Moving along
My husband is getting better slow but sure. He will be another day in hospital perhaps or more and then home again. When I called him today he sounded much cheerier and our conversation was somewhat...
View ArticlePlants ordered
Today, for the first time in 54 years, I ordered the garden plants online. Usually Ed and I would visit the nursery and pick out our plants and have done that for 54 summers, we will be married 55...
View ArticleNewsletters
My newsletters have gone by the board. Today I suddenly remembered that I have not done a newsletter for a while. It is the length of this while that I must now check out. The good news is that I did...
View ArticleHusband is home again
My husband is now home again as of yesterday. My newsletter did not yet get completed although mostly so. It will take a while for him to be as mobile as he was but he is making a great beginning at...
View ArticleGardening
Now we are into the gardening, moving the rest of the first bag of dirt onto the side gardens and will plant the tomatoes, peppers and romaine seedlings. Still waiting for our seeds to arrive. May...
View ArticleCatching Up and Downsizing
With my husband home I am busy catching up on some things that I have forgotten to do in the outside world. Plus we are downsizing once again. Everything that goes out the door and doesn't return is a...
View ArticleAnother day of gardening
Beautiful weather here and the day became a gardening day. We spent three hours outside this morning and have now planted the lettuce and half of the flowers. More later today (the peppers and rest of...
View ArticleRain finally
It has been really dry here and finally rain last night. Not a deluge; but a decent amount. We will likely have to continue watering unless the clouds open up today for a good downpour. Our lettuce...
View ArticleRenovation
Our renovation is moving ahead slowly. Today our renovator is coming to relook at what needs to be done given the change in Ed's health. Hoping that he can get started soon as the handrail is...
View ArticleEnd of the day
Generally I write my posts at the beginning of the day but this one has moved quickly from the beginning to now near the end of the day. All the dirt is moved now into the gardens or onto the lawns....
View ArticleAnother day that passed too quickly
Gardening again and perhaps tomorrow we will get the main garden planted and then time will magically appear back in my life schedule!We were shopping as everything my husband eats now is pretty much...
View ArticleCrow Family
We have a crow's nest in our back tree. We never had a bird nest there before and to have such a large one is certainly interesting. The young are starting to move around on the grass at the back as...
View ArticleLat Day of May
Hard to believe it is now nearly three months since we shut down here in Canada for COVID-19. Mother Nature is certainly a very powerful element in our lives. She controls the wind, the rain, the seas...
View ArticleFrost - a perennial happening in June
We had a frost warning last night but looking out it doesn't look like we had any frost. Will uncover the plants that we covered in a little while. It is 7 degrees centigrade outside now. With a high...
View ArticleLearn something new every day
I went to buy test strips for my new blood glucose meter and discovered you have to have a doctor's prescription to acquire them. Well I only actually need five to test for the next five weeks every...
View ArticleGardening today
Weather today is great for gardening. I have that other length of black walnut root to remove from under where the new Hosta plants are going. That will be my first project once I get outside!Then I...
View ArticleGood news
When we were on our way to physio (just up the street fortunately) the electrician arrived yesterday and fourty minutes later the new electrical outlet was in and we are now ready for the chair lift to...
View ArticleAnother beautiful day
Sun is shining brightly and the garden is growing. It is mysterious watching a garden grow; one large rain storm and everything doubles in size. Certainly Mother Nature when we treat her well responds...
View ArticleOur Role in Society
When my mother died in 2002 and my maternal uncle in 2003 I realized that my husband and I no longer had any further back in time living relatives other than cousins. It is somewhat profound to realize...
View ArticleThe Birds
Our tree at the back has never housed a bird's nest before so it is with pleasure that we watch the families of birds that have chosen to spend their summer with us this year. Yesterday they were...
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