Welcoming Spring......

While working in the back garden yesterday...

Along with my boyfriend...

We got to spend some quality time...

With a few feathered friends!

The Red Chested Nuthatch...a couple...were fantastic to watch...

And listen to their sweet "trumpeting" song...

We were so close to them...we could hear their tiny wings flapping!!

The Black Capped Chick-a-dee-dee-dees were also having a feast!!

A lot of Spring bulbs are up...no flowers yet...

I am sure this upcoming cold week, will keep them fresh!!

And blooming in no time at all!!

Gonna get the boyfriend to cut a few Pussy Willows from my tree...

Love to use them in my front door display...and indoors as well!!

Have you done any Easter decorating???

Any Bunnies surfacing in your home? hahaha! 

 

Last nights Moon was gorgeous!!!

Did you all see it???

Pretty soon I will be seeing these in my garden!!

Hope you all have a great day....

So happy that Spring is here...

Cheers!  :o)

   linda ♥️

Happy St Patrick's Day.......

Happy St Patrick's Day to all...

Wanted to share a few of my older pics celebrating this day...

Any plans for you???  Any pubs you will be visiting to raise a pint???

Enjoy your day...sun is shining...but...windy and nipply!

Thanks for all your sweet comments on yesterdays post...

When I posted the picture...I was not intending for anyone to think Miss V resembled me...pure coincidence...for sure!!

Who would not be flattered to be compared to her ♥️...thanks so much!

                         Have a great day...

Off to the cottage tomorrow....yippee!!...hopefully no guests when we get there!

                             Cheers!   :o)

                                  linda ♥️
 

Guess Who?

While looking for some paperwork for our kids...

My boyfriend came across this picture...

Guess who? hahaha!

Gosh...I look like a member of the "Our Gang" kids...back in the 40's!

This was taken on the porch of our house...

We lived out in the "country" then...now...the same property houses the infamous "Sherway Gardens Shopping Mall" in Etobicoke...now called Toronto... 

My Father was in the habit of buying large properties...

And building the houses...always with a flat roof!!

As was our dear family cottage on Lake Simcoe...

I remember there were barns as well...and we had 2 Clydesdale horses!!

The back of the photo is written by my Mom ♥️...April '52...

I would have been 26 months old here...

Gotta love the beret!!! And my pokey hair!!

All 3 of my siblings had curly hair...as did both of my parents...

Me? Not even a wave!! So...Mom was always using bobby pins and such...

To try and give me something! hahaha1!

Today is our day with Miss V...leaving shortly to pick her up!!

My daughter Lissa is also visiting...we will have so much fun!!

I have some bananas and raspberries thawed, to make a few loaves!!

Miss V has missed baking with her old Nana! hahaha!


                      Have a great day...

                        Still miserable here...wishing for a bit of sunshine!!

                             Cheers!  :o)

                                 linda ♥️

 
 

Home Again...Home Again....Jiggity Jig!!

 Hi everyone!

Boyfriend and I safe and sound at home...

Drove 2 11 hour days...one sleep in Knoxville Tennessee...

Weather was good all the way...except for a wee bit of fog and rain...

Getting nicely settled back into our routine...

Had visitors on Saturday...loved that! tee hee hee ♥️

Saturday weather was glorious!! 17*c...sunny and warm...

Now....rain for a few days...that's ok...good for the garden!!

These Geranium blooms greeted me on my windowsill...

Still blooming since coming inside months ago...

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Been working on another crochet project...for Easter...for Miss V...

Will share soon!!

I had purchased this cute bunny before I went away...

She is sitting on my desk...next to a pic of Miss V...

I think she will be perfect tucked into a wee crocheted Easter basket!

Hope you are all having a great day...

Grey...drippy and foggy here...no problem!!

I have lots to keep me busy inside...

Chicken soup from the freezer bubbling away for lunch...yum!!

              Thanks for all your lovely comments on my previous post...

              And...if I haven't visited...I will...soon!!

                    Have a wonderful day...

                          Cheers!  :o)

                              linda ♥️
 

Beachy Bits & Bobs.....

As you all read this....

We are on our way home....

Another lovely Florida vacation has come to an end....

We really had a relaxing....carefree month....lazy lazy lazy....

Thoroughly enjoyed the weather....started off a bit cool and wet...

But....

Ended with the big finale.....wall to wall sunshine....and the sunsets....♥️

But....alas....all good things come to an end....

But....the thought of being home again....is....very comforting to me.....

I have missed my kids tremendously....and one special little munchkin....

Who is almost 100%....but....sadly.....now her Mommy is not well.....:o(

Nana to the rescue! Hahaha! Hopefully we can be of help to them....

So....

If I don't reply for a few days....

Just hum that old Willie Nelson tune....

"on the road again"....hahaha!

Hope you all had a great day....

Can't wait to see what's going on at home and the cottage....

Want to feed the birds....and give Red a peanut butter crust!

Oh.....and some peanuts too!

Enjoy your evening....

               Cheers!  :o)

                       linda ♥️

ps....thanks for all your lovely, caring comments while I was away...

The Brown Thrasher.....

The other morning....

We heard quite a lot of singing coming from outside the cottage....

When I stepped outside....there he was....in all his splendour.....

Back in to grab my trusty camera.....

Isn't he a beautiful specimen?

At first....I thought it was a Mockingbird....enchanting us with his songs....

After I loaded my pics in....and I got a closer look....I realized....

Not a Mockingbird!

The search was on, to identify this handsome fella!

Seems he is a Brown Thrasher....a rather large bird....with the same singing abilities....

He is an exhuberant singer....going thru all the old classics that everyone recognizes....

Only saw and heard him the once....

So glad I captured him....

Thanks again for all your kind concerns for Miss V....

Much better and back at school....running around, as usual!

Time is winding down for us here....

Actually did a bit of packing this am...

Just heading out for our morning beach walk...

Another sunny one out there!

I hear the weather up in our parts is improving daily! Yahoo! Spring is almost here!

Happy Women's Day to all you great gals....

And to our daughters and grandaughters....love them!

Hope you are all well...

Enjoy your day...

                          Cheers!  :o)

                            linda. ♥️

Thanks To Everyone.....

Sincere thanks for all your well wishes...

As I have said many times before...

I have the best peeps EVER!

Spoke with my daughter several times today....

Miss V had a rough night....still has a very red throat and a nasty cough....

She had a 2 hour nap this afternoon....

She is eating and drinking...bit of fever...

If she is not better in the morning....back to the clinic....

Hopefully the antibiotics will kick in over night....

I spoke with her....she said " my throat is still sore, but I didn't cough as much" ♥️

Thanks again everyone...

It was a gorgeous day...gonna be in the 80's all week....

Countdown to Friday....

I promise to be back, with some Beachy photos....

Enjoy your evening...

For you Downton Fans...enjoy!

Hope our PVR taped them all at home....:o)

                 Cheers!  :o)

                       linda. ♥️

ps....Miss V wants to do some baking with her Nana♥️

Feeling Sad......

Just found out that my sweet Miss V is ill....

Red throat....fever....cough....:o(

She is on antibiotics...hopefully not tonsillitis....

I wish I could be there....to help her Mom....and take care of her....

Hopefully this won't last long....

A bacterial infection.....*sigh*....

Hope you are all well, and enjoying your weekend.....

Still having great weather....although the winds are cool and gusty....

By the end of the week, we will be on the road again....

All good things must come to an end....

Time for some crochet.....

Enjoy your evening....

            Good thoughts for Miss V ♥️

                         Cheers!  :o)

                                 linda ♥️

So Far This Week......

This has been a busy week....

My brother and SIL stopped by...briefly...on Monday...

They were on their way back home, after 2 months in Fort Myers....

They got stuck in traffic....so our visit was cut short....:o/

I made them a lovely lunch of Chicken Salad on a bun...with sliced yellow peppers and lettuce...

Accompanied by my delish chicken rice soup...

My photo was after I had already devoured most of my soup...:o)

They have since arrived home, safe and sound....

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Came across a few great sculptures along the beach....

Such hard work!

The other night before dinner...I made some seasoned dipping oil for a crusty baguette...

It was delicious I must say!

The sunsets never disappoint....every night is different....

Wish I could share all of them with you....

I have kept the boyfriend busy with his chores! Hahaha!

His reward is a lot of reading time....in his beach chair....with a cold brew!

Just a few of the nice shells I have found this trip.....

They are getting harder to find.....

Think I'll take these to the cottage....for the gardens around the beach deck....

Speaking of the cottage....here's a good one!

Our kids have been checking for us every couple of Saturday's....

Last Saturday....daughter Lissa and SIL Jeff took a drive ......

As soon as they opened the door....my daughter said something wasn't right....

There was stuff knocked over....things out of place....then they met the culprit!

A squirrel was running around the living room....up on the dining table....across the fireplace!

Knocking things over.......,,,YIKES!.........

Jeff cornered him in one of the bedrooms upstairs, which has a door to a small balcony....

Luckily the squirrel went out the door to freedom...,and....OUT OF MY COTTAGE!.....

Thank goodness they went out that day! Who knows what damage if he had been in there longer!

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Ok....that's been my week so far....no...I am lying....we had a day trip on Tuesday....

Quite an adventure.....next time! I will share that!

Tomorrow...Friday....we are off to quaint Dunedin for a Toronto Blue Jays game....

Should be a fun day....

Hope you are  all well....surviving the latest storms....

Spring is close.....so close....I can taste it! Hahaha!

Please excuse the placement of my dialogue....

Very difficult to place things where I want them on the IPad....

Once you add pictures...you can't rearrange them...and....you have to add them one at a time!

The text is even more difficult to place.....I will be back to my regular format soon....

Which is.....a good thing.....and.....a bad thing.....as that means beach time is over.....:o(

One week to go, and the forecast is fabulous!

Enjoy the rest of your day....

                   Cheers!  :o)

                         linda. ♥️