January 28, 2010

39 F

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freezing in florida

sleeping with socks

an extra blanket

and we had the heat on last night.

i went out at 7:35 am

to get this photo

in my jammies

housecoat

and slippers

i always wish that a car wouldn't drive by

but they always do!!

:-)

i remember coming to florida from canada and

we'd be wearing shorts and tshirts at this time

but our blood has changed after living in roatan

for a year

now we are wearing

jeans

sock

polar fleece

and shoes

and still cold.

what will i do with a canadian winter??

i am ruined for life.

good thing we became honduran residents

because i am feeling less and less and less

like a canadian!

it is just tooooo darned cold.
brrrr

January 27, 2010

l.o.v.e

in a

leaf

I saw this leaf laying on the ground,

walked on by,

about 10 steps later.

i stopped

and

went back.

how many times do you see a heart in a leaf?

love in a leaf.

gotta love that!

so there I was in the parking lot of the optometrist place

holding this leaf out

looking for the best light

the best bokeh

with cars driving slowly and
looking at me

wondering,

wondering,

wondering,

what is she doing???

capturing love on a leaf of course.

i love the way having a camera helps me to see beauty

everywhere.

small miracles indeed~!

have a great day!

January 26, 2010

fresh
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i love fruit!
i have a fruit tip.
or should i say a tip about fruit.

if you buy a watermelon
take it home and cut it up
right away.
put it in a container.
same goes with pineapple or melon.

cut it up.
i find that i need to cut it right away
other wise I tend to forget about it and
it goes bad on me.

but once it's cut
we are good to go.
it gets eaten.

i am not sure how or why but I am the
official fruit cutter.
if I don't cut the fruit then no one will.

kinda sad but true.
but honestly.
i love cutting up fruit.
i love dicing and slicing anything really!

i have worked in food services and restaurants
and i actually enjoy prep.

good thing that i do because otherwise we'd depend
on canned fruit.  oh yuk!

my favorites?
strawberries, then peaches, then pineapple, melon, bananas

my least favorite?
pears, apples and sadly, mangos.

ya what a shame because we have 4 mango trees in the yard
and I am not too fond of them.

I am hoping in time that I will develop a taste for them.

we eat fruit everyday.
did you know we have apple bananas in roatan?
yes we do.
i will take a photo of them someday when there is a nice big ripe bunch.

January 25, 2010

coffee

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I am a coffee snob

I confess.

It started I think when I was 16 years old and too young

to be drinking coffee

My sister Bonnie used to buy beans, grind them,

make it strong, add real cream.

Then I went to Italy.

yes Italy!

Italian coffee is wonderful.

We went on our way home from Israel.

I had no money, and in those days you could

have a stopover with no added cost.

In those days??

Late 70's!

Anyways, we slept in the train station,

hostels,

we ate bread, and fruit and

drank coffee!!

The best coffee ever!

Now I am a dark roast,

freshly ground,

kind of girl.

MMMMM...

Brewster's serves medium roast.

I don't hold it against them.

I just ask for a shot of expresso.

They have wifi and I am happy to sit here and drink

pretty good coffee and do my interneting.

 I wish I could just go online at home but that isn't possible.

Gotta make the most of it.

I am.

*takes a big sip*

sighs

January 24, 2010

wanna dance?
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I love to dance.

I do.

It makes me happy.

Not that I am the world's best by any stretch of the imagination.

But if I have the option to dance or sit it out I will dance!

Bob doesn't like to dance.

It's a shame.

In Nova Scotia we used to go to ceilidhs

because we loved the celtic music and we'd watch the dancers.

Every Friday night.

One night I saw this short little East Indian man dancing

up a storm.

Boy he could dance!!

At the break I sauntered over

(yes that is just what I did!)

and I asked him where he learned to dance like that

He told me he took lessons.

Then he told me that he wanted to teach me.

I said no.

He said yes.

He won!

I was so nervous!!

But he guided me

(pushed me around basically!)

and hollered out instructions!

I had a blast!!!

After that I was hooked!

It is such great exercise.

Nova Scotia dancing isn't like square dancing,

it is more like a cross between irish dancing and maybe

what you'd see in those castle scenes in movies.

I saw these figurines and I thought...oh to dance again!

I hope that the things that really make you happy you pursue.

It is so worth it.