Category: family
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I’m back at last and will be taking a blogging break …
I have not been able to access my site for several days. And what did I miss most? I missed access to my Reader the most. What challenges had Cee Neuner put up ? What poems had Kaushal Kishore written? What was Bushboy Brian posting about? And Roth Poetry? what new poems there? So many of the blogs…
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A thought for Thursday
“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” Ernestine Ulmer
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Don’t mourn the losses . Celebrate the wins.
Yesterday I joined a webinar hosted by Parkinson’s Canada. The webinar focused on caregivers of people living with Parkinson’s There was was one couple married for 39 years. The husband has Parkinson’s and his wife is his caregiver. The other speaker was a Social Worker who has worked with people living with Parkinson’s for 15…
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Lens Artists Challenge #266 :Time
The photo at the top is my great uncle Peter. He was in the British navy and went down in a naval battle in 1914 off the coast of Chile. In total 1,660 lost their lives in this battle. Peter lost his life one day before his 29th birthday. The second photo is of my…
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Update!
I spoke to my GP yesterday and he said he was ” not smart enough to know” (I think he is but I understand he is not a specialist.)what was causing me to have these falls. So he is going to refer me to a neurologist. Also the hospital that has the ER I went…
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We had an Adventure!
These falls have a huge presence and power.
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We have a Visitor!
Our Grandson is staying with us for a few days while his Mum is away at a conference . We have a pool in our back garden and Granpa and Grandson were enjoying it. In the photo below Granpa is checking the water temperature. I have to tell you that the temperature was not warm…
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Canada Day!
Canada Day is a national holiday in Canada that observes the anniversary of the Confederation in 1867. July 1 commemorates the day when Canada’s original three provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province, which is now Ontario and Quebec) were joined as one nation independent of Great Britain. So in essence it is our independence…
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Tell a story LAPC #255
This week Patti of pilotfish blog gave us the Lens Artists challenge of telling a story using 1-5 photos. here is my story from August 2018. Everything is ready! The “First look” took place across the road from our house. This photo was taken by Alison Hadley the professsional wedding photographer. The Groom looks up…
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Hallelujah RAIN!
If he survived someone could call me.If he did not survive…….
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Canadian Eh?
This past Sunday we went to watch our Grandson play hockey. They come onto the ice and do some practices first. Our Grandson is not an experienced skater as he had just started lessons back in 2019 and then Covid struck. But despite not being the best skater he loves the hockey skating. The coach…
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We have a new chef!
Our Grandson stayed with us this past weekend. His favorite food is scrambled eggs. And he makes them himself: gets the eggs out of the fridge, cracks them open, puts the shells into the wet recycling bin, mixes the eggs, gets the frying pan,a spatula and cooks the eggs! He is 7 years old. .…