Bloomin Cactus

 My Thanksgiving Cactuses are both blooming. The yellow one was first to open its buds then a few days later the white one followed suit.

 

 Ceiling fans get so dirty and this particular one is too high for me to reach  so I had help from Youngest Son.  

 We're dealing with lots of wind and heavy rainfall. This will continue on and off all the coming week.
Needless to say we didn't even try to go walking. The wind would have torn my umbrella and we would have come home soaked. It will be a quiet day.

I'm surprised how many of you have a sewing 'basket' similar to mine ( except in different colours).  I guess there was an era where they were common.
Likewise with the jewelry box with the twirling ballerina. Again many of you either had or still have one. 

That's it for today.

 

 

 

Baking and More

 Rainy days are meant for baking and that's what I've been doing.  I made a baked Apple Pancake 
( otherwise known as a Dutch Baby, I believe).. Full of eggs, milk, and fruit  it made a healthy supper.

 With the oven still on and 5 ripe pears on the counter I made a Pear Custard pie using a recipe I found on line. There were too many pears so in the small ramekin I made a single serving Pear Crisp. I keep a container of  topping in the fridge and it's always ready to sprinkle on an impromptu fruit dessert. 

 Most of you knew that this green Tupperware bowl was for head lettuce. I don't think I ever had one.

I wonder if Avon sold their products only in North America or world wide? 

I have a very old sewing basket just like this one except mine is yellow and it lost its handle many years ago.  Although I don't sew it's a great place to keep assorted colours of thread and the scissors that are never to be used for cutting paper.

I wanted to check if scissors is singular or plural and this is what I found out.  I'm sure you also want to know  😄😄😄

It belongs to a class of nouns called pluralia tantum—words that have a plural form even when representing a single object (similar to pants, glasses, or tongs).

 

That's it for today.  What are you up to?

 

 

 

There are still comments being left with no name attached. I would love to know who you are and if you're not comfortable leaving your name  make a nickname for yourself or just leave an initial.  
I appreciate each comment and having even a clue as to who wrote it is great.  On this topic... I saw that there was a comment on my last post from Colette from New Brunswick.  Welcome, Colette, and thanks for leaving your comment and name. 

Basil

 

 

 

 I've had Basil growing on the south window since early Spring. I keep cutting it back and it keeps right on growing.  I found an empty pot with some dirt and shook the seed packet over it in case a few last seeds remained and you can see in that little green pot...they came up. I like having it right next to the little table where DH and I have our meals. I take my scissors out and cut it in shred over my supper. :)

I've also supplied whoever wanted some ( and sometimes almost coerced them into "needing' some. :)

In our family a few pronounce Basil differently than others. How do you say it? Here's what the internet tells me.

 Most Canadians traditionally pronounce "basil" with a short "a" sound (BAZ-uhl / ˈbæz.əl ), rhyming with words like "frazzle" or "dazzle", which aligns with British English.

 However, because of close cultural and media ties to the United States, the American long "a" pronunciation (BAY-zuhl / ˈbeɪ.zəl ), rhyming with "nasal," is also widely heard.

I'm staying with the British pronunciation.

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

  

 

November

 

 

 
November is off to a great start here with clear skies and a morning temperature of just 6C.  We walked by Fish Trap Creek and I managed the walk by avoiding the trail that goes up a few hills. Small hills but hard on my hip so it's better to be cautious.

DH gets to have his cast removed this week which will be a big relief.  The one he's had for 5 weeks is completely waterproof. No more need for plastic bags secured in order to shower. He was told by the doctor that it was so waterproof that he could even go swimming. Still, it will be nice to not have the awkwardness of the cast.

 

Browsing through Pinterest  I came upon this jewelry box exactly like the one I had when I was about ten or eleven years old.  It brought back a lot of memories. I think it had a tiny ballerina that  popped up when you opened the lid. It may have had music that played when you wound it up but that might have been a different one.  Seventy plus years can mess with details :)

 

 

 

GD Kate is back home after a week in Disneyland. We're looking forward to hearing all about her fun trip.  It was a birthday present to herself .  Hers was one of the many October celebrations in our family.  That's about all for today.  I hope you're enjoying a lovely Sunday. 

 

 

 

Sharing a Home

 

I almost didn't post that picture ( avocado/orange/banana).  I thought it was too silly but I'm happy to know you all have strange senses of humour similar to mine.  
When you enter our house there's a little 'foyer' and straight ahead is the door to our son's family's home. If you turn left instead then you come into our part of the house.  In that little area is a sturdy wooden bench where things get left  to be picked up. Like mail or packages that were delivered.   

The day I left the "face" I had picked up a  bag of avocados marked down because they needed to be used soon. The logical thing to do was to leave a couple on that bench for son#2. Then, of course, I had the idea of the face. 

 A cross stitch that I made many years ago. It hangs on the other wall. 

 It's been raining off and on all day.  For the sake of all the little people who will be out trick-or-treating tomorrow, I hope it clears up.

 Thanks for coming by

 

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.