26 Tuesday Feb 2019
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big girl pants, dad, debilitating, flowers, happy, information, Lung Association, Spring, tulips, widow
we always know when Spring is on the way when we get information about tulips and daffodils circulating around the office…
we always order, and get, the tulips first…
they are a fundraising campaign of the Lung Association…
this is close to my heart as my dad lived his whole adult life with emphysema, a debilitating disease…
it is wonderful to see flowers everywhere in the office;-)…
08 Wednesday Aug 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, cucumber, flowers, garden, glory, memories, morning glories, nature, neighbour, orange, photos, sky, sun, tulips, widow
three great things before I even left the driveway this morning…
a stunning sky… couldn’t really get a picture that showed how orange the sun was…
then as I was headed to the garage I spotted morning glory flowers… the first ones of the year…
while I was searching for more blooms spotted my neighbour and after checking in with him he shared cucumbers and tomatoes with me…
dropped them into the house, took one final picture of the morning glories and headed off to work…
pretty fine way to start the day…
28 Wednesday Feb 2018
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there’s a beautiful full moon out there tonight…
didn’t even get my camera, just enjoyed a few wonderful moments of soaking it in…
my colleague is away but these tulips are patiently waiting her return… hope she gets back while they are still beautiful;-)…
26 Monday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, filled, flowers, happy, light, Manitoba Lung Association, roses, tulips, widow
flowers, flowers, everywhere…
had roses delivered to the office this morning for the staff members who were away on Valentine’s Day… had to laugh because they were nicer than the ones we had… these ones came with greenery and glitter, lol…
and shortly after that our Manitoba Lung Association fundraiser tulips were delivered… the office was filled with beauty…
every day the sky is filled with light which lasts longer and is brighter, and to have flowers on top of that just makes me happy…
09 Tuesday Jan 2018
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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…
10 Wednesday May 2017
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big girl pants, blink, change, circle, difficulties, eye, family, remember, roses, smell, tulips, widow
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…
05 Wednesday Apr 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, change, children, grandchildren, momentous, moments, parents, tulips, widow
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…
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, coconut, curry, eat, flower, happy, leftovers, purple, tulips, widow
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;-)…
27 Friday May 2016
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big girl pants, Canada Goose, Friday, friend, garden, lilac, Park, Teddy Bears' Picnic, tulips, walk, widow
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…
