Good morning!

When I got up this is what greeted me in the kitchen. It was a beautiful sunny day, but cool for our  area. As the sun came up, the snow started to melt.  Karen & I met Sheila for lunch at Earls. Appetizers and Caesar salad made the meal.

Let It Snow, Let It Snow …..

Feb 25: Here it is the end of Feb, the bulbs are poking their heads up and some of the trees are starting to have little flower buds on them.  We have had rain for the last 2 days which didn’t bother us at all as we were home just puttering. Last night the weatherman made some reference to snow at the higher elevations and further east from us, so no worries, right ….. Wrong. We woke up to gray skies and heavy rain. Karen and I headed out at 9:30 in the rain and headed home 2 hours later and it was snowing like a son of a gun! We we happy to get home before it got any worse and it did. I figured for the next 3 hours it came down at the rate of just over an inch/hour.

Karen went out the front door to snap some shots and said it was so quiet!  Here are a few shots that she took.

 
The crocus poking their heads out of the snow.

The little tree in the neighbour’s yard.

The beautiful tree in Rudy’s front yard. You can see how hard the snow is falling.

Have a great day

Painted Canvas

Feb 24: Karen and I played with canvas for the first time last week. We finished it off with a vinyl saying that was definitely a challenge to get off the paper and get it to adhere to the canvas! I have to say if this was my first attempt with Vinyl I would not venture using it again.  I guess between the porous canvas and the paint splatters the adhesive wasn’t adhering well. But I love the look of the finished product! This is a picture of Karen’s canvas. You can just see the corner of mine on the table.

Have a great day

Minkies in Progress

Feb 23: I’m am finishing up the Minkie for Kaitlyn and the 2 dolly blankets. Just a little hand sewing needed now and they will be ready for Karen to pack to send home.

We looked outside and found that Art had moved the roses from the outside porch where we put them, to stuffing them in the garden.

Have a great day

Christmas Cactus

Feb 22: In the back bedroom Sheila’s Christmas Cactus is in bloom,  the plant is over 25 years old! I believe this plant used to belong to her Mom. I have had the plant around 6 or 7 years.  Sheila comes every now and then and breaks off branches and starts new plants

Have a great day

Silly Squirrel

Feb 21: I came out to the kitchen and out the window this silly squirrel was hanging upside down on the bird feeder that has the suet in it. Karen opened the door and spoke with him and he moved to the top of the feeder bar and then decided it was time to go and he was off.  No sooner did Karen close and lock the door, that squirrel was back to the feeder, hanging upside down!

Take care

Date Cake

Feb 20: I haven’t had this is a long time and I woke up the other night craving date cake. So when I was grocery shopping I picked up some. I have to admit, I savored every bite!

Take care