| Nibbs Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 06:51 am: |   |
I had such a good time at Bonitoad's and spent some time with family and Boni's wonderful friend, Dake, and her dog, Kiki. It was so nice.
I didn't actually make resolutions for 2007. I had already decided to make some changes in my life. Well, Wayne and I talked it over. And agree ... Comes a time for us retired folks to set things up for us, take control of our lives, take care of ourselves. Wayne and I both need this. I need it, and so it will be. I started last year feeling very much out of control, not knowing if I was dealing with cancer, and then had two surgeries instead of one. It set me on my rear, and I've had a hard time recovering.
So, I really need to take more care of me. (Sounds so selfish when I say that ... but the time has come.)
Haven't done much with the new camera. I'm working on the baby outfit because I really need to get that done and sent off for the new great grand baby coming in April. And I need to finish up the memory album for Soleil.
I saw a calendar that my niece made for her Mom and it is set up so much like a memory album. It was so beautiful, and so thoughtful. Love it!
That's what the albums are all about ... love.
Shall end this here. Am tired and words do not come out right ...
We're on another boil water alert. We've had so much rain, so it's not surprising.
And we've had word that our real estate agent died suddenly yesterday. Heart attack. Must send a card to the family. He was so good with us and it's a big shock that he died so suddenly.
Am going ... nite |
| Nibbs Posted on Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 04:39 am: | |
We're just back from Victoria where we spent some time with family and played with little Soleil. He is so much fun! Wish I had some of his energy, and I wish I could sleep like he does! We saw heather blooming in Victoria and Val said she had some primroses blooming. I planned to look at them and then forgot (Soleil was my focus).
I can hardly believe we're a week into this new year! Wayne and I have one more day of vegging and then we're back to the pool again and getting on with our routine.
I have decided to keep the new camera and will spend more time studying the manual and actually going out and trying different shots.
The weather ... has been the pits. We did see some sunshine on Thursday, when we were traveling, but the ride home was frightening. We are so spooked about driving through the grove when the wind is high. As it was there was a large part of one town with no power and trees across the road in another. I was glad to be safe and sound back at home. Still tired today though. Looking forward to exercising my leg muscles in the pool.
Wayne has meetings next week so I will have a couple of days to myself. Sounds great!
Am off for my bath and finishing my book. Have two news ones from the library to start! I feel rich! |
| Nibbs Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 07:46 am: | |
Soleil talked to me on the phone today. It was a big day for me!! This is the first time he's called me 'Nanay'.
I have a new camera and am still studying the manual. I've done some experimenting and so far am so pleased with the results. My older camera is still being repaired.
Tonight I talked with Denise and so enjoyed the conversation. It's so much fun to put a voice to a gardenbuddy!! What a wonderful community this web site is.
But I am bushed. It's very late. Went to bed but couldn't sleep. We have more snow but I'm hoping the temperature will go up above freezing and we can get back to our usual winter weather, with rain and fog. Hmmm... Did I actually say that? Yes, time for bed. Night all! |
| Nibbs Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 04:19 am: | |
I've almost finished the baby outfit for our great grand child due in April. And I think I'll start another project because I find it so relaxing! As it turns out, the book I'm reading is about knitters (Debbie Macomber's 'A Good Yarn'). And our oldest daughter was home on Saturday with a good friend of her's, a fellow who grew up in our neighbourhood. He and his partner are both knitters!
I'm hoping to sleep better tonight. Wayne has discovered the wonderful world of Ben Gay! He started using it on his knees last Wednesday and he found it was helping to ease some of the pain. He spent quite a bit of time helping out the neighbours during the last snow fall, but walking on the ice with his boots was kind of hard on his knees. And then yesterday he worked in the yard, and was up and down a ladder. So ... some time during the night, he was up briefly and decided he would put some on his knees before he went back to bed. Now this is a man who can fall asleep anywhere, sleep through the night with noise around him, lights on ... I woke up for some reason and realized my eyes were stinging. I thought it was just me. So I went to the living room, turned on the television and thought I'd just knit a bit before going back to bed. I often wake up and have trouble getting back to sleep. Well, my eyes were stinging in the living room. Then I realized there was a very strong Ben Gay odour, and it was coming from the bedroom.
I hid the tube of Ben Gay. I think it will go out in the trash tomorrow. And I've washed everything on our bed, but the smell is still strong.
And I've talked to Wayne. Of course he didn't mean for this to happen. Perhaps we can find something else that will work as well, but odourless!!
Meanwhile, Ben Gay will no doubt make its presence known for a while yet.
He also brought back my camera from Nanaimo today, all fixed. It's nice to have it back, but I've been learning how to use the new camera.
Am bushed. We're off for lunch on the east coast of the Island tomorrow. And the weather is supposed to improve after tomorrow, so I need to clean some windows and let that sunshine in! Good stuff! |
| Nibbs Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 02:23 pm: | |
We've had one grey day after another, with reports of sunshine on the east side of the Island. Good grief! I just carry on with swimming at noon. There is such a nice group of swim buddies. Such a pick-me-up on these fogged in days! Interesting people!
I finished the baby layette for our great grand child due in April. Am hoping to see the mom-to-be before then.
However, even with these socked-in Winter days I see so many signs that Spring is coming. When I walked up the driveway for the paper yesterday morning, I moved the mulch off the top of the hellebore and saw all kinds of new growth. My tree peony is starting to sprout and the snowdrops have come up, the daffodils are beginning to grow. (Victoria, sitting in sunshine, has trees in bloom!!!) One of the fellows at the pool yesterday told me I should check my rhubarb because his is growing! Yes, I'll do that today.
But no swimming for me today. I have a hair appointment. I love getting my hair cut! You'd never know I used to wear my hair so long, and now I keep it as short as possible.
Am back and forth to the hospital again over same old problems. It's comforting to know that I don't have to sit at the end of a long waiting list for this, but also disconcerting that it gets such immediate attention. I simply can't be pleased ... Guess I want it all to go away.
Cats are shedding like crazy, and the birds are so noisy in the morning. Hmmm.... that time of year again too. |
| Nibbs Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 02:59 pm: | |
We've had a visit from all the grandchildren lately (and some of their parents, too). What a treat! This last week it was our daughter and baby Soleil. Both are dealing with the flu and the baby was teething. Mom was worn out so Lolo Wayne and I had an opportunity to 'mother' them. On Saturday we drove up to Comox, which is not far 'as the crow flies' but takes over an hour to get there. It was a beautiful sunny day, and Soleil was so good in the car!
Then, last night, I had a phone call from Val, who was now home. When she went to move a pile of laundry off the kitchen table, under it all, and much to her delight!!, was the Mac Book Pro that her husband bought her while she was gone. Everything from her last computer has been moved over to it. The house was cleaned from top to bottom and he'd also given her a card. What a sweet guy!
When we arrived home on Saturday Val showed me the blooms in my garden. Lovely mauve crocus up against the house. Our weather is so mild now and I can see buds on so many of my plants. Am so looking forward to nicer days!
.... but we can still hear Soleil's little voice in the house ... |
| Nibbs Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 05:51 am: | |
I seem to be so busy these days, but have few photos to account for my comings and goings!
We went to the Horseshoe Bay Inn in Chemainus for a baby shower. Our daughter's partner is about to welcome a first grandchild,( and we are delighted to welcome our first great-grandchild) in April, so we were all enjoying a great get together at 'The Shoe'. Our oldest daughter is kitchen and banquet manager there. We had hoped to stayed for the night at the inn, but, alas, there were no rooms available, all taken. So we stayed in the brand new hotel across the road. It was very convenient for Wayne, who spend the time the baby shower was taking place, sitting with the new father-to-be, in the pub enjoying a drink or two or ??? And we needed to only walk out the front door of the inn, cross the road and walk up the parking area to the front of the hotel. It's a gorgeous hotel, very comfortable.
This was my gift for new baby ...
It's a layette pattern that has been in our family for years and it was the only hand-made gift at the shower. We don't know if the baby is a boy or a girl, so white was very fitting.
And I'm feeling better. I've had another go-around with results from the latest mammogram and ultra sound that has us all concerned. I really do get upset with myself. I try to 'learn to live with it', 'make friends with it', and 'think of it as just a part of my life', but it does wear me down. It wasn't 'bad news' and it wasn't 'unexpected', but I don't have a clean bill of health ... and that's the stressor, the frustration. And we wait now, for the next go around of tests. I get upset and it throws off my sugar, my sleep etc. Thank goodness for the computer and wonderful places that I can focus on and take myself to somewhere else!!
The garden is beginning to spring to life. My snow drops are blooming. Must get a better photo. I think I need to try again on a dull day, because the white of the blooms seems to make the photo look blurred ... or maybe it's just me and this new camera. I must finish reading the manual.
Actually, the forecast for tonight is snow. It's not unusual for us to daffodils blooming when we get our last snowfall. It doesn't seem to hurt them.
Wayne is busy with meetings all this week, right up to Friday, so Saturday we are heading back down to Victoria. Val is having another ionic foot bath that evening and I'm invited to come along. I'd like to get more information on this and maybe try it out. Why not. I can't imagine yet how it works but am open to the idea.
I met a fascinating woman at the pool today. She has travelled all over Canada and spent 11 years in Europe. Am hoping she is there again tomorrow. People are so interesting!
Soleil is much improved. Val said he is signing so much now. Isn't that wonderful that this little ones have a means of communicating before they learn to speak!!
And our grandgirls are doing so well too. Cynthia will be 14 years old next month. I always thought that was my best year (I was wrong, but I believed this for a long time. It is a wonderful age!)
Well, it's late. Another late night.
Will take my latest Maeve Binchy book and head off to bed. Have a difficult time getting to sleep if I don't read first.
G'night
Now my post is not in the order I wanted. Will try to post this once more ... |
| Nibbs Posted on Monday, March 12, 2007 - 06:03 pm: | |
I can hardly believe it's been so long since I was in my journal. Have been 'down' with a bug going around. I change my clothes once a day, from one pair of pjs to another! I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and am not looking forward to the car ride. Time is just a blur.
I manage to log in once a day to gardenbuddies and try to keep up with reading the postings. I can see that Spring is coming and so many of the new blooms are arriving. And I can see so many plants growing in my garden. I'm just not up to cleaning the plants up just yet. Boni is so far ahead ... she's had her first bout of muscle aches already!!
Thank goodness Wayne has learned how to cook!!
Okay, time to put my head down again. I'm not affected at all by the time change. I sleep whenever, get up whenever. |
| Nibbs Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 03:08 am: | |
Well, it looks like the good news is that I will conquer this 'bug'. It's just taking it's sweet time going, even with the new drugs. I didn't want to give in, but was miserable.
Wayne is not enjoying cooking as much now as he was two weeks ago! I'm looking forward to some of my own cooking too!
I have a couple of new plants that I'll pot up tomorrow. Wayne bought some potting soil for me so I can go outside and get a little fresh air while I play with the dirt!! I have yellow trilliums and am looking forward to seeing how they bloom. Will have to be patient, I know.
And I have some champagne begonias to plant. They'll look so nice out on the deck this summer.
I was thinking today how nice it will be to have a lot of red flowers in the front gardens this summer. Perhaps geraniums. Lots and lots, so they really stand out against the green house.
Way behind on editing and computer work ... gosh, wish I had my lap top already. We're waiting for the new operating system, Leopard. Couple more months probably.
Okay ... tired now. Off for my bath and book. I've been reading old books that I kept. I seem to read them and then throw them out. They're so old they are no longer 'politically correct' and I wouldn't want my grand girls to read them and think what the characters do is okay. Funny how much this old world has changed in thirty years. |
| Nibbs Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 08:43 pm: | |
Perhaps I'm in that in-between time of recouperating, but I am wondering if I should just go to bed and pull the covers over my head until I'm completely over this. I am far too emotional to deal with any problems or decisions, and it's so not like me. I second guess what I say, take offence far too quickly, become angry with people far too fast. I cannot cope with nonsense and silly games (especially when they hurt others). So many times lately I've not commented at this web site because I think I might regret what I've said, not that it would have been critical. I'm just not me at the moment, and don't know when the real Nibbs will return.
I've had a couple of outings that I enjoyed and met up with some people who are fantastic. But I've met up with some people who have just annoyed me .... and then I've been sorry I even stopped to talk. Perhaps there's a reason my voice is not really back. I can only talk for a little while, and I get so tired so quickly.
I think I saw a good sale on bags of manure today, and then forgot to buy them. Kick myself again. We used to raise our own beef and my garden really enjoyed the aged manure. Lovely topic ... but I'm a country girl.
One year our neighbour used sea weed, and had such a lovely vegetable garden. Too bad we can't do that any more. And another year we had some one ton alfalfa bales that had some problems when they came down from the farm up north. Turned out they were wet and then frozen up there. As they warmed up down here, under cover no less, they started to heat up in the middle and so we had to open them up. All the burned stuff in the middle we put into the garden. Oh my ... if we could do that again! My vegetables just loved it.
The sun is shining on my right now .. but it's raining too. Perhaps I can find a rainbow!
Gotta go .. |
| Nibbs Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 05:08 pm: | |
Had such a good day yesterday. I didn't take any photos, even though I had the camera. We went to our son's place and had a visit with him, Anna Lee and two of our grand girls. The birds were singing so loud we knew Spring had arrived. We then went to the new house and had a look at the renovations, the land and the animals. They're moving to a new property with 28 acres and a much bigger house and barn, shops, a rental on the land. It will be a good place for the horses too. And they can park their vehicles under cover. The house is beautiful and the girls can each have their own bedroom!
We stopped at the Crow and Gate on our way home and had a peek at the black swans. One of them was sunning on the island in the middle of this particular pond, and the other was swimming around. All was calm, and then the swimming swan took off after a duck just minding its own business. Such excitement! I suspect it's breeding time and the swan was putting on a show. Most impressive!
I dozed off and on all the way down, and then did the same coming back. Can't seem to stay awake all day yet. And I tuckered myself out with the little walk at the new farm, but enjoyed it all so much. We stopped at a little grocery store before heading back to Barry's for lunch, and there I saw all these rhododendron's blooming, and bees buzzing about.
I think I'm coping better these days, but have had to change my approach to life, after doing things one way for so many years. And I'm looking for peace, for calmness and a place in my world where there is less judging and more laughter. I don't want to just stick my nose in a book and rise up when life demands shout at me. I still need to be much stronger yet to deal with nonsense, if I ever reach that point. Otherwise life is just impossible to deal with, like a tickle in the ear that just won't go away ... so close to the brain that it's difficult to ignore.
I love this new life in Spring, like a promise. And I'm hoping to soon reach a point where I can actually engage in it myself. Tomorrow is Monday and I'm hoping it can be my first day back at the pool ... and I have no idea if it's been two weeks with no swimming, or three. Even my personal journal has be difficult to keep up. I wrote in it last night and discovered no entry at all for Friday .. The day was a blur.
Hope spring eternal ... that's the say, right |
| Nibbs Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 03:50 am: | |
Well, I thought I was getting better and then ended up at the hospital again today. I have been so frustrated with all this recuperating and then realized that I was actually getting worse instead of better. Big problems with my right leg. The doctor measured the calf of my right leg and found it was over 4 cm larger than the left. She increased my pain medication ... now I won't have to feel guilty when I take more.
Okay .. enough about health.
I've missed writing so much good news.
We have a great grand son. I did put this in the social gallery but want to record it here too. And will add more as I get it.
His name is Liam Kim and he was 6 lbs. 14 oz. born at 9:33 p.m. on Saturday April 14 (my sister Boni's birthday - which is really nice). Here are a couple of photos ...
He looked a lot like his Daddy, but his grandmom says she can see some of Mommy there too. He has curly hair .. and lots of it. We're so looking forward to seeing him but meanwhile are just enjoying all the photos and the news.
And other news. Soleil is using more of his sign language and learning new words. Lolo and I are going to have trouble keeping up with him. Soleil has talked to us on the phone a few times recently, just to say goodnight. Val calls when Soleil walks around the house saying, 'Nanay, Nanay." (That's me.)
Our family is fine, which is the very best news.
And, more good news, the water bombers have been bought by a local outfit and they will remain based at Sproat Lake. More about that later. But we are all emotionally tied to these flying tankers and it means a lot to all of us that they will be staying. Thank goodness their crews hung in there during all the controversy. They are a huge asset to the province.
My Spring flowers are blooming and I've managed to get out a few times to work in the garden. Soon the pink dogwood will bloom. The tree looks so healthy right now. And I'm loving the pasques, the daffodils, the primroses .. and the bees! Would love to put clothes on the line!
We've had some weird spring weather too, with heavy, heavy rain, and hail storms and then beautiful sunshine. Temperatures are going up. Loving it.
Now I'm bushed. Must go. But I'll be back, hopefully with some photos.
Night all. |
| Nibbs Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 02:21 pm: | |
I'm just off to Bonitoad's for morning coffee, and will leave the house to Wayne. He offered to vacuum and wash the floors (with our electric floor scrubber). Isn't he just the greatest!! He passed me in the hall and said, "I'm not just a pretty thing, you know!"
Val and little Soleil are coming up, so I have a few things to put up out of reach, when I get home. We have cupboards that lock and we stow the stuff away there. I did this when my children were little, just to be safe.
Thought I'd put in a couple of photos of things Boni is putting in her garden club's plant sale.
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| Nibbs Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:18 pm: | |
I tried to enter something in my journal earlier. Didn't work. So I've back everything up, just in case .... |
| Nibbs Posted on Friday, May 11, 2007 - 02:49 am: | |
I haven't been writing. I know the journal forum is not quite right and I'm concerned that I'll find parts of my journal missing again. (Yes, I have trust issues .. long story and I won't go into it.)
We have warmer weather now and a large part of the province is now concerned about flooding. At the same time I'm finding that my garden is so dry that I had Wayne turn on the sprinkler system today .. and then we didn't turn it on, Tomorrow ...
We've been back at the pool but I'm having to really pace myself. My right leg, from the knee down, is very swollen and painful .. hot. I do not have DVT, have had ultra sound. So, I cope.
Bonitoad phoned me on Monday night to come over. Their neighbourhood was being swarmed by thousands of swallows. They would circle a house and then swoop down the chimney. Hundreds! It was amazing. Fortunately they didn't go down Boni's chimney. One of the neighbours climbed up on his roof and covered his chimney so it was off limits. But I had never seen this type of bird behavior before.
I've been trying to keep some of our climbing vines tied. We have had such good weather you can almost watch them growing, and then we had strong winds in the last couple of days and I realized I must keep on top of this if I want the blooms.
Family is great! That's the best, when all the kids are well and happy.
But I must go now and calm the leg down again. We've ordered our new Mac Book Pro, and Boni is getting her new computer at the same time, so I will be able to spend more time enjoying gardenbuddies. I can't sit at the computer for very long.
How on earth am I going to look after the gardens this year? One day at a time, I suppose. One hour at a time, dragging my chair around, taking breaks.
Bit by bit .. ever onward, ever forward ...
Am off to bed with my new, wonderful book!
Night all |
| Nibbs Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 11:22 am: | |
I'm up early. Slept with the window wide open. Not a bright idea with all the pollens in the air.
I'm still working on getting the gardens in order and the bedding plants are beginning to pile up! Then my plant order arrived yesterday and I really must discipline myself to stick with it and get it all in the ground. I finally have my Josephine!!
Last Saturday was Bonitoad's plant sale. Not only did her DH have an awful accident on the job (hospital and he's home now for a couple of months ... but he'll be fine), but the neighbour had her fir trees topped and limbed and the workers dropped so much right down on her shade garden. So much damage, some beyond repair. But it absolutely poured with rain on Saturday, and she had huge crowds of people. It was her best plant sale ever. People were parked over two blocks away, and both her grandsons and their friend were kept hopping with wheelbarrows carrying the plants out to the customers vehicles. People came from out of town. Stood in the rain and didn't mind.
We've been to our oldest daughter's and met our great grandson! And our youngest daughter and her family came too, so it was interesting to watch Soleil as his Mommy held a little baby. He was fascinated and wanted to squeeze the baby.
And Soleil is growing up so fast!
Baby Liam is adorable and I am so enjoying the photos we get.
And we have new photos of the grand girls. I need to edit them too.
My new computer is on hold, waiting for an upgrade due sometime around June 18. Both Boni and I are getting new Macs. Boni is waiting for her iMac and I'm getting the Mac Book Pro. Boni still has to rearrange her computer room and set up the new desk, but I think Wayne will need to help out with that. Roger won't be able to do that kind of work for a while yet.
And I seldom mention Mom anymore, I know. I really like her hair cut. It's very short but really suits her, and it's easy to look after.
Well, I must get this day started. I want to get gardening done this morning before I head to town for an appointment and shopping. |
| Nibbs Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 02:16 am: | |
Between Wayne and myself we managed to get the vegetable garden done, and I cleaned up one of the flower beds in the back garden. What a struggle though. And then Wayne went to town and picked up the arbor we spotted yesterday. It will fit very nicely over the cement bench Val and Conrado bought us last year. We have the cement for the patio and Wayne will do a bit to anchor it all down. I also want to put a coat of something on the wood to help preserve it, even though it's cedar.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to get more bedding plants in the ground, and find a home for a few perennials. And then I need to just take care of what we've got. Nothing fancy this year. Just upkeep.
We're kind of interested in taking the train across Canada, from Vancouver to Halifax, and so will be looking into that. I've never been across the Prairies (Wayne has, several times), but I have been to the east coast and would love to go back. We've been encouraged to do the things we've always wanted to do, and so I think it's time to make some plans.
But right now I'm off for my soak in the tub with my latest Linda Howard book. It's very exciting reading at the moment.
'Night all. |
| Nibbs Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 02:31 am: | |
I have no energy today! It's so hot, so quickly, and, thank goodness, it will cool down by the weekend. There are bedding plants still waiting to go in the ground, and now I have some painting to do. Today I had my hair cut and felt just wonderful for a little while.
Wayne helped Roger with their new computer desk and chair. Roger is healing up quite well after his accident in the mill two weeks ago, but today we had devastating news about our local economy. (Not being dramatic) Wayne and I were always concerned about the politics surrounding the paper mill and logging. We had some rough years in the 80's, but nothing like the younger workers are dealing with now. We are retired, and we're the lucky ones. So many of the people that we know in this little community are affected by today's news. It's frustrating, and probably more so because we don't really know what's going on. Who does?
I stayed home and fought with the printer. Will have to approach this problem from a fresh angle!
Tomorrow ...
And check my blooms for bugs tomorrow now that they've been stressed as well! |
| Monique Posted on Friday, June 15, 2007 - 09:02 pm: | |
Diane..I have enjoyed catching up:) Babies are adorable!
Time is flying by isn't it..I read of your concerns re health also.. and...
I hope your health improves..
It will! |
| Nibbs Posted on Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 04:00 pm: | |
I have so much that needs to be done and was just sitting at the computer dealing with my email ... and Wayne's (busy, busy time for him), so I thought I'd just sit and relax more and write a bit in my journal.
And then I saw the message from Monique! Heart warming!
Yes, health is such an issue right now. I was expecting to be so much better before I go back for my next round of tests the beginning of August. And I'm not. If it wasn't for Wayne and our children doing so well, then I'm not sure I could cope.
Wayne and I just completed four weeks of Diabetes Clinic and I enjoyed it all so much. It is amazing what we didn't know. For instance ... I didn't realize I could count grams of carbs in one meal, but subtract grams of fiber from that. And my sugar seems to have stabalized, so I don't have to torture my digits quite so much any more. (No, it's actually easy to test.)
Wayne's Mom and step-Dad came for a visit, the ones from northern B.C. Wayne's Mom is in a wheelchair and she is one very amazing lady! Our daughters and baby Soleil (must stop saying that ... he peed in the toilet two days ago!!) came up for the day. And Soleil was so good!
We went out for supper with Doug and Ev and Wayne's cousin, her grandson (9 month old boy named Jet) and her spouse. That was so much fun too. Jet reminds me of our oldest daughter when she was a baby.
Barry, Anna Lee and the girls were up, and that was such a good visit too. Cynthia is more a grown-up than a teen-ager now and she was so relaxed. They are all well.
Roger is much better, and Boni is so happy about that. He has applied for retirement and so the life they have now will soon be a normal thing for them.
Boni's garden looks so good.
Mom is still with us, but continues to have mini-strokes and so she is deteriorating more all the time. I continue to be amazed that she is still with us... No, she's not with us. Not really. She is in limbo ... neither here or there.
Okay, enough of that.
Boni and I have just discovered that we have synesthesia (and that's a good thing.) We have always seen color in numbers and, odd how this sounds, we have assumed that everyone else did. Perhaps it was something Mom said to us. (I did something like this to my oldest daughter when she told me that when she covered one eye and looked she could see everything, but when she covered the other it was all the blurr. I thought she'd been pressing on her eye, and said that happens to everyone. No... She is blind in one eye, and I didn't find out for over a year!) Anyway, this is not a tragic thing, like that was.
And I think I see music in shapes, but that just seemed too strange so I never said anything.
Well, it turns out that many people see color in numbers and letters, but not everyone.
Our summer seems to have begun today. Everyone is haying in the area, finally able to get the hay down and dried. It smells wonderful! (Thank goodness for Allegra.)
Wayne and I worked in the gardens yesterday, cutting back the blooms that have died off already. And I noticed my roses that my mother-in-law admired are gone ... the deer. She's eating the white clematis on the corner of the woodshed too.
Wayne and I were sitting in the living room about a week ago and she came right up to the patio door, looked in, and then started eating the Peace rose. I went to the door (now about 3 feet from her) and she wouldn't budge. I went out to frighten her away and she walked across the garden to munch there. I'm sure I could have touched her. She is far too friendly. I took off my slippers and clapped them together and ended up walked on the wet grass all the way out to the barn until she went through the fence to the field. What a waste of time, I know. I'm guessing this is one of the twins from last year. And I suppose it's the price we pay for living in the country. It's just that she targets my favorite rose!!
We have a new arbor up. I must take a photo and put it in here. I love it. Haven't used it yet, but it certainly looks nice in the back garden.
Okay, now I need to do some work, and justify my existence!
And maybe I'll get a little sun! |
