shivers…

05 Sunday May 2019

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this morning the sun was shining as I got dressed to go for my first Spring walk to the Park…

temperature was a bit cool, right around 1° Celsius, but it looked pretty nice out…

so, I wore short pants and sandals… by the time I was heading out the door the sky looked a bit dark (like snow) so I did add my hat…

a bit of wind as I was walking, but not too bad… I had on my Spring/Fall jacket and my little gloves were in my pocket…

before too long I had on the gloves and took most of my pictures wearing them… luckily the camera doesn’t insist on bare skin the way the iPhone does, lol…

snowflakes did fall every now and then… May 5th, sigh…

I was happy to get home but didn’t realize until I was laying under a blanket with a hot cup of tea in my hands how cold I had been… I did sit in the bathroom for a while to warm my toes on the floor;-)…

my entire body shivered for ages, lol…

hope my next walk is a bit warmer…

cleaned…

02 Thursday May 2019

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on my walk home tonight I enjoyed the fresh air and sunshine…

some places have already cleaned up their yards…

trees seen from every point of view…

shhhhh, it might be Spring;-)…

spawn…

29 Monday Apr 2019

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yesterday my son-in-law and youngest grandson came over…

we ran out and got a few errands done and then made a late lunch…

my son-in-law barbecued steaks and my grandson sliced mushrooms and chopped lettuce for our salad…

first barbecue of the year and it was delicious…

while the steaks were cooking my son-in-law cleaned up a bit of the yard and the pond… and he found three clumps of frog spawn…

been listening to frogs croaking since I’ve been home, so very excited and hopeful that we will have lots of tadpoles and frogs…

then we walked over to Sargent Sundae for ice cream, although it was a bit chilly, lol…

Maui, day two…

12 Friday Apr 2019

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we went to bed early last night because we were exhausted…

this morning we woke up twenty minutes before the sunrise… so we dressed quickly, and headed out to an iron bench on the property…

it was cool and very windy but we had fun watching ships and outrigger canoes as well as the sun shining on the clouds, lol…

we came in just as it began to rain… and then we saw five rainbows, one after the other, moving across the sky…

we took it gently and went to Whole Foods for snacks and breakfast items over the next week… always fun to see what items are available at the store in different countries… fresh juice and the view…

lunch and off to Paia… we wandered the town, saw surfers and large waves, tried mahi-mahi and had a quiet drive back…

we stopped for some avocado toast and packaged up a bit of salt for the eggs we picked up earlier… reminded both of us of George’s mom always slipping any excess jam or ketchup or whatever into her bag when we took a trip to the east coast many years ago, lol…

ice…

02 Tuesday Apr 2019

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tonight I walked home from Portage…

it was a bit chilly, but a lovely walk… the streets were clear of snow and just a bit wet so my feet made it home unscathed…

really happy now that I know the sidewalks are in good shape so that I can start walking on a regular basis;-)…

although there is very little snow remaining on the ground, it snowed off and on for a good portion of the day… crazy…

the creek is full of water, nearly all the ice has melted… the mix of cold and warm and wind have slowed down the melt so it doesn’t look like it will overflow…

slushy…

25 Monday Mar 2019

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tonight, as I walked up the street, I took a photo of the road and creek…

there is lots of water out there, which is exciting because that means it is Spring…

yay, yay, yay…

been wearing sandals since last Wednesday (start of Spring and all), so have had to do a bit less walking on the sidewalks because they are still slushy, or icy, or filled with puddles…

there is still a great deal of snow out there, particularly on the lawns and in yards, but it is certainly melting more every day…

laughed…

09 Saturday Mar 2019

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great day…

slept in and watched some tv…

picked up by a friend and we went out for lunch at Pho Hoang… shared some tofu spring rolls and I had seafood chow mein…

great catch-up and delicious lunch… we giggled because we both tried something other than our usual menu choices…

from there we headed to PTE and saw Mom’s the Word: Nest 1/2 Empty…

it was sooooo funny… we laughed all the way through it… brought home 2 delicious homemade gingerbread bars after I ate a tasty fancy almond covered cookie that had homemade jam in it… cannot remember the exact name of either of them, lol…

walked from Portage without any gloves… didn’t realize that they weren’t in my pocket… good thing it was quite warm, lol… and then found them on the sofa;-)…

grief…

04 Friday Jan 2019

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thinking of so many who are not well these days…

also been doing some reading on grief… it is always comforting to see that others have similar feelings and many of them can express themselves much more eloquently than I…