The Tower of Babel - Daily Bible Reading - Genesis 11: 1-9
Genesis 11: 8But when the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower, he said:These people are working together because they all speak the same language. This is just the beginning. Soon they...
View ArticleMatch at Ancestry for Edward
Sometimes it is very sad to encounter something and that happened to me today when I found a reply to one of Ed's letters on Ancestry to a cousin which he sent in early 2019 before the lockdown. She...
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Edward Kipp 17 years of age
Edward's last high school picture. He looks confident and pretty much he looks like he did when I first met him. I was in the Physical Chemistry lab (a year behind him) when he asked me if I could...
View ArticleWatershed moments
In our lives are many watershed moments but I think the biggest other than the birth of our children might just be marriage and if your husband dies before you then widowhood. One must struggle to...
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Edward Kipp at the National Research Council
An interesting find in our reviewing all of Edward's notes. This is an excellent picture of him in 1999/2000. He loved working at NRC in CISTI. He probably would have also liked to have continued...
View ArticleRain hopefully today
Today I am only thinking about rain really. I would like it to rain. Then I can go out and work up the garden beds. If I do it before rain then I am just mixing that lovely wet earth just below the...
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Edward and I on our Wedding Day
I always loved this picture. Ed didn't as much because you couldn't see me in it but I liked it because it was all about him. His big smile as I brushed confetti off of his face. We were married in my...
View ArticlePentecost Sunday
Pentecost Sunday Bible Reading from Acts 2 - The coming of the Holy SpiritOne of my most favourite Sundays in the Church Year is Pentecost. When the last days come,I will give my Spirit to...
View ArticleSupport Fences around large plants
Today I put together the fence panels that support the large plants. It is nice to do that but I would never have thought of doing that to be honest. Ed loved gardening and he was really good at it....
View ArticleWill it rain today?
Definitely needing that rain and hopefully it will rain today. Picking up bedding plants hopefully cherry tomatoes, green peppers, romaine lettuce, cucumbers and dutch onion sets, sunflower seeds....
View ArticleRewriting Will
I needed to rewrite my will and that task was completed yesterday. It is good to have it done. We wrote our wills in 1998 so they were pretty ancient in terms of our lives spent by 2021. Now just my...
View ArticleI feel as if I have been asleep for 25 years
There are moments when I feel as if I have been asleep for 25 years. I went to work outside the home in 1994 after having proofread/copyedited for private printers for about 10 years and before that...
View ArticleOttawa Race Weekend
My daughters and I usually take part in the Ottawa Race Weekend. This year is no exception except we are all running in our own space and recording our time. There is an app that you can use but I can...
View ArticleDaily Bible Reading - Psalm 86
David's prayers are beautiful and Psalm 86 is an exceptional one.Psalm 86 Please listen, Lord,and answer my prayer! I am poor and helpless.Protect me and save me because you are my God.I am your...
View ArticleOne set all packed up
One set of Ed's books are all packed up now - 8 boxes for the Maniwaki Reserve. He had already given them the bulk of his National Geographic books but this is the remainder including a number of large...
View ArticleChurch today and it is a bright beautiful day
Church today on You-Tube and I look forward to that as always. Last week the service suddenly disconnected but I had my bulletin so just finished it myself. Not quite as meaningful as worshiping with...
View ArticleEnd of May and 7 degrees celsius
Edward was always saying that spring is definitely changing these days. We almost always have frost warnings at the end of May and into early June. I need to buy the bedding plants today and get that...
View ArticleNot a gardener
Planted the tomato and pepper plants today. Built a chicken wire fence around the peppers to see if that protects them from the rabbits. They do not eat tomato plants. Every time I garden it reminds me...
View ArticleFront bed all cultivated
I must really believe it will rain tomorrow as I have worked up the front flower bed. It was very very dry and digging down even about 10 centimetres it was still dry. Hopefully it really will rain...
View ArticleDecision made
I have been debating about where to bury Edward and ultimately me. Because I need to downsize my living requirements and move closer to my daughter so that she can take care of me it is too far for her...
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