Online Church
Yesterdays newsletter from Christ Church Cathedral includes a link to today's online service. Wonderful news. I shall attend the service shortly. My Anglicanism is part of my soul but I want my Church...
View ArticleBusy Day
Monday again, the weeks are passing quickly. Today the grass needs cutting and the basement needs cleaning. The garden though is growing beautifully. We had heavy rain yesterday so was glad that I got...
View ArticleView from my work window
I am realizing as I look out my work window that the Black Walnut Tree is now half way across our back yard. It has grown quite a bit this summer and literally blocks the sun from my window from about...
View ArticleBlake families of the world
I receive many emails from Blake descendants around the world. The surname frequency in 2011 when I set up the Blake one-name study:Entering the name Blake into a world names public profiler yields a...
View ArticleShopping Day
Out at 6:50 am shopping today. Not many people about and most are wearing masks at that early hour of 7:00 opening. We tend to buy groceries at three different places as each of them has the specific...
View ArticleJuly 1 - July 4
Canada and the United States share two important days in this set of four days: July 1st is Canada Day and July 4 is Independence Day USA. Quite a few times we have celebrated Canada Day on July 1st...
View ArticleTheory of Relativity
Happy Independence Day to the United States.My Heritage has done some very interesting links using the Theory of Relativity and all of the ones that really work well are in my Knight-Butt lines. By far...
View ArticleMy husband's story
I think my husband might start his story today. Both of our daughters have mentioned to him how exciting that would be to have him write his story. He can sit and talk while I type (I am still a fast...
View ArticleToo busy
It is amazing to be so busy during a pandemic. I was up at 6:30 watering the gardens and lawns. I moved a sunflower that had managed to grow in the middle of a hosta plant and really did not expect it...
View ArticleAnother busy day
Out today to the drugstore for my second Shingrix shot, a spare pair of compression stockings for Edward, another prescription for Edward and a few groceries. Managed it all in one hour and fifteen...
View ArticleRain, finally rain
It finally rained last night although today will be another scorcher. Brilliant sun and hardly a cloud in the sky. Once the raspberries are dry I will go and pick them. Yesterday there were about two...
View ArticleSuckering Tomato Plants
I think this is the first year that I have ever suckered tomato plants. These tomato plants were nearly five feet tall when I finally decided that I needed to cut the growing tip out of them to let the...
View ArticleOne third of the way through July nearly
We are coming close now to four months (March 13) since we went into lockdown here in Canada. We are slowly emerging from that lockdown but I think it will be another two months before life has taken...
View ArticleShopping
I managed to go five days without shopping at the grocery stores. I would like to extend that to one week and will see if that is possible. I do pick up a load every couple of weeks of pre-selected...
View ArticleCOVID-19
Canada at four months under a COVID-19 lockdown with restrictions starting to ease just a little but mask wearing mandatory in various cities. Confirmed cases 107,346 (increase of 220 over yesterday),...
View ArticleGardening and Lawn Cutting
Yesterday I decided was a gardening day. The main vegetable garden is all cultivated. Then I decided the lawn needed cutting and that was accomplished as well. The rest of the day I pretty much rested...
View ArticleMasks
Interesting experience yesterday at the Medical Centre. On our way out (my husband has to use the elevator with his cart), we got on the elevator and another man got on and made his way to the far side...
View ArticleSleep Apnea
I have Sleep Apnea. Mostly I am able to work around it but every couple of weeks I get a few nights with just 4 to 5 hours sleep and I am literally wiped out! Although for me an hour sleep in the day...
View ArticleCultivating
Another day cultivating the flower and vegetable beds. Just one more day should complete the task. It is hard manual labour for sure and kept our ancestors slim even in their old age. Both of my...
View ArticleRaspberry picking
Up early picking raspberries for my husband. He does love them so. We have had raspberries in every garden we have ever planted through the years. This garden behind us he has tended for 42 years. As...
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