Thought Of The Day

    It's early morning 7.30, I am in my kitchen making oatmeal porridge for my breakfast.  I have to leave early for my dental appointment. It is twenty minutes away from me to walk. I know my steps will take time so I have to keep that in mind. It is 9.15, my grandson, the eldest one, is leaving for his work. He offered to drop me over there for my appointment. So nice of him. I preferred to walk. It is 6 C, cold and windy. I am dressed up in layers. My fawn colored half sleeve sweater underneath my light grey and black jacket. This jacket is my favorite. It is not hooded, it's OK. I got my stole. I will be fine. I think going on our own makes a big difference in our life. It boosts our will power and elevates our confidence too. We start feeling independent, capable of carrying out our matters on our own. We need support for some time to handle our things. Not all the time is a good option. The people around in the household won't like for us to become an extra piece fo...

  I am at the Lakeside. The weather is now getting a bit colder. It's 15 C, I am wearing my light jacket.  The navy blue one with sky blue combination. I am missing my gloves, next time I will keep that in mind. The water at my right is not calm. The surface of the water is twinkling. The waves playing some sort of symphony. Light musical, not loud, like a soft rhythm. So cool. On my left side the water at the lake is very calm, serene, and peaceful. Two small brown ducks are enjoying their ride on the surface. Two Swans are also here enjoying their company at the water surface far away. One side by the path the wild bushes making the view beautiful. So many colors of golden yellow, purple and white flowers look scattered on the bushes. Amazing. It is 11.15, in the morning. I am lucky to be here to be a part of this scenic atmosphere. To behold and to cherish these moments. I already made my day. This jacket is perfect for today's weather. I bought it years ago from Oxfam at G...

  It is a beautiful morning. The weather is great, breezy, cool. I have my dentist appointment at 10.30.  It is about a twenty minute walk from my place. I am finishing my breakfast. I  will skip my tea and get ready to walk over there. I will walk and take it like a blessing. Able to manage our things has to be taken as blessings. That changes the entire scenario. We won't feel pressure. It won't be like homework and also will change our attitude to look at things with a different perspective. Perspective is key to how we take our life matters. Perspective relates to our attitude. Our attitude keeps on changing. It is dependent on our thoughts. Our thoughts are dependent on the well-being of our body. The mind and body are like two in one. We have to take care of our body to keep our mind in good shape. Sometimes our physical condition is not in a position to go for long walks and do other activities. We have to plan other ways to keep our body in good shape. Go with sma...

  Beautiful morning, the weather is great. I am walking by the lakeside. It is 9.30, my son has to go to a  barbecue event with his friends at 10.30.  He wakes up early and so am I. He had some time in hand before to enjoy his walks. I am at Frenchman Bay walking by the lake. My son has gone for his long walk. So many birds on the trees and on the bushes around.  Flowers of all colors are giving color to the scenic atmosphere. I also see so many butterflies, yellow, white and the big ones. I think these are Monarchs if I am correct. The weather is great so many people started coming. The water at the lake surface is glittering. Eye catching moments to cherish. Some are walking with dogs. Some are setting things for picnics. Some with kayaks. Some are setting things for fishing with their friends. It looks like a family atmosphere here. It is 10.30, we have to leave. I am going home too. I will go to the coffee house after a while. after 11.15 or so. Going for coffee ...

    Today is Saturday. another weekend. Another week will be starting. The weather stared changing. It is around the mid of September, getting colder a bit. The mornings are warmer. the evenings are not the same. To sit in gardens to enjoy your time is now running out. Just a couple of weeks to go to be outdoors. The birds will pack things to fly to the South of the Borders. The same will be with the Butterflies. They will all be leaving Canada before it will start snowing. My grandson. the youngest one has to go to his downtown Uni campus for some all day event. My son is driving him to drop him there. Parking in downtown is not easy to find. He has to be there before 10 in the morning for his project. I woke up quickly made my oatmeal porridge and dressed up to go with them. Toronto downtown has been changed so much with so many high rise towers. It started giving the look of the city of Chicago. somewhat. Thinking about Chicago, I start thinking about my late sister. She wa...

It's early morning. I am sitting on one of my garden steel chairs on my deck.  My garden is looking great with lush green grass. The beautiful flowers of all colors. Brick red, shades of pink, golden yellow, purple and white. All sorts of flowers are in full bloom. They are giving color, making my garden brighter with their smiley faces. The flower bed at the back of the garden is loaded with flowers. The same is with the planters. The two white planters by the right side of my deck and the two brick red planters on the left are all full of flowers. The flowers are blooming even in the month of September. Thanks to the rains. The weather is warm. Not too hot. We people are still enjoying our outdoors. The birds are not gone yet to the South of Borders, The squirrels are playing in gardens. Busy with hide and seek on the trees. The atmosphere is loaded with all sorts of aroma from around. It is 10.15, morning, I have now to get ready to go for my walk. I like to go to some place to...

  It's 9.30 in the morning and I am at the Petticoat lake side. The water is sparkling white at the far end.  Shades of deep blue, grayish green in between and a bit muddy near the end. I am enjoying my walk on the trail on the left side of the lake. Wild flowers, violet, white, brick red and golden yellow are scattered in between the greens all around. So many butterflies, yellow, white and the big ones of charcoal black, red and orange are here too. I think these are Monarch butterflies. All enjoying here in between the bushes. A small yellow bird is here somewhere in the trees. A couple of black birds with deep orange color underneath their wings are here enjoying their company on the tall tree in front. I think the tree looks more than ten feet tall. I used to figure that out by comparing myself with others. I am five feet something. The tree looks double my size. I feel small and tiny under here. So many Swans are floating on the deep blue water. It looks so scenic. A cou...

  The weather is great, breezy. Beautiful morning with 23 C. It is Thursday. I am not at work, at Coffee House now enjoying my time. My walk from my place to here was great. We have a couple of weeks to enjoy our outdoors. There will be a different scenario from September. We Canadians know that our coming days will be tough, a bit harder to get out. We try to manage a couple of our weeks with even 25 C below zero. We learned to handle our Canadian winter. We have a line up of coats in our coat closet to coordinate with the weather outside.. We check the weather channel before starting our day to pick what to wear to bundle up. We manage with gloves and scarfs and the coat we pick accordingly with the cold outside. We humans are amazing creatures. We have the power to adopt whatever is there to make our days. We try to adjust with the people and the ups and downs of the weather all around. Anyway I enjoyed my walk and now enjoying my coffee sitting at my favorite spot in the Coffee...

  It is 10.15 in the morning, I am at the canopy area of the lakeside. The weather is great. Don't need any jacket neither heavy nor even a light one. I am enjoying my walk by the water. The water is sparkling white. The waves are playing a musical symphony. Soft and melodious. It is like meditation, therapy, so peaceful. The sky above is not peaceful. So many shades of grey are scattered on the canvas above. I think we are about to get rain anytime soon. The lakeside is not so crowded. Just a couple of people are walking with their dogs. A small group is busy running on the walkway now turning towards the trail. I was walking by the water front now standing on a beautiful spot under the greens.Very peaceful atmosphere with just the music of waves. Moments to behold also to cherish. My daughter from Grimsby, England left in the morning for her trip to  Minneapolis, America to her sister in-law. She is already on her way in the plane. I am enjoying my time. I will go from the l...

  Beautiful morning. Great scenic atmosphere. Pink Canadian roses are smiling. The grass is lush green.  A couple of birds are having a party in my backyard. Two squirrels are playing hide and seek under the Maple tree. The small brown rabbit is sitting quietly on the left side. I think he is enjoying his own company and is here to behold the scenery too. It is early morning 8.30, I am sitting on one of the red knitted steel garden chairs. I am having my breakfast on the deck, like to be a part of all these beautiful moments to cherish. The sky is like a clean slate. An untouched canvas with a couple of grayish abstract sketches. The entire atmosphere is so peaceful, we can sit quietly here to meditate. The atmosphere is loaded with the fragrance of flowers. My flower bed at the back is looking beautiful with golden yellow, blood red, white and purple seasonal flowers. The red garden chair my son got from the Canadian Tire store years ago is at the corner to lie down to relax....

  Every morning is different and unique, so is every day. The weather is a bit different, not the same.  The atmosphere around with a different scenario. We are not the same. We take mornings and days with different attitudes.  It all depends how we feel inside on that day. Sometimes things are not so good. The weather is too hot or sometimes too cold and we still feel good. We take everything with a positive attitude. Ready to go ahead to enjoy our time. Some days the weather looks perfect. The flowers are smiling, the birds are chatting. Nothing wrong with our sleep. Our body parts are also in good shape ready to cooperate with our plans. We are not ready. Something is missing. We are not in a position to enjoy our time.Something is missing from our inside. The peace inside I think. I believe there are so many factors that matter in our life. Not only the world outside decides how we take our mornings, our days. Sometimes we miss our loved ones not with us. They are gon...

  The weather is great. Not too hot. Not too humid. Beautiful morning. Cool breeze with 24 C.  It's 10.30 in the morning. I am just out of the dentist office. Dentist appointments at my age are a bit scary. Not only Dentist, any Dr appointment is not at my welcome note. We won't be getting A grade in our report card from any of the doctors. We know that our body is old and needs repairs and replacement of some of our body parts. We know any doctor won't be able to give us a clean slate. Not even the passing marks. Anyway this is life. We have to accept whatever there is with patience. We have to realize that we enjoyed our life with this body of ours, much stronger than today. Nothing is forever. Life keeps on changing and so does our body. We undergo a systematic change throughout our life. Change from our childhood to kids to teens to adults and finally to the later stages of life. We managed and accepted every stage of life with open hearts so what's wrong now. I bel...

   It's a cloudy morning. It has been raining all night. I have my dentist appointment today.  Dentist appointments at our age are not welcomed. We don't know how many teeth will be left after we leave the clinic. This is life my dear. Whatever is there we have to accept with patience and grace. We don't have to forget that we enjoyed our life for all those years. It is time now to slow down. To take a break from enjoying some of the things. Not a big deal to manage with whatever is left. We still have enough to enjoy. Life is not the same. It goes on changing. We have to accept the change and manage accordingly. We were running throughout all the stages of our life. We need a break now. It is time to take a pause. To smell the roses. To absorb the beauty around. To smell and have a feel of the fragrance of nature scattered around. We never had time for all that. We were always in a hurry. Very busy with our work and our family matters. We have time now. Time to enjoy eve...

  It is a great morning.Beautiful day sunny and bright. Not gloomy. You feel good on these days.  The sun is there up and above shining in full bloom to make our days brighter. To elevate our mood. We feel energetic, ready to make plans to fill up our day schedules. I put my indoor chores aside. Try to get out to enjoy the outdoors. To be with nature to behold and absorb the beauty of the outside. It is 9.40, I am all set to leave. It is 25 C, feeling like 30. I am out of the house and what surprised me. The small brown rabbit was sitting in my front garden. Sitting so peacefully. So content. I think everyone likes to enjoy this sort of weather. My friend, the brown rabbit, came out of his house to be outdoors, to enjoy. He is also enjoying his morning feast in my front garden. My right foot has not been in good shape for a couple of weeks. I am skipping my walk today. My eldest grandson is going to the gym. He is dropping me at the Coffee House. So nice of him. We have to tak...

  It is a beautiful bright morning. Hot and sunny. The weather is like a roller coaster nowadays.  Yesterday it was on a cooler side. Today it is a different scenario. Hot feeling like 28 C. It is a matter of a couple of weeks. It will change by the middle of August. I have a busy day today.  My friends invited me for a get together. I have to go for that around 1.30. I decided to go for my walk before that. It is 10.15, I  am sitting in the Coffee House, enjoying my coffee and my time alone. I try to avail my time alone whenever I can. For me, a time alone slot is the key to get inner peace. To manage our patience, our blood pressure and mood swings. We have to include what we like to do while making our day schedules. Everyone is different with his own personality. It is a must to have a time slot for the hobbies we like to get busy with. That will be our own time to enjoy ourselves. The time we spend here in this world must not have to be taken like homework. We h...

  It's early morning. The sun is in full bloom, bright, shining from up and above to make our day brighter.  My friend the White Butterfly is whispering to the pink Canadian roses. The Butterfly is sharing something secretly. I think they are close friends.  The roses are smiling, shaking their bodies. They are enjoying her company. Friends are friends. It was raining yesterday. I didn't have to water my garden. The grass is green.The trees look happy. The flowers are giving smiles. My deck is all clean. All of my four red knitted steel garden chairs are shining under the sunlight. The glass top of my steel garden table is clean too. I am done with my breakfast. It is 9.15, I am getting ready for my walk. Today I woke up quite early at 5.30 in the morning. Every day your body behaves differently. It gives you surprises to deal with. I gave my body time to revive. That worked. I was out of my bed at 8.15. Enough time for my body to get ready to cooperate with my plans. We ...

  It was raining yesterday. Flowers are in full bloom, giving a smile.  The trees also look happy, shaking their heads. The grass in my garden is lush green. My deck is washed. Looks neat and clean. It is the weekend, I am at Frenchman Bay by the lakeside. The water is sparkling under sunshine. Swans on the lake giving a beautiful view. A couple of dragon boats are on the surface too. People are busy with fishing. Some are walking with their dogs. Some are with kids. I am on the Deck side now. It gives you an amazing experience. I feel that I am on a ship and the ship is sailing. I come here sometime to have a feel of that. It reminds me of my trip to Hamburg in Germany. It was decades ago. I was visiting my daughters in England. One of my daughters was going to Hamburg for two nights. Short trip with her husband's parents and brother's families. She arranged for me too. I was part of the group. We enjoyed that. Trips you enjoy with the right company. Company matters a lot to ...

It's a beautiful day, breezy morning. Perfect weather to go for a walk. The trees are loaded with green.  The gardens are back to life with beautiful flowers of all colors. The grass is lush green with no brown patches in between. The blood red David Austin is still on break. I can't see any flowers. The same is with the pink Canadian roses. Everyone is different. The same is with plants. They behave and react to the atmosphere taking their own time. The small brown rabbit is sitting quietly at the right by the flower bed. A couple of brown birds with yellow patches on their belly are enjoying their morning walk under the Maple tree. The white Butterfly is whispering to the purple flowers. My son planted a white planter on the weekend with his wife. This is all so peaceful and scenic to behold. To cherish and enjoy a sort of meditation. I am outside in my back garden, sitting on one of the red knitted steel garden chairs. My son got four of these from the Canadian Tire store y...

  It's a cloudy, hazy morning. The sun is not fully awake to brighten our day. I am also a bit late to start my day.  I missed my friend the Black Squirrel. He comes early in the morning for his exercises. A couple of light brown birds with yellow beaks are walking in my back garden. The grass is green.  The red, violet, and gold flowers my son and his wife planted a couple of days ago are giving color to my garden. I can't see the brown rabbit، maybe he is still in bed, starting his day late like me. Some days are not so good or maybe we are not in a good shape to handle things. I believe life is the same for everyone. It is the same at all the stages of our life. It is like a combo with mixed moments. Some sweet, some sour and some are bitter. We have energy to handle, to deal with the things at the earlier stages of our life. Our body is not so strong, our nerves also not the same at the later stages of life. We don't feel strong enough to deal with the same as we get ...

      Happy Easter to my friends in Ireland and others too. The weather is great, 2C not below zero. No snow, no rain. Amazing. I am enjoying my walk after so long. We have to wear our winter coats and gloves. Not have to bundle up. I see a tinge of green running through the bodies of the skeleton trees around. The grass in my garden is on its way back to lush green. The red wooden bench at the right side of my front garden is out of snow. It looks nice shining under the sun, giving color to the atmosphere. The Magnolia tree at the left in my garden is about to start budding. It is always the first one to announce the arrival of the spring. It is amazing to look at the Magnolia tree loaded with beautiful light pinkish flowers all around. The Renovation work at the Twin Towers looks all done. Its apartments are now I think ready to rent out. I see so many birds inside the two trees which are located in my next door neighbor's front garden. I call these two trees the “Twin ...