123. Though I've begun wearing my winter jacket on morning walks, the days have been warming up beautifully with the afternoon temperatures most days still in the double digits. Daylight time diminishes by minutes every day, so we all know it's just a matter of time till autumn surrenders to winter. But I'm so loving this lingering of fall.
125. Our washer/dryer combo broke down. And that is a gift because it broke down in a very sane way (a slow drip of water into the machine tub, and a wrecked transmission that has only just begun spewing oil when the machine goes into spin mode). We have a new one bought and scheduled for installation early this week.
126. Plus, we came home from the trip to the appliance store with a new microwave (how does that happen?).
127. This book came last week (Inscribe's 30th anniversary anthology). I feel honoured to have a couple of pieces included with so much excellent prose and poetry by fellow Canadian writers.
128. Working on the Lavender Project with my friends from Women by Design at church. Thursday night we spent two hours in Cheryl's barn, stripping dried lavender blossoms from stems. We're planning to make sachets to sell in the Christmas craft fairs. It's to raise money for the hospital stay of Ugandan girls whose faces have been mutilated by guerilla captors. Plastic surgeons have volunteered their skills to repair the damage, but each girl's hospital stay costs several thousand dollars (Gulu Project - see photo no. 5).
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| Lavender - many buckets like this to harvest |
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| It's a dusty and tedious, though fragrant, job. |
129. My sonny boy sold his truck!
130. A laptop, making it easy to multitask during baseball playoffs.
131. A beautiful late morning walk in White Rock yesterday, followed by a delish Greek lunch at Cosmos, followed by a nap at home. I love lazy Sundays!
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| White Rock Beach from Marine Drive |
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2 comments:
That view of White Rock Beach is so lovely. We like to visit there with family when we come to BC.
Intrigued by the One Thousand Gifts... I'll have to pop over there.
Thanks for dropping by and commenting, Brenda! Yes, White Rock beach is one of our favourite places to walk. It's beautiful in every season!
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