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Dear Quarantine Diary – Week#28

15 Thursday Jul 2021

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Dear Diary – I was jolted awake by a loud jet engine roar outside my room!

It was a cacophany of high-pitched squealing, mid-tone whining, and deep-throated rumbling. At first I thought it was some large cumbersome piece of farm equipment limping down the road. But it didnn’t limp away. I briefly fumed at mom’s neighbour, who is just the kind to guy to use loud tools early in the morning. He loves to mow his gravel early on the weekends, but it was only Friday! This horrendous noise required immediate investigation.

I went first to the front window, but there weren’t any vehicles in sight. So I stumbled to the back window, and while I could see a couple of guys in hard hats in the distance by the pipeline next door, there didn’t appear to be anything awry.

About that time, Little Guy also stumbled, bleary-eyed, from his room, wondering what a jet engine was doing in the subdivision behind us. Told ya’!

Workers by the pipeline soon started moving vehicles but without hurry, and I’ve never heard a backhoe bellow like this. Out front, 2 pickup trucks stopped by the side of the road, phones in hand, staring at something. Then a fire truck drove up, lights on but no siren. This now warranted serious exploration, so with my fuzzy blue robe belt cinched tight and my tea mug in hand, I wandered, barefoot, across the damp, spongy front yard. Five steps in and I could see the source.

Yes, white flames dancing high in the air. Was it a gas leak? A controlled vent? A marshmallow roast? There was no way to tell, but just in case we were told to evacuate, I got dressed!

What a way to start the weekend!

Dear Diary – I finally ventured into a department store to purchase Little Guy some new pants. ALL of his pants are high-water. This kid just won’t quit growing! The problem with a replacement isn’t in finding length in the pants, but width. His waist is smaller than mine (jealous) so he needs a men’s size in leg, but not so much in the middle. Pants are a problem for me too, but for different reasons. The legs are always too long and the middle is a whole ‘nother story!

Auntie M did a closet purge too and brought over a box of clothes last night and I went “shopping”. I’ve expanded my winter wardrobe a tad. I added 2 more cardigans.

Dear Diary – One more to go. My faithful father drove Little Guy and I to get Little Guy’s second shot. We celebrated with dark honey & almond chocolate from a local business. That means Hubby, Little Guy and I have all had 2 covid vaccinations shots, and Big Guy (finally!) has had his first! I’m looking forward to a grand reunion! It’s been too long!

Dear Diary – My fuzzy blue robe stepped out the front door again this week.

The telephone woke me from a lovely dream Tuesday morning. It rang and rang, and finally stopped. Blinking erratically, I checked my watch. It was only 7:30. When it started ringing again, I wondered why no one was answering? It could be the pool heater guy; he did say he’d call on his way over. So I rolled out and started out my door. The sight of Little Guy already up was a shock, and I quickly ducked back inside my room. I was only wearing a t-shirt and I could have scarred him for life. I grabbed my fuzzy blue robe and charged toward my folks’ door, noticing a white van parked alongside the road. A white van with blue lettering. The heater guy. I yelled for Dad to get dressed, and waved to the driver from the front porch. In my blue fuzzy robe. The slightly embarrassed heater guy waved back.

The pool heater is fixed, and I enjoyed my first swim of the year!

Dear Diary – Mother Nature put on quite a display Tuesday night. In addition to house-rattling thunder, we had sideways rain and a spectacular light show. It’s one of the (many) things I miss because I live in the city. Out here in the country, I can watch the light show and see the forked lightning split the night sky. On clear nights, I can see the stars and milky way. And every evening, God paints a different sky. I will never ceased to be amazed.

Dear Diary – It’s hard to believe that my mini “holiday” is nearly over. Most of our days have been spent just enjoying being together. We picked up ice cream one hot afternoon. We drank endless pots of tea. We’ve played some board games, read in the sunshine, and did absolutely nothing, because we could. One evening, we laughed at the birds and roasted marshmallows on the fire table. Probably not the healthiest choice, but still – Oh. So. Good!

I needed this rest. For my body and mind, but mostly for my soul. Did I mention my body? Next week I’m up early every day for a kid-style adventure – Vacation Bible Camp – and I’m not sure I’ll survive…

It’s Halo Night

28 Wednesday Apr 2021

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birthday, Halo, Overwatch, photography, sunsets, video games, zombies


It’s Halo Night!

Even though we haven’t actually played Halo in a couple of years, choosing to play Overwatch instead, Big Guy and I connect weekly on Wednesdays. It’s his fault I became a gamer. However, video games are good for me, I’ve learned some things, and there are a bunch of reasons that I play! I could probably add to that list now.

Big Guy has helped me try out some other things too! He ran in Mud Hero with me (so he’d know where my body was buried in the woods). He took me to the gun range for my 45th birthday. He also bought me my zombie killing axe after I won an axe throwing “tournament”.

Last year we were planning to ride in a tank. Instead, the highlight was my Tim Horton’s steeped tea, black (after a 40 day fast) and standing in line outside the liquor store with a group of scrawny, tattooed small town mountain men, to buy pink champagne!

My, how the times have changed!

Tonight, on the eve of my 48th birthday, I will be fighting for world domination as a battle angel with my Big Guy. Tomorrow night, I will be fighting for world domination as a Spartan with my Little Guy (who is now significantly taller than me and loving it)!

I know I’ve always said I’ve wanted a daughter, but who better to have beside me in the event of the apocalypse, than my boys!?!

Happy Wednesday!

CFFC: Sunset to Sunrise

02 Wednesday Dec 2020

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beach, CFFC, nature photography, Photo Challenge, photography, sunrise, sunsets, tea


It’s called the “golden hour”. The light at sunrise and sunset washes the sky and landscape in a rosy hue that is unmatched by any other light source.

I have always been of the opinion that if I was meant to see sunrise, it would be later in the morning. But I have ventured from my cozy bed on 4 occasions (that I can rememer): At the riverside cottage with the geese, the beach, Thanksgiving at my folks, and Christmas morning. Most of the time I stick to Evening (Night photography is still a great challenge to overcome). This Fall I ventured to the edge of the corn field and the neighbour’s lawn at my folks. You can’t shoot great sunrises or sunsets living in the suburbs of a city.

For Cee Neuener’s Fun Foto Challenge this week, she asked for Sunset to Sunrise. Rather than posting a bunch of photos again (though the text in blue above should open some previous posts), I chose two favourites: an older sunrise and a new sunset.

This Labour Day weekend, Big Guy posed for me, and Dad and I both tried to capture the image I had in mind. We came close…

This may not be the best sunrise, but it’s one that takes me to my happy place. Right now, it’s the best way to travel. Happy Wednesday!

Its a great big place, full of nothing but space
And it’s my happy place

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Wilderness Wednesday: Golden Sunsets

23 Wednesday Sep 2020

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Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It’s the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-painted by a graffiti artist.

Mia Kirshner, I Live Here

Happy Wednesday!

Wilderness Wednesday: Start of Fall

16 Wednesday Sep 2020

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To say it was a beautiful day would not begin to explain it. It was that day when the end of summer intersects perfectly with the start of Fall.

Ann Patchett

Happy Wednesday!

Friday’s Tune: Raise a Hallelujah

07 Friday Aug 2020

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Some days we just have to trust a little harder, pray a little longer and sing a little louder. The King is Alive!

Raise a Hallelujah

Youtube                Lyrics

Happy Friday!

Jake Stevens | Jonathan David Helser | Melissa Helser | Molly Skaggs (c) 2018 Bethel Music Publishing

 

Wilderness Wednesday: Evening

22 Wednesday Apr 2020

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CFFC, Photo Challenge, photography, sunsets


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Sunset water tower

Softly the evening came with the sunset. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This is my post for Cee Neuner’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sense of Sight.

Wilderness Wednesday: Coming Home

29 Wednesday Jan 2020

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Geese at sunset_ed

Happy Wednesday!

Wilderness Wednesday: Promise of Dawn

01 Tuesday Oct 2019

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It’s hard to watch the sun set in the city…but the back yard of my workplace one Friday evening provided the perfect backdrop. Sunset4_ed

Sunset2_ed

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Sunset1_ed

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Wednesday!

Beginning and Ending

30 Monday Sep 2019

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faith, new beginning, sunrise, sunsets


I have been thinking about endings and beginnings a lot lately over the past few years. More so in the last several months. Maybe that’s why I’ve been drawn to take more photos of sunsets and sunrises (although I’m rarely up in time see a sunrise). My heart has been drawn to the beauty of day’s ending, the rich colours painted across the sky, and the knowledge that after the dark, it will slowly grow light and the beginning will be just as beautiful as the ending had been.

Seasons are like that too. Each one holds the promise of renewal and precious moments – moments that take time to mature, and we hold our breath in anticipation.

I am beginning a new season too. I recently reached the point of letting go of something I love –  my job. It is a necessary ending, for the sake of my body and soul, but to say my heart isn’t torn into a million pieces, would be an understatement. Friday marks the end of my tenure as the gatekeeper in the cubicle of purgatory. Who knows, I may end up there again. Healthier? Saner? Sharper ax?

What I am beginning remains to be seen. For now, I am planning to rest. To take long walks around my neighbourhood and satisfying strolls through scripture. I may finish some project around the house, and discover some new recipes. Most of all, I’m toying with writing, really writing…even if it’s only ever just for me.

I’m sad, but I also have peace that I am exactly where I need to be. The pages of my own life are delightfully blank, and I’m excited to see how God writes the next chapter.

Outside, the flowers are fading and the trees are taking on their colour. And the sky, well I am watching for the sky to lighten. The kettle is already boiled. I’m ready to start again.

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Beginning
Just let the word wash over you…So get back up, take step one
Leave the darkness, feel the sun
‘Cause your story’s far from over, and your journey’s just begun.
– Danny Gokey, Tell Your Heart to Beat Again

Happy Monday!

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