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morphed…

01 Monday Aug 2022

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started the day looking at photos of my beloved…a few tears were shed in the process… we were married 52 years ago today… I still remember looking out the window of the apartment to see him dropping off the decorated car… in those days, getting the car turned out with paper flowers was the thing to do, lol…

then I had a walk around the garden… in the 49 years we’ve been in this space, it has morphed from a square green grass covered area, to a swing set with some cedars, to a small swimming pool space, to a huge sandbox with a two story playhouse, to a parking area for a camper trailer… to a space filled with ponds and lovely gardens…

thanks to the help of Hilda the Gardener, a lawn service, and the kids, it is looking wonderful and I know that he would be pleased…

I am truly blessed, but I miss him every day…

tease…

14 Tuesday Jun 2022

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I have been enjoying the garden everyday and particularly my walks around to see what might be breaking through the ground or blooming…

the poppies continue to tease me in their slow process of blooming… each morning I check them out to see if any of them have opened, but not just yet, lol…

the vegetable garden is doing well… peas, beans and a few cucumbers have poked their heads through the soil and are keeping the three tomatoes company;-)…

I have also taken to weeding, which is rather new for me…

I have cleaned up a number of spots in the side garden and am excited to see the painted fern has come back and multiplied…

the wild columbine has popped up in about three spots and I am watching them carefully to ensure they don’t get pulled…

nature is amazing;-)…

edges…

03 Friday Jun 2022

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it was a year ago today that I fell into the pond…

I must say that I am still very careful when I walk around the edges of it…

wonder how long it will be before I am not so deliberate about moving in that area…

I can still feel the shock… and now I laugh when I think how I pulled my phone out of my back pocket, in the water, and dried it on my shirt even before trying to get out🤪…

the other memory involved the huge bruises that came up across my breasts days later from where I hit the waterfall rock… although they were a beautiful shade of purple… apparently I really hit it hard, lol…

self-talk…

16 Monday May 2022

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I walked to the Park today… first time in I don’t know how long… at least a year, and maybe longer than that…

took a bit of self-talk to get out the door… I am certainly feeling braver on the whole with being around other people, but I haven’t walked any distance for a long time…

so happy that I did it… the streets were clear of water… thank goodness… and there were very few people on the sidewalks and paths…

walking through the forest in the Park always brings me joy… and they have new signs with wonderful quotes along the way…

the trail has been renamed Story Trail and is part of the Indigenous Youth Storytelling Program… what a great idea… the trail has obviously been cleaned up and there was even a hut made with fallen branches… I am hoping that it might be covered with leaves as the summer progresses…

going through the English and Leo Mol Gardens was a bit disappointing, although really, considering the weather, what was I expecting, lol… the gardeners were everywhere raking and cleaning up the spaces, but there were very few blooming things… I saw one tree, a few daffodils and maybe a berginia in a few different locations…

the great news was that it was basically empty so I had ample time to stop and look whenever I wanted…

there were many geese and I did spot a few goslings, which was delightful…

I was a bit tired by the time I made it back to the house, so I had a nap…

forests…

22 Friday Apr 2022

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this morning I received an email from the David Suzuki Foundation about Healing Forests…

forests are one of my favourite places and I had already been thinking of Cathedral Grove and the banyan tree in Lahaina on Maui…

as a matter of fact I chose a tree mug for my tea…

for years I have walked through a portion of the forest at Assiniboine Park on my way to the English Gardens…

after making a donation to the Healing Forests, I came across an IG Live as they were broadcasting a ceremony from The Bay where it was transferred to the Southern Chiefs Organization…

the project looks amazing and is supported by all levels of government…

I have always found forests, whatever their size, to be restorative and healing, so these two things that came to me on Earth Day made me very happy…

happy earth day 🌏🌍🌎…

concerning…

11 Monday Apr 2022

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the creek is very full as the majority of snow has melted…

a bit concerning as we are expecting a blizzard with upwards of 15 inches of snow in a few days…

I walked down and took a few photos today after returning home from the appointment with my doctor…

the other concerning thing was the doctor’s comment after I told him I had actually gone into a store recently… he knows how careful I’ve been and noted that he didn’t need to tell me I shouldn’t take any unnecessary risks…

made me think we aren’t quite as far along in returning to the new normal as we’ve been thinking;-(…

edge…

31 Thursday Mar 2022

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today I walked to the Post Office and back on my own… for a brief moment I considered stopping and getting my hair cut at the Ultracuts close by, but I had trimmed it recently so seemed like a good idea to wait for a bit…

the sun was shining and the snow was starting to melt… for a portion of the trip I walked in the street as the sidewalks had ice and water on them…

I picked a time when I thought there wouldn’t be too many people out and about… it felt good to be outdoors and walking…

as I returned up the street toward the house I stood for a few moments and admired the tree on the edge of the creek…

it is very large and will likely start to bud out soon;-)…

girl…

23 Wednesday Mar 2022

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it has been two and a half years since I last saw this girl in person…

and something like four years since she’s been home…

I am delighted and look forward to making the most of these next few days…

so far, we’ve eaten chocolate and macarons and I got the cutest tray from Paris with Monet’s NYMPHEAS (water lilies)… it was a lovely reminder of a wonderful visit the two of us had to a museum in New York…

more lazy days, tons of conversation, favourite foods, and walks outside are on the agenda;-)…

what a wonderful treat this is…

goosebumps…

17 Thursday Feb 2022

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got a message today from someone who I had given a recommendation of places to visit on Vancouver island…

I had suggested Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Provincial Park… they thought it was amazing…

it is one of my favourite places ever…

within steps of the highway all traffic noises are gone and the walk through the giant trees is meditative and soul filling…

these pictures are from a visit with my beloved in the summer of 2011…

still gives me goosebumps when I remember what a special place it was…

miles…

29 Saturday Jan 2022

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these days I get my steps walking the figure eight in the living and dining rooms…

I was wondering how many trips have been made around these two rooms…

they started when my beloved returned home from his heart surgery, and were short and slow as he regained his strength…

then there were the walks I took as I slowly regained my strength following my cancer surgery just months after he had gone… again, the steps were slow and difficult… took a long time before I could climb the stairs or go out onto the deck…

I walked on the treadmill in the basement before work since being diagnosed with diabetes… I overdid it for a while and my hips and knees can get a bit grumpy if I walk too fast, or too long, so I spend less time on it now…

during the cold weather over the last few years this has been my track… I find walking in the light is a positive encouragement to get the steps in…

how many miles has it been… maybe it is good that it is hardwood and not a carpet that might have ended up with a path in it, lol…