The "food lovers" holiday has past and we now must dust off the treadmill (or in my case the elliptical). That extra five or ...

This is my favorite holiday.  It falls usually on the mildest of days before winter and therefore you can have a fire in the fireplace or n...

There may be people who find sheltering at home in a blank canvas with little to do.  Oh, you can always do the cleaning and repairing and m...

I am not a patient person by nature, but I can call forth a version of the strength of patience if I am not distracted by other things. It i...

It seems that my days are filled with several hours of computer interaction.  Most of my shopping including 80% of my food shopping is done ...

Absolutely no motivation to write on my blog.  Not sure if that is related to the horrible politics, the COVID19 fears, the normal creativit...

The new neighbors across  the way and the new neighbor  who coud not build on the "unperkable" property, and instead, put in a doc...

My first advice for the day is to not order expensive European chocolate over the Internet.  I know, you have probably never considered that...

It all begins with just one creep from Russia with too much time and not enough money. Somehow Hubby's email got hacked. The first ...

Above is the completed new patio with the teak gazebo (turned into an arbor) donated by our neighbors.  This was taken before the solar ligh...

The world goes around. The seasons change. I am fully aware this will continue even when I die and after I die.  There is nothing spec...

I was trying to create a mental image of what is happening in my little world.  The Corona pandemic has put us in boxes. Some are big boxes ...

My husband seems to find an excuse to run an errand at least once a day.  Home confinement drives him crazy as he is a people person.  I am ...

Where?  Here: fighting insomnia with a half pill of an over-the-counter sleep aid, dreaming deep complex dreams ( not necessarily bad dreams...

In line with everything else that is unpredictable this year, our garden has been sporadic in its production. We got many sweet peas to...

Have a safe and meaningful Fourth of July to my American readers.  (Happy Independence Day to Canadians)  May we all learn to accept o...

The world continues to turn while I stand still. It can be suffocating as this virus which is up against an anti-scientist leadership, i...

I was so busy, I only had time for few photos and one follow-up on our Blue Crab feast for Father's Day. I was determined that this...

Happy Father's Day to those of you have have children, stepchildren or socially adopted children. For those of you who have lost a ch...

Four weeks and a lot can happen when you hunker down.  As we drove through the more populated town to the north of us on our way to visit fa...