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Sunshine today, lovely. Spoke to a friend on the phone. Got on really well with Globe and Mail crossword. Another friend mentioned she was doing puzzles so i went hunting and found a very old puzzle in the basement. I haven’t done it in years but when I opened it up, I found it is…

“Travel” said Pooh, “oh what is that?” asked Eeyore. “I am not sure” said Pooh, “but I heard Christopher talking about it once when we were very young”. “I know an new word, said Piglet, “Suitcase” “Hmm it is all very well knowing new words but what does it mean” Said Pooh. “Perhaps a case…

I was so excited about today that I went back to bed after breakfast without a book. While the Italian’s are singing beautiful opera from there balconies and the Spanish are playing classical music and being applauded, the Brits are singing drinking songs in the dark while being sworn at by irate neighbours. I wandered…

Driving along today, alone, I found that screaming at the top of my lungs all the swear words I could think of was not only good lung exercises but also relieved some of my stress!! It is only a week since I had a few WI ladies come to my house for a meeting and…

In a discussion last night with a friend we came to the conclusion that being labeled as a senior at the present time (Covid 19) is not some thing we welcome. Some stores in the town where I live are kindly offering special services for seniors. But am I a senior? I love getting senior…

My daughter and a few friends have suggested I might like to start blogging here again Dave and I are now settled in our house here on the Kemptville Creek in Oxford Mills Ontario. When we first moved in we put a new roof on it, had wood floors fitted in lounge/ dinner, new furnace/oiltank.…

We have been welcomed to Canada this week, more precisly, Ontario, by a huge fall of snow. It started on Monday when it snowed all day leaving about 3 inches and two, very excited, just returned to the land of snow and ice, people. We should have known better, being the age we are with…

Caught between two layers of cloud: one, a cushiony, fluffy bed on which to catch us if we fall. The other, a greyish-white ceiling of the most liquid dream I’ve ever seen. A pale strip of blue sits between these two layers, parallel to us. It’s the most desirable room in an insane asylum –…

This was first writen about my Canada trip April/May 2008 Continuing with Canadian trip. Christina and I drove to Montreal, quite a pleasant journey and not too busy on the roads. We stayed with Jean and shared a bed, something Christina found interesting! It was great to see Jean looking well, she was 95 years…