Wordless Wednesday

 

 

 

Putting Tea Cups away

 

 This is a little potting area behind my garden shed.  The white wooden box holds a bag of potting soil and that little cart has 2 back wheels so I can move it around. Unfortunately it's very heavy so I rarely do move it.  
I've started cleaning and storing my garden tea cups for winter. I got about half of them done so far and will finish that job this coming week. I'll watch for a day when it doesn't rain but the forecast is not very promising.  Oh well, can't complain. We've had a great Summer and Fall too.

 

 

Later....I finished putting them away just in time. The rain has begun.

 

I saw these on Pinterest and I find them so pretty.  If I sewed I'd never be out of inspiration.

 

 Thanks for visiting.

 

 

 

Wild Tulips and a Summons

 

 

 Our weather has changed from warm and sunny to chilly with showers. Actually the forecast for today is now predicting heavy rain.   Good thing we got our walk done earlier this morning. I'm pleased with the  3200 steps that I managed.

 

Very soon it will be time to put Spring bulbs into the ground. Among other bulbs that I did find I also  wanted to find species tulips but was unsuccessful. However a friend of Eldest D found some for me. 
Some info from the internet in case you're interested.
Species tulips (also called botanical tulips) are the wild, unbred ancestors of modern garden tulips. They are native to regions spanning southwestern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

 Species tulips generally do much better in British Columbia’s mild, wet winters than large hybrid tulips. While hybrid varieties are prone to rotting and rarely return year after year in coastal B.C., many wild species tulips (such as Tulipa tarda, T. kaufmanniana, and T. turkestanica) are far more resilient and reliably perennial in the Pacific Northwest. 

 There are definitely some advantages to being older. I received this in the mail this week. I'm happy to see that being over 65 years of age one can automatically be exempt.   Have you ever served on a jury? I'm sure it would be interesting but very stressful.

 That's it for today.  Thanks for coming by.

 

 PS   Don't forget to look at the full moon tonight and tomorrow night. It's the Hunter's moon this month.   Luckily I got a good look last night ( it was 95% full) because now cloud has moved in.

 

 

 

My Day

 Thursday is grocery shopping day and we got that done. It was mostly cloudy and quite chilly. Not a day to spend much time outside.

 I did manage to go for a short walk. When I came back this lovely vase of flowers was waiting for me by the front door.  They're on the dining room table now and every time I look at them I feel blessed.

 

 Chilly weather didn't keep my DH and Youngest Son from starting the latest project in the area behind the house where one of the raised boxes which had obviously rotted dropped its load of soil and needed cleaning up.  Fortunately a couple of new boxes had been built and were set in place. A few more days of work to get it in place.  Not the best picture because I took it through the window.

 That was my day. Now I hope to get some reading done. Thanks for coming by.

 

 

Thankful

 

 

 I didn't mean to be absent for a week. I guess I'm in a slump.  It's not that nothing happened blog worthy...  we celebrated Youngest Son's birthday followed by Eldest Daughter's. I didn't even take pictures. The weather is great...chilly nights followed by sunny days. I have so much to be thankful for and I'm trying hard to do just that.

Our biggest thrift store had posted on their FB page that they had all their Christmas stuff out so yesterday we took a quick trip there to take a look around.  I took the pictures that they had posted on FB so you can see what they did.  It's a lot of work and their volunteers are so helpful. I looked but found not as single thing that wanted to come home with me.

 

I doubt any of you are thinking of Christmas yet, in fact many are still planning Thanksgiving.
Even for me it is just too soon.

Nothing else to write.  Thanks for coming by.

 

 

This and That

 Thanksgiving was a lovely time with family, food, and fun .Thank you for all your good wishes.

 Now life goes back to normal again.

We got the puzzle board out and did the first puzzle of the season. We had done it before and I had written on the box that 3 pieces were missing.  We enjoyed doing it anyway. 

 

 YS came by and hung my bamboo wind chime right outside the little half-bath window 

 It had been a while since I had done much walking but we drove to Willband Creek and I managed reasonably well. 2000 steps.   It's such a lovely place to walk.

 In the kitchen there is a large container of grape tomatoes that I'm going to roast for supper and while the oven is hot I'll do more sweet potatoes.  DH will probably put some chicken in the air fryer for himself. He has a variety of meats in individual portions in the freezer and I'm thankful that he takes care of that part of his meal. 

That's about all that I have to write about today.  Thanks for coming by.

 

 

Thanksgiving

 

 

 To all my Canadian friends I wish a very happy Thanksgiving.