Thought Of The Day

    My flight to England is getting closer. It's on the coming Friday. Weather is getting much better, not too hot, not too cold.  It's so perfect 16C today, amazing. I am at the lakeside, walking in just with my light jacket. No gloves, no woolen scarf. Things change, that is the beauty of time. Nothing stays forever. Water at the lake surface is sparkling like silver. With time it turns to gold as the sun starts showering its light from time to time on the water. Beautiful wild flowers of so many colors are spreading amid all the green around. Things change so quickly. Last week it was a totally different scenario. Now it has changed, all so different. Looks like Nature keeps on changing the scenes on a big movie screen. Up in the sky are the same situation. The entire sky looks like an art gallery. Masterpiece paintings of art we keep on watching on a wide canvas. Sketches with pencils and watercolors. It is so beautiful, eye -catching. Nature Is amazing....

    It's 10.15, I am at Petticoat Creek. Beautiful view, beautiful morning. Water at the lake is looking great, deep blue, calm and quiet. Birds are chatting under the walking bridge. Maybe having a party. I can hear them loud and clear. Via the train, that connects America and Canada, is passing, on the overhead bridge. This train always reminds me of the times of my late youngest sister. She used to live in Chicago. Time flies. Memories linger on. Lots of people are here. Some are walking with their dogs. Some are busy with fishing. Some are walking around just like myself.  I am wearing a light jacket. Silk scarf, orange with a flowery pattern. My daughter, the middle one, gifted it to me. Couple of years ago while I was visiting her place, Grimsby in England. Days go by, beautiful memories, golden moments get stuck in our mind. Somewhere inside in our memory box. Like glistening jewels. We open up our memory box whenever we want. To enjoy our time to mak...

  We are still waiting for summer in Canada. Still have to dig out our coat closets to bundle up. Rain usually comes late at night or early mornings to brighten our gardens. Grass is now turned into lush green with no brown patches in between. My front garden is looking great. The Magnolia tree on the left is loaded with beautiful peach color flowers with a pinkish hue. Red wooden bench is shining under the tree, adding up the beauty of my garden.  Skeleton trees look happy. Green already started running through their bodies. Looks like soon they will be back on the track. Twin Towers, the two tall trees in the front garden of my next door neighbor, started renovating their apartments to rent out. So much has changed in the past few weeks. It already started looking like a festive atmosphere. People are now in a festive mood. My back garden is a bit slow. Not so much activity there. I am waiting for my beautiful pink Canadian roses. It comes early, not like my bloo...

Great morning 21 C, a bit gusty with wind 54 km. Weather is like a roller coaster. Yesterday was cold. I needed so many things to bundle up for my walk. Today I am wearing a light jacket, not even my long light coat.  Summertime is not long here for us Canadians. We know that, so we enjoy it with full fervor. We start right away getting ready to get out to hit roads, trails and waters. It is a totally different scenario. Birds chirping around. Skeleton trees are back to life. Look happy with green tinge running through their bodies.  Squirrels are busy collecting food. I think they are having parties. Guests must be coming for a get together. Everyone looks in a festive mood, enjoying their time in their own style. Every season is unique with its own beauty. I remember the winter time. People were busy playing ice hockey and fishing in the middle of the frozen lake. They used to enjoy their walks in trails with long heavy coats, snow boots and gloves. We Humans ...

    March 29th 2025 It's a cloudy rainy day. Rain just started and will be for the whole day. March will be done and in a couple of days April will start. April showers May flowers. It is great news that Spring will be here shortly. Flower beds will be back to life. Birds will start nesting. The Magnolia tree in my front garden, started budding already. The Magnolia tree is always the first one to let me know that Spring is just around the corner. My friend the Black Squirrel will be here for his workouts on the wooden fence of my back garden. The Canadian rose plant will be loaded with beautiful pink flowers all around. I can't wait to see all that. Atmosphere will be loaded with aroma and all kinds of fragrances. Skeleton trees will no longer be Skeletons. They all will be back to life. There will be so much green around. It will be a totally different scenario. We will start planning to hit the roads, trails and waters. People will be busy outdoors, going fish...

  It is the month of March and the weather is a bit tricky. Charles Dickens was right to mention in one of his beautiful writings.  “ One of those days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold; when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade “. Amazing description so close to reality. Weather is getting better day by day. Snow is melting away. Sun looks much brighter in full bloom. Smiling from up and above. Summer looks just around the corner. Everyone is waiting eagerly making plans for partying outside. In Canada every season is intense and comes in full bloom. We Canadians have a feel of all and learned to enjoy every season. Winter comes with twenty to twenty five C below zero Piles of snow dumping around. Spring comes bringing everything back to life. Flower beds with all kinds of beautiful flowers. Skeleton trees now loaded with leaves around. Grass in gardens, is lush green. We see so much green all around. Autumn comes, bringing a totally dif...

    Happy St Patrick day to all my Irish friends We in Toronto are in the middle of a couple of snow storms. There were two back to back with twenty five centimeters of snow. Thirty years ago I used to live in Ottawa. There we experienced heaps of snow. Winter days were tough. long for more than six months over there. People used to walk on the frozen lake surface. Snowflakes were floating on the lake water even in the month of May. Roads used to be cleared thanks to the city still snow used to be like hillocks around. Nowadays it's the same situation here in Toronto. City expects that it will take three weeks to clear all that mess. My walks are on hold for now. I try to go to the Coffee house to change my scenery whenever I can. My grandson goes to the gym. I coordinate with his schedule. My son was going to get groceries yesterday, He dropped me at Tim Hortons. Even the coffee house entrance was not safe. I was taking my steps very carefully. We try to get out...

  It's early morning on cold wintry days. Cloudy morning, the sun is hiding somewhere inside his grey blanket. Not in a mood to wake up early. Maybe he wants to enjoy his weekend.  Snow is all around such a peaceful, serene atmosphere. My deck is under a thick sheet of ice. Red garden chair looks beautiful with thick white cushions. On the back in the flower bed of my back garden plants of pink Canadian roses and the blood red David Austin roses, are now transformed into bushes. They are now loaded with white Cottony flowers not with roses anymore. It is 10.30 in the morning, I am standing by the front door of my house. Very different view here. My red wooden bench is loaded with a bulk of white stuff. Hockey net by the garage side looks knitted with pearls in between and also decorated with icicles. What a beauty to behold to cherish. It is 11.15, I am at the lakeside. Water looks Steel gray in color at the front. At the back it is Beige with a golden hue giving...

    December 31st, 2024 Today is the last night of the year 2024. So much has changed for us. There must be a bundle of things, all mixed up. We have to come across so many ups and downs in our day to day matters. This is the beauty of life. Life is not stagnant. It is like a river moves on, no matter what.  We have to bid farewell to the year 2024 with good hearts. We must have some difficult moments during that time. We must have come across many wonderful moments during those days. We usually remember whatever we lose. Rarely give a thought about what we have. What we go on getting, we take it like we deserve all that. Never take it as a big deal.  The happy moments, our being in good health. The people around to talk. Nature to enjoy moments to make our days. The bundle of twenty four hours, we get every morning throughout our life. We can spend it wherever we want. Whatever we like to do with that time, we are allotted. Never any question asked in our entire lif...

     December 28th 2024 Couple of more days to leave this year behind and to enter a brand new year of 2025. I am sitting in a Coffee house. It's a festive atmosphere. Not many young people are here.  Most of the people are around my age, enjoying the company of their choice. Youngsters are busy with their take out orders. Drive through is very busy. It's 11.30, I am enjoying my small tea and the atmosphere around. Weather is good 2C, it is like summer for us in Canada. It's drizzling. I am going to Tim Hortons to enjoy my walk and my morning tea. I will put my cap on and will dress up properly. No worries. We have to manage circumstances to make our day. Sometimes we have to open up our memory box to dig out our golden moments, we spent, enjoyed and saved, to lock up in our memory box. Same is drizzling for me.  It reminds me of my childhood period. I used to get out in the rain and after a while my mom used to shout at me, “ come inside, you will ...

    To all my  Dear Readers Merry Christmas         and Happy Holidays December 23rd 2024 I don't get comments from you people anymore. COVID changed our lives. Glitch is one of that. Our communication got disrupted. I am not getting comments still you people are always in my thoughts. This is end of the year 2024. New year 2025 is just couple of days away. Christmas time is the time of celebrations.   Enjoy these couple of days. Get ready to welcome the New year ahead.  I am thinking about my friend Niklas, my dear Hannah. Hope Father is not messing their lives anymore. Hope that Kris, you must be taking care of your family. My dear readers in Ireland I hope things are going well with you people my friends. My Smile Cafe friend please don't open the Cafe on close holidays.  We have to follow the Directives. I hope things are now solved with your shop. What I remember in the last comment I got from you, there were som...

   To all my  Dear Readers Merry Christmas         and Happy Holidays   It's nearly end of December. Cold days long nights. I am at the lakeside. Water is glistening under sunshine. It is beauty of Canada that sun is up and above most of the times in winter time to make our days brighter. So nice of him. Here at lakeside path is usually cleared of snow during winter, not done today. Maybe it is Christmas days, people go on vacation. There not be many staff to cover things. I am walking by the road side. It is better to take safety measures before any damage be done. Injuries and fractures are not good at any age. It will be drastic especially at our age. We will be done for the rest of our days. Better to be careful before it's too late to be mended. We have control of our life all the time. It is all up to ourselves how we handle things. We are masters to make things happen to make our days. We have to make adjustments. Adjustments...

  December started about two weeks ago. New Year is on the way, and will be soon here. We had snow a couple of times. Today there is nothing just by the road side and by the side of walkways. Things have changed, I think, because of global warming. We now don't have heaps of snow and ice. I remember windchill used to be in September and snow used to start by November. From December to February used to be tough. People used to become tired like it will never end. I was in Ottawa thirty years ago. Winter over there used to be really tough. Ice floats on lake water even in March. Rideau Canal used to be changed into an ice skating rink. I joined a couple of things to get out to pass my cold days, long nights and short days. I used to get a monthly bus pass to move around. We have to find ways to make use of our time. Complaining won't help anything out. Nothing changes, we have to change our own self. Make plans according to the available circumstances. I joined Oxfa...

    November 19th 2024 Beautiful morning, no rain, no snow. It is cold 5 C, what else do we expect these days? December is getting closer. We are ready for snow anytime soon. We are all set, and learned our lessons on how to cope with all that. No worries. We humans are amazing creatures. We adjust to any circumstances, able to handle and to make our time. We Canadians have a list of winter sports. Ice hockey, skating, fishing, snowboarding and so many other things make our days. We have cleats to walk on our frozen waters. We just bundle up to hit the roads. Nothing stops our day to day activities. Sun also comes out most of the time to brighten our days. I think he also learned his lessons to handle 25 C below zero temperatures. It is the beauty of  Canada. Sun goes back early to take rest under his hazy blanket. He must be cold, wants to warm up. We have to switch lights on, sometimes even at 4 pm. We know that the sun has to leave early. He needs a break ...

     November 9th 2024 It's 10.30 in the morning, I am at a different spot on the lake. It is sort of a forest and a small body of water is running through it. You can enjoy water from everywhere. Sun is shining in full bloom, and the sky is deep blue in color. Water is very clear, I can see through everything deep down. Pebbles look all washed and clean underneath. Water is displaying a beautiful scenic view. There is so much to see, to observe. I am standing on the walking bridge to watch and absorb all the beauty. On my left, the water is very calm and quiet. On my right is a very different scenario. Water is in a festive mood, playing music. I am enjoying the rhythm. It is like a symphony, so melodious. You can get inner peace. It is like Meditation. Anyway I am done here. It's 11.15. I have to go to Coffee house to have a taste of a different atmosphere. Planning of your day requires a variety of events to cover, to fill in the columns of our day Planni...

  May 4th 2024 I am one year older. One more year gone down to drain. My birthday was on May 2nd, two days back. I take age like  numbers. You don't have to count. Try to do whatever you can till you are mobile. Do things on your own. We never know, what will be the next.  God forbid, anything can happen at any age. Value your time and your health. Especially your health. That is priority. Try to enjoy. Celebrate with whatever is available. Don't have to wait.  Future, we don't know. Past is done. You can not turn the page to rewrite, to do it again. Try to forget whatever is done. Present is everything to be focused on. My family celebrated my birthday, like a big day. My grandson, the middle one, made special steak for me, with Avocado oil, Thyme and Rosemary. It took him two hours in kitchen, to do that for everyone in the family. On special occasions, whole family has to be there, to enjoy together. My son surprised me with a nice cake. My name was shining with b...

  April 30th 2024 It is Tuesday. I am not working today. No Darts on Tuesdays. I have other plans to get busy to make my day. I have to do two loads of laundry. My clothes, bed sheets and towels are to be done today. I will do that in the morning.  I will start to put clothes in washer before having my breakfast. It will be done side by side. I have small load not big ones. Towels and bed sheets, is a medium load.  It is 10.30, I am done with my breakfast and clothes. Bed sheets and towels are in Dryer. My son is going to lake, I am getting ready to go with him. I have to be quick. Rain is on the way, will start at 11 am. 60 % probability.  It is 10.45, I am at Petticoat Creek. My son has gone for his long walk. I am enjoying by the side of lake, walking around. Water is very quiet, looks great, silver with blue tinge. Looks deep blue at the far end. Not many people here. Just couple of them. One or two are walking with their dogs.  I see couple of birds walking...

  March 5th 2024 Beautiful morning sunny and bright. Sun is fully awake, eyes wide open. Shining up and above in full bloom. I hanged all my heavy coats and jackets, at the back of my coat closet. It is now time to wear sweaters and something light. I have couple of light jackets. One is very light with sky blue and navy blue combination. I got it, years ago for five pounds from Oxfam, in Grimsby. That jacket is my favorite one.  It is not so hot today, it is 10 C. I have to wait, to wear this one.  My other jacket is, with grey and black combination. My son used to wear that. It is very old. I liked it so he gave it to me. It is mine now.  I have one more jacket, not so light. My son gave me as a gift. He got it from his work.  It is 10.15, I am in my kitchen, making banana strawberry shakes for my son, my youngest grandson and for myself. We have to treat ourselves well. It motivates our body to co-operate with our day plans. There is," give and take", in all ...

  March 2nd 2024 It is a foggy day, rainy and misty. Sun is still drowsing, not coming out of his hazy blanket, may be enjoying his weekend. It is 9.15, I am done with my breakfast, my oatmeal porridge and stir fried egg. I don't take egg every day. We have to be cautious with our diet, specially at our age.  Me and my son, are awake. He is also an early riser. Everyone else is sleeping at my place. TV is on, we are watching, "Andy Griffith" show. Old shows are good to switch on, we don't have to focus. These are mostly, with low pitch, sort of meditative, good to pass time.  It is 9.45, my son is going to lake. I am getting ready to go with him. It is raining so we will go to the canopy site of the lake. No chance to walk around, still good to be by the lake. To watch the view, to behold the atmosphere.  I am here, lake is sort of misty. No blue water. I hear couple of birds, somewhere inside trees. Not many people here. Just two cars. I think, people are sitting in...

  February 20th 2024 Sunny, bright beautiful morning, not so cold, just 6 C below zero. Snow is all around.  There was snow storm here, in Toronto, couple of days ago. T hick slab of ice on the glass top of my steel garden table, is looking great under sunlight. I think, snow is done for this year. Summer is just around the corner. Time to get out, to hit the roads, go to trails and lakes. I was busy in kitchen, making carrot desert and milkshakes. My Tuesdays are off, I don't have to go to work. Carpet bowling also started so, my Thursdays are busy too. Carrot desert takes time so I did it today. It is my son's favorite.  To put smile on the faces around, is great. It gives great satisfaction when you feel that people need you. Their smile is their acknowledgment. It gives you assurance that you did your job well.  To pitch in at the household, we live in, is a must. I take it like that. It maintains relationships with the people, we share the premises. It is always...