Hard to believe, but Sunday was my first day off in I don’t know how long! I slept in and then went outside to find that it was sunny — and warm enough to forgo the jacket and just wear a short-sleeved shirt! The Weather Network says it’s going up to 19 Celsius (66 Fahrenheit) this week. The dog certainly enjoyed his first patch of sun in a long time. He could barely keep his eyes open!
Most of my day was spent on shopping, cooking and laundry, but my hubby and I did go on a “date” to buy pillows at Bed, Bath and Beyond. This is what we do for fun on our one hour together? But it actually was fun (and I slept a lot better last night). We also picked up some small kitchen items that will come in handy. While we were there, I came across this public art — I was hoping to find something about it online, but no luck. It’s a fun piece, though.
Speaking of fun pieces… I’ve often wondered about the unusual shape of these bushes in my neighbourhood…
I also snapped a couple of more traditional shots too…
And then at work today, I noticed that they had filled the planters outside my local Starbucks!
With any luck, Spring will be here to stay — and maybe I’ll even start to have a little more free time. I’ve almost forgotten what that’s like.
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I’m do glad to hear you finally got a break. Gorgeous weather and gorgeous photos, Sue. Those bushes are… unusual? 😳
I will have to scrape my windshield this morning. 🙄 Hoping for spring every day!
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Yeah me too. Although I ended up being at work for 11 hours again today. At least the sun was shining through the windows. Hope your spring will be along soon. (My friend at work seems to think I’m a little twisted for where my mind goes on those bushes… maybe they’re just chess pieces?)
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Ummm, chess was not my association. Just sayin‘ 😜
Your workdays are crazy. I admire your perseverance.
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Someone else suggested Russian dimes, but that was not my association! 😈
Thanks, but this is really not sustainable. We’re planning some restructuring so I’m guardedly hopeful.
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Umm, it’s definitely more 😈 than that.
Fingers crossed for your work situation!!
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I’ve been grateful for warmer temps here, too — although of course now comes the melt. My campus was surrounded by water on three sides last Thursday. Thankfully we’re on spring break this week. I’m still working but the liberty not to go to class seems huge. I’m glad your spring is coming!
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You had so much snow! I can imagine the melt is pretty major. Nice you’re on spring break. My son’s off too, so at least I didn’t have to drag him out of bed today. I think he slept into the afternoon!
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Sue, you sound much more relaxed and I am so happy you had a day off but you were very very busy! The shoe and the footman: were they outside of a shopping center or square in downtown? The 60’s are a lovely temp range and I love the bushes by your house. I also love the landscape pic: you have a great eye and there is so much depth in your pics.
Glad doggie got his day in the sun,. Mine were frolicking on Sunday in the backyard. The cocker spaniel was rolling around the grass! I can imagine you were smiling writing this post which makes me smile!!
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Very busy! I cooked a great chicken dish, but it took me forever so we ate late. The shoe and footman are in a square behind a shopping centre. It’s weird… I don’t know how long they’ve been there and there was no plaque and nothing on line.
Nice that your dogs had some fun outside! It’s another gorgeous day here — I’m sitting having lunch and through the window I can see the snow-capped mountains and a pure blue sky.
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Sue, excellent on the weather front. I love how you can see unusual things and write a blurb about them such as the bushes or the statutes and allow your readers to draw their own conclusions!
Are you seeing anymore plays in the future?
How active is the theatre scene in Vancouver?
We had a lovely day here although I was inside all day but the pups are frolicking in the backyard as I open a bottle of Malbec Argentinian wine!
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Thanks! I don’t know about plays… next thing is going to see P!nk in concert in early April. Yum… Malbec! 🍷
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That’s right Pink! Hooray!!!
The Malbec is Argentinian, ok a bit mild I admit. I liked the price and the cover of the wine bottle. I like to try out different types although Syrah is my fav now esp anything from New Zealand. Just the flavor really agrees with my palette!! I still want to try that Armitage wine you write the blog post about!!
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I tried Malbec first at an event I went to a few years ago and I buy it from time to time. My favourite is Pinot Noir. Although I’ve been drinking a dry rose recently. (Sorry, no accents on the phone app.)
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Sue oh no worries. I cannot do accent on the computer anyway. I do emojis now but that took me forever to figure out and finally thanks to Kelly I learned how to share the YT videos on Monday’s blog post.
I hope I remember now?!
I love Pinot Noir too the Syrah is a bit richer and maybe woodsy if that’s the right word. My sister likes Cavs the best. I buy cheaper reds like under $20 and go in spurts of wine. I like Rose (add accent) now too but more in the summer. Muscato is still too sweet for me-like Kool Aid.
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For accents you have to use alt keys. I think the one for rose is alt 130. Back to work now…
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WOW. Seriously? A smartphone requires an ASCII numeric to reproduce a diacritic? I’m kind of blown away by that.
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No, I meant that that’s the code on a PC, when I’m using my (non-Mac) PC. I haven’t figured out how to do it on my iPhone, not that I’ve spent much time trying to figure it out.
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aha, okay. (whew). I still remember a lot of those numbers.
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Alt 130 is the one I use the most … like resume but with both accents.
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alt 225 = ß (option S on my Mac, so much easier, which is why it’s weird that the iPhone doesn’t have an obvious way of doing this). alt 132 = ä … I know all the German ones.
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I should probably look into it… I’ll put it on my long list!
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Sue 👏👏👍👍❤️❤️😎
Have a great afternoon !! Off to enjoy my Malbec 🍷
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Ok and kudos to the chicken dish! Did you get it from the fandom WW site or traditional family recipe?
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No, from a new magazine-style collection of chicken recipes I picked up from the grocery store. Maybe I’ll post it on the fandom site if I get a chance.
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Sue, so nice to see that you had a bit of time for yourself. It has been a very long winter but there are all kinds of signs of spring. Hope you have more to me to smell and admire the spring flowers.
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Thanks! It was good. I’m glad it’s looking like spring there too… I was really hoping that it wouldn’t still be winter when I’m there in late April.
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It’s so good to hear you got a little break and you had great weather to boot! Fingers crossed for more days like these.
LOL on the bushes! I wonder how intentional that was.
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Thanks! The bushes always make me wonder, “What were they thinking!”
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Hmmm….those bushes! They look like they were trimmed by a 15 year old boy with a wicked sense of humor! 🙂
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Yes, they do! And welcome!
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