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Canadians will be back at the polls no later than October 2025. We can work towards having a government that fulfills the promises that we have made. Start now.
I don’t come to KT for political discussions. Others may.
Thanks for the info though, OJ. 🙂
Kevin came aboard referring to the U S paying well over the 2% of Gross Domestic Product that NATO members had agreed to contribute to military preparedness, while many, including Canada, had not, yet expected them to help us if we got into trouble.
His message was deleted, I doubt by kevin, so most likely by the editor/monitor/censor.
o j
My sincere sympathy. Such a sad story for your friend.
Heartfelt condolences to you and your friend.
So sad. I get the idea, though, that this family knew how to LIVE, not just let the days pass by. That's some small consolation in this time of sorrow. Your friend is lucky to have you -- and you to have her.
Since all the regulars have posted and I think you all got it....
Midterm exam
OH I don't see Letters!!!
Here I am - sorry - busy day yesterday, never got here. But, when I just saw this, I said to myself I will see if I can get it before scrolling down to the answer. Agreed, a nice, fun easy one, got it right away -- thanks, Jasdip!
My son-in-law made me a cutting board.
The best I received is the wooden inlaid tray...it's beautiful and so nicely done.
While not made by the giver, it was custom and I love it...she took the bottle of wine I served at our dinner (it was cobalt blue) and took it to an artisan who pressed it into a serving dish and it came with a serving knife. I love it...such a nice memory of our time together!
Gifts I have made include blankets, hats, cowls, scarfs, needlepoint coasters, baby sweaters and booties, gnome, decoupaged decorative plates, vases, beaded ornaments. I haven't but have thought about making note cards (for old ladies who still send them) using one of my photos. I have made calendars as gifts though in the past using my photos.
Many people I know are craftspeople, so I have gotten a variety of wonderful handmade gifts over the years. Yarn goods, warm sweaters and blankets and the like. A lot of sewn items, probably a best was my second wedding dress, but I also dearly love some of my lounge wear. A smattering of woodworking goods, mostly furniture or kitchen useful with a few trinkets and jewelry. A goodly bunch of ceramics/pottery items. Glass, some of it more functional like drinking vessels, some pretty like jewelry, hair goods, beads. A bunch of hair goods of various materials. Beadwork, needlework, some precious metalwork. Bits of ironwork, leatherwork, weavings of different materials, a tad of random stonework of various kinds. Couple nice pairs of boots/footwear. Some other haberdashery and featherwork. A small handful of musical instruments. Food, lots of food- and lots of brews too. Wine, beer, mead, some other things. A couple nice teas, though more often those have been kind of meh. A nice variety of personal toiletries, though a few of them have been misses with the scent in them. A bunch of garden goods over the years, harvest and plants, homegrown seeds.
My wedding invite suite for my second wedding was handmade and a wonderful gift. The puffy fabric scrapbook from my first wedding not so much, heh. Art can be hit or miss- we have gotten some neat art and some investment art. We aren't fond of the investment art, heh.
I often give food. Sometimes plants or garden goodies. Beadwork, sewn things, needlework.. hair goods. Probably some of the better stuff has been things like embroidered gauntlets or monogramed linens, or a suite of wedding jewels. A couple miniatures have been greatly appreciated. Holiday ornaments have been, but I haven't made any in years. I was pretty happy with an embroidered on leather piece I collaborated with another person on. The person who received it has been wearing it for years :)
I’m sorry to hear this. She seemed like such a fun lady.
I am so sorry to hear this. I was just thinking about her.
I haven't seen her post in a while. She will be very missed. I will get her a empty chair. Sending condolences to her family.
She was such a help to people and shared great recipes and cooking advice.
In remembrance of the great Dickey Betts, co-founder and guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band. He died this week at the age of 80.
The song Melissa by the Allman Brothers is about a man who regrets his choices and longs for his true love, Melissa.
LMFAO
Sorry For Party Rocking
2007 --
Bird table at front:
June -- filling in more and more:
Weigela when young; it is huge now, and a companion now to a pretty clematis that the birds planted for me -- serendipitous color matching!
Behind this pillar with two clematis is 'Darlow's Enigma' rose, sweetly scented:
DH's favorite iris, 'Caesar's Brother'.. I prefer the bearded ones.
July --
Spring 2008:
The young clumps of small white blooms in the upper right are Leucojum 'Gravetye Giant', stunning as they have grown bigger, and I highly recommend them!
Inexpensive pergola from BJs Wholesale --- I liked the style, so it jumped into my cart and came home with me. Lots of potted lilies. And a foursome of the seasons on the wall which I could not resist:
Crabapple afer bloom, getting big, accompanied by my gremlin:
June -- the daisy meadow has completely become only a memory from this point and permanently disappeared behind this area by now. I do miss its cheerful look:
Lupines did not care for my location, sadly, and died out quickly:
Nice peony on the left, but this area has become a jungle nowadays:
Golden Vicary privet is the bright chartreuse shrub on the left:
On left: the river birch shooting ever upwards. Center is the crab also getting big, with the weigela influenced by them both and trying to do the same. Notice how the lawn has beginning to be infiltrated by clover:
Blueberry bushes and the deep pink fairy rose. And the world's best garden cart, bar none (made in the USA !!), lightweight and I can handle a full load with one hand easily:
Far too hot on this deck for me to enjoy it:
Not fond of the hot pink spirea color next to the other plants! I'm too cowardly to yank them out...
I'm a complete sucker for cherub statues of the four seasons. The roadside trees, mature oak and maple, now shade this garden far too much. And this is the front lawn in its heyday -- it does NOT look like this any longer:
This charmer resides in my front hall indoors now -- he gets decorated for Christmas every year! The other three are stored in the garage. Perhaps I will bring them all out again into the sunlight this year for a change....
August. This is getting a bit too repetitive, isn't it?
2009
Along the front walkway:
A wonderful veronica 'Darwin's Blue', which is now gone, and I wish I could locate a source for it now. It was so lovely.
Variegated willow on right. Bought two to hopefully soak up the excess water back here. Like many willows, they do the job, but have become enormous, and they get severe annual haircuts.
Dancer has very wet feet -- again. She now resides in a different location:
And that, my friends, is enough for one evening. It's a quarter to midnight, and I am going to go out into the cold to view the moon and hope to get a glimpse of the Northern Lights, supposed to be visible tonight. And then, to bed. =)
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Lollypop lily