunny tracks…

  
came right up the steps to the front door…

at the office took some pictures of the tulips that arrived yesterday as part of a Lung Association fundraiser…

  
one of my colleagues really wanted a shot of the black centre ..

here’s a picture of my purple ones with a colleague seen through them…

  
just love flowers… how wonderful it is to see them all around the office…

as I walked up the driveway tonight I stopped to take this picture of the squirrel tracks…  

  

and I enjoyed this creation in the afternoon… jumped off the shelf when I was picking up milk for the office…

  
oh my… unfortunate about the 270 calories for 5 chips… only ate 3… considered just having these for supper but eventually thought better of it, lol…