Showing posts with label visitors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label visitors. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Midweek, Trying New Things

 


Dear readers, I did go to the Great Create for a bit this morning. Not as much as I would have liked, but enough to get a feel for how things work. I took along the newest rose block I am embroidering, and visited with a few of the ladies attending. I will definitely make an effort to attend next weeks Create and stay longer.

Many of the ladies are painters, and since I can't draw for love or money I found the way they do water colours so very interesting. There were a few people crocheting, and a couple of knitters. One of the ladies who is a friend of mine on Facebook, got very excited to see me. She said she hoped I would bring my loom sometime. I told her only if I had lots of help to get the 48" loom out of the car, through the parking lot, into the building and then into the room they use. Just too big to bring anywhere. Though perhaps sometime I will get a smaller more portable one.

I couldn't stay too long, as my sister had phoned and wanted to drop in and see me. I haven't really seen her since our trip to see the Aunts in October, so of course I said yes. So it was home to get my bread in the electric roaster (baked, but really did not brown very much) and start the draining of my yogurt batch.

My sister and I had a lovely visit. She and her husband will be heading to Spain in a few weeks. While there, their oldest son will join them for a week or so. J lives and works in the Netherlands and so once a year they meet in Europe somewhere, and then once a year he tries to make it home for a couple of weeks to help with harvest.

After Jo left I did a bit of weaving. It got cloudy and snowy once again so the embroidery was set aside, close to hand in case the sun came out once more. It didn't, but that's fine as there is always tomorrow to work on it or I will continue weaving and knitting.

Harvey gave me the wrong date that the SUV is going in to be repaired. Turns out I need to take it in at 9 tomorrow morning. We have appointments to get our hair cuts tomorrow at 11, there is a bit of banking to do, payment of some bills online,  and I want to order our prescriptions and pick them up. Going to be a pretty busy day. I really hope we get the vehicle back the same day we take it in. I hate leaving things overnight at the dealership even though they have security. I will, however, enjoy having a vehicle that can be plugged in to keep the engine warm.

I am not sure what Friday will bring. Probably just a regular day with the added fun of trying to get a grocery list made for the shopping on Tuesday. I really want to get as much in the pantry and freezers as possible before we do a retaliation for the tariffs. There are a few items I purchase that come from the United States and I do know oranges and orange juice will more than likely be one of the targeted items for Canada to place a tariff on. 

Off to visit with you all.


Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.


Sunday, March 5, 2023

Sunday Ramblings

 

Today will just be a few pictures of a visitor that came to our front bird feeder last night. Someone we would prefer not be eating the bird seed.






Harvey has really been enjoying his trail camera. Between the birds and now our friendly neighbouring deer I am afraid he will be forever taking pictures.

Otherwise it has been a quiet day here on the old homestead. I cut out Harvey's robe and I think that tomorrow I just may start sewing.


Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Thrifty Tuesday


It has been a thrifty day here on the old homestead.

I have spent most of the day busy planting and filling all my boxes and baskets. Slowly but surely making my way through what I have bought and all the plants I started inside. Saved a bit with starting many of my own plants. I just wish I had the room to start even more of them, but space is at a premium right now. I am hopeful of finishing up tomorrow morning before I head out and about with my visitor.

Many years ago I met this woman on the Frugal Living forum on About.com (it has closed now and we have moved to the forum on My Frugal Home). Kim is a teacher and after her retirement and the passing of her Dad, she bought a trailer and a truck and has been busy traveling thorough out the continental U.S (she only has three states to go through to complete the map). I had always said "If you are ever in Canada, and anywhere near Saskatchewan, my door is open." So this year she took me up on it.

I picked her up at the camp site and we spent 3 hours together. Harvey made supper (and even did the dishes). Tomorrow I plan on spending some time showing her the few sights we have around here. I hope she has a good time.

Pictures tomorrow or Thursday on how the planting is going.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.