This and That

 

 This was our supper last night. It's something we both like a lot. It was the perfect way to use some apples that were no longer very firm). 

pictures from the internet

After more days of 30C weather we are enjoying some cooler days. What a relief.  Now we need a good rain. We did have showers on the weekend but that was not nearly enough to satisfy the dry ground.

Thank you for the birthday wishes.  I must explain the last picture on my last post. I didn't know that the commercial with that quote was only aired in Canada and the US.  It was advertising a medical alert bracelet and featured an elderly woman who falls and dramatically shouts the iconic line to a dispatcher. You can watch the whole ad on Google if you have any wish to do so.

 Birthday Bouquet

more birthday flowers

  

From one packet of Cosmos seeds I have several different blooms: single and double ones in a few different shades of pink.

 

 The internet tells me that Cosmos grow best in hot, dry, sunny spots and actually produce fewer flowers if they get too much water or too rich soil. Our soil is sandy and doesn't hold water so I was watering them often. I think the ones that grow next year from dropped seeds should be more able to do well in our dry summer. I may have accustomed these to regular watering and now they droop if the soil is completely dry.

 

That's it for today. Actually I've been working on this post on and off for hours. I keep getting distracted by things that need doing before I forget.  I saw this and thought it described me today.

 

 

 

Old Things

 

 Happy New Week!!  Hopefully it's a good week for all of us.  My weekend was a pleasant one. On Sunday GD  Kate hosted an outdoor get-together to mark my 81st birthday. That was fun. It rained on and off all morning but then cleared up in the afternoon so that worked out well.

Thinking about old things I thought I'd post some pictures of things from the past and see how many you remember.  

(I still have mine)

 

I'll end with that one.   One of the unfortunate effects of being blessed with many years *smile*.

 

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Apple Crisp and an Update

 

 I made an Apple crisp this morning.  Actually it was an apple/plum crisp. I wanted to make it just with plums but not enough were ripe yet. They are very slow in ripening.  I was distracted when I was putting it together and used oregano instead of cinnamon!  I added extra cinnamon to offset the oregano.  Getting my spices mixed up hasn't happened to me for quite a while.

the picture is off the internet 

 The main difference between an apple crumble and an apple crisp lies in their toppings   An apple crisp contains rolled oats that bake into a crunchy topping, whereas an apple crumble uses a simple streusel made only with flour, butter, and sugar without oats.

Thank you for all the concern about my DH's head injury. We finally got a doctor's appointment yesterday. I went along ( it's easier than trying to find out what exactly the doctor said)  What he did say was that DH should have either an MRI or a CT scan. I forget which. Just to make sure there's no bleeding in his head.
We couldn't see our usual doctor due to the short notice so we saw one of the new ones in the practice. Very young man, very enthusiastic.  Almost bouncy. He made me think of Tigger.

 

Eldest Daughter is coming for lunch so I should get going.  Thanks for dropping by.

 

 

Happenings

 

 Lovely morning with some smoke but not much.  We had a late walk due to some slowness on DH's part.  This could have something to do with an unfortunate accident yesterday. In the late afternoon he and Youngest son were planning on turning a large block of wood on the lathe in the workshop.  It seems the block was too heavy for the lathe to hold and it threw the piece directly at DH's head hitting him on the forehead then ricocheting toward YS hitting him in the chest. Needless to say there were tense minutes as the 2 inch gash on DH's forehead bled copiously and YS yelled for towels.  Because of the long ( and I mean long,  as in 6 to 10 hours) wait at the ER  we managed.  

So that was yesterday. DH didn't go to Gleaners this morning as he normally would. He feels woozy and will need to take it easy for a few days.

The forecast for today is hot, Thursday hotter and Friday will be the hottest.  Hopefully Saturday will see a change for the better. I really hope so.  I've been outside and watered the most needy plants trying to prepare them for what's coming.  

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Wildflowers

 

Monday again and here's me doing laundry and watering my houseplants. Hopefully my hair is not quite as bad as hers is.  It's partly cloudy this morning and I can't figure out if there's smoke in the air of fog. Hopefully it burns off by noon.

On our walk yesterday I took some pictures of wildflowers/weeds.  I mistakenly call this one Tansy Ragwort but it is just plain Tansy. Must remember that.  Tansy and Tansy Ragwort are different species in the daisy family. Both have yellow flowers so that confuses me.
 

 I believe this is chicory, which can be used as a substitute for coffee. 

  I know thistles are an invasive weed but isn't its flower pretty?

 I even have a tea cup with a thistle on it.

That's it for today. I hope the week is off to a good start. 

 

 

 

Honey

 

 As we usually do on weekends we walked at Willband Creek, a wildlife preserve not very far from town.   The sky is a bit clearer today, less smoky. 

I saw a write-up in the local paper about a couple who kept bees and sold honey from their farm. It was sort of on the way back from Willband so we found the place and bought some honey. What interesting folks. She told us she had been a city girl from another province when she moved out into the country here in B.C. with her husband. Their house, surrounded by trees, must have been lovely when they moved there 50 years ago but I doubt much had been done to it since.  She had extensive flowerbeds
 ( for the bees) and they were well kept. Two dogs roamed the yard and kept dropping their ball and frisbee  at our feet. I wish I'd gotten a picture of them.

When we got back here we worked outside for a short while then came in and had a rest. Now the remainder of the day is mine to enjoy.  

 

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My Day

 The blue Morning Glories that I sowed in Spring never grew but many of the seeds dropped last year have grown and are taking over the arbour.  Obviously I chose purple last year and they seem to be more vigorous.

 So vigorous, in fact, that they've popped up in numerous spots and have wound themselves around my garden tea cups!  I even spotted one blooming in the front garden and that one is climbing up a rose bush.

 We had a break in the heat yesterday and today although tomorrow it's back to 30C.
I took advantage of the coolness and made an Impossible Pumpkin pie.

 We dropped off a couple of boxes of 'stuff' at the thrift store.  I also took 2 boxes of perennials that Youngest Son divided when he came on the weekend.( One of our thrift stores takes plants).  Most were parts of overgrown Daylilies. They didn't bloom well and all I can figure out is that either they were too large or I hadn't watered them enough. 
There were also a number of clumps of Spiderwort that seems to want to take over more than its share of space.   I hope someone will want those. 

Of course we had to go into the store and I found a nice top ($2.) and DH found a book for .50 .
We came home and sat on the porch and read.  That was my day. 

 

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