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I am welcoming myself back to Bloggerland. After a 5 month hiatus, I am welcoming you here, and if you stuck around while I took my break then my most humble thanks. Sometimes our lives can get a bit overwhelming and something has to go. For me, it was this blog and house organizing. A […]
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Experience the sensations of Autumn and all it’s magic.
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I got started on my Grateful Journal on January the first-a New Year’s resolution was to write in it every day for the entire year. I think I got to week 4 before I put it somewhere, and haven’t thought about it until today. That’s not to say that I haven’t been consciously grateful; I […]
Read MoreThis photo for the Daily Post Photo Challenge is a lesson in Focus. My focal point was set on the tea cup, so the tiny rose and the tea are clear, but the lilacs remain slightly out of focus even with an f-stop of 4.0; they are in danger of looking like large white blobs. I […]
Read MoreI am excited to say that I have been nominated for a Liebster award! Liebster in German means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome. I was really happy to hear that Lou and Lea liked my blog so much that she nominated me for the Liebster Award! The […]
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We are all collections , the sum of our parts, our histories, bundled and packaged into one body. Inside my 56, I am the 5 year old blowing dandelion seeds in the wind, learning to a ride bike on gravel roads, making mud pies on the farm. I am 10, scouring the bookmobile library for […]
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I saw a blogpost using this topic and thought it lent well to the theme of gratefulness which I had written about previously. Being thankful for those little things that we would normally overlook but if truly practicing mindfulness, are wonderful little treasures that renew the spirit. So for this week, I have culled the […]
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With a new month upon us, it’s time to quickly reflect and plan ahead. I have been reflecting of late on purpose. When you leave the working world, a new purpose must be sought out so that you feel productive, useful and all around happy. We always have the purpose of handling the logistics of […]
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I could easily write a blog post about things that annoy me. I mean…where would I start? Slow drivers, long lines in the grocery mart, piles of footwear parked at my front door. Believe me, the list goes on and on. However, I was reading a lovely Bellagrace magazine blog post the other day, and […]
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It’s finally here! The wonder of new growth amid the lasting sun. All the hours of daylight to dry up pools of leftover snow blankets. More time to fill with projects and new opportunities. Away with winter, with it’s dark and moody corners, and the ups and downs of rain or snow, ice or chinook […]
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Kathy Pardell 