First of all. thanks for all the lovely and welcome and comforting messages of support I received from you all, my faithful readers, on my last post. Humbly grateful.
Joining others in this Sunday Selection mix of photo-dumps.
From The HighriseAnd maybe more.
Another friend took me out for dinner at our local diner which has solid hearty meals, nothing close to gourmet, but lawdie what a feed. We each took boxes of leftovers home.
I spent a wedge of time at the ocean yesterday which I always find settling and grounding. Just birds and me and the odd shell/stone picker at the beach. I'm not crying as much so healing is happening from the trauma of the past few weeks. The sun was setting and it was a bit hazy which matched my mood.
Hospital grub. Need I say more?
I took this shot sometime in mid October as I was fascinated with the birds feeding on the grass at this park by Mundy Pond (a large lake) which I would run around on better days along with my beloved final dog, Ansa, the best border collie in the whole wide world.
Ah, Ansa, loved and missed by all who knew you.
I am so glad that you are feeling a tad better though the wounds undoubtedly still weep.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am thrilled that you got your ocean fix.
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Thanks for all your support through this massively traumatic time, EC. Yes the ocean is so settling for me. Always has been. Before my dad got a car we would cycle the 14 miles for an ocean fix. And then summers spent on a small island off the West Cork coast. Idyllic.
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While not knowing what you have been going through, it was good to read that you had time with friends to help you recoup. Time at the ocean seems to have a calming effect on so many, so glad you had time there as well.
ReplyDeleteYes, the water and the free floating birds and the waves give me that feeling of being just a small speck of sand in the overall scheme of things.
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Time by the ocean is one of the best healers, I think. So is time with friends, and good food. I hope the coming week continues to bring you peace.
ReplyDeleteYes, slowly joining the land of the living GS, taking my time, there is no rush to any of this stuff.
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We went to Timmie's a few times in Toronto and it was so busy. I don't remember rude staff but nor friendly. Sadly we didn't have an authentic diner experience. It is good that you spent some time in quiet and relaxing outdoor spaces. Being hypnotised by waves can work magic.
ReplyDeleteNot all Timmie's are awful Andrew but this one is laughably so. The counter server walks around to all the tables instructing us to clean up after ourselves. Most just get takeout to avoid the lecturing.
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I do hope your world is looking better each day.
ReplyDeleteEvery day is getting better as I remember his awful sufferings and how this does not have to happen anymore. today is the first Zoom without him and I think we're all a little apprehensive.
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Timmie's sounds horrible, with the horrendous and contemptuous staff, how on earth do they stay in business? Rustlers looks and sounds much nicer. The hospital grub looks like it came from vending machines. I'm glad you got to see the ocean and that park with the amazing clouds is pretty. Ansa was gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteJust one out of many pleasant ones but because it's so awful, tables are always empty and the takeout business never stops.
DeleteYes, Ansa was adored and missed so very much. Hospital grub is terrible. I couldn't eat my lunch or dinner and Daughter got me a sandwich from the cafeteria.
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You seem to be doing all the right things to support your healing but doing the right things doesn't make it easy.
ReplyDeleteAnsa was gorgeous, if only she were still with you.
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Thanks Kylie, the most intelligent dog I ever companioned. With a heart of gold. Rescues are the best of all dogs.
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Ah, hospital food ... did you lose weight? Dad's been in hospital for more than a week this time round and often contemptuously pushes the tray aside. You'd think he expects 4-star restaurant fare. When I implore him to eat it anyway, he says "You wouldnt either if you saw what they gave me." When upon occasion he gets a meal he considers suitable, he licks it right up. Bacon and eggs forever!
ReplyDeleteBacon and eggs solve a lot of meal problems. I don't blame your dad. The lunches and dinners presented to me were inedible. One of them I started to heave (plain white rice and a bland eggy omelet.).
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Ansa looked to me to be a pure joy. Such coloring in the beautiful mane. Hospital food, glory bee! Never good. We just located Tim Horton coffee in the states, enjoying. Glad you're here! 🫶
ReplyDeleteThank you CJ, I miss her to this day. She came everywhere with me, long car trips across country, planes. A true companion dog.
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Good to hear you're mending ... good frienda and ocean time are both good for the soul. Hospital grub - bleah! I never understood how they expect sick people to get better eating this. Good that you had had better with friends in the past days.
ReplyDeleteYes, feeling part of the living again Charlotte. Nothing like it. Plus, surprisingly, I made 2 new friends which astonishes me in old age.
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I may have missed some of what you've written but enjoy the photos you have posted. And the one of Ansa is wonderful. Back when she was still with you, I saved some of the pix you shared with your readers. She was (and is) beautiful and I well know how it is to miss a beloved pet. All good wishes to you.
ReplyDeleteThank you Marge, she was really precious and I miss her to this day. I am so touched you saved some of the pics :)
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I love the beach photo and the one of Ansa. She was lovely. I hope you are doing okay and send well wishes from Florida.
ReplyDeleteThanks e, I am doing much better, thank you, it was all very traumatic and life shaking.
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I was sorry to read of your trials in the previous post but glad you're better now. So very sorry about your brother as I think of the loss I felt for my only bro and sibling in recent years.
ReplyDeleteStill reeling from it Joared - and so lovely to hear from you. Sorry about the loss of your only. It must be devastating not having that connection to your childhood, the only one probably. My siblings and I are fortunate we have each other and through Covid (weekly sibling Zooms) are a lot closer than we used to be.
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Good to hear you are on the mend. The ocean is definitely a sacred spot for me; calms me. Ansa was such a beauty.
ReplyDeleteYes, she was Elle, truly special of all the dogs that have companioned me over the year. A rescue, as all the good ones are. And boy she loved the ocean too, just for paddling only though :)
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Hi WWW! I'm so glad to see you are still managing to write. Like you I've slowed down somewhat, until something outrages me and I have to blast off about it. Keep it up, there's few of us left. A lovely photo of Ansa, a lovely dog.
ReplyDeleteOh so good to hear from you my old friend = the oldest of my blogger buddies now I believe, 20 years? I know you've had many setbacks of your own, most notably Trish. Keep up the outrage always love your posts as they match my own sentiments exactly and don't we have masses to be outraged about these days? I have a first cousin and my grandgirl living in France. Macron seems better than most.
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Glad to know you're on the mend. But you never told us why you were in hospital and almost died. That was alarming.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about your recent loss of your brother and your hospital trauma. Sending hugs.
ReplyDeleteGood to see that you are emerging from the dark tunnel. Keep doing it, step by step. There really is light at the end. David xo
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