Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself. Tank, the big vehicle, sits in the driveway, unused unless I take a notion to go somewhere. Sometimes I do go somewhere, but mostly, I don’t. Why? It isn’t my lifestyle. My ideal is to live where I can walk to shopping, to entertainment, to work (retired… Continue reading Laugh
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The Little Black Fly
I was lucky enough to spend Mother’s Day with my Mom. My Sister-The-Youngest-Girl is staying with her Beau Bob at the moment while they renovate her kitchen. Beau Bob kindly let us come to stay for a night, and hosted a family celebration with my Mom, my two sisters and my niece and fiancé. My… Continue reading The Little Black Fly
This n’ That
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 The skies are blue again today, and the gardens need rain! Attila and I are saving household grey water, which I carry outside and use to water the garden. The only water we are letting go down the drains is when we flush the toilet. Today was my annual mammogram, which… Continue reading This n’ That
Ticks
Thinking About Ticks and Lyme Disease You can treat your clothes to repel, and even kill, ticks. I knew this treated clothing would repel ticks, mosquitoes, black flies, deer flies, and just about all biting insects, but I did not know it would kill the ticks. That is good news in my book. What it… Continue reading Ticks
Heat Wave
We headed to the Rideau Camp with Iris in tow after Attila arrived home from work on Friday night. There is a complete fire ban in force at the moment, so there was no campfire. That worked out perfectly, because it was far to hot to even think about being near the heat of a… Continue reading Heat Wave