I am lucky enough to have a few pretty bloomers inside...
3 beautiful African Violets...and 3 Cyclamens...only 1 pictured here...
They certainly do make you feel cheery, as the sun shines on them...
You have anything blooming indoors right now???
Do they put a smile on your face???
Let's hope so...
Hope you are all having a great day...
I drove out to feed my daughters cats...went thru a lot of blowing snow!!
Very blustery and cold today...
Oh well...as they say...
It is January!!
Picked up a rotiserrie chicken at Costco...
Will add some fries...I know..I know...I shouldn't...but I will!!
And a greek salad...sound good?
Enjoy your evening....
Cheers! :o)
linda ♥️
We had to park across the street...
Too much snow from the plow...
Luckily we had left the gate ajar...
So we could squeeze through!!
Lots of drifting snow...
The winds must have been ferocious...
The steps to the beach, were blocked by a huge drift...
On the Western side of the property...
Very cloudy...damp...breezy...around 4*C...
Here you can see the drifting along the West side...
My huge rock/perennial garden lies beneath all that snow...
The beach was unaccessible this trip...
Never remember that happening before...
But...it was pretty windy and cold the closer I got...
Some spots were bare grass...
This could be a long Spring thaw...
Thru the window gives a better idea of the drifting...
Lots of Spring work to be done....yikes!!
As we say goodbye after another visit...
We can only think of what is to come...
Green...
Beach deck...
Dinner on the sunporch...with the windows to the kitchen wide open...
Oh...and...those Sunsets...
To die for...
Dreaming here..... :o)
Hope you are all having a great day...
Sunny here...but chilly...
We have Miss V visiting...she is still napping...since 1pm...such a good girl♥️
We did some Easter crafts...
Papa took her to the park on her bike...
Had a great lunch...
Her Mom will be joining us for dinner tonight...
Got some fresh Cod soaking in buttermilk...
Gonna make some fried rice to go along with the crispy baked fish...
Perhaps a few Brussel Sprouts will go nicely...
enjoy your evening...
Cheers! :o)
linda
Hope you are all having a great day...
Decided it was time for some heavy duty housework...
So...I tackled that!
Cleaned up a few old messy plants...
Vacuumed...
Tubs and sinks and toilets...
Dusted...
Tidied...
You know the routine....
Think I'll make some Chicken Pot Pie tonight...
Have leftover Rotiserrie Chicken from last night...
COLD day again today...sunny...but cold!!
The Pot Pie will definintely warm things up...
Not to mention the aromas....
Gonna bundle up, and go for a walk in the sunshine...
Enjoy the rest of your day...
Cheers! :o)
linda
Past Sunday at the cottage...
BRRRR!!
And the wind was howling!!!
The waves must have been huge...and then they froze...on everything!
By the time I went inside...the sky almost looked like it was clearing a wee bit...
And the point...from the car...looked gorgeous!!
Hope you are all having a great day...
Sun is shining...and the winds are calm...
It is Wednesday...so you know what that means...
YUP!!
Miss V is napping...after a hearty lunch of peanut butter sandwich...
1/2 a Pear...berries and yugurt...2 glasses of milk!!!
I have been busy in the kitchen...
Vegetarian Spaghetti Sauce bubbling...
Lemon, Banana, Blueberry,Blackberry loaves...2...cooling on the counter...
Miss V here for a sleepover too...her Mom is ill again...giving her a chance to recuperate♥️
Plus...loads of Miss V time for boyfriend and I...
So.....
What are you all up to today??
Still cold where you are???
What aromas are coming from your kitchen???
Enjoy the sunshine...i have also been snapping a few pics thru the kitchen window...
Love days like this!!
Cheers! :o)
linda
This was the Lake on Thursday...
We went out to check on the finished sunporch...
Everything is back in order...
And...
All new!!!
Now...
When I say "all new"...I mean the ceiling joists...
FLoor joists....
And all new wood around where the shutters and screens go....
It was not a "pretty job"...
But....
It was a totally necessary job...
If we hadn't gottena ll this done...
We woudl probably fall thru the porch!!!
Or...
Even worse...
The bedroom above the porch...
May have been "ON" the porch!!!
Soooooooooooo...
It was a very important structural reno....
I will make it "pretty" again...
The very first chance I get...
The lake had its first ice of the year...
Actually....of the whole winter 2012-2013...
No snow on the lawn....it was so sunny....we could ahve sat out in a chair!!!
And......as it was a North wind....not too cold on the Lake side...
Even though it was -10c....it didn't feel that cold...wiht th warm sun...:o)
Our neighbour Gus was out...
They are renting a cabin nearby for the coldest months...
He helped Dustin move a lot of the scrap wood to the beach...
My boyfriend told him to go ahead and have a bonfire, if he wanted to...
If the lake gets rough...all the wood will be gone!!!
As you can see...
There is only snow and ice..
Right at the beach...
This will probably be gone...
When the temps go up...
Next week...
So....
Here is the sunporch...
New floors...
New support beams and all new joists...
Winter shutters back up...
Ready to be beautified...by me...this Spring...
So....
That was our trip to the lake...
Had a nice snowfall yesterday....and overnight...
Hope you are all having a great day so far...
On the menu tonight...
My Daughter and son-in-law brought homemade spaghetti sauce...
I am supplying the bread and a salad..
And the wine...of course!!
Vivian and her Mom will be joining us as well...
Cheers! :o)
linda
