Thought for the day:

I thought you would all enjoy a little humor.

Michele Happy Birthday 🎁🎂🎉🎈🎊 to you! Definitely need balloons!!!!

Happy Birthday, Michele!!! How is little Charlie?

Happy birthday Michelle

Big news! The Mooz jumped onto my lap and STAYED… she must’ve been there for at least five minutes. And I was outside as well. There were two patio chairs, side-by-side. I patted the seat to get her to jump up on the one beside me but…she opted for the lap! She sat there and looked around for a good long while, as opposed to jumping right back down, which is the usual scenario. It’s only taken four years…🤪👏👏😻

Happy birthday Michele…🎉🎉🥂🧁here’s a poem for you…and an amaryllis photo (I know, but…they are just so large and photogenic ❤️)Enjoy your chocolate cake!

Yeaaaa Lia & Mooz It took Maui that long! Remember I said that? Time got more & sometimes she holds hands!

OMG Lia, what a noteworthy day that Mooz was on your lap. You have to treasure those moments when they occur. You must have been thrilled.

So wonderful, Lia, that the Mooz jumped into your lap. What a lovely surprise!

happy, that brings back a nice memory. Rudy and I used to hold hands, lol. 😍

Happy Birthday Michele! 🎉🎉🎉

Lia, your flowers are beautiful!

As for volunteering, I have reached the age where I do very little any more. Our church asks for time, talent and treasure. I try to do more treasure than the time or talent for the various clubs and committees I associate. And don’t even ask me about helping the family. Like Fiss, somebody needs to do it. It takes a village!🙂

Thanks everybody!

Cute grandson story….

yesterday he helped me put together the cake part of the b’day cake.

While we were in there he said ”you know Grandma, you have a nice kitchen”… then he went on to name all the nice things he sees …. ”you have yellow walls” etc etc

Just goes to show it’s all in the eyes of the beholder and helps me like my kitchen a little more today ❤️

I knew she would do it, that Mooz!

She reminds me so much of Sunshine… ❤️

This is my little tribute to her. Tried to take a picture on the windowsill where I keep it, but didn’t look right.

The paperweight was left behind by one of the girls (?) and the little kitten playing was a base for a pillar candle. I wanted to see it all so I sawed it…

Charlie?

OH says he’s a nutjob It’s true

Charlie gets away with everything. But he’s so lovable and cute….

No pretense of any dignity. Where Sunshine thought she was the Queen, Charlie is the court jester ❤️

He’s a big baby. Literally He’s big

We need to paint!!

Awww….Charlie is so cute!

Happy Birthday, Michele! Love your choice of cake-chocolate is my favorite, lol. And always love the Charlie pictures! Cute nutjob. 🤣😺

Yes, thanks Happy for the lovely cat pictures that you post by the way. I had forgotten it took you for years with your cat! Thanks for letting me know that. Hopefully it won’t be another four years… I could see her becoming a hand holder. Actually she’s very expressive with her paws.😻

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Today’s volunteer work was my first stent, working in a local food pantry. Not the same as a food bag. This is the community centre that I used to volunteer for and their food pantry is needing extra help so I occasionally volunteering there. It was great to see people coming in one at a time and getting to select bags of groceries that they needed.

Charlie as Court Jester I can definitely see that. Isn’t it funny how they all have their own personalities. The Mooz is definitely queen. Cuffers was “big sook”…Shadow was lover boy…maybe a rake, even… lol.

Michele if it makes you feel any better I didn’t notice the woodwork at all and had no idea what you were talking about until I looked at the photograph about three times. I’ll post some photos of the woodwork at my place… L O L

Eh….it’s on the list but honestly? That’s not getting done anytime soon and it’s ok. This place? I’ve developed a set of blinders. My ability to ignore the visual things that annoy me is pretty strong….. not to brag LOL

I forgot to mention I love that poem and as far as the amaryllis goes…. keep taking pictures! That’s a showstopper!! 😍

Thanks again everybody for birthday wishes! 🙏🏽❤️

Happy birthday Michele! I hope you find the peace you are looking for

Happy birthday Michele, here’s a field of daffodils for you, from the local botanical garden

Michele, Lia I may can put you both to shame on the woodwork. Every time i see our areas/corners I say “ I need to fix that” then I keep walking. I’ve purchased wood filler and of course have trim paint but would entail doing the entire area bc it’s been so long. I have repaired some areas in the past and it turned out really good….until the next time 😂 Michele Charlie looks happy and healthy and content, such a Prince charming, that’s the best part 💗

Ha ha ha Alice… I got a good laugh out of that this morning. “ I need to fix that, and then I keep walking“ I could probably have that as a meme posted in this house. I’m finally going to get around this summer to fixing the top step on the stairs into the backyard. i’m slowly trying to deal with safety issues around here.

Tea time (green tea with hints of apricot and ginger) Japanese style in my favourite Japanese style cup made by my favourite potters here in Nova Scotia down on the south shore. I’d like to mention these amazing Scottish oat cake cookies! If you happen to like ginger and oatcakes they are good enough to have for breakfast. Don’t know if you can get them in the USA but they are worth looking for.

I wonder if they planted that field of daffodils just for enjoyment, Ladma? ❤️It’s extraordinary. That’s a lot of bulbs! Reminds me of this poem, which I had to memorize in grade 7. They probably don’t do memorization anymore! If so that’s a pity because phrases of poems I had to memorize in school still come back to me. Favourite poems, peeps…any lingering in your grey cells? 😉

Oh I love ginger like ginger snap cookies. The german bakery which we don’t live close to anymore had the best! Love love the Japanese potters cup. That’s a bit special Lia! Our front steps and walk are very not safe. That’s going to take some planning and extra $$ it’s cement that has cracked in a terrible way.

Ladma! What a beautiful sight!

Daughters coming. Maybe son in law

grandsons of course

Thanks for happy birthday wishes 🙏🏽😘

Lia, that was one of my mother’s favorite poems! The gardens are pretty bleak coming out of winter, the field was planted, to naturalize, over time. It’s a big event when it blooms, as it really welcomes spring.

Michele, what a beautiful moment with your grandson telling you what he loved about your kitchen. It warmed his heart to be spending time with you in there. How nice that each time you walk into the kitchen you will see it from his eyes. Truly a special moment.

Michele, I also have several little cat remembrances in my house. I’ll have to take some photos and post them here.
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My Westcoat Pottery friends, who were very generous in looking after my artist friend who died in the fall, are organizing a retrospective art exhibit for her at the end of May. I am thinking of making an effort to travel down for it. A way to honour her and say goodbye. I will have to find a way to stay overnight someplace to break up the trip and it’s going to be tough to drive by her little house without her there. I made that journey so many times over the years, and the drive is associated with good times and looking forward to seeing her. I always packed up a big bag of gifts for her and she did the same for me. We talked nonstop, I would look at all the art she had created and rummage through the little shop that she kept at the back with eclectic items she collected to sell. Her house holds so many memories. 😢I’ll have to decide if I can manage it emotionally.

Yes, that’s a heartwarming story about the kitchen and a great reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I always encourage people to go to a memorial…such things exist across all cultures, so I feel that us humans are onto something. You are worried about handing it emotionally…I think that is the reason to go, to feel and express those emotions fully. Plus, baked goods!

I tried to get a better picture (and one with the floral pattern) but got caught up in the festivities. The wedding that my sister and I made the lighted candles was yesterday. It took place in an old antebellum New Orleans house with a fantastic courtyard on the inside. The candles were placed mostly in the house, but eventually made their way outside as it got darker. Thank you for your help with your directions and ideas.

That’s a perfect choice of pattern for the atmosphere. How many of those did you have to do? Nice, they turned out really well….happy that I was able to help!

Meanwhile, World Tea Day can not go unacknowledged…🤣

Lia, I just know you will go to Gloria's memorial. It's your final chance to say good-bye to her in a really meaningful way and share that moment with others who cared for her as well. Sometimes pain helps heal the heart. I know you will be glad you went.

lia, I can't help but think if you don't go to the memorial, it could be something you may later regret. I know you will fully think on it.

Samoken the candles look beautiful. Can be used for a lot of different things too.

I love this tree! I see it from my window. I don’t have the best vantage point but i just ignore the utility lines and tree trunk. In the fall, It’s a beautiful, bright shade of orange.

It looks like a Kwanzan cherry tree. I have one that I moved in the back because it grows huge

Michele I am plant lusting after that tree. 🤪❤️😂

Kcooz and Tiff…you are so right. I also have friends in the area, Who I haven’t had an opportunity to visit with mostly because of Covid. I could get a ride down and back on the same day, as her sister-in-law is going to the opening… however I’ve decided to do it right. I am in touch with an old friend of mine who lives in the area and she put me onto a lovely little Airbnb with really sweet people about 10 minutes from Gloria‘s former home and the exhibition space. It will give me a couple days in the area. I never do things like this for myself so it will also be a bit of a treat. It will mean I can go to the show and do it quietly by myself.

I don’t know how much of a memorial/life celebration it’s going to be. It’s a retrospective art show. So it’s open to the public. However it will be my life celebration of her for sure! I will need to do some kind of little ceremony for myself and her…in front of her house on the water side, looking out at the view from her bedroom window that I used to see whenever I would stay over. I have a really crazy vintage dress that I bought years ago in her little shop. There’s a photograph of me wearing it somewhere in the archives. Maybe I’ll wear that to the opening. It’s blue denim covered with large plastic diamonds. L O L A flapper style dress with a big ruffle at the bottom if I can still get it on over my slightly enlarged hind end.

Lia, Oh that sounds like a perfect way to honor your friend. It will be private when you want it to so you can be alone with your memories of her and the art show when you feel like it. I love your plan. You will be so glad you took this time for yourself. Good Job Lia.

But remember if you can't get your hind end into the dress, you can just cut it in the back side and just let you stick out a bit. Might need to add a long shawl. ROTFLOL

Michele, don't you play a cello?