Monday's Trivia

How are you, my friends, on this the 210th day of this year?  Here it is sunny and hot as July slides slowly into August. There's an early touch of almost Autumn in my house. At a garage sale on Saturday I got two bunches of artificial flowers ( paid a dollar)  and it seemed a shame to put them away for a month. So here they are....

DH and youngest son both agree that the long trailing things in this bouquet look weird. I'm not denying it but neither am I taking them off.

I already had both the striped jug and the quilted table topper. All I had to do was plunk the orange mums into the jug.  I really like this one better than the other.

The first tomato of the season.  I sliced it and had it on toast for my lunch. It was yummy!

Earlier today I was out watering my thirsty flowers when a Hummingbird came to have a shower in the mist.  I held my breath as it came so close to me. It was amazing!!  I've had this happen in other years but it never loses its charm.

In spite of the heat I'm making an oven supper so I thought I'd bake bread while the oven was on anyway.  By this time the breadmaker has probably done the dough so I better go deal with that.


Thanks for coming by,   G.M.

What's new?

Did you notice that my blog list is back?  Thanks to my computer savvy DIL !!! 

Let's see, what's new around here?   A dear far away friend who knows I love Teddy Bears surprised me recently when she sent this adorable pair. It was like Christmas in July!!!

Another new thing is our washer. The old one had been getting very noisy but still seemed to work as well as it ever did ( which isn't saying much). Then it started leaking so we needed a new one. DS2  and his little family use it a lot more than we do ( we share laundry facilities)  so he chose it.I'm so happy this one has an agitator and hopefully will do a better job than the old one.  BTW, that scrub board hanging over the washer is the one my mom used many years ago.

We took a couple of large boxes to the thrift store today and I'm proud to say I came out with nothing but some books. No tea cups, no tea pots, just books.

I seem to have confused a few people with my last post.. My birthday isn't until next month but the 27,000 is the number of days I have lived so far. Well, actually today it would be 27,001.

Thanks for visiting and commenting so faithfully.

Granny M.

Pot holders and a bit of Trivia

One of my many collections is my collection of pot holders.  The prettiest ones are not actually used but I hang them in the kitchen so I can look at them. I had these crocheted ones ( thrift store... I can't crochet). I love the pink rose in the middle of each one.  But it was time to look in my box for something different.  Too early for Fall colours so I settled on.....

..this one 

...and the Lady Bug one.  The colours don't go together but the style is the same.  Someone spent time making these. probably for gifts that ended up in the thrift store.

My bit of trivia found on the internet:   On July 25, 2019 (today) people born on August 22, 1945 will be 27,000 days old.  Isn't that amazing?  I am 27,000 days old.

I'm still waiting for help in retrieving my widget. 

Thanks for visiting,

Granny M.

Wordless Wednesday

        

                  Thanks for dropping by,  G.M.

I Goofed.

I have done a dumb thing. Somehow I managed to lose my entire list of blogs I follow.
I have no idea how to get it back so meanwhile I will rely on your comments to get to your blogs.
 ( Hey, that gives you a good reason to comment, right?) 

It continues to be hot here. DH has gone camping with the grands ( just for one night).  I've been keeping the newly transplanted things damp.

Last week I found this pretty tea cup which has a broken handle.I liked the pattern so much so I bought it ( very inexpensive due to the handle being broken)

I have 2 saucers which have no matching cups and which look quite similar to this new one, don't you think?

                     And... a "new" tea pot. Cream background with brown toile design.

Thanks for visiting. Please leave a comment so I can visit your blog now that I've lost my list.

G.M.

Morning Walk

Our resident pair of Eagles managed to successfully raise a baby this year.  He can't really fly yet but he's seen exercising his wings in preparation for flying!!  I saw him but these pics were taken by my DIL.

As I have posted before, the lake is very overgrown by water lilies. The city has begun uprooting them with this odd paddleboat contraption. It rips them up so they hopefully die.  Don't worry, lots will have been missed and will clog the lake again next year!

                                       A gaggle of geese.

When I got back home I took a couple of pictures of the front flowerbeds which we knew very well was on city property but chose to make anyway ( many many years ago). Even the fence is over the line and may have to go because the city wants to put in some sort of big box for the new house next door which will have underground electrical services.  The excavator will be coming next week so we have until then to move the plants!!!

These pics will be my "before"  and I'll take the "after" photos once it's all done.


Thanks for visiting today.  GM

Baking and Books

I took advantage of  some cooler days this week to do some much needed baking. The Banana cake was sent along with DH for coffee time at his volunteer 'job' and the Bran muffins were for ourselves.

I love roasted tomatoes ( DH does not so these will be all for me).
One Banana bread will go into the freezer ( maybe) and the other one went home with youngest son when he left earlier today after doing some digging for me.  I had a very large patch of Sedum "Autumn Joy" which needed to be lifted, divided and 2 clumps re-planted. All done now.  A job well done deserves a reward, right?

              My lunch of leftover homemade pizza and tomatoes with basil and Feta cheese.

Well, that's what I've been doing in the kitchen.  Now for what I'm currently reading.....

                                My library books

                              A thrift store find
 

                                  My latest Miss Read

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my last post.
Debi asked what I planned to do with the berries. Most went into the freezer but we're enjoying lots just as they are.

The last chapter of my Miss Read book is awaiting me so I think I'll go sit on the swing
 on the porch and finish that lovely book.  I know many of you also enjoy her and this book is autobiographical so to me it is doubly enjoyable.

Hope you're having a good day!!    GM