Sunday was a glorious day… I was up early and put out all the cushions for the first time this year…
on Saturday all the umbrellas, hanging chair and planters made it out of the shed, so it is starting to look like a lovely place to be…
spent the majority of the day outside moving around, finding the shady spots…
eventually I ended up on the main deck…
after a very nice dinner of steak, baked potato and mushrooms, all cooked on the barbecue, I just couldn’t go inside, so I sat in the dark and enjoyed listening to the leaves as the warm wind blew and contemplated what else might happen in the garden…
throughout the day, had fun consulting with my kids in Ottawa about plants for their garden and chatted with them a few times… besides being Mother’s Day, it was also their anniversary;-)…
on Friday, woke up to geese honking as they headed out looking for something to eat… and spotted flickers in the field across from the house;-)…
opened the beautiful cards and gifts from friends and family I’d been saving over the last few days, and laughed at Google singing to whoever was having the birthday, lol…
received a gorgeous purple handmade book, filled with photos of the garden and a book about monarchs with things I didn’t previously know… going to have to read that more thoroughly…
tried to vote, but the lineup was long, so headed out for breakfast at The Pancake House…
decided to vote Saturday when I would have more time…
friends arrived with cards and flowers and we had a lovely visit… the neighbour stopped by and gave an update on the house next door and collected Easter books for the littles…
received many texts and phone calls and had fun watching some F1 on tv…
cookies and hot cross buns arrived as I was reading in the living room, so I had to eat one of the hot cross buns, yum…
supper was steak and lobster, with fries and asparagus;-)… followed by a blizzard, yum…
went out for sushi on Wednesday and then took a drive to pick up a computer part for my grandson…
hadn’t had sushi for quite a while and the food was excellent… only had a few leftover rolls to bring home which is good because sometimes we order way too much, lol…
I was brushing my hair recently and thinking of my grandma…
she was a force to be reckoned with… she worked all her life and struggled with health issues for a good portion of that time… she played the piano like a pro and spent the last years of her life homebound and making regular calls to shut ins to keep them connected;-)…
this was her brush, which I use every now and then… she wore her hair about an inch long and brushed straight up;-)…
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