tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50902026349036588312024-03-13T00:49:55.445-04:00Rhubarb & RosesRosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.comBlogger497125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-55175427545465095982024-02-01T21:04:00.004-05:002024-02-02T16:25:26.645-05:00Leaping into February!<div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Just turned the calendar page for February</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and LOVE the caption for this LOVE month on the doorstep.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPMmwfR9GlGfk3s00ianqgWHUJ1fFIuPA031lfbn2c9teoq7TqBU_oF1lId4pCwksmyEFpdGr003aknruTxQadju7FK6Lv-xfp0Zj7yhw8g1HQsJU68pk0PDxOsPtZy9q_nYEm1nyeDqSjM7m9ymYzu9zOtdOs5H5g496ZV6g7r1Uyrf3pGnYTeMS0YdJ/s3140/FullSizeRender%20(23).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3140" data-original-width="2222" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPMmwfR9GlGfk3s00ianqgWHUJ1fFIuPA031lfbn2c9teoq7TqBU_oF1lId4pCwksmyEFpdGr003aknruTxQadju7FK6Lv-xfp0Zj7yhw8g1HQsJU68pk0PDxOsPtZy9q_nYEm1nyeDqSjM7m9ymYzu9zOtdOs5H5g496ZV6g7r1Uyrf3pGnYTeMS0YdJ/w452-h640/FullSizeRender%20(23).jpeg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>... and, there were tulips at the grocery store today!!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFo7S73Fko0ckBz25MNvB38Ev2qUwi_b4sCNca_jA1x0SKkUzPjx7R0RbA2FU1Y3In5PSTpTxhpiMllfYCPcOfxosLlBIXqRNSowN6eto_oDmCJ3FCGXzwo6yDRlf2FEoLupJbfxLqQmlPjXaNqQKO_-1F98PbVikmpjCTQyi92GVpVSfVFFH273z1UQj/s3102/IMG_6327.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3102" data-original-width="1956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFo7S73Fko0ckBz25MNvB38Ev2qUwi_b4sCNca_jA1x0SKkUzPjx7R0RbA2FU1Y3In5PSTpTxhpiMllfYCPcOfxosLlBIXqRNSowN6eto_oDmCJ3FCGXzwo6yDRlf2FEoLupJbfxLqQmlPjXaNqQKO_-1F98PbVikmpjCTQyi92GVpVSfVFFH273z1UQj/w404-h640/IMG_6327.jpeg" width="404" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What could be better?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A sure sign of Spring to come.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Looking back over the past few weeks in January,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>there were some good "stormy" days which allowed for</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a bit of quilt piecing.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A difficult pattern for a novice like me.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Fabric and pattern donated by a friend.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I've dubbed it "Storm Daze".</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hoping to donate this one to the <a href="https://nhmrs.com/">MCC Relief Sale auction</a>?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's at the quilters!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If nothing else, it sure got my quilting "mo-jo" going.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I have two more that are in the works so I may need just a few more snowy days?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7N4iYFn04ARBhDC31WGI0iOPUBR4O8xIMNkTEWhTj5Lal9FXzos_ihs_zQ6IHtJoQgvGfO9HtXsiTkE4zkorUrKXhZMko3cXYQeKtzHby6U6KHGa4MQ0pTxt4LhmH3uvvk4zQTQPooN6rAvl3u1hHWgH1qTFX56z85616TMYy0BAoi1MpTEuVhXI9sX7Q/s800/Quilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7N4iYFn04ARBhDC31WGI0iOPUBR4O8xIMNkTEWhTj5Lal9FXzos_ihs_zQ6IHtJoQgvGfO9HtXsiTkE4zkorUrKXhZMko3cXYQeKtzHby6U6KHGa4MQ0pTxt4LhmH3uvvk4zQTQPooN6rAvl3u1hHWgH1qTFX56z85616TMYy0BAoi1MpTEuVhXI9sX7Q/w640-h480/Quilt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>Our pastor had us pick a "word for the year" the other Sunday</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and mine was the word HARMONY.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A hymn sing last weekend, learning songs from the new <a href="https://voicestogetherhymnal.org/">Voices Together</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://voicestogetherhymnal.org/">Hymnal </a>was a good start for this special word.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thanks Ruth for inviting me to the <a href="https://mennosingers.com/contact-us/">Menno Singers</a> event.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A "lonely heart" warming service of beautiful Harmony.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Today I spent time with a dear friend Kathy.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We shopped, lunched, ordered Theatre Tickets</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for the coming season,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and it felt like a good way to start a new month.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Income tax prep is under way,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the home office is getting some new decor,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the grandchildren have a PA day tomorrow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(spa time has been ordered)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The weather man is promising sunshine this weekend!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Not so great, however, for the beautiful outdoor rink that is melting.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaH1K5tT0sYwM7JBo9iuEAK_roOcJGHK86OSULeGp2tnMptMMPn5LofN7mUlcgyhWikrZK-nnpY6w83wc4-q9ZeeRaSZxDwUl7Lr_4j7CpMLyu85mArzx4EamzTR3xCz0uyU-wem6IjYxVmrJ3jZmprf9Aj4ix_YPIAWjkJReAx5Y-7LWhM80U0OjXznf/s3000/IMG_8516.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2694" data-original-width="3000" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaH1K5tT0sYwM7JBo9iuEAK_roOcJGHK86OSULeGp2tnMptMMPn5LofN7mUlcgyhWikrZK-nnpY6w83wc4-q9ZeeRaSZxDwUl7Lr_4j7CpMLyu85mArzx4EamzTR3xCz0uyU-wem6IjYxVmrJ3jZmprf9Aj4ix_YPIAWjkJReAx5Y-7LWhM80U0OjXznf/w640-h574/IMG_8516.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favourite little hockey players!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I can't wait to see what February has in store.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time - how is your leap year month shaping up? I'll be striving to "Live in the Light".</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-30362631725361396832024-01-09T11:41:00.003-05:002024-01-09T18:57:18.904-05:00A Fresh New Year - 2024<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>"Another year over ... and what have I done?"</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPClFYKSdMWdg5TSoypxX6M_jKf674aSlNieHJukbFUStlz6TDMludFVlv6s8GrzucQuLq4jV535OTVmORzn9NgZhmUu7jK2qU9VSQP2mlAFng3VeFSOZ6pXQS5uQmzENrbzgjbKCEEsh8J8TvQGeVWIpKAu8D5Sj6xmaC2E1QbpY25ua4MUhW_tadnusk/s1290/416026371_928646325283715_8220823286195802623_n%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1290" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPClFYKSdMWdg5TSoypxX6M_jKf674aSlNieHJukbFUStlz6TDMludFVlv6s8GrzucQuLq4jV535OTVmORzn9NgZhmUu7jK2qU9VSQP2mlAFng3VeFSOZ6pXQS5uQmzENrbzgjbKCEEsh8J8TvQGeVWIpKAu8D5Sj6xmaC2E1QbpY25ua4MUhW_tadnusk/w640-h634/416026371_928646325283715_8220823286195802623_n%20(1).jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This quote from "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Charlie Mackesy,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>touches me in this fresh new year ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A nice way to started off the new year was a fun gathering of friends</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for a Mexican themed party.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So many good treats with Enchilada's (made by my friend Jan),</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Gary's homemade Salsa, Chicken tacos, Guacamole, Mexican Street Corn Salad,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and so much more.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5Lynno-ycvdYXDD2zK_pK2pILteiFHATRbeg3ClZgFcGKb6_0vhnTpIfGSN7oAoA-2TAji5V9IOOXZI-bj6yxW2UVU-BFDsH8pwCth-Ymw_vz5d_SorOaab5vwMmle8XsGF6D3ec4wWgb09Nn0uyGnEMFLMhP4hEKcNJvOuoTUswn0xyksRudK-psQlJ/s4032/IMG_6185.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5Lynno-ycvdYXDD2zK_pK2pILteiFHATRbeg3ClZgFcGKb6_0vhnTpIfGSN7oAoA-2TAji5V9IOOXZI-bj6yxW2UVU-BFDsH8pwCth-Ymw_vz5d_SorOaab5vwMmle8XsGF6D3ec4wWgb09Nn0uyGnEMFLMhP4hEKcNJvOuoTUswn0xyksRudK-psQlJ/w300-h400/IMG_6185.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Punch bowls ready for mock Margaritas and Pina Coladas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEo5mF78PKFovW7qEnHfSElslzncDgrcX_Ga_2W4Mlfy-UDt8GiZvho5KLqOMrexeD2Xm4lkRe0s66P1rJ-UvZ33afJJTm-HRyoJ8f4edupR6SIW0Vk_NbHlw5nSHp9E2wRIkiTWX_ZF5C6RtxbXdmZtDAa1G-oInoKnZzeEH-XgNCg2rrHie_nVT_S5kM/s800/Mexican.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEo5mF78PKFovW7qEnHfSElslzncDgrcX_Ga_2W4Mlfy-UDt8GiZvho5KLqOMrexeD2Xm4lkRe0s66P1rJ-UvZ33afJJTm-HRyoJ8f4edupR6SIW0Vk_NbHlw5nSHp9E2wRIkiTWX_ZF5C6RtxbXdmZtDAa1G-oInoKnZzeEH-XgNCg2rrHie_nVT_S5kM/w640-h480/Mexican.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So nice to be able to gather again with this "gang"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Another trip around the sun completed for me!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A holiday sleep-over for wonderful moments to reconnect</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and enjoy the last days of the school holidays.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImXUka1SK1QLU0KA0rMbYdyGMY-0Sjh7efEy2_56lMCPC1bOhE7CQ2Ddfitbd8TZ6DPTHSsJrqJqVK0N0kwKZ4HDZbUrzjXahId0_STfHmfbTDpGFHoCjhzfHaam3yTXBbEUNoIYBkWrMzY3AgmOXxQhArbnGJVYuCVjcDu7rlBapxQkJR8l-gTKOuMPF/w480-h640/sleepover.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favourite days!!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The sparkly lights, tree, and scant decorations have been stored away.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The extra pounds from wonderful gatherings and delicious food</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>has also been stored away - on my hips unfortunately - sigh!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The time is now, for me to get back into routine and to make 2024</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a really good year.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I will soldier on and try to stay hopeful and gracious.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>God is Good!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-5626969117385433412023-12-28T17:55:00.001-05:002023-12-28T17:55:46.387-05:00So That Was Christmas!<div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Christmas 2023</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>First and perhaps last attempt at making a Yule Log.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It was yummy though.</i></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i>The vintage Nativity Set always gives me joy ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRDS_XoQNwkP3bZ89uqGYtGYCN2bDIs3Qr7ivVjBYWM3hjU-treNaub9jWsSRgm_S1jQ8VAZmZN27p3KQgR5DWCoor2ofod_hawbUnej0CIvlv0vtmgwoVLmmpEYsJT9sbWGO07X-fn0j9akSzB1cCWnb32MYdHOIiqbWlLVy_I0ASd7E-Ob2ztHngqdS/s3566/IMG_6116%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2446" data-original-width="3566" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRDS_XoQNwkP3bZ89uqGYtGYCN2bDIs3Qr7ivVjBYWM3hjU-treNaub9jWsSRgm_S1jQ8VAZmZN27p3KQgR5DWCoor2ofod_hawbUnej0CIvlv0vtmgwoVLmmpEYsJT9sbWGO07X-fn0j9akSzB1cCWnb32MYdHOIiqbWlLVy_I0ASd7E-Ob2ztHngqdS/w640-h438/IMG_6116%20(1).jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mom's China Cabinet truly makes it feel like Christmas.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Oh how she loved that cabinet and I'm so privileged to be the "keeper" for now.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My skinny tree on the antique wagon fits perfectly beside it.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVoGvrMcyZPLrt8ZiqvPFAmtxnup6QPJC9q_EDAKy7PXthf_d5VwaF4bLQNojDHxvDmh9usui7nytiNBOOBwHz7EGRTMrTYcJw1qfE34-1BF_lQ72wUzq-En_VHfAfuvDMQOxDSf5RLtnSKcJyP9X3RkRe6E83gyNCm43O2NBAbScJmol6mx_sXn9fSnK/s3379/IMG_6156.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>Christmas morning at the farm ... so much joy!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Brunch was delicious too.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAq4GiUIdlp75V9GmWWTJLNP72NBRI3DIMoLXZZj5y79fLyX6310-GaPxvgpOSvAg9oKzpfszepxzWTrclbfDo_3Mh8jWgaahPD7aL9ebG3asxG3j8TFInE1f_MD_M0OWvYJ3b_SpG7D_VHKJMjj-U0IWmjqFB4-JXN5XwlLm5f7gMi0eGhry1ZEytQKI/s3221/IMG_6163%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2735" data-original-width="3221" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAq4GiUIdlp75V9GmWWTJLNP72NBRI3DIMoLXZZj5y79fLyX6310-GaPxvgpOSvAg9oKzpfszepxzWTrclbfDo_3Mh8jWgaahPD7aL9ebG3asxG3j8TFInE1f_MD_M0OWvYJ3b_SpG7D_VHKJMjj-U0IWmjqFB4-JXN5XwlLm5f7gMi0eGhry1ZEytQKI/w400-h340/IMG_6163%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><i>Tasting the delicious cookies that came from Germany.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Happy New Year Dear Friends!!!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EGr5KXj_PPrcg_qoc75022Eeo6zU6YfQA6KMViakvaR23yleTaPAdN2oTp7QOjfS70Izv50YR6gK3pmOMD8wmlm3I3gbNT7KGZgWekFQYP7P2jD5JrRqdJT287H-FLlahfwAzG-pbXgXRRlaozeCRj0xdD_dL4hGxNpgNvJ4TV82obUFhkztr2SQYprQ/s1200/IMG_6131.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EGr5KXj_PPrcg_qoc75022Eeo6zU6YfQA6KMViakvaR23yleTaPAdN2oTp7QOjfS70Izv50YR6gK3pmOMD8wmlm3I3gbNT7KGZgWekFQYP7P2jD5JrRqdJT287H-FLlahfwAzG-pbXgXRRlaozeCRj0xdD_dL4hGxNpgNvJ4TV82obUFhkztr2SQYprQ/w640-h640/IMG_6131.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Till next time ... till next year ... stay well!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></i></div><br /><p></p>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-64302939506947592592023-11-27T16:40:00.005-05:002023-11-27T16:46:40.916-05:00Oh November!<p style="text-align: center;"> <i>It's been a bit "wonky" around here of late...</i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfu-Sb45J7ZBQXRI2Q-qQlhV9b2MSWtRcFFP7ZY9vnQjZonCtKCRfrjMeNUwFwAuASS7OmZRR964DdclsvvxOxSEVQLGTdYd7Qx4pJSCIcRpki0hyPw6PFt4kvIb6sYmTF0GFDqqPqCor6PFz9SA-5zJ-_8IDdcPtRVTo3FfWfQTULumfkJIvWKMX0Rifx/s800/Wonky%20Trees.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfu-Sb45J7ZBQXRI2Q-qQlhV9b2MSWtRcFFP7ZY9vnQjZonCtKCRfrjMeNUwFwAuASS7OmZRR964DdclsvvxOxSEVQLGTdYd7Qx4pJSCIcRpki0hyPw6PFt4kvIb6sYmTF0GFDqqPqCor6PFz9SA-5zJ-_8IDdcPtRVTo3FfWfQTULumfkJIvWKMX0Rifx/w640-h480/Wonky%20Trees.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crazy Christmas Trees Pattern by Karla Alexander</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>No matter how Wonky, it felt good to be back in my sewing room</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>to do some piecing and creating.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This Wonky Tree pattern has been on my wish list for some time.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A fun mystery bus tour to 3 quilt shops inspired me to gather some fabric for this project.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This "quilt in a day" did take me a tad longer than a day tho!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Even the free motion quilting (snow flake design) turned out a bit wonky.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But hey, I love it!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKq1DnPYt_tLXKLBLYScJwlVioXrreLYHQXPNSGOl3K_NRmK0a7NQfZoaJ_forJ887ntMxCGyWGLYx0wtrsTWo9fsd7sBqpWAOCo5DJiBHmJmBsJPO0e-2UvdEXOqLAkdFZ7ZnNs3ljRC-C4oS6XXbjUC48OzjOLoOHu-AkFbSHdVcv4v8I7xV5t3DJ0K/s4032/IMG_5942.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKq1DnPYt_tLXKLBLYScJwlVioXrreLYHQXPNSGOl3K_NRmK0a7NQfZoaJ_forJ887ntMxCGyWGLYx0wtrsTWo9fsd7sBqpWAOCo5DJiBHmJmBsJPO0e-2UvdEXOqLAkdFZ7ZnNs3ljRC-C4oS6XXbjUC48OzjOLoOHu-AkFbSHdVcv4v8I7xV5t3DJ0K/w480-h640/IMG_5942.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i>It was a good distraction from a very dreary November.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I can't lie - my emotions have been over the top!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I don't think I'll ever be okay in any November - sigh!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>There was a bright spot however.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My one and only child turned - 40 - what!!??</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I finished her quilt just in time.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>She knew it was coming but hadn't seen it until the day.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Pattern aptly called "Farmer's Daughter"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1RZmv7J_gIhL_Q7eSsLzdWus4xAaLq3qh15cKp1poW31NpanHcLHJT1jQq3NFIqs3Cv-aLeGC2fDJz34AhyESLvgb2s6bo969Ja8QSNHbJD6VkBbPGVSmvQ5GfSStiMSNJgnqbUNCQUF7XdlBeEzuIYby5BLMGIop72GDhRTPN9jJB56uaBv6pJcA0hp/s4032/IMG_5971%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1RZmv7J_gIhL_Q7eSsLzdWus4xAaLq3qh15cKp1poW31NpanHcLHJT1jQq3NFIqs3Cv-aLeGC2fDJz34AhyESLvgb2s6bo969Ja8QSNHbJD6VkBbPGVSmvQ5GfSStiMSNJgnqbUNCQUF7XdlBeEzuIYby5BLMGIop72GDhRTPN9jJB56uaBv6pJcA0hp/w480-h640/IMG_5971%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Her hubby threw an amazing 40th birthday party.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This was a labour of love to say the least.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>He has been working on uncluttering, cleaning and repairing the old barn on the farm.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It is an amazing transformation from old hay, old equipment, old everything to</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a clean and useable space.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It has never looked so good.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It has been decorated with a beautiful serving area,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>sparkling lights, furniture and even some carpets.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The perfect venue for a party ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I will not be surprised to see many future gatherings and memories made</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>in this old bank barn.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWa95hmD9QSUnWyNkynyJS59xRSiQKRnGaAYmPbWOT41CVJFDcVig0x_WhDDX8-x3Sc1qF1m-nrNF-ohLjfWlHetOYZYqccNijeXN-XtW5Lx29EOYJRw-B9_j6z4_6M9Nr3Pbz7JnSJBf6Sr1pkM8i1KnmrJgoq5B034Vx00v7wGL-xenMQ8MDj9gq9_G/s4032/IMG_6017.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWa95hmD9QSUnWyNkynyJS59xRSiQKRnGaAYmPbWOT41CVJFDcVig0x_WhDDX8-x3Sc1qF1m-nrNF-ohLjfWlHetOYZYqccNijeXN-XtW5Lx29EOYJRw-B9_j6z4_6M9Nr3Pbz7JnSJBf6Sr1pkM8i1KnmrJgoq5B034Vx00v7wGL-xenMQ8MDj9gq9_G/w300-h400/IMG_6017.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time ... enjoy the excitement and crush of the upcoming season. Stay calm and carry on!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> Remembering that Jesus is the reason for the season. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-30246910428140073912023-10-30T14:29:00.007-04:002023-10-30T14:31:53.480-04:00October World<div style="text-align: center;"><i>"I'm so glad I live in a world where </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>there are Octobers" by Anne with an E!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheouh-xF159GaIDd9KWMf0P3223yog9YClJln_tuA457JAVi1R1gQJMhUuKGXc4Lgu9PnXyBfYsl-SBZD13gacx2ExOLjUhu60fjqwqGMWDpfcoXrbpzMbvhG57M6erjVUGeL9r9nuYEweQYC7NMBM2Os0fnI3nEXNc-VTSicv65zkQ4yXa76eiTA44AE6/s4032/IMG_5746.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheouh-xF159GaIDd9KWMf0P3223yog9YClJln_tuA457JAVi1R1gQJMhUuKGXc4Lgu9PnXyBfYsl-SBZD13gacx2ExOLjUhu60fjqwqGMWDpfcoXrbpzMbvhG57M6erjVUGeL9r9nuYEweQYC7NMBM2Os0fnI3nEXNc-VTSicv65zkQ4yXa76eiTA44AE6/w480-h640/IMG_5746.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Trying to focus on the good things to be thankful for this October,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>in spite of what is happening in our October world!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Like fun dips in the spa with these sweet humans ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_siZYAfkjLYlwNpZIeZ3PyBSX6fwZuzKKT2J7JZ4W-edKwFAsmJnC3eLMeJ51SshrS4X7TXG_xRK0DuCZxhnaweoDAcoDu_k7bVHOESyi4CwvM1VP6pwm23EfEOkxo9S78bTnKcecSpW_qzUNIvWUM-jVeVD-wsXaowerwM9qomXX_xkcZg3-oUuCbi5R/s4032/IMG_5779.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_siZYAfkjLYlwNpZIeZ3PyBSX6fwZuzKKT2J7JZ4W-edKwFAsmJnC3eLMeJ51SshrS4X7TXG_xRK0DuCZxhnaweoDAcoDu_k7bVHOESyi4CwvM1VP6pwm23EfEOkxo9S78bTnKcecSpW_qzUNIvWUM-jVeVD-wsXaowerwM9qomXX_xkcZg3-oUuCbi5R/s320/IMG_5779.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Airing the freshly washed quilt to make room for cozy duvets and comforters ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHzLUMyQTWH7ZQjT0T2uJbPM1WeexzHkFVO1SalaebGmvIKOBhuW_3XSrFG7PrL2RPqR2Q0Rfy1iQWg83c36QrPnQkKcVcY1mDVu11sATvRz9qjrmZuxIp4RCPPpTcq117HBoL_-uYeGMKd1s_6oxB5eWkoyiKZBEiRblHxDBvguXZ9jCk-OR0H7Mgt6l/s1279/IMG_5783%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1279" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHzLUMyQTWH7ZQjT0T2uJbPM1WeexzHkFVO1SalaebGmvIKOBhuW_3XSrFG7PrL2RPqR2Q0Rfy1iQWg83c36QrPnQkKcVcY1mDVu11sATvRz9qjrmZuxIp4RCPPpTcq117HBoL_-uYeGMKd1s_6oxB5eWkoyiKZBEiRblHxDBvguXZ9jCk-OR0H7Mgt6l/w400-h334/IMG_5783%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>A visit to a local buggy making shop on a very interesting</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Up the Nith River" Amish history bus tour led by the amazing</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Fred Lichti...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZ0WL8ua4tm6xqDflWfRnntU1Bmzr0Gkau0_RgoIUG6tIvqCAAqVwX0-g5lDHe-7TSj3jdxAsrYKjZ7sOZGFE7uk9LiDzhue_ClHalylNJ0NVHrgIqxNlTLsFNoHWDi5tnqWe0Q2BlzZ9hSdHXKyL-Tm7zS_Wff2iFr90QH1iTL9BEXAro9U2BQX_WeTK/s3024/IMG_5795.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2552" data-original-width="3024" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZ0WL8ua4tm6xqDflWfRnntU1Bmzr0Gkau0_RgoIUG6tIvqCAAqVwX0-g5lDHe-7TSj3jdxAsrYKjZ7sOZGFE7uk9LiDzhue_ClHalylNJ0NVHrgIqxNlTLsFNoHWDi5tnqWe0Q2BlzZ9hSdHXKyL-Tm7zS_Wff2iFr90QH1iTL9BEXAro9U2BQX_WeTK/s320/IMG_5795.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>Helping at our church's annual church beef bbq supper ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-u0CKG4pUd0dIU6zXMVHXgX1m14C_cURFQvFIpciCq3GJTtAGiSL1oV3kTS-WDs4RA2HDZtEksIjyIWeTmnAoTpEIblAcUNGtktZ9LTgGGX1nnpIjPEb9TXpKguZSRyyaRf1-xNtKJAkdS2kMGngrhdnNFENp1fiFiJ12ATBBdxDFlhJOrZ_bG3meQUJ/s800/beef%20bbq.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-u0CKG4pUd0dIU6zXMVHXgX1m14C_cURFQvFIpciCq3GJTtAGiSL1oV3kTS-WDs4RA2HDZtEksIjyIWeTmnAoTpEIblAcUNGtktZ9LTgGGX1nnpIjPEb9TXpKguZSRyyaRf1-xNtKJAkdS2kMGngrhdnNFENp1fiFiJ12ATBBdxDFlhJOrZ_bG3meQUJ/w640-h480/beef%20bbq.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd year as "drive thru take out". Worked so well!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Inspired by my cousin Fran to make Mom's old fashioned</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>concord grape pie - seasonal for sure</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and so delicious!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSi5mgdX4Wahov_ooehwJvJZGFIiBJVK2bxGuS2KjEQl7zBl24IaXyQLRujwNHNx576NbQIXhNEcPFV6JACJuil5P-RlWdy3KF76kvoIUbxEDEncGIDdZ_zhk6icrTWakrovdEZtKi6nJu1OJ8kAPExt6hu3ZfOtIuIOhFAChzTPcd18XoVOsNtxyOYr1/s800/grape%20pie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSi5mgdX4Wahov_ooehwJvJZGFIiBJVK2bxGuS2KjEQl7zBl24IaXyQLRujwNHNx576NbQIXhNEcPFV6JACJuil5P-RlWdy3KF76kvoIUbxEDEncGIDdZ_zhk6icrTWakrovdEZtKi6nJu1OJ8kAPExt6hu3ZfOtIuIOhFAChzTPcd18XoVOsNtxyOYr1/w640-h480/grape%20pie.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzE8Wcvcj8e1Z5YpzSCe9b0Q4bgDuxjXQBSsFbTUmtK-av2ROP2zLvbahFoAPTkq0442eHEIMAtPZpxE7hP66T3fCLO49-D6yiXnKWg4E_hh2bVAb3CjTorTRCXDFcXgl-AiCly6Mt28K-4lxYQPn9TbvIgJQKEwebfxha3sjlFPnXmSmqNVNvggq49nz/s2850/IMG_5824%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2361" data-original-width="2850" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzE8Wcvcj8e1Z5YpzSCe9b0Q4bgDuxjXQBSsFbTUmtK-av2ROP2zLvbahFoAPTkq0442eHEIMAtPZpxE7hP66T3fCLO49-D6yiXnKWg4E_hh2bVAb3CjTorTRCXDFcXgl-AiCly6Mt28K-4lxYQPn9TbvIgJQKEwebfxha3sjlFPnXmSmqNVNvggq49nz/s320/IMG_5824%20(1).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i>Here's the recipe:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">3 Cups Concord Grapes – washed, stemmed and drained</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">1 Cup Sugar</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">3 Tbsp. Flour</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">1 Tbsp. butter - melted</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">Pastry for 2 pie crusts (one for the lid - or just use crumbs for topping)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">Remove skins and simmer pulp for 5 minutes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Do not add any water to pulp.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>While hot, press pulp through a sieve to remove the seeds.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Combine strained pulp with the skins.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Combine sugar and flour and add to grapes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Blend in the lemon juice and melted butter.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Pour into pastry lined pie plate.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Cover with top crust or crumbs.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees for 30 minutes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Makes 1 - 9” pie.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">To make crumbs, rub together 3/4 Cup Flour, ½ Cup Sugar and ¼ cup melted Butter.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;"><br /></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Went on a quick little bike ride on the GtoG trail</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with my friend Jan to see a newly installed bench ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherpxtk6rdjDbaY73tuHFwbvqSvFjUTIyiXtpZYD8FuifXlAeU6TGGlDmZEVUGMR02-OjApHkF2H-Cs-99cqBDOfRgJns_fSPNm4J5N3XWD8XgMtwMRhLLs6ZMqZBn-248wDSJH2jRrPOjyfZTQjP1NVaRZZY2rey_gv5pvq_LHpwOZ3a7uD7CS2ipRd2B/s4032/IMG_5830.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Thanks Google for your help.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEWtrzSakqeAlHwQ9iLNQ26zbownVT6ZrFoVwKKfC3g3HCR21Fy8S3YEew7sopNNT26vjV-EwdFZ-Y2hZ1J2RlU5uIWPQEG9He2b1oMEH6RkIkAknCILfqpR0qzo_FFDZmSv2J9YW6St-qEMj3qE5vFkAK3I-ReceQHFyHxzxsmhW9YKMtl9hpeUD1TIx/s4032/72012261077__D89FB931-56A9-48EE-8D61-999F5F2CDDE4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEWtrzSakqeAlHwQ9iLNQ26zbownVT6ZrFoVwKKfC3g3HCR21Fy8S3YEew7sopNNT26vjV-EwdFZ-Y2hZ1J2RlU5uIWPQEG9He2b1oMEH6RkIkAknCILfqpR0qzo_FFDZmSv2J9YW6St-qEMj3qE5vFkAK3I-ReceQHFyHxzxsmhW9YKMtl9hpeUD1TIx/w300-h400/72012261077__D89FB931-56A9-48EE-8D61-999F5F2CDDE4.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><br /><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDFBJ6S1hBoUQUMzlJ8cpNlsbqBjq3IZAA-BBHMNyRKgsJmfZUl3LXpToz8AeUz9h3UK8KL3M3_EHST0L1dIpYXzguaA81yLW8KOD7SNP525Ds4bjBZ4kD40ZF1xQHU2z6jwbG9cKHYfV6FBTlg6ElW2a9CwXZOUCgF08pyPtsFAyD3doSuC_ykx08pAj/s1000/under%20the%20sea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDFBJ6S1hBoUQUMzlJ8cpNlsbqBjq3IZAA-BBHMNyRKgsJmfZUl3LXpToz8AeUz9h3UK8KL3M3_EHST0L1dIpYXzguaA81yLW8KOD7SNP525Ds4bjBZ4kD40ZF1xQHU2z6jwbG9cKHYfV6FBTlg6ElW2a9CwXZOUCgF08pyPtsFAyD3doSuC_ykx08pAj/w640-h512/under%20the%20sea.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Oh, and one more thing.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My infamous butter lamb got a wee mention in Marlene Epp's</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>recently launched book - <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780228018940/marlene-epp/eating-like-a-mennonite?gclid=Cj0KCQjwqP2pBhDMARIsAJQ0CzrPR_fKEP788E45l7AutGgbCStDR1niXMJ5XuEOEcOIYEBMTTk645MaAtlTEALw_wcB">"Eating Like a Mennonite"!</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"From zwieback to tamales and from sauerkraut to spring rolls ..."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Congratulations Marlene!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNRmYRrV_G0KeqmWpuxeKb_Fa-tKidjjAJy20760ipoWOvZOqiHLgihn6n-z9ZK6tYTkKquCtV4IxU3hN8O3P7YfTlRaTWCBb83CO79OQpvBQHXjCjuvnRfgsdPd3u9z-lXALMOBF5vseZUE4_tZsNknFhT5BE46kVsMI5mrfZ3zhR2ZKhy5kQgu_5OqQ/s320/IMG_5887%20(1).jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And that, dear readers, was the rest of my October!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time .... November be gentle!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-63858262111460443712023-10-13T22:07:00.001-04:002023-10-13T22:14:55.899-04:00Oktoberfest - Wunderbar!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwI6Zs87GWV0E5n4PgSXj2GJ4wGio827qGlYDAqTDqPbvEAAC69X5RS3Mse_iv0zB1nrqprCPWOGV90fYg1hA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A special weekend of unexpected joy and friendship!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>One short week ago</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a road weary "</i><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mv-elchingen.de/">Musikverein Elchingen</a>" <i>very talented </i><i>music group, from the Neresheim,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>Baden Wurttemberg region of Germany, came to our small town of Milverton, Ontario.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>They had just finished a tour to our Nation's Capital - Ottawa,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>They unloaded their luggage and musical instruments</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>and performed a beautiful mini concert prior to being properly welcomed</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>and fed BBQ hamburgers, salads, butter tarts and beer!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>All the arrangements were done by an uber efficient </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>Perth East Twinning Committee.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>Congratulations to you all!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>I had signed up for billeting and was delighted</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>to taxi 4 beautiful young women to my home in Stratford.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>They were tired and cold and welcomed the hot tub,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>lingering as long as possible.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLx9ZiqNm2UgFeWWHVgRF1d4y5_2FptWHw0VEstWRt17iSDuJGhvjZ5V8bC150sN8uEy9qrcb_tf27Y27jvpCwpx3qyPPqy8WHYtn9wKWEkOYTTjANlFZOQKXS4jsdPOsyRfHPqjIYwxllgDedGc6Kg0XeJjXY6-HAfc2-NKAuHWGixcAZ1YSJPkjpVdJ/s3317/IMG_5759.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3317" data-original-width="3009" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLx9ZiqNm2UgFeWWHVgRF1d4y5_2FptWHw0VEstWRt17iSDuJGhvjZ5V8bC150sN8uEy9qrcb_tf27Y27jvpCwpx3qyPPqy8WHYtn9wKWEkOYTTjANlFZOQKXS4jsdPOsyRfHPqjIYwxllgDedGc6Kg0XeJjXY6-HAfc2-NKAuHWGixcAZ1YSJPkjpVdJ/w363-h400/IMG_5759.jpeg" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katharina, Isabell, Roswitha and Silke</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><i>It was evident right from the beginning that this was going</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>to be a very fun filled weekend</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>in spite of the weather and my very poor German vocabulary...</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>Thankfully they all spoke English very well.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>On Saturday the group was given a quick tour of our area and</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>later that evening they performed for a "sold out" Oktoberfest</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>crowd at the Perth East Recreation Centre.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>Many people remarked how wonderful it was to have such</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>a large crowd gather once again since all the Covid restrictions in past years.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>Celebrating, dancing, eating the most delicious German Food,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>and enjoying this professional musical group was truly awesome.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>They played on and on for many hours ... amazing!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dylvIBpjAjtIzhROgphOoRA0LmCxlrBLnoTlxVD_byjiQ8C_ynZ6sttNWZQKncf6gpmLoqMrq4rSFGl4ybq6g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><i>On Thanksgiving Sunday the group was able to have some "down time"</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>to relax with their host families.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>This was another opportunity to get to know each other,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>eat together, nap and refresh.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>Oktoberfest is not new to our region with the nearby famous</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://www.oktoberfest.ca/">Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest </a>and it's many Fest Halls and</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>celebrations for well over 50 years!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>"Our" special guests marched in the large parade!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>They rose in the wee hours of the dark and cold Monday morning,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>we said a tearful "Auf Wiedersehen" to our new friends</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>and hoped to see them all again someday!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>Here is a short clip gleaned from the early morning parade TV broadcast.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>They should be so proud - a totally professional and delightful group!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyL6CaeWQx51ejGccydBxlKZJxmxK3aL0REZGxlQxWAx3pPfk_o1By-KrNcHwPP7WWW1YCa8Ev4UwTI6LnMtg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><i>Following the parade, their bus took them to see</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>Niagara Falls before heading back to Toronto for</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>a flight back to Germany the next day!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnoe_jREkGg4d9dacX55D9Z7jWPCRs50VUg9UBA3ucxDq1e80PNRT14Y4QWKYSaBYNE-u_KAcxaE1vYn6vCUOtbRwD-pDzdb2jMlkByt8Q53kaahoFYaUXV7fB4AxfU_YflJBzq1J-Xac3M96SIYjH6oL1xTTc0c2XybU2a3h2s59N3qxicKwlX3KEG17/s800/Oktoberfest.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnoe_jREkGg4d9dacX55D9Z7jWPCRs50VUg9UBA3ucxDq1e80PNRT14Y4QWKYSaBYNE-u_KAcxaE1vYn6vCUOtbRwD-pDzdb2jMlkByt8Q53kaahoFYaUXV7fB4AxfU_YflJBzq1J-Xac3M96SIYjH6oL1xTTc0c2XybU2a3h2s59N3qxicKwlX3KEG17/w480-h640/Oktoberfest.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Memories forever ...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In the meantime, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a family dinner was enjoyed at the farm on Thanksgiving Monday afternoon</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with left-over pie, and roasted chicken with all the fixings.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5iNZeoGUIlRVvXPIUFpXaSjXYWaeygxgGJYzNzGLpTl2P5TahsAw7FkFfY66voEf9xfYmxAyO_2mlQIEMqoVMZ8kdGbg3csDiiqf-LjzXFnxuY8WNjLdJTe0Ac-R6-ElVpPMAP_FJpndX5VfAEQPaLwI4gWs36t0MT5tJ73vVIY4IznKwOFhqpX8gt6m/s4032/IMG_5771.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5iNZeoGUIlRVvXPIUFpXaSjXYWaeygxgGJYzNzGLpTl2P5TahsAw7FkFfY66voEf9xfYmxAyO_2mlQIEMqoVMZ8kdGbg3csDiiqf-LjzXFnxuY8WNjLdJTe0Ac-R6-ElVpPMAP_FJpndX5VfAEQPaLwI4gWs36t0MT5tJ73vVIY4IznKwOFhqpX8gt6m/s320/IMG_5771.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks Becky and Patrick!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This was one of the most memorable Thanksgiving weekends I've ever had!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My heart is warm and full - not to mention my tummy.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqqZUql_NOMQgjMLy6gONlSo0lZhFr8GLA5QlWqCU6u5WXeMaKdswhgkharoAgV_PCmS-PN6fssD5QdkwRXhmyzI9x_ctMgmALmVu_3OJiIOlwrh69FLGieW8bFxAkHwmusA02cMgSWiyATQWtER67o_1RbDhWX2YY_GTPK-2_AYvGQ-5sL43Xk5nvvEb/s2048/9e44a81f-0c60-4ce3-8df4-ffea5993e12a.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqqZUql_NOMQgjMLy6gONlSo0lZhFr8GLA5QlWqCU6u5WXeMaKdswhgkharoAgV_PCmS-PN6fssD5QdkwRXhmyzI9x_ctMgmALmVu_3OJiIOlwrh69FLGieW8bFxAkHwmusA02cMgSWiyATQWtER67o_1RbDhWX2YY_GTPK-2_AYvGQ-5sL43Xk5nvvEb/w300-h400/9e44a81f-0c60-4ce3-8df4-ffea5993e12a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unforgettable new friends!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Thankful for you all - God Bless You and Keep You!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>You are loved!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time ... remembering a very special Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend shared</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: center;"> with new found friends from Germany!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Prost!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-28438953578413778022023-09-25T10:57:00.001-04:002023-09-26T09:29:56.034-04:00"Three Pines"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjhfJvcwQUR4IYZ7HrkYwmO6c082o-RAHZIucpFi3ptOB7_1qEEqsbqOg2nRd0Aik22NDntcDsi0RoH9fXgRJJQUWfSGAKODEg2gJCnA684gkxxFgIDA3hGBlGKFbhnYbqzyiG_ovAQq8U9HX-EEtza7gDdnxd8P4K3v2HyGyKZ7C7TSsNdtLVqnyAUFF/s2867/IMG_5689.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2094" data-original-width="2867" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjhfJvcwQUR4IYZ7HrkYwmO6c082o-RAHZIucpFi3ptOB7_1qEEqsbqOg2nRd0Aik22NDntcDsi0RoH9fXgRJJQUWfSGAKODEg2gJCnA684gkxxFgIDA3hGBlGKFbhnYbqzyiG_ovAQq8U9HX-EEtza7gDdnxd8P4K3v2HyGyKZ7C7TSsNdtLVqnyAUFF/w640-h469/IMG_5689.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bookstore Painting</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>And - we're off ...</i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcCcGSO3jipvmKTUA_O15B8N_SqEC_HfjI8-n5npFnQZ7Vco-zobzN1vLJziNTWplOhp3xVdRHmOV_D-28533WKg5xxJm1ANykcx0Z1FlqmcbxCHjyS9YxfQw7smZETcbRbpgwAVs-5uNWiNU_M7NEOBwSB4hNFgeA89NrRZRFdHyVXUoTsQNESluOZ7G/s3502/IMG_6838.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2339" data-original-width="3502" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcCcGSO3jipvmKTUA_O15B8N_SqEC_HfjI8-n5npFnQZ7Vco-zobzN1vLJziNTWplOhp3xVdRHmOV_D-28533WKg5xxJm1ANykcx0Z1FlqmcbxCHjyS9YxfQw7smZETcbRbpgwAVs-5uNWiNU_M7NEOBwSB4hNFgeA89NrRZRFdHyVXUoTsQNESluOZ7G/w400-h268/IMG_6838.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yvonne and I - ready to board the bus</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>... on a four day adventure to Quebec's Eastern Townships</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and the fictitious Quebec Village of Three Pines</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>to discover the inspiration and locations for Canada's acclaimed murder mystery author,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><a href="https://www.louisepenny.com/" style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Louise Penny</a><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">!</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Who knew it would be so much fun and also,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>who knew I would actually do some reading this summer and discover</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>that I enjoyed her books so much!?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(5 done and 13 or 14 to go!)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'Terrific. Like a virtuoso, Penny plays a complex variation on the theme of</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the clue hidden in plain sight'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> as quoted on the back of her first book,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><u>Still Life</u></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><u><br /></u></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><u><br /></u></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><u><br /></u></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqiDqAmhIhvJRduCWq_cS8Fn5QVWDw1iMmJ-gScHPiNvK9pUQQ5I2wzWWcMWwCAu2ctyHDOlKxFMlowm0EMJsnfEVJaB6Vg8JufUW5Q5Wp6u5d2PJVr9mEeKZSYhaMb-86m3VcmrPs_WfzohGkMtenkwHOzim0yrKzbDiKNzJq7OiMB4CAmTdvGxH6sLK/s4032/IMG_5544.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2497" data-original-width="4032" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqiDqAmhIhvJRduCWq_cS8Fn5QVWDw1iMmJ-gScHPiNvK9pUQQ5I2wzWWcMWwCAu2ctyHDOlKxFMlowm0EMJsnfEVJaB6Vg8JufUW5Q5Wp6u5d2PJVr9mEeKZSYhaMb-86m3VcmrPs_WfzohGkMtenkwHOzim0yrKzbDiKNzJq7OiMB4CAmTdvGxH6sLK/w640-h396/IMG_5544.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>We stayed at the beautiful <a href="https://www.chateaubromont.com/" style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b>Domaine Chateau-Bromont </b></a>right in the heart of</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>ski country, Bromont, Quebec.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />If you are a fan of this author (18 books and counting, Amazon Prime Series, etc.) you will</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>recognize some of the references to the following pictures.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMOVX2HwbVDGIjY2KVh82M_Y_PjrsM4hvPxI1nhO55zPFGsOZaLoF3UjRs9PDxs4n1DsVIClrghUESZt1OWbBEaPpfjJz6cliyjJTeOSAqZvX-DeC_VCWOitLuWVMnjcL6HeIWOXrtZiWOzi4EBeKlfAdQk19niOwWuDaotFFg5d0L4D7J_EAiS3gto-Z/s3626/IMG_5586.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3626" data-original-width="2763" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMOVX2HwbVDGIjY2KVh82M_Y_PjrsM4hvPxI1nhO55zPFGsOZaLoF3UjRs9PDxs4n1DsVIClrghUESZt1OWbBEaPpfjJz6cliyjJTeOSAqZvX-DeC_VCWOitLuWVMnjcL6HeIWOXrtZiWOzi4EBeKlfAdQk19niOwWuDaotFFg5d0L4D7J_EAiS3gto-Z/w488-h640/IMG_5586.jpeg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.gamacheseries.com/the-beautiful-mystery-real-place/" style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b>Gilbert-entre-les-Loups Monastery</b></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Inspiration for <u>The Beautiful Mystery</u></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The resident Monks make award winning Cheeses and Apple Products.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What a privilege to visit this beautiful Abbey!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Witnessing their Gregorian Chant was a highlight of this visit.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyowmehcBKPoj-q0kx1gNJl9rW0o2AEevXK0ZhYfgpjusll3CALHLs4NaCYyV8DokPWpFXr4gszM7KzYqt1gTrgGjj6tB7MmtRIpP_iEzZSU5TBwPFmtsusWjlJgqcRg5IPyuMDZQAcElNak4Dflr_aRZhchDaIbGPUqteeeDQ0L-LQSMBT_vRSPy8jhiU/s800/Abbey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyowmehcBKPoj-q0kx1gNJl9rW0o2AEevXK0ZhYfgpjusll3CALHLs4NaCYyV8DokPWpFXr4gszM7KzYqt1gTrgGjj6tB7MmtRIpP_iEzZSU5TBwPFmtsusWjlJgqcRg5IPyuMDZQAcElNak4Dflr_aRZhchDaIbGPUqteeeDQ0L-LQSMBT_vRSPy8jhiU/w640-h480/Abbey.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Onward, up the road to the pretty little lakeside village of Georgeville</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with inspiration for "Mr. Beliveau's General Store"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the haunted old "Hadley House" - <u>Fatal Grace</u>, <u>The Cruellest Month,</u> etc.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and "St-Thomas Chapel"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpA3M5xxmfo1mpebzjPKNAcJMKMq1j6gr2FdoTzagDT2R042yYOcbmobWytLLQpsE71eGqaZeJ22Q82LqdAXNv-Kl1Rxl-9E7-GbG9i821hPCVGZ598rO5aEW8mmI339F_wgXRnMU17y42GVt36K1spf5uSHKmM4yvgZRsTO6Hyfrv9SRwRZyLBo7ydSuV/s3428/IMG_5605.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3428" data-original-width="2905" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpA3M5xxmfo1mpebzjPKNAcJMKMq1j6gr2FdoTzagDT2R042yYOcbmobWytLLQpsE71eGqaZeJ22Q82LqdAXNv-Kl1Rxl-9E7-GbG9i821hPCVGZ598rO5aEW8mmI339F_wgXRnMU17y42GVt36K1spf5uSHKmM4yvgZRsTO6Hyfrv9SRwRZyLBo7ydSuV/w542-h640/IMG_5605.jpeg" width="542" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creepy "Hadley House" - no snakes in the basement tho!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeE0RJYD3fE1dkzMYA7AmuPFonS1dKPYCLVKkYt0FRxfHGXg5kn1fdRTRADo-0m98t66ivfbGi87vLCUiwI0-kE0OpSOxsS2e2GhRgP5YUVBv17rQmEqeJ9wpFOzmW8Z7ev8hd1iWt3waRMpPsj2ES5KF2ogv4dFv5axz1Dvflu1xJYp_zWPT2g5p2PQB/s4032/IMG_5606.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeE0RJYD3fE1dkzMYA7AmuPFonS1dKPYCLVKkYt0FRxfHGXg5kn1fdRTRADo-0m98t66ivfbGi87vLCUiwI0-kE0OpSOxsS2e2GhRgP5YUVBv17rQmEqeJ9wpFOzmW8Z7ev8hd1iWt3waRMpPsj2ES5KF2ogv4dFv5axz1Dvflu1xJYp_zWPT2g5p2PQB/w300-h400/IMG_5606.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="https://www.mansionhousegeorgeville.com/the-area"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b>Hadley House</b>"</span> is pretty in pink and is an actual rental house ... not so scary</a>.<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So many murders to solve in "Three Pines" - eek!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRU-vZsPB1k5i0T9fTYd3CdaNZeQi0qPQgoCGWo7D8_tmzMxo9J4dVFuj_eplrQ2m3eLF16c3JSENblxQSDyVpRJKwkpu4RRTNAupqV8uXYU2fMkI3Fs0z1eRK7bC36-2f2MXt-Oi7TVtGzO-8eqP6xwTRbZAQkJ7JHXqsqSTbrp-rOPpS92itaDcXxpKc/s3064/IMG_5617.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2728" data-original-width="3064" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRU-vZsPB1k5i0T9fTYd3CdaNZeQi0qPQgoCGWo7D8_tmzMxo9J4dVFuj_eplrQ2m3eLF16c3JSENblxQSDyVpRJKwkpu4RRTNAupqV8uXYU2fMkI3Fs0z1eRK7bC36-2f2MXt-Oi7TVtGzO-8eqP6xwTRbZAQkJ7JHXqsqSTbrp-rOPpS92itaDcXxpKc/s320/IMG_5617.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful woodwork inside the chapel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"Manoir Bellechasse" featured in <u>The Murder Stone</u></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This is actually <a href="https://manoirhovey.com/en/" style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b>Manoir Hovey</b> </a>where Bill and Hillary Clinton come</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for vacations and where "Chief Inspector Gamache and his wife" spend their anniversaries.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Of course, a murder happened here during one of "Gamache and Reine-Marie's" visits!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A quaint and lovely hotel featuring a warm library that we all envisioned as told by the writer!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>There were many discussions on how we had visualized the stories to</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the actual sites and to the film versions.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Day three of the tour took us to Knowlton, Quebec </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>where Louise Penny actually lives with her new pup Muggins.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>We hoped we might see her out and about the town ... but to no avail.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>At the museum in Knowlton we saw the "Fair Day" painting as described in</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><u>Still Life</u>.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Both days on our tour we had a wonderful local guide who actually knows </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>the author and gave us a keen sense of how she was inspired to write.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i>A place where the "Gamache team" would set up an incident room?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T0c5-Xcvp1GRmhu_55jpSa4D12AJkqLmBx3787oWifYWA_rTKc8vyK2w6oTg1WZABfSd2-agjQ8uwzOjIP3tgEPicCoCDFrFritP36m6Q0i-yJ2ylO00GDFWyppTEt_cn6L1iU0GLldNdhESIoI-8n-7v1szir2hcxHNooSnPGqUj3OeNAG54CP_-H56/s4032/IMG_5664%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T0c5-Xcvp1GRmhu_55jpSa4D12AJkqLmBx3787oWifYWA_rTKc8vyK2w6oTg1WZABfSd2-agjQ8uwzOjIP3tgEPicCoCDFrFritP36m6Q0i-yJ2ylO00GDFWyppTEt_cn6L1iU0GLldNdhESIoI-8n-7v1szir2hcxHNooSnPGqUj3OeNAG54CP_-H56/w300-h400/IMG_5664%20(1).jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This museum also contains a very sobering display about the <a href="https://www.britishhomechildren.com/" style="background-color: #d9ead3;">British Home Children</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>that arrived in the Knowlton area and many other areas of Canada during war time.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFetL6uP89a9efpFsEXZH7cDg_nabhsbdwXOYOzxd5ULd_4YxkXgnmJmRzSY4cZHSqsXt7LirsX_lQCwE8V206KxtJIcztu0ZQpYbEqN8ld_GTvzvPsefuqqn9WYRtMEIKbiaqrTozC87DdHbETAEYcVvgXYy9WKOCyrIWaHwRPC8dL7A13VDuS0dxxYd/s4032/IMG_5647%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFetL6uP89a9efpFsEXZH7cDg_nabhsbdwXOYOzxd5ULd_4YxkXgnmJmRzSY4cZHSqsXt7LirsX_lQCwE8V206KxtJIcztu0ZQpYbEqN8ld_GTvzvPsefuqqn9WYRtMEIKbiaqrTozC87DdHbETAEYcVvgXYy9WKOCyrIWaHwRPC8dL7A13VDuS0dxxYd/w300-h400/IMG_5647%20(1).jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A real life story!!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The bookstore, <a href="https://www.bromelakebooks.ca/" style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b>Brome Lake Books</b></a>, is where her books are launched and proudly sold.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Every book refers to a charming bookstore and this one is owned by the author's friends</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Lucy and Dany.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>They welcomed us and we shopped to our heart's content.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRl0AvvDIJTVdvtXUcZ6bNKGria7RaCaKnR5VC6-NsfvuaQHD2FeDZHVEAAZb5gPFYU33jPuoaBJFy6rrDS1NeRugqFmcZqOZ79fEVFBOYb2Z6XL2RBMee7hziIXnDEKNoqFvCP5siuFJfN_SP9XwXJamc4-GTRMhgTWTf6eAYgvY5_tDJ8xh5QFC5KL76/w300-h400/IMG_5692.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1LE2STF9pSW7A9VNuYHgHv4q1OR-u-8pS1uxxpWgMXgnI1GQkyAXenbaJIST3ih0WDe1iQaEmKtXbaZNQOf3GmWCDCiInDoDQmoCyXLzSwhhEBBLeCdD3JaEM3_gVOY9uZf6u_D34SEaYeWrdyFHWF3qylQIzK3S0oCuRDb54UvH6FLkIlfWoK6WXzQ7/s3070/IMG_7094.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3070" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1LE2STF9pSW7A9VNuYHgHv4q1OR-u-8pS1uxxpWgMXgnI1GQkyAXenbaJIST3ih0WDe1iQaEmKtXbaZNQOf3GmWCDCiInDoDQmoCyXLzSwhhEBBLeCdD3JaEM3_gVOY9uZf6u_D34SEaYeWrdyFHWF3qylQIzK3S0oCuRDb54UvH6FLkIlfWoK6WXzQ7/w394-h400/IMG_7094.jpeg" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many new friends were made.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>No story would be complete without mentioning "Ruth's Duck, Rosa"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitmr-pNFKQBspckiZ1I9_t57ySJ2Khf61NBhdqR9eiZjhIx4v8_zB2mG_9uBWCycOoqWTWZlZuiX1AlPb4Xy7bYYFy8rV0VPrWnnteYof4123326cZApPeFChFWfIBzXZ3HAbAad3s_pIEhbga5UeymZ94v_ZQdrHsanz__aKHIVoEWlNFJxzFCcMLseD/s4032/IMG_5693%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitmr-pNFKQBspckiZ1I9_t57ySJ2Khf61NBhdqR9eiZjhIx4v8_zB2mG_9uBWCycOoqWTWZlZuiX1AlPb4Xy7bYYFy8rV0VPrWnnteYof4123326cZApPeFChFWfIBzXZ3HAbAad3s_pIEhbga5UeymZ94v_ZQdrHsanz__aKHIVoEWlNFJxzFCcMLseD/w480-h640/IMG_5693%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bleep, Bleep!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ9w-D0uHUKmtLWyj2ugN0ReWe3y0q6ZLXZNxQZIWjpvE57xhmX5H9OMD3ySxDeebfVJ-LHN6Us5DatKmwNX721yb-X6PCzfm23Ne9jmikUudukmRvCE0Mk2HZo9zEbrZsH5sJMYwfXOgNXwAoU9_TFRuM_i7fKqzxCXHSTs2247KGPJQarcVZryd6Hre/s2015/IMG_5550.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1577" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ9w-D0uHUKmtLWyj2ugN0ReWe3y0q6ZLXZNxQZIWjpvE57xhmX5H9OMD3ySxDeebfVJ-LHN6Us5DatKmwNX721yb-X6PCzfm23Ne9jmikUudukmRvCE0Mk2HZo9zEbrZsH5sJMYwfXOgNXwAoU9_TFRuM_i7fKqzxCXHSTs2247KGPJQarcVZryd6Hre/w500-h640/IMG_5550.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><i>We truly had such a blast.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>There was much needed laughter for our souls,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Excellent food for our nourishment,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Companionship for our loneliness,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Joy for our sorrow.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Our husbands were besties, we travelled together,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>we stood up for each other's weddings 50 years ago,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>and now we hold each other up!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My beautiful friend Yvonne lost her beloved Ralph one year after my beloved Jim!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Notes:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some photo credits go to Yvonne and some others</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can click on the <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b>highlighted links</b></span> for more information</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This trip was organized by <a href="https://www.fieldstrips.ca/" style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-weight: bold;">Fields Trips</a><span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our fearless tour guide Arlene and her bus driver hubby Kevin were awesome!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Till next time ... I'll be reminiscing and doing some more reading? Happy Fall 2023 to y'all.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><u><br /></u></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-81377044813706560542023-09-07T19:41:00.000-04:002023-09-07T19:41:10.072-04:00A Summer to Remember<div style="text-align: center;"><i>As I reminisce over the last few weeks,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I am shocked at how quickly the summer is coming to a close!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So many wonderful moments since my last post ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Live theatre dates with friends but lack of pictures:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Grand Magic - Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The New Canadian Curling Club - Huron County Playhouse</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Have I ever mentioned how much I love live Theatre?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>There are still at least 3 more that I wish to see before the 2023 season closes.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFKepTsx3p9U8M4afIrnBUDwt4o3TTHKehIhRTBdXB9PVZzWrm11xyZvSNYHfBX4KjDkWEhWTTOAz98zUNjlMtMlLqzqp9pCvu32YbJBIbCzJufYBliHeYDPGCV2oYbJFXKlr2RQO8ZHW6I_uI5yFDpSQJpVE9mS-VzSH-IN73p5QwRLk9F5kO5D4Ks8V/s2917/IMG_5260.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2127" data-original-width="2917" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFKepTsx3p9U8M4afIrnBUDwt4o3TTHKehIhRTBdXB9PVZzWrm11xyZvSNYHfBX4KjDkWEhWTTOAz98zUNjlMtMlLqzqp9pCvu32YbJBIbCzJufYBliHeYDPGCV2oYbJFXKlr2RQO8ZHW6I_uI5yFDpSQJpVE9mS-VzSH-IN73p5QwRLk9F5kO5D4Ks8V/w400-h291/IMG_5260.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joseph - at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /> <i>A special blue grass? folk? concert in the historical</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Detweiler Meetinghouse</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>brought tears to my eyes as the old songs stirred so many good memories!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyvMjAutglJZWZgSXmd-kf3SWABk3khrU-jkdFhiUtDfb2mFzcOG7cLGAE73zd8jFYcF_gBVqQtJZ74vLiTmA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><i>"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/HoldtheLineWR/photos/a.323041941457504/514610632300633/?type=3">No Discernable Key</a>" a local band of friends!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Record breaking warm summer rains brought incredible </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bounty this year and inspired <a href="https://rhubarbandroses-rosella.blogspot.com/search?q=peach+tart">Peach Custard Tart</a>,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Peach Pies, <a href="https://www.loveandlemons.com/mexican-street-corn-salad/">Mexican Street Corn Salad</a>, focaccia bread creations, and such.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Unfortunately I have not received the inspiration to do any canning - so far!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Before we know it - dare I say, it will be soup season - another favourite time of year ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNuDz73Sv-V5OTUmSUxEQ4WpkQXaEC4RootSD8hISAufJPx4YjzQ8F-obFW68Tp9SlWA7F4lrPODphlmR6Fy26PNL7MnW-_ZW71-49MVoQ_xnkkDhQs_lFxv8RY1FLJ4YCkeEi0036avdMpWCTBrJJpcT3qfcln0M-sUYm9jmmw5j7Sq0HWphEHY3PBnA/s800/fruits%20of%20the%20season.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNuDz73Sv-V5OTUmSUxEQ4WpkQXaEC4RootSD8hISAufJPx4YjzQ8F-obFW68Tp9SlWA7F4lrPODphlmR6Fy26PNL7MnW-_ZW71-49MVoQ_xnkkDhQs_lFxv8RY1FLJ4YCkeEi0036avdMpWCTBrJJpcT3qfcln0M-sUYm9jmmw5j7Sq0HWphEHY3PBnA/w640-h480/fruits%20of%20the%20season.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most wonderful time of year</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><i>There was even some sister time at her "lake house" to do a little "quilt piecing"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for the upcoming Wellesley Fall Fair quilt!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwhas2VZbvn5SesA4FsGBVnhWivzRBMY-WAeTBCQgnKcOVYNO3C-wlO9MTzz05ftJ6YEegs-7vxc464xcTyPgwwfarHOBORnCcVy4lA_UG4VLxeffUNeRj2X51e9Y3z_iWJnDqYrAx94WwyIBctAmaulLTWSP27wyl-1eLggtMCJKETYf1lJVtOvVSH4B/s3249/IMG_5312.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="3249" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwhas2VZbvn5SesA4FsGBVnhWivzRBMY-WAeTBCQgnKcOVYNO3C-wlO9MTzz05ftJ6YEegs-7vxc464xcTyPgwwfarHOBORnCcVy4lA_UG4VLxeffUNeRj2X51e9Y3z_iWJnDqYrAx94WwyIBctAmaulLTWSP27wyl-1eLggtMCJKETYf1lJVtOvVSH4B/w640-h480/IMG_5312.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun Amish buggy pattern</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlFInEWv_Dwpk-YexFwq3sDLURupzaTRaGWFtKXCinUb3swaDrFqpjo4mUsy23myiurnwwXGfNcdcRZ-F22HXxjXo_90hU4W5y7C6ft01ocyjtu47ljfHMaa1JTuURTvxWlQoKBeqhZK430GX9re7Pq8Ds8eYzpnqX6qV5pKt8RsQ9pmB33es4ZsLnzbl/s4032/IMG_4732%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlFInEWv_Dwpk-YexFwq3sDLURupzaTRaGWFtKXCinUb3swaDrFqpjo4mUsy23myiurnwwXGfNcdcRZ-F22HXxjXo_90hU4W5y7C6ft01ocyjtu47ljfHMaa1JTuURTvxWlQoKBeqhZK430GX9re7Pq8Ds8eYzpnqX6qV5pKt8RsQ9pmB33es4ZsLnzbl/s320/IMG_4732%20(1).jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favourite Lake - Huron!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><i>Summer wouldn't be complete without the annual</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>visit from our Kentucky friends.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It was so wonderful to meet Becky and Marty who came along this year.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>They all taught me how to play "Mexican Train" with dominos.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Have you ever played it? So fun!!!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQ2tcqnhVwLiWmESgbaUARXzQT_mBPW46mMAVRh7x8eKZr4H-nBTCtKUQm0GTY-kAXiWtMpW09BWnl3FBOv4cop12wE7-8_nlnb-tWxRhCHF_nTRoQqINIVKBMi5sveCQaR_A-Ew2pS4RVtI-OHX7_cQ6gNmI5JEMOBc53pmRoQr5UJFimZq1KTe2VLxq/s4032/IMG_0460%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQ2tcqnhVwLiWmESgbaUARXzQT_mBPW46mMAVRh7x8eKZr4H-nBTCtKUQm0GTY-kAXiWtMpW09BWnl3FBOv4cop12wE7-8_nlnb-tWxRhCHF_nTRoQqINIVKBMi5sveCQaR_A-Ew2pS4RVtI-OHX7_cQ6gNmI5JEMOBc53pmRoQr5UJFimZq1KTe2VLxq/w400-h300/IMG_0460%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>Summer wouldn't be complete without lots of hot tub dates with these two.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZr-71h02G_XVDQZI8rxAeKZ5MSI2LRj3cAF1Wy50kkYhZEZ1_KlO3WfqlqHQDlP8aYsX225amxyFr2BSbNZ8YwIKUyqxLtEwaqREYWKV2IvQ7E2fA2bWuXsLwZz0599dATRo3Js-fcjoWKH-4nqRk7zsnjLp4zUoDyqOqzu0OmQ-YUDp9V6v2FCYjCmB/s4032/IMG_5352.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZr-71h02G_XVDQZI8rxAeKZ5MSI2LRj3cAF1Wy50kkYhZEZ1_KlO3WfqlqHQDlP8aYsX225amxyFr2BSbNZ8YwIKUyqxLtEwaqREYWKV2IvQ7E2fA2bWuXsLwZz0599dATRo3Js-fcjoWKH-4nqRk7zsnjLp4zUoDyqOqzu0OmQ-YUDp9V6v2FCYjCmB/w400-h300/IMG_5352.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Followed by treats ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pTj6rUmtZ1JBv-kAJD-orRtjYCKAWAZ0HxUUc9R_CqemVJkENckTR8n89u3F4VYxGsXE_Rw0BqzYcHFG2dT5ISRBOeoOKtpZFCcyObA1J7wfJQX3VSJiU4Q9J0dOMuL1KHYWiJ6DFoWy4OkAdczzqSeXbzCLEaxCaJ2Q7vU6dbarREXBWkLB6F1hvpIR/s4032/IMG_5341.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pTj6rUmtZ1JBv-kAJD-orRtjYCKAWAZ0HxUUc9R_CqemVJkENckTR8n89u3F4VYxGsXE_Rw0BqzYcHFG2dT5ISRBOeoOKtpZFCcyObA1J7wfJQX3VSJiU4Q9J0dOMuL1KHYWiJ6DFoWy4OkAdczzqSeXbzCLEaxCaJ2Q7vU6dbarREXBWkLB6F1hvpIR/w300-h400/IMG_5341.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i>But ... one of the best parts of summer for these little humans was,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>discovering 4 little kittens!!!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9tXHi08JKuAFlXnWt-lXPk8Bei4s0CiAvoVPI3twPvIcnNrUWnEPzcn61Xp85orTdOkj3NKAB7XeNFmn8YPZVC5cbkBaTBRObqUol1x1izXjDn0t1MrFHzUxe1UK91GL7rqQWoh9Xe215gy3RQGkiVpflnbM7o0zcintvm6HwRM8CvD7_c7wrbqserZx/s800/Kittens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9tXHi08JKuAFlXnWt-lXPk8Bei4s0CiAvoVPI3twPvIcnNrUWnEPzcn61Xp85orTdOkj3NKAB7XeNFmn8YPZVC5cbkBaTBRObqUol1x1izXjDn0t1MrFHzUxe1UK91GL7rqQWoh9Xe215gy3RQGkiVpflnbM7o0zcintvm6HwRM8CvD7_c7wrbqserZx/w640-h480/Kittens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>September arrived with a wonderful visit from</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a long-distant Indiana cousin.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We met as teenagers when her parents visited with my parents many years ago.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thankfully because of facebook we stayed connected and an Ontario retreat</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>brought her and her husband my way.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So thankful for this opportunity!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We must do this again ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLTyTn18s5dlbJbnFm83vbdseIsG5Fy90V2As9ANoLjNEb778uv6-kfVzj7CCWRZfZUdJsj_POL3Upqrd1AgxCozIbDjADCpt1fuhG7vvzdwI4Nt390Gbg6nbJ4Zi4jwy8ehD9yQzsSwU0xRk4CfRfwshVhAjuV_58M3g8VO1OjNR133bG35UDLZaiB2w/s2746/IMG_5446.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2641" data-original-width="2746" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLTyTn18s5dlbJbnFm83vbdseIsG5Fy90V2As9ANoLjNEb778uv6-kfVzj7CCWRZfZUdJsj_POL3Upqrd1AgxCozIbDjADCpt1fuhG7vvzdwI4Nt390Gbg6nbJ4Zi4jwy8ehD9yQzsSwU0xRk4CfRfwshVhAjuV_58M3g8VO1OjNR133bG35UDLZaiB2w/w400-h385/IMG_5446.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My grandfather, her grandmother's childhood home!</td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /><br /></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOD3mS0ms3JlnL3IdLJ-QtNC8b4oPv_bUAYtVQ-j5yFAGVwVscoG-godFJR3GvSLGaX20Q2gmJAzDdfuVMBh-x0Blrdl2_PM4voRY0Fgi6teemb4j61uZp7V6egRD4rnue0fU2G3d68FbCsjzOHgEk7YLhAElYp5hf_vO96ikLcywbr-LwPpTnv3ZOdn0/s3088/IMG_5455%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOD3mS0ms3JlnL3IdLJ-QtNC8b4oPv_bUAYtVQ-j5yFAGVwVscoG-godFJR3GvSLGaX20Q2gmJAzDdfuVMBh-x0Blrdl2_PM4voRY0Fgi6teemb4j61uZp7V6egRD4rnue0fU2G3d68FbCsjzOHgEk7YLhAElYp5hf_vO96ikLcywbr-LwPpTnv3ZOdn0/w300-h400/IMG_5455%20(1).jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many common interests ... love you Idella!<br />You are so genuine and lovely.<br />Thanks for coming.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hopefully we can do this again sometime.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And then, suddenly, what!!!!!??? how can it be back to school time.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0xM74rHDl5NP8zMkI82xsLhkIpsK2nvWmfN539HFU8NyIlGlel2FzkGpacY54SyPCAK0HzrDUOOjHsfRarBt8rgR0LEs-qVX9Y_xe2CntxSm8FN2_psKf4GZoKA7iXJvlwluqNe-MgO19O8rv6syyFduzN81jYfhd33HNhoYHa57WSVDO5EaxVJQqzVU/s4032/IMG_2527.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0xM74rHDl5NP8zMkI82xsLhkIpsK2nvWmfN539HFU8NyIlGlel2FzkGpacY54SyPCAK0HzrDUOOjHsfRarBt8rgR0LEs-qVX9Y_xe2CntxSm8FN2_psKf4GZoKA7iXJvlwluqNe-MgO19O8rv6syyFduzN81jYfhd33HNhoYHa57WSVDO5EaxVJQqzVU/w480-h640/IMG_2527.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grade 3! Off she goes ...</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKMKb4xT6pW0qJFDMOjy_2VEDWJQDNE_nXbExg2v205a8Hkh5ev3JaLB5kGWRe93t4tvjJGw7U2BOMeFykZGPpGMy4z9Zgsw7GZiSfGK3hyPIYzdYsgO_6rs-52qZXslP0F8ua8oRseZqSfAntWyGpS2f4iQ56RqWX9GJpPH36GBgxtr6QnDOi__bI6X3/s4032/IMG_2558%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKMKb4xT6pW0qJFDMOjy_2VEDWJQDNE_nXbExg2v205a8Hkh5ev3JaLB5kGWRe93t4tvjJGw7U2BOMeFykZGPpGMy4z9Zgsw7GZiSfGK3hyPIYzdYsgO_6rs-52qZXslP0F8ua8oRseZqSfAntWyGpS2f4iQ56RqWX9GJpPH36GBgxtr6QnDOi__bI6X3/w480-h640/IMG_2558%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SK for him with a send off from Spinach, the Momma Cat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Till next time ... treasuring the summer of 2023. Praying for rain to stop the horrific wildfires in our Nation. Looking forward to a Fall bus trip. Stay tuned...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-38968377377917292572023-07-22T20:53:00.001-04:002023-07-22T20:53:52.429-04:00LEMON LIFE!<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Our little lady is 8!!!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And when her wish was for a <b><u>lemon</u></b> cake</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(with a Little Mermaid theme)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I was happy to oblige.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AzPGovSUepn1O_Zxb-NedkQZVEcsX-wGT_DSwlcpXBTKnVjcD2WKbgrVuC8lpYBroWro_iZFGvdAGhguSNezj4lDVro9k6Yx1S3a7onMXlqt7XU3z2pxrJVQHChLfJ-mRmQQPRD8T3dGXd8R_MZUMqHdV9_mDM6buXHKJTBj7fr-i6Ny0Gh9J5kS7oDB/s800/eight%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AzPGovSUepn1O_Zxb-NedkQZVEcsX-wGT_DSwlcpXBTKnVjcD2WKbgrVuC8lpYBroWro_iZFGvdAGhguSNezj4lDVro9k6Yx1S3a7onMXlqt7XU3z2pxrJVQHChLfJ-mRmQQPRD8T3dGXd8R_MZUMqHdV9_mDM6buXHKJTBj7fr-i6Ny0Gh9J5kS7oDB/w640-h480/eight%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast waffle with Daddy and theatre with friends - what a fun day!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vUdiwkWEJkzM_G-MKtpkVWRQp7l71xK3GccDEzRqGcHBsaQz5r6-MLjsHKbMpxmYzb-iW4Wa2sS02QXxYda5QvwUiXY3sPF4ImXbk0bZwF8luZPHJsNZ-AdrFCZXkJoqKMg7hx1OgTCpdnxEisnRNj9iwxfu-ZuyOIOp9a8ZWDX372NRPSz3taNiOldB/s3088/IMG_6481.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vUdiwkWEJkzM_G-MKtpkVWRQp7l71xK3GccDEzRqGcHBsaQz5r6-MLjsHKbMpxmYzb-iW4Wa2sS02QXxYda5QvwUiXY3sPF4ImXbk0bZwF8luZPHJsNZ-AdrFCZXkJoqKMg7hx1OgTCpdnxEisnRNj9iwxfu-ZuyOIOp9a8ZWDX372NRPSz3taNiOldB/w400-h300/IMG_6481.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After two full days of celebrations</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Eight is Great and so are you my sweet girl.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>May God bless you and keep you humble, kind and curious ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>All things <u style="font-weight: bold;">Lemon</u> seems to be the theme for this July life.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Homemade <u><b>lemon</b></u>-aid to enjoy on the deck.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><u>Lemon</u></b> birthday cake</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><u>Limoncello</u></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><u style="font-weight: bold;">Lemon</u> curd</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><u>Lemon</u></b> water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdChjaV3T9bHPDGPmoBIMcbCJPUJJITAcp4R9DxK8NT3Qrt6VrSVNw9lVtFHHPbDio-PGPcwpikOlLW8s_qJiEy8CQrDDX0JGeRtQMRc7sdLy2t1hu9x626HwZz0BgSWrO9TXqdT_MP0GaZs0B8r365QSOgUu_clqnfu_FCJxAKWCvalX-R2AJxa5xJBA/s4032/FullSizeRender%20(20).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdChjaV3T9bHPDGPmoBIMcbCJPUJJITAcp4R9DxK8NT3Qrt6VrSVNw9lVtFHHPbDio-PGPcwpikOlLW8s_qJiEy8CQrDDX0JGeRtQMRc7sdLy2t1hu9x626HwZz0BgSWrO9TXqdT_MP0GaZs0B8r365QSOgUu_clqnfu_FCJxAKWCvalX-R2AJxa5xJBA/w300-h400/FullSizeRender%20(20).jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The <u><b>Limoncello</b></u></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>is bottled and in the freezer. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Dreaming of some apres dinner sips with friends on hot summer evenings</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and remembering our trips to Italy!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOltHpu_TtokfoYeJdXoRaFjXUTOpEYu7p9LLYndxSGmpbRdQjA5iAkqrq5PVetF1xUmL8oEDuN-qzmQVSqc43MLSJaWj1QEaZReX1c1EX9sHvNPl8wRR98TnFQswN_nuwS1_RAa15cOrDRAZ3Rd1825bFWDyzJL0CNjKSWyUBPb6XQs6u7yQYyXoEdKw/s3644/IMG_5269.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3644" data-original-width="2602" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOltHpu_TtokfoYeJdXoRaFjXUTOpEYu7p9LLYndxSGmpbRdQjA5iAkqrq5PVetF1xUmL8oEDuN-qzmQVSqc43MLSJaWj1QEaZReX1c1EX9sHvNPl8wRR98TnFQswN_nuwS1_RAa15cOrDRAZ3Rd1825bFWDyzJL0CNjKSWyUBPb6XQs6u7yQYyXoEdKw/w285-h400/IMG_5269.jpeg" width="285" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Limoncello Recipe</span></u></b>:</div><div style="text-align: left;">8 large organic <u><b>lemons </b></u>- washed and peeled with a vegetable peeler being careful </div><div style="text-align: left;">not to include any of the white pith.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Reem the peeled <b><u>lemons</u></b> and save the juice for other uses.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Put peels/rinds into a glass jar and soak in 4 Cups of high proof vodka</div><div style="text-align: left;">Store this mixture in a cool dark place - giving it a good shake every day for 2 weeks.</div><div style="text-align: left;">After 2 weeks make a simple syrup of 3 Cups Sugar and 4 Cups water.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bring to a boil and then cool.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Strain the <b><u>lemon</u></b> peels from the vodka liquid and discard them</div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the cooled syrup to the <b><u>lemon</u></b> infused alcohol - stir</div><div style="text-align: left;">Pour the liquid into bottles leaving some head space for freezing</div><div style="text-align: left;">Store the filled bottles in a cool dark place for 1 week and then</div><div style="text-align: left;">pop them into the freezer</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best served ice cold in small shot glasses for sipping.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I froze the juice from the peeled <u><b>lemons</b></u> into cubes and used it for making <u><b>lemon</b></u> curd etc.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Where did July go?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It was filled with sunny <b><u>lemony</u></b> days...and some heavy downpours of rain too.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vacation Bible School</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>5 days of songs, memory verses, crafts, snacks, dramas, experiments, change maker machine,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>making bed mats out of milk bags, comforter knotting, bouncing bubbles, all with lot's of energy!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What a joy to see these young folks so engaged.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Our future "Change Makers".</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Admittedly I was exhausted by day 4 (or was it by day 3) - eek!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhY0hAVwK_Q4NcI2cxZnp45j2iflRca0536hnrr0Ygsn5n1eed7rjkBsbbKAQv1vgsr4PoZovH30sn8nKx9rx32eZ876i7r1BdRC1N7VfAlQlBn0aAlfX6rZhVsrOgDwixo9z_06_muOE6YlSr1CO09B_9czBMTVGJpDJr1Z-QRXwFGiBnlFhBqc1bxqmW/w480-h640/IMG_5219%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Daily struggles and lonely evenings ...</i></div><i>Morning coffees, like so many things, are when I miss him the most!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Trying to live my best life over here.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXmKpq4O5Q-3yK0s_ecENM1AsDUMggVzgxh8iaZv2jfi-A3ou_sxLNxbYCccxPTVYzZ81dfcfl_FyhX5eiNHVfKu8vlubvKG0wNYfbHRdDmY83pD_yv7Xk2agVBvKb-iJh8vayRqIkSElHxPfXP9hN18N1qLAs_xRnEtOfRZD6is22izU3NLchHyxHRuh/s3193/IMG_5257.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3193" data-original-width="2879" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXmKpq4O5Q-3yK0s_ecENM1AsDUMggVzgxh8iaZv2jfi-A3ou_sxLNxbYCccxPTVYzZ81dfcfl_FyhX5eiNHVfKu8vlubvKG0wNYfbHRdDmY83pD_yv7Xk2agVBvKb-iJh8vayRqIkSElHxPfXP9hN18N1qLAs_xRnEtOfRZD6is22izU3NLchHyxHRuh/s320/IMG_5257.jpeg" width="289" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>These two and their mommy and daddy are what keep me going.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So thankful for them and for </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>dear friends and family!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiKKJuXU3NElHegJGsdxTjmfhv2sm0wDIvXLJ4qeFa8W2J88B7EE82LlnUB83iJ_VqHcIXBEH_Fyt7LluyCCMZ3hKL1Yys6Ziy4r60ZYgGhc5m7l4wPwJZTk_wSPJFU4fmcj_5bj4_ySUsNlL5N40We7TqndVTHC4eo-c3ZntH26zdlnJwIJvjFCKCHLH/s1165/IMG_5261%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="2073" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKmbQp6jt0gG99nGNlNXqmdZfSD8bt6w6DbFclOod_cpcEU9_ZVvia0bUO7RmET64xrHu3Pqnbi06qfmRkD4LSLHGoPbVHmMtIa76f9541yicr-ZSKpqU8GXmgmZtrw1SADk9Iswg_z00EGtO6ZK3tzQD9qEpHSp10S9chr9dHQU0bN-WFK0n7joZMA8_/w323-h400/IMG_5278%20(1).jpeg" width="323" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Till next time ... stay safe and when life hands you <b><u>lemons </u></b>- you know what to do.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-24681480930935163772023-07-01T11:42:00.001-04:002023-07-22T20:05:21.688-04:00June Joys<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Continuing to seek the joys - June was full ...</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Moon Flower (a.k.a. evening primrose) watch is on.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This never gets old.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNuvtifMDRKjQGSzvLurxmQdjLsbgpGTdC1ZyU3C79W59Mh2PYl2AHcrmEeJxjbCN3lz0NRmsozP7yKP-UXO3Mh560qrxNl6n0BDybe3-qLDX4Lg4xzi_bQZ500qDiyxJ7q7yVBWMiiUfrasEWI1Qi-HpN-iOkR-vLtuPKsc5nO7eBMal_YrMtRYgHJgY/s3024/IMG_5085%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="3024" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNuvtifMDRKjQGSzvLurxmQdjLsbgpGTdC1ZyU3C79W59Mh2PYl2AHcrmEeJxjbCN3lz0NRmsozP7yKP-UXO3Mh560qrxNl6n0BDybe3-qLDX4Lg4xzi_bQZ500qDiyxJ7q7yVBWMiiUfrasEWI1Qi-HpN-iOkR-vLtuPKsc5nO7eBMal_YrMtRYgHJgY/w640-h316/IMG_5085%20(1).jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blyth Festival - "Liars at a Funeral"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9530Q_FRIhebxznYo6DeHCRN582nXx1fCTzhUzqB94XZr0I1wauv3VZqOHRrmucef-rQFzfcDAYutwjZljVLNw7GOo3EweY8747RhxiA2RkO3b_rZzK46ljzY73uReBTyOm8F7NC61kj-7WTtK_B827USZ-DvYQ_1TY7kLXJTwVjeBEFq4PBw6WK4yrl/w480-h640/IMG_5049.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i>Happy Canada D-eh!!!!!</i></div><i><br /></i></div><i><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Till next time ... finding joy in the faded patina and even more beautiful flowers of June.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVpElRUIvPRxqr2R-5NdztloaRiGL08H3MQo2xZ4xwj5i6soBf08lycQoLM-q7Mo8s5f-0jk2duoHJDb7so3GobOEoFXnNdjCAuuxRPASQAogTE-4ZVuhrhvVRzHj1Prm8gLJ-CbgRiSfn1CqUKwr5MNWD0oo7iWXPrMP_FELuYSxH02IpE1mTf2QV5BW/s3579/IMG_5091.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3579" data-original-width="3001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVpElRUIvPRxqr2R-5NdztloaRiGL08H3MQo2xZ4xwj5i6soBf08lycQoLM-q7Mo8s5f-0jk2duoHJDb7so3GobOEoFXnNdjCAuuxRPASQAogTE-4ZVuhrhvVRzHj1Prm8gLJ-CbgRiSfn1CqUKwr5MNWD0oo7iWXPrMP_FELuYSxH02IpE1mTf2QV5BW/w536-h640/IMG_5091.jpeg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><p></p>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-9854142786984372582023-06-05T17:18:00.001-04:002023-07-22T20:55:48.858-04:00Rhubarb and Quilts<div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's been awhile since I've posted anything ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Many things for me to "journal" here!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A new King - did you watch the crowning?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I found it intriguing and, yup, I got up early to watch!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The traditional ceremony reminded me of the biblical stories of</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>how ancient Kings were appointed and anointed by God.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Made some tea biscuits to enjoy with my very early morning coffee ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I have also been binge rewatching "The Crown" on Netflix</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnajQaff3gvm5u7EiDoGVcQQffqI6Bg7uoaGurhNbhrYl6fKShlonKXdh9BI0Fi5MuvIcaxS5rISxvThb0_SnAF5r-awDJD4xSa-Ak8AJICxLcniK0ZBP6_4jjaR36qkekbPR7cGZQ0RyHG6ve_ZoCEDiJ8l4Z7wBP-oDuo3Ph3reBkX0sB2hF_ynEQ/s4032/IMG_4819.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnajQaff3gvm5u7EiDoGVcQQffqI6Bg7uoaGurhNbhrYl6fKShlonKXdh9BI0Fi5MuvIcaxS5rISxvThb0_SnAF5r-awDJD4xSa-Ak8AJICxLcniK0ZBP6_4jjaR36qkekbPR7cGZQ0RyHG6ve_ZoCEDiJ8l4Z7wBP-oDuo3Ph3reBkX0sB2hF_ynEQ/w150-h200/IMG_4819.jpeg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><i>There was a heavenly birthday in April and I was smitten by all the feels!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>At the same time I was smitten with a very good dose of Covid too - that certainly</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>didn't make things easier.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>BTW the <a href="https://rhubarbandroses-rosella.blogspot.com/2023/03/farmers-daughter.html">"Farmer's Daughter" Quilt</a> is at the quilters.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Can't wait to see how it turns out.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG4_Tg7J9Er4T62y2FmJjBruZmFVbdJaqjtSa4Em8a_w0jJwScFygGdL5TUyHuHYXnVYAarY9e3FoCnWX5XGJHVlGdP6qkKrU-Bll4MXhdlUvFUOLNLcTVDE6c8xc9255MlVuHJspuAn0dBtsAQW76gQTBn4yN0gPGBvE7anNlfWgFq3Pjemc7h9lew/s4032/IMG_4798%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG4_Tg7J9Er4T62y2FmJjBruZmFVbdJaqjtSa4Em8a_w0jJwScFygGdL5TUyHuHYXnVYAarY9e3FoCnWX5XGJHVlGdP6qkKrU-Bll4MXhdlUvFUOLNLcTVDE6c8xc9255MlVuHJspuAn0dBtsAQW76gQTBn4yN0gPGBvE7anNlfWgFq3Pjemc7h9lew/s320/IMG_4798%20(1).jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Speaking of quilts .... I went to a most wonderful quilt show,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Piecemakers Quilt Show in St. Mary's, Ontario</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I literally stood in awe of the talent and beauty.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQ2FFgaxhyJWZGWeiIi4JkNA1AVXwQ1QE4dNnQk3LWP6pEEmzrqz_srshAH3YcQJB36Fe7fL80RMuhVwjPIsya9uSJ2gOrOrDvpA6aY5Jk9Xq98MmSCJ_MmwVq0VO4xKLXW68M1Aw3OCVB7kZrKx5YytqUwbouKxQxrwo2dwoR9nYJ5UjKLNgeqBqQA/s800/Quilt%20Show%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQ2FFgaxhyJWZGWeiIi4JkNA1AVXwQ1QE4dNnQk3LWP6pEEmzrqz_srshAH3YcQJB36Fe7fL80RMuhVwjPIsya9uSJ2gOrOrDvpA6aY5Jk9Xq98MmSCJ_MmwVq0VO4xKLXW68M1Aw3OCVB7kZrKx5YytqUwbouKxQxrwo2dwoR9nYJ5UjKLNgeqBqQA/w640-h480/Quilt%20Show%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This display was my favourite ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The sponsoring Stonetown Guild challenged it's members to make a </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>20" X 20" quilt, any theme, but using mostly Green and Blue fabrics.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I love these creative pieces</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggDgftg0_o1jhQOEEOxncNCeLMbIxZHYyX_U8-VyrIJ2ePUax7yWHLccgwB36swynFP3hgif-uGWiSNTZJ0Zk59WU7aTMiNtM0HaSOdp5U7X8MpelYcM7gurIgUBHXZOU5keDzh54VgDmTcxgyn0XJljPwHuCG0cFLKCmrEc1lkqhBTqEFFXzcw4SLg/s4032/IMG_4723.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggDgftg0_o1jhQOEEOxncNCeLMbIxZHYyX_U8-VyrIJ2ePUax7yWHLccgwB36swynFP3hgif-uGWiSNTZJ0Zk59WU7aTMiNtM0HaSOdp5U7X8MpelYcM7gurIgUBHXZOU5keDzh54VgDmTcxgyn0XJljPwHuCG0cFLKCmrEc1lkqhBTqEFFXzcw4SLg/w480-h640/IMG_4723.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>At the end of May the <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/mennonite-relief-sale-quilt-new-hamburg-1.6854373">Mennonite Central Committee's annual Relief Sale</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>took place in New Hamburg - more quilts galore and more!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(perhaps I should rename my blog to Rhubarb & Quilts?)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOcAT4ZBHTj4WL2EBNUTi525XkCCTbL7WFSX0oKzfhoM-eb9WWhTONQ2ORfMNC7Nn7QFyVsuPFNaP71U_0OEjl6ypvFlEiaMfYj8u06N5ujJlOCLyT3GFH7hnuFRLwLAKB6bgIN2OAa8VoePSobz1Cn9vgYmO661HscZ9KJe51aYa5rMLorl3c4z8Bg/s4032/IMG_4927%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOcAT4ZBHTj4WL2EBNUTi525XkCCTbL7WFSX0oKzfhoM-eb9WWhTONQ2ORfMNC7Nn7QFyVsuPFNaP71U_0OEjl6ypvFlEiaMfYj8u06N5ujJlOCLyT3GFH7hnuFRLwLAKB6bgIN2OAa8VoePSobz1Cn9vgYmO661HscZ9KJe51aYa5rMLorl3c4z8Bg/w640-h480/IMG_4927%20(1).jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Friday Evening 4 part Hymn Sing - so lovely!</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Also, once again our church supplied the Rhubarb for Relief stand </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>at the sale. </i><i>We sold all the rhubarb and made a pure profit $1,065.00 for relief.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I think my rhubarb patch at the farm has never been as good as this Spring!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A few pies and a few batches of muffins have been made so far.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsmfAI0kB9c00jMPj56WOlLkTgEtTeE93AKdeMFtBvOgYkbQvkganPTR5IbgtyJWrkUNdSQZgRcno_9Xys_bn4OMygmXnyolLRtGt70q6BG3_KS_ZCzuMCThIo8mSI6AwH_Lh7sBv9Wz0_-XNklXp9bNr7QE8kOmv9zghSbOAe4UT0_jDblAWkTapGg/s3540/IMG_4936.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3540" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsmfAI0kB9c00jMPj56WOlLkTgEtTeE93AKdeMFtBvOgYkbQvkganPTR5IbgtyJWrkUNdSQZgRcno_9Xys_bn4OMygmXnyolLRtGt70q6BG3_KS_ZCzuMCThIo8mSI6AwH_Lh7sBv9Wz0_-XNklXp9bNr7QE8kOmv9zghSbOAe4UT0_jDblAWkTapGg/w341-h400/IMG_4936.jpeg" width="341" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Last November in my <a href="https://rhubarbandroses-rosella.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-be-gentle.html">"November Be Gentle" </a> I posted a photo</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>of something in a box that had arrived on my front porch </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>from British Columbia ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's out of the box and I'm loving it ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>my new e-Bike made by RIZE.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs_xPxlj7kxRJUqsrrGnESVDKYyMOsaS9vjsEl3cYRWfORjMtMcKStihFu5I9QeySK_OXPxoQO7BVGpqonbxDhfqH-f0kkXGm2AX8SOwQk1tDORlimF0bQbK3rD6I3_lhJhY_tB_OmKddgIPdOFOLt6-mS6FOt24ncA2W9hbohcEn_UHjLa6B9avH_g/s800/Trail%20Riding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs_xPxlj7kxRJUqsrrGnESVDKYyMOsaS9vjsEl3cYRWfORjMtMcKStihFu5I9QeySK_OXPxoQO7BVGpqonbxDhfqH-f0kkXGm2AX8SOwQk1tDORlimF0bQbK3rD6I3_lhJhY_tB_OmKddgIPdOFOLt6-mS6FOt24ncA2W9hbohcEn_UHjLa6B9avH_g/w640-h480/Trail%20Riding.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail Riding with Family and Friends</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The trails around here are awesome ... a Mother's Day Gift from</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>my dear son-in-law for his mom, Becky and I to go on a walk</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>along the trail, led by a local herbalist Evelyn Mueller <a href="https://www.thelionstooth.ca/blog">The Lion's Tooth</a>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What a great experience ... we only walked a few metres it seemed and</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>identified so many plants that have medicinal, culinary, and historical significance</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(i.e. dandelion, St. John's Wort, horsetail, cramp bark, raspberry leaf, garlic mustard,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and plantain). We enjoyed a delicious foraged dandelion summer drink, a creamy herb spread</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>on nettle infused </i><i>sour dough bread!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We even made a plantain Tincture!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>THANK YOU EVIE</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cHyaFmIitWfoLi5_Zz24gFxsqUyWkIi7cIIva9A3oVQpk7L-dt5ZBTJsm_b-Cneb3HMOPgacfMasPVNAFqOO1NgiFHag5vWL8LTnLovX2raRbO-DxEj0FQ9M_AJSC5OuOi5IcE9bocifw8uRWdz0i1SdOyLeIV6xDjJeHYe7yN_8cdgmg1fgKiuTkQ/s3318/IMG_4952.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3318" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cHyaFmIitWfoLi5_Zz24gFxsqUyWkIi7cIIva9A3oVQpk7L-dt5ZBTJsm_b-Cneb3HMOPgacfMasPVNAFqOO1NgiFHag5vWL8LTnLovX2raRbO-DxEj0FQ9M_AJSC5OuOi5IcE9bocifw8uRWdz0i1SdOyLeIV6xDjJeHYe7yN_8cdgmg1fgKiuTkQ/w365-h400/IMG_4952.jpeg" width="365" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAesdDGdBSHVhZ963gqxka7kdcUk5-Wfj92ccSBFnVGJTMYyx_qXB_ZJhWqm7dZ8ErRisgqNEv0TZNDYrRcpcEN8LNtWbm-8UfOz-Y4IaWLWfDD9zRvyiPFjrmnX3XNfhRUTJyzDglKlSw3m0jPnaxxh8AHZ427doVtxSV1DZEVwjLnyGx8sSCABIMZw/s4032/IMG_4909.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAesdDGdBSHVhZ963gqxka7kdcUk5-Wfj92ccSBFnVGJTMYyx_qXB_ZJhWqm7dZ8ErRisgqNEv0TZNDYrRcpcEN8LNtWbm-8UfOz-Y4IaWLWfDD9zRvyiPFjrmnX3XNfhRUTJyzDglKlSw3m0jPnaxxh8AHZ427doVtxSV1DZEVwjLnyGx8sSCABIMZw/s320/IMG_4909.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My front porch needed some love </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>so I decided to chalk paint this </i><i>old chair.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It was from our old church building and used by the quilters</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for many years. I was able to get one of them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Also, notice the church bench that now sits </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>on my back porch.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It too was from our old church and purchased at an auction</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for approximately $30 several years ago.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Perfect for the back porch.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihobB3RvmC6kd5C1vB9nv_JtJiSR_BAlHBshZZcIFuyNSc8yJkwCVAI0FxDKLzDevJ3iObsG5iQ4Q5YSKYWIXSweLLW97ZGryU8eOOR0UrszQLShSGk884IyNrd5JAUH22L8mih7qWkCtvolb8c84kL2U01DVg-m_l48Is2pAyqLu4gOtf6GJqLgr2A/s4032/IMG_4911.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihobB3RvmC6kd5C1vB9nv_JtJiSR_BAlHBshZZcIFuyNSc8yJkwCVAI0FxDKLzDevJ3iObsG5iQ4Q5YSKYWIXSweLLW97ZGryU8eOOR0UrszQLShSGk884IyNrd5JAUH22L8mih7qWkCtvolb8c84kL2U01DVg-m_l48Is2pAyqLu4gOtf6GJqLgr2A/w300-h400/IMG_4911.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A light sanding, one coat of paint,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>some more light sanding,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and wax was all it took.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I love it as my "fern stand" at the front door.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzE2XfoyadECntiqoUymnofWb7iX4vMKWldlk-WXMfBVLhTSyPO8p4BANxDnTVk8_ABeEM8omFVfC-mrjDfmMkwXti1lgfZGSxrO2tmyvG6ZB51g399inuou91iLdbUzCgIklXtjy2oc9HG6Hdm_DSXs3mh8KwWtzzi_MVcPuQYqCYZdlLTD0Ae5rnQ/s4032/IMG_4917.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzE2XfoyadECntiqoUymnofWb7iX4vMKWldlk-WXMfBVLhTSyPO8p4BANxDnTVk8_ABeEM8omFVfC-mrjDfmMkwXti1lgfZGSxrO2tmyvG6ZB51g399inuou91iLdbUzCgIklXtjy2oc9HG6Hdm_DSXs3mh8KwWtzzi_MVcPuQYqCYZdlLTD0Ae5rnQ/w300-h400/IMG_4917.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This past Sunday my sister and I had the privilege to host a baby shower</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for my niece.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>She had her first baby during covid - no shower, just visitor views</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>through their patio doors!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Now baby #2 has come along and we knew we had to properly celebrate these</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>two adorable new leaves that have been added to the Gerber family tree.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We are blessed ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtMuMcZTlmJ1yIum1ya3CypiqDXVU2bj4lVJf3fAnGiaf8PNgC4dGN7zKq3qV3So2j4KHi9MrzmoGHdGtogfDM5h93hqXZSwIVxxK7BhrLl5SWMWpDYIol9mmBgoupa7tq2Ep1g99SJyT8sOhLSFsmZ21nCoAUYcKApNSIVxLvmNyyNq7ITTkh5Bolw/s800/Baby%20Shower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtMuMcZTlmJ1yIum1ya3CypiqDXVU2bj4lVJf3fAnGiaf8PNgC4dGN7zKq3qV3So2j4KHi9MrzmoGHdGtogfDM5h93hqXZSwIVxxK7BhrLl5SWMWpDYIol9mmBgoupa7tq2Ep1g99SJyT8sOhLSFsmZ21nCoAUYcKApNSIVxLvmNyyNq7ITTkh5Bolw/w480-h640/Baby%20Shower.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>The chatter and fellowship was just what this heart needed!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Family!!!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxXW3GbBjZ3wAV7qFOv9e2fWmKlfeDEcv-i5-jZFWMnoIB8ipRLtRmdGubtiTl3MmNcMYNmnu0xiIQfysxwqw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The summer solstice is nearing and there is always much to be thankful for</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>even tho a 50th anniversary is not to be ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Till next time ... stay well and stop to admire the quilts and taste some wild herbs or rhubarb!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br />Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-35332713565318822792023-04-24T08:51:00.002-04:002023-04-27T17:02:02.911-04:00SUPER HERO FIVE<div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Our blue eyed sweet boy turns 5 today!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZRqywDUDZxG-dUrsl59XcVsQocF1gCqJxrHuunCkKHCEmIX0KKUXO-qinhgS2XyJLI52re_yNZboNy9zTkAYTYr1OZdLHkMhgLS7Pzyewrg3Jee4GYriGy1jQNa806ZSI6X5Q0MplbnYxnu-0RZ5g9qMO858Uc6B4QRinOdY_geDpBN7uBs7mzM9PA/s4032/IMG_0957.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZRqywDUDZxG-dUrsl59XcVsQocF1gCqJxrHuunCkKHCEmIX0KKUXO-qinhgS2XyJLI52re_yNZboNy9zTkAYTYr1OZdLHkMhgLS7Pzyewrg3Jee4GYriGy1jQNa806ZSI6X5Q0MplbnYxnu-0RZ5g9qMO858Uc6B4QRinOdY_geDpBN7uBs7mzM9PA/w360-h640/IMG_0957.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>A fun day celebrating with his school buddies at </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Your Way to Play"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxnmzwvBRs-agDTPcqgNt02Z2APQj8ouDCRHzB-wgM6gTp47KGAkoWudqC_MrrdFaj1nKFIyC28taMWsFmSS7fsKkaQyC8swNT7chukNvjmtoMEmASyqowNyiOYDKyPTj7nuooVF6KLdmR3nChiGQZBwgnjQPmVagrXeXmEJhbmmfo2tOHsOzfIuAiw/s4032/IMG_1300.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxnmzwvBRs-agDTPcqgNt02Z2APQj8ouDCRHzB-wgM6gTp47KGAkoWudqC_MrrdFaj1nKFIyC28taMWsFmSS7fsKkaQyC8swNT7chukNvjmtoMEmASyqowNyiOYDKyPTj7nuooVF6KLdmR3nChiGQZBwgnjQPmVagrXeXmEJhbmmfo2tOHsOzfIuAiw/w480-h640/IMG_1300.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Today - we will see him for his super hero birthday supper.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The cake is ready to go ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WElyLUbwaWWnO7rLazfk4q9tcZBNEsX90wEei7V2IvJaqgAd0RiJI4pimrnK_ZqGUPxapIb-zQVbaheghOW9e4RzT6rk76v8g6SF8m22acHPp8y6lZIsbKW0LriqpeUqcx-HflJf-mrm0PTIeSJDAy_Qwnyzu6tN5xOMfivpYCWqBJ26w1WBwKvVtg/s4032/IMG_4755%20(2).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WElyLUbwaWWnO7rLazfk4q9tcZBNEsX90wEei7V2IvJaqgAd0RiJI4pimrnK_ZqGUPxapIb-zQVbaheghOW9e4RzT6rk76v8g6SF8m22acHPp8y6lZIsbKW0LriqpeUqcx-HflJf-mrm0PTIeSJDAy_Qwnyzu6tN5xOMfivpYCWqBJ26w1WBwKvVtg/w480-h640/IMG_4755%20(2).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>His mommy and daddy have planned a wonderful celebration</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bless you and keep you sweet always my little love, Sully!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You are loved - more than you can ever know.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Until next time ... feeling the sting of the second round of special days without my beloved Jim.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>A quick update:</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKKiLEf2Bj2MM_7kaFu2nuv919tkUu-LbdjpWTHM9L33pmufrDR5O9kBqzl37wwyxliRPlUIm37WXON4bf-Qdl470ghrm7lkouHv6hlPGm_T1PZYFV1ZTXzRmCPXMopfsdopA2Bv7RV_JGH8XW9FCoB79eKfTUAJcvdyel9y-8lGe7OSyMD-XnsBj1w/s2528/IMG_4785.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="1755" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKKiLEf2Bj2MM_7kaFu2nuv919tkUu-LbdjpWTHM9L33pmufrDR5O9kBqzl37wwyxliRPlUIm37WXON4bf-Qdl470ghrm7lkouHv6hlPGm_T1PZYFV1ZTXzRmCPXMopfsdopA2Bv7RV_JGH8XW9FCoB79eKfTUAJcvdyel9y-8lGe7OSyMD-XnsBj1w/w278-h400/IMG_4785.jpeg" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a sweet super hero boy!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8v46fD8wzvXPPMwj_LOR48qctWMMa1-aAOLZLifFMTFQgxwvx2xOcheN7unvwGpLH1sLjYrih4UnzMccVaB9nr66K2NXQsbsrvysq3k52zTo4mrMTCaeDGA4e93qK5dqKrG8dWfBi5fdnIW3WeKe90q5sELAbyMOs18Z2xCR2j0sd25xdZhbA3nXL9w/s2778/IMG_4797.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2663" data-original-width="2778" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8v46fD8wzvXPPMwj_LOR48qctWMMa1-aAOLZLifFMTFQgxwvx2xOcheN7unvwGpLH1sLjYrih4UnzMccVaB9nr66K2NXQsbsrvysq3k52zTo4mrMTCaeDGA4e93qK5dqKrG8dWfBi5fdnIW3WeKe90q5sELAbyMOs18Z2xCR2j0sd25xdZhbA3nXL9w/s320/IMG_4797.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three days later was his Popa's 2nd birthday in heaven<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-51570698726372123402023-04-16T21:57:00.003-04:002023-04-17T10:57:01.034-04:00Summer in April<div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Spring has truly arrived.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The snow has melted,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the swans have been released and have begun nesting,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Easter came with meaningful gatherings,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the butter lamb made it to the table,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>today we went from early Spring to mid Summer,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>windows open,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>sun umbrella is up,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>garden Spring bulbs are popping!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And the Lenten Rose is abloom ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1LmF3_qGtk8bs9BywE2D5KJpGC9mXUmZUEseBy-cOV2CsyQSmoq0FxbLXBYsGIr1Y3i9NOEN3SnrxgydRv1SwQCn5BI4-R8mPph1zFCnKUFG0i6beUTXu_Uq-4TndWj_At6DAb5MfQakfpr4XdFtS9aTjIrFkzutHWDhHKrWlzVa49_pykr9Ag-HKw/s4032/IMG_4662.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1LmF3_qGtk8bs9BywE2D5KJpGC9mXUmZUEseBy-cOV2CsyQSmoq0FxbLXBYsGIr1Y3i9NOEN3SnrxgydRv1SwQCn5BI4-R8mPph1zFCnKUFG0i6beUTXu_Uq-4TndWj_At6DAb5MfQakfpr4XdFtS9aTjIrFkzutHWDhHKrWlzVa49_pykr9Ag-HKw/w400-h300/IMG_4662.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I love it so much but am aware that cooler temps and rains are still to come.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>For the weekend, tho, <b><span style="font-size: large;">summer was here!</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Record setting temperatures soared,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and 4 special friends came through my door.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We yoga-ed, shopped, ate amazing food, hot-tubbed,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and had many laughs, tears, and heart-to-hearts.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfKV4A7uXv5LlfB0R_m5ZDjsByi-nzWYx0hr9QuAV0ORdl45ezr3NTfaAWCrt4-z5kYtkkdHgpqkjofRGB6BbHNSyZ5JNvPJFcBKbUiDzw4Z3SUmjZnuCzoEf4OU0faqyQuKaHdUNZE7_2M5WkWaMIkxEeMmUZu5L63SHV6dhjcRKDfXGBRRFL7l3TQ/s800/Weekend.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfKV4A7uXv5LlfB0R_m5ZDjsByi-nzWYx0hr9QuAV0ORdl45ezr3NTfaAWCrt4-z5kYtkkdHgpqkjofRGB6BbHNSyZ5JNvPJFcBKbUiDzw4Z3SUmjZnuCzoEf4OU0faqyQuKaHdUNZE7_2M5WkWaMIkxEeMmUZu5L63SHV6dhjcRKDfXGBRRFL7l3TQ/w640-h480/Weekend.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Then ... we had the privilege to see a live performance at the Festival Theatre.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>RENT - wow!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>How do you measure the life ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>... Let's celebrate</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Remember a year in the life of friends"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i>Season's of Love by J.D. Larson</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_ZiYji6vOyc-xxQ4PTcEcuOryfgXnP599ebP83G3Crp-mL2Ld7b6OaKSi9uEpgFTzSkpAZIf0h7-xE_h9ll3FX_JM8gHuG9mZ73yKZ8fMyx2ER5wEVXYf64LXpjswxAUqTqYy84me1_5TQwpOELLwjd4i9wIpmbfmuiVgFp5tgkjeLsLv2ys2LcqgQ/s800/RENT%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_ZiYji6vOyc-xxQ4PTcEcuOryfgXnP599ebP83G3Crp-mL2Ld7b6OaKSi9uEpgFTzSkpAZIf0h7-xE_h9ll3FX_JM8gHuG9mZ73yKZ8fMyx2ER5wEVXYf64LXpjswxAUqTqYy84me1_5TQwpOELLwjd4i9wIpmbfmuiVgFp5tgkjeLsLv2ys2LcqgQ/s16000/RENT%202.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Thank you Karen, Yvonne, Sandi, and Karen </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>How did I ever deserve to have such wonderful supportive friends?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I will draw strength from the warmth of this special weekend.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lemon Loaf was my small contribution to the breakfast table.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here is the recipe ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's one of those tried and true ones - probably from the 1970s...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>EVELYN'S LEMON LOAF</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(my sister's recipes are the best)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZfRJAjcXYyJBJtzTPLD4ZQfKI_BjTOR_Bs6FFd5-FcFClDrj5zj0KVctje7cP5Nxc1VgOSCqDk796lje_rE-hik2GPgJLrr7yuNb45dBT82f_LjaiFmjgw4tfZSaASYMSf2heR31q63Hx3Z8Mb1Bq87O-Sg1jDIXOAbbOAQ84AO74yPdV3L8nfGj6A/s4032/IMG_4657.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZfRJAjcXYyJBJtzTPLD4ZQfKI_BjTOR_Bs6FFd5-FcFClDrj5zj0KVctje7cP5Nxc1VgOSCqDk796lje_rE-hik2GPgJLrr7yuNb45dBT82f_LjaiFmjgw4tfZSaASYMSf2heR31q63Hx3Z8Mb1Bq87O-Sg1jDIXOAbbOAQ84AO74yPdV3L8nfGj6A/w480-h640/IMG_4657.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>4 eggs well beaten</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>1 pkg. lemon cake mix</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>1 pkg. lemon instant pudding</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2/3 Cup Oil</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2/3 Cup Water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Glaze:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>1/4 Cup Lemon Juice</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>3/4 Cup Icing Sugar</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Whisk the cake mix and pudding together.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, add the oil and water and mix that into the dry ingredients.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mix well - 5 minutes till smooth and shiny.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Divide batter into 2 parchment lined loaf pans and bake for 45-50 minutes at 350F</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Rest baked loaves in pans for 5 minutes, then poke holes into the loaves with a chopstick</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>or knitting needle. Pour the glaze over warm loaves and then cool for </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>20 minutes before removing from pans.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Enjoy!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4WzGUHNiIagw9Ly_25yaIvAV-6A2sq98tu3hDJxiDP_Ud3fPywxk65ISKq1PSX3IMT0n312Xx3He8uYVXZ8qA3LCMcxoxokbUPhJ3AzRXWXt8Y1hyx3DQCVUqVnoG5Ge-UClcfDuEyXJ5IDxSsKEjVuDrD6K0pGDYPC93ZFQZHfEHtZwhSC_x7OTgw/s4032/IMG_4659%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4WzGUHNiIagw9Ly_25yaIvAV-6A2sq98tu3hDJxiDP_Ud3fPywxk65ISKq1PSX3IMT0n312Xx3He8uYVXZ8qA3LCMcxoxokbUPhJ3AzRXWXt8Y1hyx3DQCVUqVnoG5Ge-UClcfDuEyXJ5IDxSsKEjVuDrD6K0pGDYPC93ZFQZHfEHtZwhSC_x7OTgw/w300-h400/IMG_4659%20(1).jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I forgot to mention, probably because no photos were taken,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>that 3 or our "only" daughters crashed our little party on Friday evening.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What a nice surprise ... so great to see them all again and for them to see each other as well.</i></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaqhmotbC-LZs5dFP3gtSjhwvegq3wJVUUy4xzZQq4LewJAAlZTFEFcGguROW5qjhHCIiloiyDs9ySnnol0DqYgrpX1iindls5E5omkuwydwrYcg0DXuYpz9Usp4og3gYSKIqLc3wLB6OmXSaF9luKQhNx5jYhb_i8S-KFja6VMLcct5_W1mvNq3Bfg/s4032/IMG_4645.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaqhmotbC-LZs5dFP3gtSjhwvegq3wJVUUy4xzZQq4LewJAAlZTFEFcGguROW5qjhHCIiloiyDs9ySnnol0DqYgrpX1iindls5E5omkuwydwrYcg0DXuYpz9Usp4og3gYSKIqLc3wLB6OmXSaF9luKQhNx5jYhb_i8S-KFja6VMLcct5_W1mvNq3Bfg/w400-h300/IMG_4645.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Easter Sunday afternoon - Lego time!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>Till next time ... treasuring my friends and family. Happy Springtime (or is it summer) to all!</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-83255222429756035072023-03-06T21:08:00.000-05:002023-03-06T21:08:29.645-05:00Farmer's Daughter<div style="text-align: center;"><i>And "sew" it begins again ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>February,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=crazy+quilt+block+tutorial&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA864CA864&oq=Crazy+Quilt+Block+tutorial&aqs=chrome.0.0i512j0i22i30l4j0i390.7818j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_H38GZOzUH_Sr5NoP7o2lmAg_30"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">doing almost exactly what I was doing last year this time.</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Working on the shirt quilt for Becky and the fitting name of this block is</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Farmer's Daughter</b>!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4sl8QHT2E86MCfpfL9Whu-N4lJolJgzJw_cCoiK7R_GZzzOxJMFQyJKfEl4QfY_VoYQ4BUvnWRUqgsXhjYRr-Eedv5tvGJcqcTvMacMYlJilPwwu1sq9vlMyNQXZ-_n9Xsx8sabBLQXiCUH9l0iNM34lNCpAWiZglg-SRlLMbdxyKOWHjuV5wOOL2w/s4032/IMG_4472.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4sl8QHT2E86MCfpfL9Whu-N4lJolJgzJw_cCoiK7R_GZzzOxJMFQyJKfEl4QfY_VoYQ4BUvnWRUqgsXhjYRr-Eedv5tvGJcqcTvMacMYlJilPwwu1sq9vlMyNQXZ-_n9Xsx8sabBLQXiCUH9l0iNM34lNCpAWiZglg-SRlLMbdxyKOWHjuV5wOOL2w/w480-h640/IMG_4472.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It went quite well until I got to the vague instructions on how to attach a border,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>sewn with angle cuts and block finishing triangles, and the dreaded mitred corners - eek!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"needles" to say after much stitch ripping it is almost finished.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Not perfect by any means, but almost complete!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Perhaps the quilting can smooth out some of the imperfections?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqL5X_iZarIer7i1EcxHQw4reawzFz_FLmnPkdeu7TcAXrNC1VWuGsjvr9tzyAXXI_58nNPq9EubQDPKY-S7zztUal17X2ouc7dlUj22pbdPshSdb65Qr_WFkKR75bikF0Eq0vuJ26hufuKe3QnVdj8cXCMg3jlsoxhxSLh6IoHZN2n4IhEfnTIRoKQw/s800/Becky's%20Quild.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqL5X_iZarIer7i1EcxHQw4reawzFz_FLmnPkdeu7TcAXrNC1VWuGsjvr9tzyAXXI_58nNPq9EubQDPKY-S7zztUal17X2ouc7dlUj22pbdPshSdb65Qr_WFkKR75bikF0Eq0vuJ26hufuKe3QnVdj8cXCMg3jlsoxhxSLh6IoHZN2n4IhEfnTIRoKQw/w640-h480/Becky's%20Quild.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>The stormy days and some lovely bright sunny ones lent themselves</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>well to spending time in my sewing room.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It was a distraction from the thoughts of doing the upcoming income tax prep</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(a task not quite as much fun).</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The biggest storm of the year so far, thundersnow and all, hit us with a vengeance and left</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>deep and very heavy snow.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My poor shrubs and tall cedar hedge trees.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Their heads are bowed low and hopefully not broken.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrJITDCGs8cpVmgfXPX3zB1MOujKISYi2JMC_iwEwf2tBcJnZEOEbDCzBnqZ9EBhE2ktSR-vENtoscVAFwWnVCPB-OKCckuyxpl9FJHZHng5sIyYVS-2OUgJAaMV46rEMtRvzxEDiS_zK1kNbST7QbFGbO1GoO7JI-EQg22h2KcKC2GDbpA2aEhvTDA/s2238/IMG_4519.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2238" data-original-width="1787" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrJITDCGs8cpVmgfXPX3zB1MOujKISYi2JMC_iwEwf2tBcJnZEOEbDCzBnqZ9EBhE2ktSR-vENtoscVAFwWnVCPB-OKCckuyxpl9FJHZHng5sIyYVS-2OUgJAaMV46rEMtRvzxEDiS_zK1kNbST7QbFGbO1GoO7JI-EQg22h2KcKC2GDbpA2aEhvTDA/w320-h400/IMG_4519.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>In between storms and sunshine I was delighted to lend a helping hand</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>to my sister who scored these beautiful crazy quilt blocks from a </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>neighbour at her summer Newfoundland home.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We just inserted the navy sashing to make this stunning wall hanging!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What an honour to spend some time with this special sister.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bnZ_oyOH91lad7D2x72I40Y_5_BJKqozm4w1_cCC0O7m66gQDAXpVCpo9k2q_X8_tDMvBsBxfIoGUF5PnWd-WR-4BN_a5hkFdNLTmXuvq1DA8crM-C7XoQ8aNhccaDydjErKBRp1ZWvMwF13UYXEki37mf7z91i-vH-7RvC3FjeT1WNRVa5UT058oA/s4032/IMG_4414.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bnZ_oyOH91lad7D2x72I40Y_5_BJKqozm4w1_cCC0O7m66gQDAXpVCpo9k2q_X8_tDMvBsBxfIoGUF5PnWd-WR-4BN_a5hkFdNLTmXuvq1DA8crM-C7XoQ8aNhccaDydjErKBRp1ZWvMwF13UYXEki37mf7z91i-vH-7RvC3FjeT1WNRVa5UT058oA/w300-h400/IMG_4414.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>There were some sleep overs at their house and at mine...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFFATMRnwi946IiKqdGbCItb9CmQRO7qkxZnmVwYR37jGyxqFnf2EtYF9NC9yGVCI0adzTiV7Xdz1EwAW5aSjgD_K9oGabCoQChPNsqZ7hUI_c-1fOpo3oaqOJz5Ln8e6AvZZzHSV7wLdOHxT3ivFF-LivlcbAjgE-bmO0bn8IWjQYpoD7SXBi6D86w/s4032/IMG_4424.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFFATMRnwi946IiKqdGbCItb9CmQRO7qkxZnmVwYR37jGyxqFnf2EtYF9NC9yGVCI0adzTiV7Xdz1EwAW5aSjgD_K9oGabCoQChPNsqZ7hUI_c-1fOpo3oaqOJz5Ln8e6AvZZzHSV7wLdOHxT3ivFF-LivlcbAjgE-bmO0bn8IWjQYpoD7SXBi6D86w/w480-h640/IMG_4424.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So lovely to see that bay window sunset again</td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AdH48EiLeyY2hEsq-vi9JkoeS7yxqH-6a5XuBfI7WwKsMUcPgb1j-oYOoNWsaZVRL4j9mXbF66Gk5H3wTN7c2gI2x94QufXwzmUeAt5PjldcuDcUxQMB-O43Gn0nn4b_Oo1xAPKakMCRbvdFibbhUrylALRIvwXOC5JQ1_oyAgwrolHs8SjzrtvmcQ/s4032/IMG_4440.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AdH48EiLeyY2hEsq-vi9JkoeS7yxqH-6a5XuBfI7WwKsMUcPgb1j-oYOoNWsaZVRL4j9mXbF66Gk5H3wTN7c2gI2x94QufXwzmUeAt5PjldcuDcUxQMB-O43Gn0nn4b_Oo1xAPKakMCRbvdFibbhUrylALRIvwXOC5JQ1_oyAgwrolHs8SjzrtvmcQ/w480-h640/IMG_4440.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's the best little companion<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Fun times ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqffDjmCY-lCH8ySPYGE7t_fthIui7dhRKR-jgfWvPnbLtoaudwWnCVAKXK5vHMs2tP7txQSo-h2GbgSBx-IeWkWDbshGY5afazxwfoLbkBaHEek8lSBwABUW02jrw_MsIXeeuKlkzE--uYu4weAaFItLdIP6LAqQvubnUn2vgOQ-w_l_FppLMxAQ_Fw/s4032/IMG_4419.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqffDjmCY-lCH8ySPYGE7t_fthIui7dhRKR-jgfWvPnbLtoaudwWnCVAKXK5vHMs2tP7txQSo-h2GbgSBx-IeWkWDbshGY5afazxwfoLbkBaHEek8lSBwABUW02jrw_MsIXeeuKlkzE--uYu4weAaFItLdIP6LAqQvubnUn2vgOQ-w_l_FppLMxAQ_Fw/w300-h400/IMG_4419.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tacos for the win!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Oh and, one of my orchid's bloomed!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CMoZskz8ubpCy0Fimqg7L1og_F_U1dEa22vytNAPu5ILGNrErHMfCh_HWgGIRGrNsRrhGgd189shQGLE8EBxex560n1gboJB2B-6Gg6AqtJQc1PX9H3WZoynvu-L57qlASzjDHT5fh1YrVX0nqaY47OSMWCvRLm9gu7EYLXC5usdbuAjN6o3bRyxAQ/s2685/IMG_4428.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="2499" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CMoZskz8ubpCy0Fimqg7L1og_F_U1dEa22vytNAPu5ILGNrErHMfCh_HWgGIRGrNsRrhGgd189shQGLE8EBxex560n1gboJB2B-6Gg6AqtJQc1PX9H3WZoynvu-L57qlASzjDHT5fh1YrVX0nqaY47OSMWCvRLm9gu7EYLXC5usdbuAjN6o3bRyxAQ/w596-h640/IMG_4428.jpeg" width="596" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i><br />March came in like a lamb but it's been "growling" in these beginning days.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hoping this means it will go out like a lamb too!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time ... watching for signs of Spring!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-82927788639899963382023-02-13T09:17:00.001-05:002023-02-13T10:24:34.630-05:00Love doesn't Die ... People do<div style="text-align: center;"> <i>... So, when all that's left of me</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Give me away!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This quote from <a href="https://seattleunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Epitaph-by-Merrit-Malloy-reading-20191020.pdf">Merrit Malloy's Epitaph</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>When I read this, I was in need of windshield wipers on</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the inside of my glasses.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On this eve of Valentine's Day I am mindful of the great loves</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I've had in my life, from the unending love my dear</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>parents bestowed on me, the love from friends and family,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the love from my dear departed partner, the love from my child</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and her children and husband, and from the unending love</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>from my Lord and Saviour.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>How did I deserve so much love?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JP9Xk-8BXGQAaKUsQDlkzkvjyH_rWFWeC_UWZC1QuijtQlC43DmrApAEYnt6fJhayEkUt8qCcjoCnh8MkCg4gEUulNhoKUVeXQp-8L3cFqdGtttK9qIEUXGVUGdRMkn_7r8lxVlLfxAitDS4_sBD3y3WPnZ_O-ArXzzg7v6le1LaQJTy6LbhHplXTQ/s3341/IMG_4384.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3341" data-original-width="2993" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JP9Xk-8BXGQAaKUsQDlkzkvjyH_rWFWeC_UWZC1QuijtQlC43DmrApAEYnt6fJhayEkUt8qCcjoCnh8MkCg4gEUulNhoKUVeXQp-8L3cFqdGtttK9qIEUXGVUGdRMkn_7r8lxVlLfxAitDS4_sBD3y3WPnZ_O-ArXzzg7v6le1LaQJTy6LbhHplXTQ/w574-h640/IMG_4384.jpeg" width="574" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My loves</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Jim and I were never ones to make much of a fuss on Valentine's Day,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>however, we tried to celebrate by having a nice dinner together and</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>sometimes there were flowers given.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The steadfast love was all we really needed.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCgi2tt2aj3LRyL1pBQWVowkoRhOgIH-uTWye_hzGlTZtQtWy_4WNjPOLcH2MXJjpbGgbqbed88c0pNKDp4CZ1MZ2i7DAhGZ0DAabMXJNDeBZ99oanGzAcfTka4n2TL_MdcI5Q95kt-TI-LSDwRG0NuJi7tK92hPN2JI1bYg7B-ZW9VrVAqz9j8AErw/s2063/IMG_1740.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2063" data-original-width="1264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCgi2tt2aj3LRyL1pBQWVowkoRhOgIH-uTWye_hzGlTZtQtWy_4WNjPOLcH2MXJjpbGgbqbed88c0pNKDp4CZ1MZ2i7DAhGZ0DAabMXJNDeBZ99oanGzAcfTka4n2TL_MdcI5Q95kt-TI-LSDwRG0NuJi7tK92hPN2JI1bYg7B-ZW9VrVAqz9j8AErw/w392-h640/IMG_1740.jpeg" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ottawa 2019</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Now I look for him ... in the flowers, birds, sunsets, butterflies, and</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>in the people he loved too.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This morning when I made my coffee - I thought of he who always</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>made it for me.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>He was the early riser. The bed held me a bit longer.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And so it is!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFfs7Ehlwl0csGc_wVz5bkLcHgkOUY1HonqCLXvsUbMA2G-DIdOPyJVZRJo2xWlQZfv7FIeHJTZE6i9wWxG6DJN0ADina5Q3Mt72JggRyTgQpX-u0daD6WFUhECEDYUudITLuH3QhIkSGSmwSHiLXq3cbngXoRgm4aWtwRZiPoJMM75RrIDBh0mWv3Q/s3456/IMG_2397.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFfs7Ehlwl0csGc_wVz5bkLcHgkOUY1HonqCLXvsUbMA2G-DIdOPyJVZRJo2xWlQZfv7FIeHJTZE6i9wWxG6DJN0ADina5Q3Mt72JggRyTgQpX-u0daD6WFUhECEDYUudITLuH3QhIkSGSmwSHiLXq3cbngXoRgm4aWtwRZiPoJMM75RrIDBh0mWv3Q/w350-h400/IMG_2397.jpeg" width="350" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Today I will buy myself some tulips to remember,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>prepare a nice meal for dinner,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>take a long walk along the river,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>reach out to a hurting friend or two</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(there are so many),</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and set aside some time to sew, read or paint.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And, oh yes - I need to start preparing my income tax papers ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the things he always looked after.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Much love to you all as you count YOUR blessings</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>this Valentine's Day.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time ... hug someone tight today, on Valentine's Day, or any day! </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-85198380920563506182023-01-10T10:01:00.000-05:002023-01-10T10:01:41.757-05:00Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: center;"><i>A Fresh New Year!!!</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkC6jlPppHmmYuE-w6NLkQ5TF06glAdzj4mSfHA2Pr_P5PetG05OpBfYUL3-zHIyqE-kBxSb6F4f3BomkvyiATqpN57wMrRwLY7bR19XUhHpbgXvBubpkV-RtifXDzGBY9FQUTcDiweVd5Xka1ITA-FJsj6QCXeVoobKFdXGm714hqURNKVQHjP8eaw/s1795/29CD49DD-D63B-4BF5-A6F1-032167295827.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkC6jlPppHmmYuE-w6NLkQ5TF06glAdzj4mSfHA2Pr_P5PetG05OpBfYUL3-zHIyqE-kBxSb6F4f3BomkvyiATqpN57wMrRwLY7bR19XUhHpbgXvBubpkV-RtifXDzGBY9FQUTcDiweVd5Xka1ITA-FJsj6QCXeVoobKFdXGm714hqURNKVQHjP8eaw/w514-h640/29CD49DD-D63B-4BF5-A6F1-032167295827.jpeg" width="514" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The tree and Christmas decor has been tucked away ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the Christmas Snow Storm has melted ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the Christmas baking, caramel popcorn and chocolate has showed up on my hips ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>but all in all - I look forward to this shiny new year of 2023.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2022 ended on such a very sad note.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>One of the Farmer's very best friends,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>his college room mate, his fishing buddy, his best man at our wedding,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>travel mate, and all around dear friend,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>joined him in heaven on December 21st.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Almost exactly one year apart!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>His wife, my friend from as far back as high school, and I are stunned</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>that this is even real!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>God must have a plan in all of this ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7-gsBOyx7n6_-CaQCD7Q-Tvba65ukoncF9fdLfKQHFR3GD1aLh-N27gT_ugNjkT0E3ms8ivxKreoZF9lqsfaUopGcPs1aokT8Isd4LrMAC-OJKu89IlexoPM0zjbZQ0k8SV1DTl-il3I6beweA04XiFPXJ51pptC2BO-gI6oOrpKBJrouhmtvNsdFA/s1272/IMG_3316.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="890" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7-gsBOyx7n6_-CaQCD7Q-Tvba65ukoncF9fdLfKQHFR3GD1aLh-N27gT_ugNjkT0E3ms8ivxKreoZF9lqsfaUopGcPs1aokT8Isd4LrMAC-OJKu89IlexoPM0zjbZQ0k8SV1DTl-il3I6beweA04XiFPXJ51pptC2BO-gI6oOrpKBJrouhmtvNsdFA/w280-h400/IMG_3316.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>December had it's very blue notes but the warm light</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>has begun to show through the brokenness.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDW0dgIn_g6JPFPDMMZkxgdvu4GocRP-lL265wzqaiiN83zDV8w8vgsakYLZRQ6us-ernbEly6fd4_TIQTeAZh67VIoqjghshPcRo3qKRDhevFCzRXP7NrcJE6X_UEv0NnZrhPkJpRVKh7d2OoPA4fZAGBXVLwKwIjZWOnIJ5lpxxLqNkP2uyT-2CuA/s4032/IMG_4173.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDW0dgIn_g6JPFPDMMZkxgdvu4GocRP-lL265wzqaiiN83zDV8w8vgsakYLZRQ6us-ernbEly6fd4_TIQTeAZh67VIoqjghshPcRo3qKRDhevFCzRXP7NrcJE6X_UEv0NnZrhPkJpRVKh7d2OoPA4fZAGBXVLwKwIjZWOnIJ5lpxxLqNkP2uyT-2CuA/w480-h640/IMG_4173.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The children's programs at church and at school were delightful.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(he's looking for us behind the letter "G" - so cute)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2IbtytFSmlVCCCY2Ji7SzkuAcn5jJKzvfb-0qtsuUqUUFGwgZiTrFf-oJLtfwJvsayLYdVjbDKAgsgPymI-SO6zvQItIjYFc7Zy6qQIn1DzmK7ZM-14taejWOif_GkWE1kfmM3GsIWGfolNnyDl00a4CEmNWrtNsZca-V8L7iOW4wQj1XPYcHMF93A/s1000/Christmas%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2IbtytFSmlVCCCY2Ji7SzkuAcn5jJKzvfb-0qtsuUqUUFGwgZiTrFf-oJLtfwJvsayLYdVjbDKAgsgPymI-SO6zvQItIjYFc7Zy6qQIn1DzmK7ZM-14taejWOif_GkWE1kfmM3GsIWGfolNnyDl00a4CEmNWrtNsZca-V8L7iOW4wQj1XPYcHMF93A/w640-h512/Christmas%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>Survived the biggest storm of the year on Christmas Eve Day and </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Christmas Day.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I realized that this was the first time in all of my years to spend alone on those very days.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I was OK though, and remained extra thankful that I was safe at home and</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>had a warm cozy place to be!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>No one was going anywhere till Boxing Day</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>when we all came together once again.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyN7VxqUvm49NLD0-Q7PR8I2uyN4yUmnYfYUfPGduxPBd4GUT1nwYv8OsxHG4soupM7e1PEpKlnc_qcHr7XZX29JAMEZyuGUKjISTOgfSyvzOYQXlUGLd6KwcfmyOXCZJD-bf7HVkr4-S1fZ8s1S1ixM0VkCk1sX5wEJdjwesrKP92p94Zf1opN9tS8w/s4032/IMG_4203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyN7VxqUvm49NLD0-Q7PR8I2uyN4yUmnYfYUfPGduxPBd4GUT1nwYv8OsxHG4soupM7e1PEpKlnc_qcHr7XZX29JAMEZyuGUKjISTOgfSyvzOYQXlUGLd6KwcfmyOXCZJD-bf7HVkr4-S1fZ8s1S1ixM0VkCk1sX5wEJdjwesrKP92p94Zf1opN9tS8w/w480-h640/IMG_4203.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5deucgRDt_CIRHUCQzDo0VL_2yTlng9ejPc5hl-fJb6KEuJwkv4eA2Kw8qrjrqpyOFZ4LltSoh4bj-0mECOLROnDlpbfJG-6JCue8sd-LMyw4_YGH8zdQ2ak58ve2OrWLLw7wMPp2yd2v2iAeBI1ghU6l74nwpaWvHELfse82qXvT0CaFiIsxnzBRPg/s4032/IMG_4222.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5deucgRDt_CIRHUCQzDo0VL_2yTlng9ejPc5hl-fJb6KEuJwkv4eA2Kw8qrjrqpyOFZ4LltSoh4bj-0mECOLROnDlpbfJG-6JCue8sd-LMyw4_YGH8zdQ2ak58ve2OrWLLw7wMPp2yd2v2iAeBI1ghU6l74nwpaWvHELfse82qXvT0CaFiIsxnzBRPg/w300-h400/IMG_4222.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And then, suddenly it seemed NYE was on our doorstep.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What a pleasure and treasure it was to spend this special weekend with</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the Leis clan at our nephew's beautiful northern Ontario cottage.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Just the very best way to begin this new year ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVQVPBc2SJLPzGE5Ocfb8pw0Dd__Lhqq3OTwlYGKCAGbOkRwGEQt4zg0OV6ywP__YEOfTVgFQ3cNJidUVlJQfi6K_bprEJmGr8azujNojVnYBq3ugDGX1VxK-WM4tYOnAhkJin-WJAcQhlJ0K4un-lYm5pat7tDxt-7KQZ-sytnz33aUtMaeSd_o0Ww/s4032/IMG_4262.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVQVPBc2SJLPzGE5Ocfb8pw0Dd__Lhqq3OTwlYGKCAGbOkRwGEQt4zg0OV6ywP__YEOfTVgFQ3cNJidUVlJQfi6K_bprEJmGr8azujNojVnYBq3ugDGX1VxK-WM4tYOnAhkJin-WJAcQhlJ0K4un-lYm5pat7tDxt-7KQZ-sytnz33aUtMaeSd_o0Ww/w480-h640/IMG_4262.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i>This place is remarkable and so peaceful ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We were literally blessed into a new year!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBes_3FHPz67C4fOkivqpKS9vqW64uNhr_qcQ2PlJqWd4Ty-Ptgly4Mu8Kq3NwYDJES_KnhPtmPZ77kf7cprzTOFf1rNp9lPM3tyrFLHybYzI6TmXQGBeb3KtMCQYH8HWH5DodjmrbfvlVJOhzNyoN351AOC74cbIP1zvdQZDarXPilhnE-RoszAgwVg/s800/Jamie's%20Cottage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBes_3FHPz67C4fOkivqpKS9vqW64uNhr_qcQ2PlJqWd4Ty-Ptgly4Mu8Kq3NwYDJES_KnhPtmPZ77kf7cprzTOFf1rNp9lPM3tyrFLHybYzI6TmXQGBeb3KtMCQYH8HWH5DodjmrbfvlVJOhzNyoN351AOC74cbIP1zvdQZDarXPilhnE-RoszAgwVg/w640-h480/Jamie's%20Cottage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>And then one more trip around the sun for this old gal.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We celebrated at "Swish" (aka Swiss Chalet).</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5UzV5m4Gye9eRW4KXkvJIDKwCI_1GP3z9fvu4-YIn4dCTnqsVNhFvuIDMW0FuEKR-s1kNgX-B2KiliuR-7Wzdl5LAonZurRMjnmOVC5Ck8qwc0p0dZ41jN1ox-BSsutbs2OHXob1eHAstRPmsrRdpK34BPDtov3pAU957RcxkgVvhzvVcdoDNdllbg/s3471/IMG_4301%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3471" data-original-width="2962" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5UzV5m4Gye9eRW4KXkvJIDKwCI_1GP3z9fvu4-YIn4dCTnqsVNhFvuIDMW0FuEKR-s1kNgX-B2KiliuR-7Wzdl5LAonZurRMjnmOVC5Ck8qwc0p0dZ41jN1ox-BSsutbs2OHXob1eHAstRPmsrRdpK34BPDtov3pAU957RcxkgVvhzvVcdoDNdllbg/w341-h400/IMG_4301%20(1).jpeg" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Candy Floss on the cupcake - perfection!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><i>Life is as good as we make it!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Lord has been so good to me all of my days ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I continue to live with the intention of being thankful and joyful.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Living my best life over here.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here's to 2023 y'all!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQT_ljHf6k4xlMDTLHqlzOrgqd7dTsGoDRvasGt4gMbBnzF_1F0Lt-vlEmFI-uGcZIaXJPx4GbBbGegXxrv8NPNmfhqzsB7axiSdq8P44dBi1lNHTCLAxKVtHTVM4Ukhdd_X2I6lcUz-Yc30Cb4Aw2YXqswfSSBP-2EcI5qcQOp0D_mtNayeZc2Dt9ZA/s4032/IMG_4231.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQT_ljHf6k4xlMDTLHqlzOrgqd7dTsGoDRvasGt4gMbBnzF_1F0Lt-vlEmFI-uGcZIaXJPx4GbBbGegXxrv8NPNmfhqzsB7axiSdq8P44dBi1lNHTCLAxKVtHTVM4Ukhdd_X2I6lcUz-Yc30Cb4Aw2YXqswfSSBP-2EcI5qcQOp0D_mtNayeZc2Dt9ZA/s320/IMG_4231.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time ... Letting the light come in through the cracks!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-73910430140167509932022-11-30T16:45:00.000-05:002022-11-30T16:45:08.650-05:00November's End<div style="text-align: center;"><i>November 14 came and went.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I am thankful that I decided not to stay in bed that day...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Encouragement came from my in-laws to gather for coffee</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and then to visit the graveside. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>After lunch with some very dear friends I felt the relief of</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"getting through this day".</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7X4WSj3aqp4qEPwc2w98CXSA7LHyIARXsWh-8dwZzZ-Q0tcOhY7pSr4txPigilsGrxqPP-Xx3VM8PrxLHHF85hRb7jGGXXP7tlfz0gQVIErWQIBNDvz1L0jCAJ3vZTvmrnLVQOMjv92vOCzUIKsEPXLa6sMHRVCH6O6cDb4SBu-XfW-EyKgAbwk5xw/s2602/IMG_9354.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2602" data-original-width="2111" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7X4WSj3aqp4qEPwc2w98CXSA7LHyIARXsWh-8dwZzZ-Q0tcOhY7pSr4txPigilsGrxqPP-Xx3VM8PrxLHHF85hRb7jGGXXP7tlfz0gQVIErWQIBNDvz1L0jCAJ3vZTvmrnLVQOMjv92vOCzUIKsEPXLa6sMHRVCH6O6cDb4SBu-XfW-EyKgAbwk5xw/s320/IMG_9354.jpeg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Later that evening, Becky and I had our first of 6 weekly </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>watercolour painting classes.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A nice way to end the day.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqoschTjmcGAyTbS7S-tx-vyfoze9Hn6d1s3wIwTTmB_AXNw6ilWjrslJfNO8IKRxNxsAPGhS9dBPwouU6kU9XooBvPrek1I8UdN5kM6DiNZlghUosyDBKOIWXkW16q21UCOc6eXWpEc_7DitA2Kp3YNz_ouCcO7KPzI3uoviFOlvQAzZvGIP_cUcUw/s800/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqoschTjmcGAyTbS7S-tx-vyfoze9Hn6d1s3wIwTTmB_AXNw6ilWjrslJfNO8IKRxNxsAPGhS9dBPwouU6kU9XooBvPrek1I8UdN5kM6DiNZlghUosyDBKOIWXkW16q21UCOc6eXWpEc_7DitA2Kp3YNz_ouCcO7KPzI3uoviFOlvQAzZvGIP_cUcUw/w400-h300/Untitled.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>Watercolour art is hard ... not sure I'll ever "get it".</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Snow came rather unexpectedly near the end of this month</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and brought with it the feeling of Christmas.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>There were many Christmas Craft Markets one could attend and this</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>special night market at the Tom Patterson Theatre was so beautiful!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A crisp and energizing walk from my home ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISrUA1JWCEvPEqEYP_90AXkrNwLVxj5hYy4Xfn3tVjvyWlUJQtVBkMhmXkXSWmtvmiT-yTjO6lBeAhSKacNJOD07gTrGPfvcPoDIbIxOWX56o677Z9ydDg1IHiUMfWXhZ1tnaQFjvGi_TzufDaLKLGghf3QlmU-mGwBQtiMn6sHvMqEIuGRL1ETiClw/s4032/IMG_3991.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISrUA1JWCEvPEqEYP_90AXkrNwLVxj5hYy4Xfn3tVjvyWlUJQtVBkMhmXkXSWmtvmiT-yTjO6lBeAhSKacNJOD07gTrGPfvcPoDIbIxOWX56o677Z9ydDg1IHiUMfWXhZ1tnaQFjvGi_TzufDaLKLGghf3QlmU-mGwBQtiMn6sHvMqEIuGRL1ETiClw/w640-h480/IMG_3991.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Regardless of the shopping opportunities however, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>my Christmas shopping is yet unfinished.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Most items that I need are still to be made or ordered online.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I just can't face the malls ... am I the only one?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HhV4ozQlG06NTDvT0btaVMDieUOLUpJ0ONnzUYlNNVTvKGjjJem0Z0qlhi1LTvyUcnQI7_gYgsMS6eOqCwxYF_vPW9SszczuaXnNg-1MlvEIN0QggsvEPUztZA4gP4onsZoQFOZ-3EfR2miHmhTXokrKh46TtK9-AKFA7Pj5n27Dnh42ne2UtSN_sQ/s4032/IMG_4005.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HhV4ozQlG06NTDvT0btaVMDieUOLUpJ0ONnzUYlNNVTvKGjjJem0Z0qlhi1LTvyUcnQI7_gYgsMS6eOqCwxYF_vPW9SszczuaXnNg-1MlvEIN0QggsvEPUztZA4gP4onsZoQFOZ-3EfR2miHmhTXokrKh46TtK9-AKFA7Pj5n27Dnh42ne2UtSN_sQ/w300-h400/IMG_4005.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i>A gingerbread train was created.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This was made from a kit purchased at Walmart.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Best tip I ever received was to hot glue the gingerbread pieces together </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>instead of trying to stick them together with royal icing!!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's not all that edible anyway.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But, everytime I looked back - a few more gumdrops were missing - a mystery??!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A really fun thing my friend Carolyn and I did was to complete making</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>sweet little bags from my bridesmaid dress worn 50 years ago at our mutual</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>friend's wedding!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Don't ask me how many 50 or almost 50 year old bridesmaid's dresses I have </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>hanging in my closet - eek!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Carolyn is a confident sewer and offered to help me make them ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIu6d4qov6wF7M_oLIeK--qcjNp_eLyanjD6rfhf9lZ--8xc-nqz9BXQy-banwgUaO3Lxk-qJBKmHwLs3hqGrYfIixXlXQgVpC5-ZiryuC4kVd49YB8kV7xZlh1ehG9_dHoH2fpXeKwhbcg6qp2lyPnS9GfdzUZUisU5oz-W49fKmYGZ6wtiyHlm3Ng/s3348/IMG_4035.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2828" data-original-width="3348" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIu6d4qov6wF7M_oLIeK--qcjNp_eLyanjD6rfhf9lZ--8xc-nqz9BXQy-banwgUaO3Lxk-qJBKmHwLs3hqGrYfIixXlXQgVpC5-ZiryuC4kVd49YB8kV7xZlh1ehG9_dHoH2fpXeKwhbcg6qp2lyPnS9GfdzUZUisU5oz-W49fKmYGZ6wtiyHlm3Ng/w640-h540/IMG_4035.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is us 50 years ago!!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqL9v2cChzNO3cWfdcsHZdME4g1f2mDmBS0VgYik7HDlXNmhK96hEBrG4bmw2nWlQTo9RCDgUuwpbL3poMX12JbSTzRSTBoXIR4I5dVqeWSBc2oPv2r8zVWS5CvODTaUp19Xydjco9cS39IHJe_adZf1unrdXpfCknpWCHsr_5QedVBdvD12b-_joFyQ/s4032/IMG_4034.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqL9v2cChzNO3cWfdcsHZdME4g1f2mDmBS0VgYik7HDlXNmhK96hEBrG4bmw2nWlQTo9RCDgUuwpbL3poMX12JbSTzRSTBoXIR4I5dVqeWSBc2oPv2r8zVWS5CvODTaUp19Xydjco9cS39IHJe_adZf1unrdXpfCknpWCHsr_5QedVBdvD12b-_joFyQ/w300-h400/IMG_4034.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We boldly cut into the dress and the velvet over-dress/jumper,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>using the dress as lining for the bags and the velvet for the outer fabric.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The velvet is just beautiful and I plan to save some of the pieces for the crazy quilt </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>that is on my sewing bucket list.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-m-n8by-OQyvk3PQOoLZPmF9klDYGstVuO6VuMX5c2I6Ps69Rk_rG8-0ukcfgY32NKuWgX8qX8Mhw9RnoAWn0XP9PKtL6G_y3T9pODFBdnjwMsdwxCpAO3PA0kBBu_WRGrA4y2-JfLiqEuVDlI6WFb4BgOZ3pgAqXtGGlYtXQiRU6-AIAdDGZD_UeaA/s4032/IMG_4036.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-m-n8by-OQyvk3PQOoLZPmF9klDYGstVuO6VuMX5c2I6Ps69Rk_rG8-0ukcfgY32NKuWgX8qX8Mhw9RnoAWn0XP9PKtL6G_y3T9pODFBdnjwMsdwxCpAO3PA0kBBu_WRGrA4y2-JfLiqEuVDlI6WFb4BgOZ3pgAqXtGGlYtXQiRU6-AIAdDGZD_UeaA/w300-h400/IMG_4036.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carolyn made 3 of these for us!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMm_W355pJrJPWLYkAL8xGcWslDOs_ef0gD9iS3lPzGAI8VKI0U3OyWdxbby-psSkmLUpBt4UPYyYzVXsA9t8T46oNLbfhk91EsOTInMCsnHiBLLEF6KjHOccVw5LbtWR8yDQDaelC2Q006tQcANmEWTAVKEnnQft2iGfvbB0xShbOR6QhaVjIxxplQ/s4032/IMG_4015.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMm_W355pJrJPWLYkAL8xGcWslDOs_ef0gD9iS3lPzGAI8VKI0U3OyWdxbby-psSkmLUpBt4UPYyYzVXsA9t8T46oNLbfhk91EsOTInMCsnHiBLLEF6KjHOccVw5LbtWR8yDQDaelC2Q006tQcANmEWTAVKEnnQft2iGfvbB0xShbOR6QhaVjIxxplQ/w300-h400/IMG_4015.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is for Lynn's Granddaughter!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06H0DB50Vi8Avvi-qMak8RBLW2x01xkyZtrLhA2m3Xr14Tp3dnJDk3rKYsYix_pzsALWJAHwffW5iidTVdJVqMyLpOzSkov4N0qzPxlYmH8Q9y80cLcdd8WJN36z3GNoRczP3vw-pFzmqG3lMo0uqcz-yqw3QGL-BpP7_VGhH5u7sIGHy9liT__SZfw/s2129/IMG_4030.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2129" data-original-width="1593" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06H0DB50Vi8Avvi-qMak8RBLW2x01xkyZtrLhA2m3Xr14Tp3dnJDk3rKYsYix_pzsALWJAHwffW5iidTVdJVqMyLpOzSkov4N0qzPxlYmH8Q9y80cLcdd8WJN36z3GNoRczP3vw-pFzmqG3lMo0uqcz-yqw3QGL-BpP7_VGhH5u7sIGHy9liT__SZfw/w299-h400/IMG_4030.jpeg" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love mine - my "theatre bag"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>Happiest Anniversary Lynn and Jim!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So glad to give this to Lynn this morning and to be back home while the snow and</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>wind rages outside AND while my furnace works again!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And so - November ends ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My heart is getting ready for the Advent Season and for</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time ... wishing you many blessings as we head into the Christmas season.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-39941191499970071332022-11-06T20:22:00.001-05:002022-11-07T08:10:30.502-05:00November Be Gentle<div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The month that I have dreaded so much has arrived!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The anticipated "dark" days of November have been surprisingly gentle so far,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>unusually and almost eerily warm ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>expected waves of sadness and also with much happiness ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>PTL!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I pray the gentleness continues as my family and I remember ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>An unusually colourful October went by so quickly!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Fall colours were especially brilliant this year.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My busyness was a welcome distraction once again.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>At the end of September and first weekend in October I was</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>privileged to be involved with helping to set up some exhibits for the</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>BiCentennial celebration of the first Amish settlers in SW Ontario!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>200 years ago, my ancestors came to farm and live out their lives here.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>They came from the Alsace Lorraine regions in Europe to find a better life,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and freedom of religion.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Many were granted crown land on which to farm and live.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We heard many stories about how they co-existed with the First Nations peoples,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>stories that were heard for the first time by many participants.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We sang soul healing "old" hymns from the German Ausbund and early hymnals!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I was moved and blessed by the whole weekend!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> Below is a collage of pictures of some of the displays.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2Iccmzkry_R2qwsCQNxjUoFTdh4aqzmcdxuhQFbonhB_04ysXctvntAcyv25fNQxqyLX66Ii5ByUdVeWxuQD2LMbVUQwIiXsiKgnU8wchQH8aCUWORsBev8NHJK2H5wM2KhybWvW-nwLtwJbFL8k3s7XOJqa7BCaiI4GvMQbL1G7K-MiwmVbm-Rxqw/s800/Bicentennial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2Iccmzkry_R2qwsCQNxjUoFTdh4aqzmcdxuhQFbonhB_04ysXctvntAcyv25fNQxqyLX66Ii5ByUdVeWxuQD2LMbVUQwIiXsiKgnU8wchQH8aCUWORsBev8NHJK2H5wM2KhybWvW-nwLtwJbFL8k3s7XOJqa7BCaiI4GvMQbL1G7K-MiwmVbm-Rxqw/w480-h640/Bicentennial.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i>It was a well planned and very interesting weekend plus ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>in addition to several Sunday evening hymn sings at various churches,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>there were some well researched and interesting bus tours of the historical areas,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and a traditional bean soup lunch.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Bona Supp" was a favourite meal in my childhood years!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafpcdXggTnJuJJVSNY-BgZ_l-S2cMagOW1tr1YbR5F0ekIMPh5HCR9XQlLZgfADAOM_tFvQ6daJAfUVQhF1y6d-t7bnyRK1q6z3ZeSqkTauh88f4BegSsIt7HbaPSz62ynwSwBM3-comw2cHE91s4-PucIi7HMhoow3RJRLonoPl_d8Khmm8AWNgPsw/s4032/IMG_3753.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafpcdXggTnJuJJVSNY-BgZ_l-S2cMagOW1tr1YbR5F0ekIMPh5HCR9XQlLZgfADAOM_tFvQ6daJAfUVQhF1y6d-t7bnyRK1q6z3ZeSqkTauh88f4BegSsIt7HbaPSz62ynwSwBM3-comw2cHE91s4-PucIi7HMhoow3RJRLonoPl_d8Khmm8AWNgPsw/w300-h400/IMG_3753.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>The tables were beautifully set</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with the traditional bowl of </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>apple butter to accompany the soup.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And - always - the cinnamon to</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>sprinkle on top!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2amuBQseZXR9Y7HjEPgUH54ir2Q8lj9GPhGkrhijEYSYtFBmwN36_Agxi9IgcFU9BF30Gag2LaISWxKM6pRFzPiur0cb6hgtXyZzPZM9NOn4NLmfGVSIcZa8R82Lgh0WpeAzEPvNE_Y7FdTKmdka9aAKEfIT60M4OtDNE0IDsOdIsvCpZiXqwMfzAeg/s4032/IMG_3758.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2amuBQseZXR9Y7HjEPgUH54ir2Q8lj9GPhGkrhijEYSYtFBmwN36_Agxi9IgcFU9BF30Gag2LaISWxKM6pRFzPiur0cb6hgtXyZzPZM9NOn4NLmfGVSIcZa8R82Lgh0WpeAzEPvNE_Y7FdTKmdka9aAKEfIT60M4OtDNE0IDsOdIsvCpZiXqwMfzAeg/w300-h400/IMG_3758.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>My mom's recipe:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">“Cook the navy beans till soft and tender”</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">1 Cup dried beans yields approx. 2 ½ cooked beans.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Overnight Method – place beans in kettle and cover with 4 cups water to 1 cup dried beans.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Cover and let stand overnight (at least 8 hrs.) <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Simmer till tender in soaking water.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Quick Method – place beans in kettle and cover with 4 cups water to 1 cup dried beans.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Cover, remove from heat and let stand for 1 hour.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Return water and beans to a simmer and cook till tender. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Cooking time for navy beans is approx. 1 hour.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tip – add 1 tbsp. fat to cooking beans to control foaming.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">“Add milk and salt and pepper to taste – heat but do not boil”</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">“Pour hot soup over buttered farmer’s loaf bread cubes and several strands of saffron”. Sprinkle with cinnamon.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">My sister remembers mom putting the buttered bread and saffron in the bottom of her large pickling crock and pouring the hot soup over the bread.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She served the soup right from the crock.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">I don't remember that we added a dollop of apple butter to the soup but it certainly was slathered onto a generous slice of buttered bread!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">What a treat!</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></i></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">October also brought ...</i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">A sweet new kitten named - Spinach</i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BL4mtcZlFSd4cGKJa7MTKn6C5JNfYUe8jDauM6XZbPPIUugVoRSMXl-Y8TtthE7zk6cyhERoRzzUdn1phLjwbYEwMa5fsjwWAvYk8UpQux_mHRxrNtj3xl3LRyKcK0AhIUDoTdWvaAxMAaWxBLsIGwqh2n6ZlMrIMti9GFy_F32caLt1UXSSd-2hsA/s4032/IMG_3641%20(2).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BL4mtcZlFSd4cGKJa7MTKn6C5JNfYUe8jDauM6XZbPPIUugVoRSMXl-Y8TtthE7zk6cyhERoRzzUdn1phLjwbYEwMa5fsjwWAvYk8UpQux_mHRxrNtj3xl3LRyKcK0AhIUDoTdWvaAxMAaWxBLsIGwqh2n6ZlMrIMti9GFy_F32caLt1UXSSd-2hsA/w480-h640/IMG_3641%20(2).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Thanksgiving - so much to be thankful for ...</i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">Glowing trees ...</i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWIWm2qkJmaYjhEVXRv6V-DCgXSJLMlsVFGjwc-CfAW8olCo0YQ-9xp0Pks46LoX_1020rE2oarnK7anD8Lg9SHKVFfgUcidBHeWHZBQvEOXDEvpJLJNd-tWucrDA-2jme6lIimo1PWsla_KOWp5T7J_SSCH8HHbSUAnXzPetil0yMi-Ytt8-Pdn1fg/s4032/IMG_3825.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWIWm2qkJmaYjhEVXRv6V-DCgXSJLMlsVFGjwc-CfAW8olCo0YQ-9xp0Pks46LoX_1020rE2oarnK7anD8Lg9SHKVFfgUcidBHeWHZBQvEOXDEvpJLJNd-tWucrDA-2jme6lIimo1PWsla_KOWp5T7J_SSCH8HHbSUAnXzPetil0yMi-Ytt8-Pdn1fg/w480-h640/IMG_3825.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Sunrises ...</i></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_Hp6OmjzFZxd4PxoBEgMZ0Jm-Ydih2ubF4lT3MKy6k9zom7Sz6YWJryPLB29Ie79bkK7d7Cd-R0E5teuUQ6HwF6ynWHcNLY4OLuo3gaPkd8iP2hYQOz-GLqjlccD_TwL4eKLMmESSNbJca_--oRGh6RyJxXYrRxUe_1rNRt-xclEoong_2vD7P50VQ/s4032/IMG_3858.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_Hp6OmjzFZxd4PxoBEgMZ0Jm-Ydih2ubF4lT3MKy6k9zom7Sz6YWJryPLB29Ie79bkK7d7Cd-R0E5teuUQ6HwF6ynWHcNLY4OLuo3gaPkd8iP2hYQOz-GLqjlccD_TwL4eKLMmESSNbJca_--oRGh6RyJxXYrRxUe_1rNRt-xclEoong_2vD7P50VQ/w640-h480/IMG_3858.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">A new something, something ... ?? Stay tuned.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFNlc5NlBGWsptu_ZU0aEM89_THWZHzPQtrTCaysG-cAEjvH_yJxg1qgArvkYrZzajbGIrFuEk9dsEZgI8SpdLEr1Lt4YyfQsmKDFCFSYTY2WeDl0R-xQDvRJz6aolKHuj-4RWl5iMK8TnK5YhuCkpOyHK4U4ofwVShDw3QCGTQc7iRk5HG40RY-LgQ/s4032/IMG_3853.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFNlc5NlBGWsptu_ZU0aEM89_THWZHzPQtrTCaysG-cAEjvH_yJxg1qgArvkYrZzajbGIrFuEk9dsEZgI8SpdLEr1Lt4YyfQsmKDFCFSYTY2WeDl0R-xQDvRJz6aolKHuj-4RWl5iMK8TnK5YhuCkpOyHK4U4ofwVShDw3QCGTQc7iRk5HG40RY-LgQ/w300-h400/IMG_3853.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Halloween with "Wreck-it Ralph and Venellope Von Schweetz!</span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPnx-EtZZ_p17CTJtwzXybTpZgeq69aWElH2Bp4VAPM6FD1ItmDNkr5d4LztdIwEgz87zDJfdWBk41gooXhIS2fdXmEnRNTvJD6U4skzzejA0CBSFrzhQFNccC019EaFcQaGx1VimpjHhL5lEoPgBY_rU4OeeCH7N2yKtbQbnVKET1lZSeG8dHNYWCQ/s1440/313418555_10101080791794287_4753784734439374793_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPnx-EtZZ_p17CTJtwzXybTpZgeq69aWElH2Bp4VAPM6FD1ItmDNkr5d4LztdIwEgz87zDJfdWBk41gooXhIS2fdXmEnRNTvJD6U4skzzejA0CBSFrzhQFNccC019EaFcQaGx1VimpjHhL5lEoPgBY_rU4OeeCH7N2yKtbQbnVKET1lZSeG8dHNYWCQ/w640-h640/313418555_10101080791794287_4753784734439374793_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">All in all, October was good.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">November has taken us to see the "Imagine Van Gogh" installation in nearby London.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">What a treat to watch this 7 year old take it all in ...</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioU4tTUC-Y-FRweUQpXzKPQexhB6o-822ePpduLIQiz61fnfsqfQNiF5blyDw45bkv6nEFsEJpWgU_JI5dfeCsfor34PZw5wazXgOr4qbX9aHCYGpO5qyq3Lwjc2xpHGMrVBCzcDBlWEhv7ltH9kshHDJlgyYYO8vCY2Bkz742jR3r7Fy4pZzuaHSU4A/s800/Van%20Gough.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioU4tTUC-Y-FRweUQpXzKPQexhB6o-822ePpduLIQiz61fnfsqfQNiF5blyDw45bkv6nEFsEJpWgU_JI5dfeCsfor34PZw5wazXgOr4qbX9aHCYGpO5qyq3Lwjc2xpHGMrVBCzcDBlWEhv7ltH9kshHDJlgyYYO8vCY2Bkz742jR3r7Fy4pZzuaHSU4A/w640-h480/Van%20Gough.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcicQHtCQ38tgyXyj-8Z93KXT9O0NqG1b1o6aJ1W5k_7CCakW7ydmXK1oKny5-g7Vcp4J0I01UM47Hp_PkVei2mRL53LnFAyj5nx1UH-AqQPLOoMweBOUNeVkX-hbxuednJJQyHKvm4r6lCOeVMkS6jOFeC1njfenDbCS5HWFLpDQKWx1BtO2xoERXLA/s2016/IMG_3932.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcicQHtCQ38tgyXyj-8Z93KXT9O0NqG1b1o6aJ1W5k_7CCakW7ydmXK1oKny5-g7Vcp4J0I01UM47Hp_PkVei2mRL53LnFAyj5nx1UH-AqQPLOoMweBOUNeVkX-hbxuednJJQyHKvm4r6lCOeVMkS6jOFeC1njfenDbCS5HWFLpDQKWx1BtO2xoERXLA/w480-h640/IMG_3932.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Praying that November continues to be gentle as I go down this</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">sometimes very lonely path ...</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9S3lXMXJ30moOF_begfbrPVp6hVIFPy-xCYkHBeBJl0vmecgXyv32u8M-gJ6NCP8MiqdQfq8o9GZjQ8BBM7ZMACmf-4lSmHbG1aWxpGy7k8p8xYerI155HPjaLfoEBt2y3XxXXJfag2zQc31Ku-x_8-j-wRTgNML285k2JRgVvumYrTg2mchfT83K4Q/s4032/IMG_3961%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9S3lXMXJ30moOF_begfbrPVp6hVIFPy-xCYkHBeBJl0vmecgXyv32u8M-gJ6NCP8MiqdQfq8o9GZjQ8BBM7ZMACmf-4lSmHbG1aWxpGy7k8p8xYerI155HPjaLfoEBt2y3XxXXJfag2zQc31Ku-x_8-j-wRTgNML285k2JRgVvumYrTg2mchfT83K4Q/s320/IMG_3961%20(1).jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Till next time ... be good to yourselves and live each day to the fullest!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><br /></i></div></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-40765896722157266982022-09-26T19:25:00.000-04:002022-09-26T19:25:34.768-04:00Monday's Mood<div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Today my mood matches the weather!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Might it be because it is Monday,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>dreary, rainy and cold?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Is it because the "naked lady'' crocus is blooming,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>indicating 6 more weeks till snow?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Fwk7-WW30T7H7KRD-lbLRpgbPRV7BGhpM_fxF0s-35n94B2Ogpu6Y9Cbd--0f79uP0tHE4-zHbA2DN-LjnoxNmajyqjvB89vG3GJfxnLwaEOi7wXnIlelA-Q3LRbEQyC1pn49ilDewp4-UjvMteS19435V4kkFNSCQT78H6lpX67jy4hSJCnirNEdg/s4032/IMG_3717.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Fwk7-WW30T7H7KRD-lbLRpgbPRV7BGhpM_fxF0s-35n94B2Ogpu6Y9Cbd--0f79uP0tHE4-zHbA2DN-LjnoxNmajyqjvB89vG3GJfxnLwaEOi7wXnIlelA-Q3LRbEQyC1pn49ilDewp4-UjvMteS19435V4kkFNSCQT78H6lpX67jy4hSJCnirNEdg/s320/IMG_3717.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Some days are just so hard ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>However, I am warmed by emails from thoughtful friends,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>messages on facebook,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and the memories from last evening's hymn sing!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>For one of the first times in a long while, a large congregation</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>of folks gathered to sing favourite hymns.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This was in celebration</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>of the bicentennial immigration of </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the Amish Mennonites who settled in this area</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>of South Western Ontario 200 years ago!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here is a wee clip of the acapella singing of "606"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>dubbed as the Mennonite anthem.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy0ArJX1oxdVPryzO7KCGdz0y8t1Xt7Zh1nvZEnvgtxOeqZYrMCFil9P9ARgOqMLz7hS4RccCBeUKhG93hWtw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>We sang at least a dozen beautiful/soul touching old hymns and even one from the</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>historic old Ausbund hymnal!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here is a picture of my Grandfather's copy (open book - printed in 1905)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> which is on display for</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>this coming weekend's continued celebrations.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKLLJjAJF961oKiaC1d4mhUOv18aTzbXsbkSb3_dyyMAnWjHkbXYyPrv2o6MGIbxS9vcXWMmvQtw8Q7tIOe4xRX_fwb1nw1U5gd2d0PhfFBs4Z_WlnHIdiaxT_W-8YwMlroRBM_2KwMDAhKvtSYg8UNsghoKWkMhMlyBQFCqfqPHmDGEmD8vnCheoKg/s4032/IMG_3649%20(2).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKLLJjAJF961oKiaC1d4mhUOv18aTzbXsbkSb3_dyyMAnWjHkbXYyPrv2o6MGIbxS9vcXWMmvQtw8Q7tIOe4xRX_fwb1nw1U5gd2d0PhfFBs4Z_WlnHIdiaxT_W-8YwMlroRBM_2KwMDAhKvtSYg8UNsghoKWkMhMlyBQFCqfqPHmDGEmD8vnCheoKg/w300-h400/IMG_3649%20(2).jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i>Did you have a chance to watch the funeral?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I have to admit that I was very moved by it all and many emotions were felt!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The services were beautiful. May she Rest in Peace.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It IS possible for crowds of people to be peaceful and respectful after-all!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>One small batch of salsa was made.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.delishknowledge.com/the-best-homemade-salsa-for-canning/">This has become my favourite recipe.</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuPAb2FdU2TXWDWuI7qVdI3mjK2lCd2DECR0hIJ3iKo4SaPtvbX7pYpHs_jnc96vB3u6iNnre7Kr9FvbK1na9zPs2ex4FgWYaQNEMNad_whto14qkRwiCHOSezJv8J-A7_H1CbMt-FxULi10tAUSYGdEvM1nzVA_HYTTLDneUTxzDNsNnxStN70koQw/s4032/IMG_3688.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuPAb2FdU2TXWDWuI7qVdI3mjK2lCd2DECR0hIJ3iKo4SaPtvbX7pYpHs_jnc96vB3u6iNnre7Kr9FvbK1na9zPs2ex4FgWYaQNEMNad_whto14qkRwiCHOSezJv8J-A7_H1CbMt-FxULi10tAUSYGdEvM1nzVA_HYTTLDneUTxzDNsNnxStN70koQw/w400-h300/IMG_3688.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Have you ever tried painting with water colours?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>There's a great online facebook teacher - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Paintwithjanet">Paint with Janet</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> who gives free tutorials and I am enjoying</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>watching and trying my brush at it ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>First attempt at Scotch Thistles</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97kjhIKXQG0xDZmqCKBxLADImun9nY6PWLvjQvdQDQfJd2JD-Hrqay-hR1Ckh8I2dULCE4qIVj68AQOByQIuCYIH6BxfStGnd8KUQRHMSJ_CnF0nJFE10Gbl7KjfJWr56cyE_h4LCri8OB_AESa3huV0mSN6IB84Cm8vvWL2dFSWU521vOsyzL7XLMA/s4032/IMG_3584.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97kjhIKXQG0xDZmqCKBxLADImun9nY6PWLvjQvdQDQfJd2JD-Hrqay-hR1Ckh8I2dULCE4qIVj68AQOByQIuCYIH6BxfStGnd8KUQRHMSJ_CnF0nJFE10Gbl7KjfJWr56cyE_h4LCri8OB_AESa3huV0mSN6IB84Cm8vvWL2dFSWU521vOsyzL7XLMA/w300-h400/IMG_3584.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i>and since my paints were still on the table I was inspired to paint one.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Not good enough to share tho!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I think water colours are so difficult but surely if I keep practicing with Janet</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>there might be some success to be had?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My sister Marie is a beautiful water colour artist as well as my niece <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shannonleisart/">Shannon Leis</a>.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I have always</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>admired their skills!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i>and I hope to get back at some projects.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Need to start using up some of the fabric I purchased on the June bus trip</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>to Missouri Star Quilt Company.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>So many possibilities.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Some of my favourite memories for this past month:</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Bedtime stories,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Chocolate fudgesicles</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Siblings breakfast</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sister's anniversaries</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Apple Butter and Cheese Festival</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Lunches and Coffee outings with friends</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Successful Soybean Harvest at the farm</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sweater weather</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ahhhh - now my Monday doesn't seem quite as blue</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I feel much better now ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Still so much to be very thankful for!!!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-55818067553812052412022-08-28T17:13:00.000-04:002022-08-28T17:13:16.928-04:00August Interlude<div style="text-align: center;"><i>August 2022 is on it's last days.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's been a busy and fulfilling month with visitors,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>There were many walks, art in the park, live theatre, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>green lawns, flowers, hot tub soaks,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and some much needed down time ...</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgOIuC01HNJGx9VO9z4T_lBczxWLjsaSGFFDH8EZ062arodCr8EvxYqWZgUYWK8nZVv7bH2gJrtxc8OjOV-cks962WOCRaTyjetQRgumsRGqULTtXUqrEerzQns6saEofrCrERHAGo1OrybTcVmXhsPBkiS2am3AdKkn8NHlmP2tFyQMIiGsWFskpUA/s3014/IMG_3574.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2990" data-original-width="3014" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgOIuC01HNJGx9VO9z4T_lBczxWLjsaSGFFDH8EZ062arodCr8EvxYqWZgUYWK8nZVv7bH2gJrtxc8OjOV-cks962WOCRaTyjetQRgumsRGqULTtXUqrEerzQns6saEofrCrERHAGo1OrybTcVmXhsPBkiS2am3AdKkn8NHlmP2tFyQMIiGsWFskpUA/w640-h634/IMG_3574.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art in the park - I know, I know - the trees are beginning to whisper autumn!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Admittedly there were sad days,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> bad news days,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>lonely days,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>frustrating computer woes,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> but ... all in all August 2022 was mostly good!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>God is so Good Always!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time ... <u>ALWAYS</u> stop to count your blessings!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-2428045663023010892022-07-30T11:23:00.004-04:002022-07-31T21:15:37.693-04:00Mid Summer Muse<div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Here we are smack dab in the middle</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>of summer 2022!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's extremely dry in my part of the province</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>no grass to mow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>weeds grow anyway</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>crops are stressed to say the least</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>but we are treasuring the many wonderful moments ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-a6pZ0ebmda1doSZl2gEzCpuXJwr9EtYS-vujE92I1YSziRORB9VpLP-P5tnyNKP5BthXItGTPHToU7y4hNQDnBBZ7-ahX68MCc5Z5iTf8Fzz_F88HSoN64no6ikwe0F1nMwcA5SmM2vt0ih0WifRK0AamwBLtghNfyjtXe-PzTarSqjLHb8v_KwGA/s3455/IMG_3110%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3455" data-original-width="2998" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-a6pZ0ebmda1doSZl2gEzCpuXJwr9EtYS-vujE92I1YSziRORB9VpLP-P5tnyNKP5BthXItGTPHToU7y4hNQDnBBZ7-ahX68MCc5Z5iTf8Fzz_F88HSoN64no6ikwe0F1nMwcA5SmM2vt0ih0WifRK0AamwBLtghNfyjtXe-PzTarSqjLHb8v_KwGA/w556-h640/IMG_3110%20(1).jpeg" width="556" /></a></div><br /><i>This little man graduated from preschool.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Off he will go on the bus to Junior Kindergarten - how can this be?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrQBQYq79iHlq-FpyXoP1dwv1bj33qrA6k5wwFPntmhkM3VJSjo51Rb-A-x4Pj6nkNH2kZajPPp-hw0trQtIciuS6qK8c7zkVwD3nkJ9x1p-gUfYC_Ra0q-TNCn1Rwfhn1mSWkI9TVkHXwi-CzFk1usPxcSd_2T63pQeWKzalNOmWD8hyIGPJtMC28A/w480-h640/IMG_3158.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>An awesome one on one sleep over and day at the park with Sully!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1Mn05IytEuTtwtoQbzfaPmsK5RbJJxOFbVvAUGdxQH9QKTyDe-dwKCdvRgVENa-V3Ckp5l36w-f4B1w3FZV15xBkHQlKmP2ktthaNrxqNC-FISgY46yFBBVVkbTCvxpswPFKAV4kYL38SPYQ_ZLdneufOR6RLkyLU6SLZjsa3bEj6YnvEoJVpSovLQ/s1000/VBS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1Mn05IytEuTtwtoQbzfaPmsK5RbJJxOFbVvAUGdxQH9QKTyDe-dwKCdvRgVENa-V3Ckp5l36w-f4B1w3FZV15xBkHQlKmP2ktthaNrxqNC-FISgY46yFBBVVkbTCvxpswPFKAV4kYL38SPYQ_ZLdneufOR6RLkyLU6SLZjsa3bEj6YnvEoJVpSovLQ/w640-h512/VBS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>VBS (Vacation Bible School) 2022 - Tropical Rainforest theme.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Well done volunteers, co-ordinators,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> and Pastor Julie (aka Jungle Julie) and her hubby Mike (aka Monsoon Mike)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>who performed the daily dramas - they were fantastic!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Comforters were knotted for Mennonite Central Committee,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>milk bag mats were woven,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Offering monies were collected for Ukraine Relief,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Verses were memorized,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Songs were sung,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Stories were told,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and cereal was donated for the local food bank - a whole gym full!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvaCRToOe6c88Nfh15BHu-LtBsmu44fqPhsdN_pOjOgAM70NB0D9dxnECQxkk90oRDDW-qopgfv2ugBlFCW3AW1vI3v6AJKblUOWUfAD1CC4sbxYHCRFJ6PyUExBUhZwgzdxWa3RPXtPJ2SV6LDwe2LaAnlkRg4lhmUcRj4J5yYj-n7YCUgGRVPy2_Q/s4032/IMG_3247.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvaCRToOe6c88Nfh15BHu-LtBsmu44fqPhsdN_pOjOgAM70NB0D9dxnECQxkk90oRDDW-qopgfv2ugBlFCW3AW1vI3v6AJKblUOWUfAD1CC4sbxYHCRFJ6PyUExBUhZwgzdxWa3RPXtPJ2SV6LDwe2LaAnlkRg4lhmUcRj4J5yYj-n7YCUgGRVPy2_Q/w640-h480/IMG_3247.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>I had fun helping with the "tropical" and "bible themed" snacks ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs30SwEZPMTp5n04qVGRgLoXW9xHk_t1731SY8D4mQugElM_OZ2SLwoUh58oKirwDWBGddjosdyx7rNbGRDJjQdd8s9KbHWmvscUpPcl4DVO8Xs2zPdwxipMsnZNwmagdF9QJiUZ-b7_ISX_SK04jpSYimzifnm4_2eXlocdgR2kCu4oo9jo9Iq8Ow3g/s4032/IMG_3207.jpeg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVst_lKi_etYXQmtXqT3DpVdpSjBUKnaFq-FrFLMMfdOUOXYmbu_bs1J81TJtWuPYhLYXJxKI5FSrWLLqOEvV2xmITxoKjZQut359VBLv17IywyjGm1qhFfvg0B62KBHJieAQv6x9Av4r2_gll5gCAFR-oszpO4YIcHlWXsdUfr8GTbILAS_GAran8sQ/w300-h400/IMG_3245.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cereal sheep - 400 legs were made!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>No pictures but there was also blue finger jello with animal crackers on top - served in a boat like cup,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>pretzel fishing nets with goldfish crackers,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and fruit on a stick.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Then this happened - she turned 7!!!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Her mommy planned a wonderful Fairy themed event for her first, with friends,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>birthday party.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6IfO1fnIHBpXDwLjA7W4mS3mGzfvhEPFYJmUj_OhLBGwv2lX_n60lK4fwnnyjzw0JtGYqyQdXUhIkswu-YVjtioGG6W--nODUilzQVvFxOgMXvetitEoGj5lDgP41J-s-6I81njSuMyfztt_ioNqC5EVRBvIlRhHqwc7jdsk9RjGMxsloo2nfkihDFA/s3271/IMG_3386.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3271" data-original-width="3018" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6IfO1fnIHBpXDwLjA7W4mS3mGzfvhEPFYJmUj_OhLBGwv2lX_n60lK4fwnnyjzw0JtGYqyQdXUhIkswu-YVjtioGG6W--nODUilzQVvFxOgMXvetitEoGj5lDgP41J-s-6I81njSuMyfztt_ioNqC5EVRBvIlRhHqwc7jdsk9RjGMxsloo2nfkihDFA/w369-h400/IMG_3386.jpeg" width="369" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Finished the binding on the quilt ... (see header for completed quilt).</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Beautifully quilted by Kathy Janzen - open hearts pattern.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mk2wfv2QGCNh8SZmYkd1OD72nE0AS0MoCdDfuB9716O42HmjX0SpYdSBvF1cnEHQQCmqJY6msEjIVxLoKdCdE6PU_tfZco5J0s6oyGDw0jxQpq9TN_5bPbYWY_P2NfoOtfgupI7YViVcdYSLyscri99ZPQWVzZkTgD1pa--gcWQxkSMe9kKveyvSxw/s2999/IMG_3418.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2999" data-original-width="2616" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mk2wfv2QGCNh8SZmYkd1OD72nE0AS0MoCdDfuB9716O42HmjX0SpYdSBvF1cnEHQQCmqJY6msEjIVxLoKdCdE6PU_tfZco5J0s6oyGDw0jxQpq9TN_5bPbYWY_P2NfoOtfgupI7YViVcdYSLyscri99ZPQWVzZkTgD1pa--gcWQxkSMe9kKveyvSxw/w558-h640/IMG_3418.jpeg" width="558" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Spent quality time with my sister Evelyn and helped her sew up</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a quilt top for her granddaughter who is off to university this Fall.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>She lives 2 hours away at their "Lake House" which is minutes from my favourite</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lake Huron! I so miss having her near ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEival8kamBxYvG0qlSIgs5Xih4H_BBEcN-J9F7w0fcLLyGoEWlEMAg2r1K1BJ8ahlv8mdL6NyXkekRqyOj-F-mYG-EwsOgpkQ6g1D-2uWHLzhdNjaM5T8_U_5tsZvjkOoHWoTawYKfqSMeoCaIyjCSkmnoLkPo24FXgvyLx75C2anWk1fSkaUN0Rk3vkQ/s3197/IMG_3433.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2454" data-original-width="3197" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEival8kamBxYvG0qlSIgs5Xih4H_BBEcN-J9F7w0fcLLyGoEWlEMAg2r1K1BJ8ahlv8mdL6NyXkekRqyOj-F-mYG-EwsOgpkQ6g1D-2uWHLzhdNjaM5T8_U_5tsZvjkOoHWoTawYKfqSMeoCaIyjCSkmnoLkPo24FXgvyLx75C2anWk1fSkaUN0Rk3vkQ/w400-h308/IMG_3433.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Spotted Kate and Will and their two remaining cygnets - don't know what happened to the other 4 - eek!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Well, it's Saturday on this Civic Holiday weekend and time just keeps ticking on.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hope you are all having a great weekend and be sure to make the rest of this summer </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a joyfilled and treasured time.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I'm trying my best over here.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><p><br /></p><p><i>Till next time ... hugs to you all!</i></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-50685743816534877422022-06-17T21:52:00.001-04:002022-06-18T20:53:48.366-04:00May and June 2022 <p style="text-align: center;"> <i>What happened to May and now June???</i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So thankful that I took a few pictures here and there </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>to help me remember.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's been a bit of a blurrrr</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Things have become rather real - and not in a good way for the most part.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sigh...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But I'm OK and God is Good!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Life continues to march on in spite of me.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I will attempt to do a picture parade to help me recall these last number of weeks.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9kmLGQyuCkRk51qjcfOpNgBScY0HFj7HQgo_yAguqBm4D_A3CamxB2wMfW95UchAezYgggJvJLsb8KYhSa75xLdjOpMrJRyrycODT7sko7pE457F2LC_TkThtt97k7OmHezcw9RXrqrXjor5PzB2alzaGjKptfnst-rDP9T5RubRdQB7yoPa46eBPg/s800/Untitled.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9kmLGQyuCkRk51qjcfOpNgBScY0HFj7HQgo_yAguqBm4D_A3CamxB2wMfW95UchAezYgggJvJLsb8KYhSa75xLdjOpMrJRyrycODT7sko7pE457F2LC_TkThtt97k7OmHezcw9RXrqrXjor5PzB2alzaGjKptfnst-rDP9T5RubRdQB7yoPa46eBPg/w480-h640/Untitled.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walks in the park - Spring sprang and babies were hatched!!!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWDBr9Ob6XpnMSH96kK7nRiWDL6EvfmynvMG5_C4PeP51H2l8ajEph9AjhpjTfie-RFc1sXNHPPJXGOZ_iX8sx9eftO0rs4EjxEIm11OLTwIHT2FFfh-aKpkF0cFmNWiURCwz-lGHKCb2icltXCqYtzsxUw3seqZgchTjNyrPq565jtdBxr_6yQfPfA/s4032/IMG_2652.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWDBr9Ob6XpnMSH96kK7nRiWDL6EvfmynvMG5_C4PeP51H2l8ajEph9AjhpjTfie-RFc1sXNHPPJXGOZ_iX8sx9eftO0rs4EjxEIm11OLTwIHT2FFfh-aKpkF0cFmNWiURCwz-lGHKCb2icltXCqYtzsxUw3seqZgchTjNyrPq565jtdBxr_6yQfPfA/w300-h400/IMG_2652.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So nice to be back to "in person" church</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>again and to enjoy a fun Mother's Day Tea</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>during Junior Sunday School hour!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_R1eEVRzWyBLhNvNhNXEBU2lfZFSK3o-IuxR96wsLGtU-402O4VazfaFKKzf0bxOslI0lfNNEkoesD1TNNS9dL2Chr42VfpYcV1MjcBG26hDCq1uqwcEUGvMIM9DAo8BXHP0h7KwlDlSQH1_ojWO4H2WAlEriqnlmxbiHJr9UUNF8hVmE_1mZn-4KA/s1000/Untitled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_R1eEVRzWyBLhNvNhNXEBU2lfZFSK3o-IuxR96wsLGtU-402O4VazfaFKKzf0bxOslI0lfNNEkoesD1TNNS9dL2Chr42VfpYcV1MjcBG26hDCq1uqwcEUGvMIM9DAo8BXHP0h7KwlDlSQH1_ojWO4H2WAlEriqnlmxbiHJr9UUNF8hVmE_1mZn-4KA/w640-h512/Untitled.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Rhubarb season came with a vengeance this Spring</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pies and tortes were enjoyed</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Our church Mission's Committee sold approx. $700 worth of fresh donated rhubarb </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>at the <a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/05/19/new-hamburg-mennonite-relief-sale-returns-in-person.html">MCC Relief Sale in New Hamburg</a>!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It was so nice to be able to take part in the Relief Sale again after a 2 year pause.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The quilts were incredible and the feature quilt sold for $20,000 and then someone also matched that amount as a donation!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>There is so much need in our world today and MCC (Mennonite Central Committee)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>sure does their part in providing relief where it's most needed.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ai_u5JO-scfnlO4ar9gbFn__z43Mo1WxM8KRmb1J_wDZitzaZYCxJmmPh4-Eu9JIqCTu8gtBPrI2Fq3UbSAj6lHKGDIfC1skHtTOlgUPc_WkZBoMTIZm5paNEz7Wf1aBiSIhcTzv-v1_npaWEvzshlACNgQbGs3XKHSfcRj3g-1Z1Ok8jlvB830yEg/s4032/IMG_2752.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ai_u5JO-scfnlO4ar9gbFn__z43Mo1WxM8KRmb1J_wDZitzaZYCxJmmPh4-Eu9JIqCTu8gtBPrI2Fq3UbSAj6lHKGDIfC1skHtTOlgUPc_WkZBoMTIZm5paNEz7Wf1aBiSIhcTzv-v1_npaWEvzshlACNgQbGs3XKHSfcRj3g-1Z1Ok8jlvB830yEg/w480-h640/IMG_2752.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The patio got a new umbrella this year. </i><i>I love the cheerful colour compared to the old faded black one.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Amazing what you can find on Wayfair and Amazon!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HkWcno3waMQq7Zy4zcHjBFR_K4qGsVHXBaJb-Lx3kQzxliCpQShXv5ZIfL21iQX0wYnQOFTr5HXAO5vjwTgc5LVENfg1kxRo1udWdKWXRFJUACePJWk3kNhyqaSWSp1zfErtV3t0N3O-f430rrlKveeXdxbjVwEGcs2DJDYL4appTpMqGYy5OMvJjA/s4032/IMG_2687.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HkWcno3waMQq7Zy4zcHjBFR_K4qGsVHXBaJb-Lx3kQzxliCpQShXv5ZIfL21iQX0wYnQOFTr5HXAO5vjwTgc5LVENfg1kxRo1udWdKWXRFJUACePJWk3kNhyqaSWSp1zfErtV3t0N3O-f430rrlKveeXdxbjVwEGcs2DJDYL4appTpMqGYy5OMvJjA/w300-h400/IMG_2687.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>Another purchase made - probably the biggest one I'll ever make on my own!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hope I made the right choice and no, it wasn't on Amazon - smile!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I did have Becky and Patrick help walk me through the whole process - thankfully.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I'm officially the little old lady that drives her car to church and to the grocery store ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and to the farm of course!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOw01HMor5n7xLa9M54njzbJfr3nt0L00AxZz44DIgUpcWEHHcoFwm1hi08k1OzpZ_jGaokfPKynnf-eXsfZtyw4b1vwBl-Q75xLg67NcBdxj9AkYBu44VaSIx6veY-d0osc4Wn6nn6x7PYTolqJnNV7RRNZoWAuRKxl3zK4SqeG0EirttUoWE0QYqg/s2682/FullSizeRender.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2295" data-original-width="2682" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOw01HMor5n7xLa9M54njzbJfr3nt0L00AxZz44DIgUpcWEHHcoFwm1hi08k1OzpZ_jGaokfPKynnf-eXsfZtyw4b1vwBl-Q75xLg67NcBdxj9AkYBu44VaSIx6veY-d0osc4Wn6nn6x7PYTolqJnNV7RRNZoWAuRKxl3zK4SqeG0EirttUoWE0QYqg/s320/FullSizeRender.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i>Then this happened ... my sweet sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Glennis and Mark,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> signed me up </i><i>for a quilter's bus tour to Hamilton, Missouri</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>to visit <a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/">The Missouri Star Quilt Company</a>,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a place I've always wanted to visit.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>There is a great story behind this little mid-western town and I've been following</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>their quilt tutorials for many years.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My dear sister, Evelyn, came along too to share a room with me.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>She has a good interest in quilting as well and is a superb travel mate.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What fun we had ... 20 expert quilters and the four of us on tour!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We were out of our league but it was fun to travel again and spend time with these dear people.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKYphTVKyk3-TVY2lTe59p6yOpLL70mwqSyuMAxqT6byWlwtNxrJ7MBUmJirgPo0tpbSkdorIkCbaNnGhhPvGVADP0mUkzxfjNGa0-Sw8J9Br0JyFomZEXnOyKKlh7fPF7Pr-Js8xhDOqEgXVBTYBnxpTtt3vcJmvgnXDku6wM75QxY4icu_IJ3GNNQ/s1539/IMG_1570.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="1050" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKYphTVKyk3-TVY2lTe59p6yOpLL70mwqSyuMAxqT6byWlwtNxrJ7MBUmJirgPo0tpbSkdorIkCbaNnGhhPvGVADP0mUkzxfjNGa0-Sw8J9Br0JyFomZEXnOyKKlh7fPF7Pr-Js8xhDOqEgXVBTYBnxpTtt3vcJmvgnXDku6wM75QxY4icu_IJ3GNNQ/w273-h400/IMG_1570.jpeg" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caught in a down pour under the covered bridge</td></tr></tbody></table>at Essenhaus in Middlebury, IN</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had to ditch our shoes and run bare foot back to the Inn.<br /><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I hope that I can fondly look back and glean much inspiration from this experience.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thanks so much Glennis for organizing this and to Evelyn for coming along!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Wishing I could have met her in person.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>One of the thrills for me was to visit Shipshewana, Indiana and to </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>stand on the Theatre steps where my famous friends (<a href="mennonitegirlscancook">The Mennonite Girls Can Cook</a> ladies)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>viewed a production that was written about them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0qK8uLZPyNKkGB1ReW6y4wbYu4fJTtifHFmAr5UHwJEfM5SEItzAt5pIW-lJoafokrSRM9W1ZBnZUYlBUuerIPc9p2Cr1xnrukLmg8Q_Q59ZhsAg1DDIvAq9sWrmSUnbUdPVO0HHSon8kEKfXZBhFEbT8tpOsJduNFaH1Y3GppxDJRIVqvQdM1rTuA/s3197/IMG_2890.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3197" data-original-width="2691" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0qK8uLZPyNKkGB1ReW6y4wbYu4fJTtifHFmAr5UHwJEfM5SEItzAt5pIW-lJoafokrSRM9W1ZBnZUYlBUuerIPc9p2Cr1xnrukLmg8Q_Q59ZhsAg1DDIvAq9sWrmSUnbUdPVO0HHSon8kEKfXZBhFEbT8tpOsJduNFaH1Y3GppxDJRIVqvQdM1rTuA/w336-h400/IMG_2890.jpeg" width="336" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>Well now it's back to reality and this little sweetie</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>spent the day with me on what would have been mine and Jim's 49th wedding anniversary!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A welcome distraction to the day.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5-rtcn22gM2-utCYAlyWt7dEXqNERT7Ifkf1OE5PiIRhK42KWsPI_YAHl4LKpmVXAqgi0T3UazXBH_etL1ZF9cIPZC_A81iqStIRGJfaHCCKIHv8M2F3GHTBfsOPj9o_wuUHpZjz2QPiandnM75eVB-HzHBY4At78ZJAajiRDdjkTu2fNnZI3zvrkA/s4032/IMG_3093.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5-rtcn22gM2-utCYAlyWt7dEXqNERT7Ifkf1OE5PiIRhK42KWsPI_YAHl4LKpmVXAqgi0T3UazXBH_etL1ZF9cIPZC_A81iqStIRGJfaHCCKIHv8M2F3GHTBfsOPj9o_wuUHpZjz2QPiandnM75eVB-HzHBY4At78ZJAajiRDdjkTu2fNnZI3zvrkA/w480-h640/IMG_3093.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strawberry Season has arrived!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><i>7 months ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6m0cyr9mFHUIFtpnPykiUAC3Ks8iGj9YdXKJG9EXP4m5EtD9nUWY4OeQl4REysG4RkyV7fjohbKrE_MVbKcqZvpge4uU5T1spTgQs0ErOl78ScOqeSgW0zdcMxATy5s7O0C1bnBUUJZlgPxmVTiOKW7KuQi8FahmEoLIchUM5llKc38aSl81fCoCPaA/s790/IMG_2732.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="542" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6m0cyr9mFHUIFtpnPykiUAC3Ks8iGj9YdXKJG9EXP4m5EtD9nUWY4OeQl4REysG4RkyV7fjohbKrE_MVbKcqZvpge4uU5T1spTgQs0ErOl78ScOqeSgW0zdcMxATy5s7O0C1bnBUUJZlgPxmVTiOKW7KuQi8FahmEoLIchUM5llKc38aSl81fCoCPaA/w440-h640/IMG_2732.jpeg" width="440" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time .... welcome to Summer 2022. Wishing you good health and flowers ...</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-89775214603982197302022-05-03T12:47:00.004-04:002022-05-03T18:41:54.657-04:00April 2022<p style="text-align: center;"> <i>April 2022</i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Perhaps one of my darkest months on record?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Greys and Browns seemed to be the colours of the day and to the heart.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Suddenly things have become all too real ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thankfully there were some sunny spots to hold on to...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPfwgG7WD5f8pDUU_s0o6WZ9zUUDeHvnWT0x8HSKgUpbmzH6gvvPinr5mwSpoRwsfbompr1azWS15FoZO4PsLhtDJHXsBmICcaln0vwj9X43f1y66qeqJOEmzVBRSgVKjf-kl5CRGvZs266hrc7Vib2mE_cTqgOvMw2w1R12AE_ZWA3lKTh8hrJ4WCg/s1168/IMG_5336.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1168" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPfwgG7WD5f8pDUU_s0o6WZ9zUUDeHvnWT0x8HSKgUpbmzH6gvvPinr5mwSpoRwsfbompr1azWS15FoZO4PsLhtDJHXsBmICcaln0vwj9X43f1y66qeqJOEmzVBRSgVKjf-kl5CRGvZs266hrc7Vib2mE_cTqgOvMw2w1R12AE_ZWA3lKTh8hrJ4WCg/s320/IMG_5336.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Sunny yellow butter lambs created around the table with friends.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thanks Heather and Mary Lou for such a fun day together.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjB0nAw3HlbmPTJQ_k_2HITfQYkq6FtHSOdul9ny_ygpHEIzjWfq4XKEOEZxrW6brw85Xo-TPrZhJDwIdO7Jrp0E0oQDGWQiMwzBtig-rbWzS2yzbN-ZcmQ6JLqnXHU5qRdWrwZ5bKYftj4l3MMkd2KNL2ejL9YSkTJl2ZUgameUhjVw7rWHEsSqEBw/s4032/IMG_2556.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjB0nAw3HlbmPTJQ_k_2HITfQYkq6FtHSOdul9ny_ygpHEIzjWfq4XKEOEZxrW6brw85Xo-TPrZhJDwIdO7Jrp0E0oQDGWQiMwzBtig-rbWzS2yzbN-ZcmQ6JLqnXHU5qRdWrwZ5bKYftj4l3MMkd2KNL2ejL9YSkTJl2ZUgameUhjVw7rWHEsSqEBw/w300-h400/IMG_2556.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i>Favourite Paska baked along with <a href="http://www.mennonitegirlscancook.ca/2009/03/paska-lovellas-recipe.html">Lovella'</a>s online tutorial.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This brought a smile to my face and oh how the aroma filled my kitchen!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I made far too much and later that week decided to make some deliveries.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So glad I did that - there is still one loaf in my freezer.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkb772-JFPBoCzG4VBqoAhH5adiCOO9G28TmB-jAaZC0eW47hA1bbJf6lVAtiw8-mbstQzDdW4fWvxVK2wGaMHXnh8vzN3hpDW7Ea35sCTAso91RKTUhAtDxOzZW3OrLVC75YcreICBS6U_xSetqMc_X5w3E7hKYkbG0WBUhbd3qFVtO4sIJKkpj5gFQ/s4032/IMG_2558.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkb772-JFPBoCzG4VBqoAhH5adiCOO9G28TmB-jAaZC0eW47hA1bbJf6lVAtiw8-mbstQzDdW4fWvxVK2wGaMHXnh8vzN3hpDW7Ea35sCTAso91RKTUhAtDxOzZW3OrLVC75YcreICBS6U_xSetqMc_X5w3E7hKYkbG0WBUhbd3qFVtO4sIJKkpj5gFQ/w300-h400/IMG_2558.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Icing and sprinkles added later</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTsZqMy0Mzdvre37fCH5iCb34Ce0OJ2sfhj2BoB2t_8_T3CllMsmiUCNY5tw0AIOy7nPoeZ3g-JWAcfzK0UP_5YVkRBeR7Es1eY9CjTIPxgZzg850vpYLkyRwekzmZyvG61VGUgF4TEe65TnTN7k53vjVl2auyb-pFNRGfp81K-pH22ivQo3Yq3MqXA/s3406/IMG_2568.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3406" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTsZqMy0Mzdvre37fCH5iCb34Ce0OJ2sfhj2BoB2t_8_T3CllMsmiUCNY5tw0AIOy7nPoeZ3g-JWAcfzK0UP_5YVkRBeR7Es1eY9CjTIPxgZzg850vpYLkyRwekzmZyvG61VGUgF4TEe65TnTN7k53vjVl2auyb-pFNRGfp81K-pH22ivQo3Yq3MqXA/w355-h400/IMG_2568.jpeg" width="355" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Awwww - the Lenten Roses bloomed, just as they should and</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>giving me the promise of Easter and of Spring to come ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Forever thankful to the former owners of this house for this "gift" they left behind!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RyM7RcWRMzZtSfVrSjQd7YiavEBfzEtR3UXsG95XSfGDcvaSTPAgFZhlZassaVjGNM8A87-zN20drq_goEeN0_S8YJ82eSmYJKJWWkewBkhWjvRUpxO_l1FzGTsXe2Kpk6K5B9HBI5SWAdUOPctG9w9yFfZSnFacZi5VY6zAjZyEa5eX21g5iqHcKA/s4032/IMG_2585.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RyM7RcWRMzZtSfVrSjQd7YiavEBfzEtR3UXsG95XSfGDcvaSTPAgFZhlZassaVjGNM8A87-zN20drq_goEeN0_S8YJ82eSmYJKJWWkewBkhWjvRUpxO_l1FzGTsXe2Kpk6K5B9HBI5SWAdUOPctG9w9yFfZSnFacZi5VY6zAjZyEa5eX21g5iqHcKA/s320/IMG_2585.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to go to the Leis Family Easter Gathering</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9h7SQvD63pPUVTqFQ3YuF3hefld9-SZS5HGy75jkYdDjD-484zFi_UCDEZZQPP_NV_6wjkC8zF3nZ3lmsByhy3ekWHBHZCqYJIEl9pHoqa1na33TAwpUvJOf4n_AhihCT__y1zUSCrzSGWLHnugVvwtW-E2g9myzw5zbllVVpepRZsNv6TBK8AeTbw/w400-h300/IMG_2578.jpeg" width="400" /></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sourdough bake for Easter dinner - one of my pleasures and </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>perhaps best distractions?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9idmhOrLFehUDkiHYvXjRtc_3V1j1_PqQUJrKdNZxAzXJ2AGepxnyAmIhn9P_lgipRhvIGtDeXNmg7WZRdSp3b5bIWv782En4lu6LxjjUQ49u8qVDyjoPYsUmZWgaUnz0nrOZgsdLIHOFNqO28Alsn4EgvIpmDS6sOXl9yoi5A3HaDexRCagYwcxPQ/s4032/IMG_2587.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9idmhOrLFehUDkiHYvXjRtc_3V1j1_PqQUJrKdNZxAzXJ2AGepxnyAmIhn9P_lgipRhvIGtDeXNmg7WZRdSp3b5bIWv782En4lu6LxjjUQ49u8qVDyjoPYsUmZWgaUnz0nrOZgsdLIHOFNqO28Alsn4EgvIpmDS6sOXl9yoi5A3HaDexRCagYwcxPQ/w300-h400/IMG_2587.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cute cheesy carrot "cheese ball" made by my SIL Angela</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwxlUmH1jn1WZCrDtbONP5mLJNjyMh0bEEOG3HMhDGcs0NiHdcYfYwpMUPuJ8NYiDublUD0lJAt47exJx0zl2ssMheOaDmb3gQvRVaZfcWOxnumKzvzbvmhWJyXGgccfJZblZvX9HD64dSLTofFUwL6Ajx4pzNQT7YyKQtMttUFB-J8GY6I6Waik_KA/s4032/IMG_2589.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwxlUmH1jn1WZCrDtbONP5mLJNjyMh0bEEOG3HMhDGcs0NiHdcYfYwpMUPuJ8NYiDublUD0lJAt47exJx0zl2ssMheOaDmb3gQvRVaZfcWOxnumKzvzbvmhWJyXGgccfJZblZvX9HD64dSLTofFUwL6Ajx4pzNQT7YyKQtMttUFB-J8GY6I6Waik_KA/w480-h640/IMG_2589.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He is Risen!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>Easter Sunday Dinner was postponed due to Covid.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>However, we were able to celebrate it along with a special birthday, the following Sunday.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8VC5h0rgAiYOrmqHf2XHou_EhU9hgd5yMhwGY44Rew4xDH-V5YEbOOb_Nt1bh2H6ZAK0MKhykxvgSvXS17zGVZvlJ3ii6E6l4zu8NbuDzsdaWqHR225J1EQ-o49Af_itw6cYF8y7SeK3rIebP0nV2eaOfYkHIagl2bBD_QyWx2SODeX0DRpOfys2OA/s3269/IMG_2611%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3269" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8VC5h0rgAiYOrmqHf2XHou_EhU9hgd5yMhwGY44Rew4xDH-V5YEbOOb_Nt1bh2H6ZAK0MKhykxvgSvXS17zGVZvlJ3ii6E6l4zu8NbuDzsdaWqHR225J1EQ-o49Af_itw6cYF8y7SeK3rIebP0nV2eaOfYkHIagl2bBD_QyWx2SODeX0DRpOfys2OA/w370-h400/IMG_2611%20(1).jpeg" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>The always delicious Bone-in-Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Asparagus Salad, Corn and Carrots</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>made it to the belated Easter table.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bone-In Ham - my favourite recipe:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">Marie (my sister) makes this and has it marked as one of her “family favourites”.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She uses a dry mix to rub on the roast (Marie trims the skin but leaves the fat layer on and uses this rub for a 5 lb. roast):</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">1 Tbsp. Flour, 2 tsp. salt, pepper, ½ tsp. dry mustard, ¼ Cup Brown Sugar, ½ tsp. thyme, Paprika and Garlic Powder.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">At this stage you can score the fat into diamond shapes and stud with whole cloves.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;">Put it in the roast pan, fat side up, add a sliced onion, pineapple rings (optional), apple juice or ginger-ale. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When using the juice she roasts it with a cover on for a really tender result.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sometimes she roasts it without the juice and without a cover, starting the roast at 400F for about 15 minutes and then reducing heat to 325F for 4 hours.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You need approx. ½ - ¾ lbs. per person for a bone in ham or ¼ - ½ lbs. per person for a boneless roast.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Internal temp. should be 160F when ready for serving.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><div><i>We were thankful to be able to all be together and to extend the table!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>On the very same day ... our sweet and sensitive boy turned 4.</i></div><div><i>FOUR - I still can't believe it!</i></div><div><i>This is the same little boy who whispered in my ear this past Sunday,</i></div><div><i>as I held him during the final hymn at church,</i></div><div><i>"I wish Popa could come back" ....</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4l0frqfmOwiQ5THY5XfASZWSlig3QwG8TMYz-vKQeZoiPd8gGSeTf0EElQeIiINjKpnCe75uEepvhIc3_q0xBmvO-RkZDu9fhC2VIHrHDT6CrICOwiAjwemfPoirvzLPLPMoI-1WKcAJ4B3tIaPClqzWb_9x5yYwW7ELevKXuCIqlY_pCm_X29rE_g/s4032/IMG_2609.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2Pqke7ydg8CtuGHQlbaF4uERJAAZF2lvulV3whkA2-TLFPEEDFCA0RMu5nKNjbLJp_uPcgUFAQXg0GyBi_mVmrIE0yeSEENVZP62UC3DfnRb3PM0KGthOY0CWXlQX70RjXCS3F1NWBF1rngwdNZjT1btmwOoBcEL94-Z79JyR74G-aHp7426QeimcA/w300-h400/IMG_2620.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i>The sun did not shine on April 27th, the day Jim celebrated his first birthday in heaven.</i></div><div><i>Thank you to so many who reached out to me during this gloomy, cold, and dreary long day ...</i></div><div><i>I miss him so much! I know in my heart and soul that he is safely home with our risen Lord!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvO1wXbC8T6zlVFsTp7pqxIN1a61FWwqysTnO2lEdTDhF283H_v1rJM_3Nn-7TwBq2SJ10rn8k_S9yjSnitpVDODXL8HUDdPOyZ7qUEShpJ_1xfWpors92kVjLpmyRPB3u7jyOQ0VMBniPaqMel9iS1dlvU2AJH7EJjV7fhBv-8H5_tu7lo9-GJ0ZFw/s4032/IMG_2627.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvO1wXbC8T6zlVFsTp7pqxIN1a61FWwqysTnO2lEdTDhF283H_v1rJM_3Nn-7TwBq2SJ10rn8k_S9yjSnitpVDODXL8HUDdPOyZ7qUEShpJ_1xfWpors92kVjLpmyRPB3u7jyOQ0VMBniPaqMel9iS1dlvU2AJH7EJjV7fhBv-8H5_tu7lo9-GJ0ZFw/s320/IMG_2627.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div> <br /><i>Some of "his shirts therapy" is still a work in progress.</i></div><div><i>Only 80 more flying geese units to make for the border ... eek!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n6I9q5JwgIxxGC7vIO3XyMM2U__LgiQF4o_UAkSD8Hm0BunYS503L5jRvVgehMRW489bn5EbRUPf4XpiEM7vXQvsgkHxk4_YKisuj-jB4DM4v-acPV5HYh55Lzk0YtwMfyKrrFK37LGOtvzuA4GsCBsquVrKDIHgBjVadM-94mdBxCyvvV-dP6wowg/s4032/IMG_2619.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n6I9q5JwgIxxGC7vIO3XyMM2U__LgiQF4o_UAkSD8Hm0BunYS503L5jRvVgehMRW489bn5EbRUPf4XpiEM7vXQvsgkHxk4_YKisuj-jB4DM4v-acPV5HYh55Lzk0YtwMfyKrrFK37LGOtvzuA4GsCBsquVrKDIHgBjVadM-94mdBxCyvvV-dP6wowg/w480-h640/IMG_2619.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time .... stop and smell Spring! Just Breathe ...</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-63376952130301323542022-04-14T21:12:00.003-04:002022-04-14T21:18:43.224-04:00Easter Blessings<p style="text-align: center;"><i>This touched my heart today ...</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sILgd9_O2w">youtube - An Easter Hallelujah</a></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>if this link doesn't work for you, </i><i>find it on youtube - "An Easter Hallelujah"</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>(Skip past the advertising)</i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thanks to all who shared this with me on facebook and by email...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Love beyond understanding!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCqtDVFflLOg682M1IDVJXLh_OUKxBcQRWSFy3xUVRZ2pFj6DfpnOyDitGi7yzQalHyBZynJmpdiPXIZUWDnFAziCWUvBUxnboCu2Vc9NuJpvJ964teaexiyTeGqiVGeKBUOsB2VrgJ7DXwPr1WHDWHQlwyf4r6yjGHvMXRRGxerd3WWRkvQaD8t9RA/s4032/IMG_2454.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCqtDVFflLOg682M1IDVJXLh_OUKxBcQRWSFy3xUVRZ2pFj6DfpnOyDitGi7yzQalHyBZynJmpdiPXIZUWDnFAziCWUvBUxnboCu2Vc9NuJpvJ964teaexiyTeGqiVGeKBUOsB2VrgJ7DXwPr1WHDWHQlwyf4r6yjGHvMXRRGxerd3WWRkvQaD8t9RA/w640-h480/IMG_2454.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time - Love and Easter Blessings to you dear readers. Love one another as He commanded!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090202634903658831.post-43729211406725191132022-02-25T21:42:00.003-05:002023-03-06T20:49:48.577-05:00His Shirts<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It has been over 3 months now</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and doesn't seem to be getting any easier</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And, the World just keeps getting heavier ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My little survival project these days is to </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>cut and piece some of his </i><i>many shirts.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>They still smell like him and the collars are still stained.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>How many times did I wash those shirts and iron for hours?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hopefully a nice memory quilt or two will come of this ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The colour and design scheme will be simple - light and dark fabrics</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>fashioned into half square triangles</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>in much the same theme - tans, blues, black, and white.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>He never wore a red, purple or any other brightly coloured shirt,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> so it will have a subdued pallet - much to my liking anyway.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It may take me years to complete but at least there is a plan</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And I don't have to part with them to the thrift store</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> where no one will know what memories they hold!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Or how those shirt sleeves were filled with loving arms ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiccH9jlPSzqnSIngOtZOZHFyu-_XGDQUPHqdjLsyVfbMtT5edl6GmV2K2pUFTURUvkmkAyizHMmxpm0OtdQGYU36ZTU569LE-TfJf_GzvdmezDnZoe0Be0g8mQpAwMr3EyDfg-hBHvqAyUgpwphkVQ4F9EF3-shi0abg8jz7BU2f2KuH_v_Yy9XsQL2A=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks to a dear friend Ardith for giving me the pattern!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc2c3EksQvjVY3P4JzVIyabD3Vr3HdoPcISwJXBp6x0gK1A4wopmDw-XUtTCM4oXaYxZPytWcdVAV2fnKz1Dik4CAMKuNeqtb4u5naR5tHMG2clk85k78EYhg_OBrxyOpl1KqvWGpeIlcjKGMa8bM5W-gwwcZewPbB2f5hOqP0BKtd8gyJvzY8drBqHg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc2c3EksQvjVY3P4JzVIyabD3Vr3HdoPcISwJXBp6x0gK1A4wopmDw-XUtTCM4oXaYxZPytWcdVAV2fnKz1Dik4CAMKuNeqtb4u5naR5tHMG2clk85k78EYhg_OBrxyOpl1KqvWGpeIlcjKGMa8bM5W-gwwcZewPbB2f5hOqP0BKtd8gyJvzY8drBqHg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div><i>I keep looking up with hope and determination amid the mire.</i></div><div><i>Daily prayers for strength and resilience.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>How are you coping during this cold and never ending Winter?</i></div><div><i>Or are you somewhere warm and sunny?</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Longing for Spring</i></div><div><br /></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Love this bunch.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIGteaogtmv0JNLwSnXRdvo9N2EdY8YLzGHJDgNdI9r5CblV3gty0qr8q1BOZ2m3LkvBbxO2BbOhq8BUXoVB98A1L7NDwLYcCPgFRjI8paxkofdKc4MD4_qTuKBYY8Fm3NnpaMQlRu3hZP_lohY7IvRUbISkk1nwJCdeTbyj1BHlQZiToZq5C7pccuwQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIGteaogtmv0JNLwSnXRdvo9N2EdY8YLzGHJDgNdI9r5CblV3gty0qr8q1BOZ2m3LkvBbxO2BbOhq8BUXoVB98A1L7NDwLYcCPgFRjI8paxkofdKc4MD4_qTuKBYY8Fm3NnpaMQlRu3hZP_lohY7IvRUbISkk1nwJCdeTbyj1BHlQZiToZq5C7pccuwQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noa's beloved kitten "Purrl" was tragically killed. So proud of her for being so grown-up about it!<br />Farm Life ...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Till next time ... pray for peace. Love each other!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div></div>Rosellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.com8