Chit Chat

 

 

 My breakfast coffee. I just have a piece of toast in the morning.  What do you usually have?
 Here are some ideas if you need any.

 For weeks I've been walking past a big display of Fall bulbs in front of Walmart.  I was not willing to pay almost ten dollars a bag and kept watching for them to be reduced to half price.
With DH's help I got them planted in pots today. I covered the pots with metal grids so the squirrels can't dig them out. Hopefully I will have a nice display in Spring.

 

 I did some much needed dusting and polishing today.  I used the last of the Pledge polish and put it on my grocery list.  I know there are home made concoctions I could make but I like the convenience of Pledge ( and the lovely smell it leaves behind).

 

Thanks for coming by today. 

 

 

Rain, Pumpkin Pie, and a Book

 

 

 

 We had a very hard rain last night and it is still raining although not as hard.  We're waiting to see if the rain will stop so we can go walking without getting soaked.

Thanksgiving is over and we celebrated the October birthdays.  A lot of  cake and pie has been consumed and I think it might be time to be a bit more restrained.  I found this on Pinterest and it amused me :)

My pumpkin pie

 My sister teases me about my liking of Cool Whip so I'm posting this especially for her.  It's not that I don't like real whipped cream but Cool Whip, I find, is handier.  A tub of it last quite a while in the fridge and is always there to add a little something to a scone ( with lovely strawberry jam) or a small dish of pudding.

 

I just finished reading this Jenny Colgan book which I enjoyed. It's a lighthearted look at the life of a young woman who falls into a dark place after her beloved grandfather dies.  How she overcomes her depression ( which progresses into agoraphobia) makes for a good read.  

I'm off to see if the rain has quit. Have a very pleasant Sunday.

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Mainly about Flowers

 

 

 

Thank you for all the Thanksgiving wishes.  Now we're on to birthdays here with Youngest son's on the 17th and Eldest daughter on the 18th. They are exactly 12 years apart. In between those two are their three siblings. Those were busy years.

It was very chilly when we walked this morning. Only 1C  with a bit of frost on the truck windshield. The sky is totally clear and it 's going to be lovely outside by afternoon. 

 

Years ago I put in some Autumn Crocus bulbs which never really did much. A few still come up every year. Usually they are flattened by rain but this year they've been able to hold themselves up.  

 Nasturtiums are still blooming unaffected by drought or cold temperatures. 

 This pink rose...Bonita if I remember correctly...has been blooming since late Spring.

Not content with outdoor blooms I treated myself to a lovely Gloxinia .  I hope I can keep it alive since Gloxinias are known to be fussy. I love the frilly purple blooms.

 Also added this beauty whose name eludes me right now. These 2 bring the number of my houseplants to 39. I should have found one more for a nice even 40. There is no more room for pots on any surface in the sun room ☀️☀️☀️.

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 Have you found that there are more cob webs in corners no in Fall?

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Thanksgiving

 

To my fellow Canadians celebrating this weekend...

 

Thrift Store Angel and an unusual Vehicle

  I'm still slowly filling boxes of 'stuff' and taking them to the thrift store.  Of course I pop in for a short walk-around. 

 

I found this doorstop angel. DH wondered why I want such a thing but she makes me smile and that's a good reason, right?  I put her behind the door in my little washroom ( where I never had nor wanted one of those regular stops.)
(What makes her a door stop is that she is filled with something like sand. Heavy.) 

 

 Seen down our street was this unusual truck. I forget what make it was but noticed that it was a left- hand drive.

 Interesting tidbit:  

 Although some Canadian provinces previously drove on the left due to British ties, they all switched to the right, with the last province (Newfoundland) making the change in 1947 to align with the United States and the rest of North America.

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Tuesday Chit Chat

 It was chilly again this morning and I wore my winter coat again.  The full moon was still high in the western sky and looking as beautiful as it did last night when I went out to look around ten o'clock. 

 Our puzzle was almost done yesterday...

 ...now it is finished. 

 I had one more load of laundry to do....dark things....and sure enough one of us must have left 
a Kleenex in a pocket.  Thankfully the dryer took most of the tissue off.

 

 That's it for today. Thanks for visiting today.

 

 

Chilly Morning and a Birthday

 

 

It was clear and cold at  5C ( 41F) this morning. I wore my winter coat for walking. There's work being done in the park. Detours mean new routes but lately I've had trouble walking as far as usual so we've got a shorter walk that we now do.

Yesterday we celebrated Kate's 37the birthday.  She's our oldest grandchild and a real sweetheart.
 

Full moon tonight.

 About the recipe for Impossible Quiche I think the easiest would be to do a search on line. 
Unfortunately I don't know how to put in a link.  

On the first of the month I was going to post about the amount of daylight we lost in September but I forgot.  Apparently we lost 1 hour and 45 minutes in this area. You may have lost more or less I imagine.

Here's a thought for today: The circle of the seasons turns and never comes back quite the same.

 

Thanks for coming by. Have a great day.

 

 

More of This and That

 When I work in the kitchen Miss Kitty sits on the little roof outside and watches me.  From time to time she gently pats the window as if to say Hi. ( or she may just be hoping for a treat).

sorry for the rather dark photo

We had this Impossible Quiche for our supper recently.

 

 And here's a picture from a number of years ago when we still had our camperized van. We were up  in ranch country and finding roads that wandered through the countryside when we came upon this cattle drive.  Neither the cowboys nor the cows paid the slightest attention to us as we slowly followed them along.  Something we found interesting was when a very small calf would have its feet tied together and be left beside the road. We later found out that any calf that couldn't keep up with the herd was "immobilized" and later picked up by someone whose job it was to bring them along to the final area where they would join their mothers.

 I've been meaning to answer some questions left in the comments. Sorry I wasn't more prompt.

Linda ( Linda's Relaxing Lair) : About the puzzle board we use...it's a homemade one made from a scrap of wood that DH had in his shop. It's about 3 feet square and has a raised edge all around.

Jeanna: The flowers on the table came from one of my sons who doesn't wait for a special occasion to indulge my love of flowers.

Virginia: . Thank you for your lovely comments. Sure wish you had a blog that I could visit.

I love to read ALL the comments and try to visit each virtual friend as often as I can. 

 

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