advancements enhancements

right now

the best thing ever is

this yellow petunia - glorious yellow!

...hubby edged my flower beds with

landscape ties and I love the look of bordering

flower beds with lumber

The 'man-about -the -house' is building a new front

step  and I have no idea

how it is going to look - (he has a plan, he has a plan!)

Can't wait to see the result, of course I help him along when he needs it and provide

lunches, coffee and water to sustain him.  

handsome and handy

the "Red Green Show"  quote

something like this

"if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least

find you

handy"

I find my husband to be handsome as well

as very handy

He built this wall mounted ironing board

and it is very handy for me.  I just pull the dowel out on the side.....

... lift up the board

and slide the dowel in place holding it under

the upright board and it rests on the dowel

He is handy and handsome!

the yard early this morn

I got up so early this morning.

(like 5:30 a.m.)

Plunked my 1/2 awake body

on a lounger on the deck

and quickly grasped the

perfection of this moment; 

July 15, 2017 and its beautiful landscape

Snapped these pics around our house;

next year we will look at these

and hopefully see our trees much taller

than they are now.

Kirkville Poetry

February finally;

I am so glad.

Days are longer.

I am not so sad.

Exercising is

more effort

this time of year.

As

knowing once its done

I have won

and had fun, working out

and being out!

I look at holiday pics,

on you-know-where?

Feeling envious

that,

I am not going anywhere.

Then I remember, the

energy it takes, to

travel there and

back.

I say "let them pack",

I'll do

my walking,

my writing,

my reading, 

{lots of that}

as I sit back

Oh didn't you know?

I joined the local choir.

I sing once a week.

Every once in a while

there is a squeak!

That's me!

I visit my folks in

the Queen City,

My mother is

fighting old age.

My dad accepts it with
subtlety. 

Hubby mucks about with

his horses;

good exercise, he says.

 Setting up training,

to keep them in line,

when it's horseback riding season

time.

He hauls the water,

forks hay,

mucks horse shelter stalls,

buys bales,

moves snow with his tractor,

everything on this

Yorkton frontier 
is a factor!

It's easier to be a poet,

to tell of days going by.

Posting pictures

is easier than baking a pie (no like)

now I am getting silly

I can be a willy.

Be genuine be true!

in Canada we are!

I'm proud and happy to reside here 
thus far!

For now Kirkville!

new things in

Christmas is lit up here now

this is a live Fraser Fir tree

healthy green strong branches 

(it's a winner)

Hubby has been planning- building - cutting - and flooring and putting

up wallboard for our tiny little upstairs bathroom

it's been hard work because of the small space

and Brian is 6' 2" 

The medicine cabinet is to be constructed yet, by hubby.  The

 vanity he built from scratch using Maple wood with natural stain finish;

the floor and wallboards installed by him as well

(I was there for supervision and to keep the loud strange words

from steaming up this little bathroom.  I had it under peaceful control)

the sink is a square bowl and the faucet tap is open at the top

and water flows openly into the bowl.  I have always wanted one of

those - it's cool!

the "before" picture

(the walls had lino glued on every inch of this

bathroom and poorly done at that)

He really worked had at this

reno and did a great job!

once again the neck

lookout window helps when

feeling sorry for myself

'cause I jammed up my neck

using a resistance band (can you believe it)

hurting bad and hoping the accupuncture needles 

saves me,

at home I am putting on

 peppermint oil

and hubby came home with Aleve 

and Lakota roll on pain relief ointment

this is helping quite a bit

also 

I am doing my physio emergency exercise

foam roller

breathing exercises to relax my neck

meditation (body scan)

Dr. Ho

hope I sleep well tonight!

stressors out

we have been handling an issue with the purchase of

our home and acreage for the past year

and it has finally been resolved but not without a

poor relationship developed with the vendor

and extra funds $$$ poured out by us we had not planned for.

Once the shock that this money needed to be paid

and several conversations to understand why is now over.

 Over and resolved but still has me wondering what happens to the

emotions and anxiety of working it out with strangers I am still holding

  in my body.   We didn't win but we got our legal rebate $$.

It's like looking through the fence and seeing the other side

then when you are on the other side it just smells

like a dirty hole we were forced to climb through and rulings that was missed by our realtor

and our lawyer.

It is just money, but that line is getting old with me.

"Sunshine in and darkness out"

a change for my folks

my mom and dad

moved to a new senior's facility

this last week

the downsizing of  their

apartment to this facility required a tremendous

amount of purging of pictures, end tables, 90% of their kitchen equipment,

When the movers came on Friday they were not advised in their agreement

to pack anything.  Just to move the furniture.  My dad panicked

and phoned my brother as at 86 years old that is devastating news.

Mom and Dad had to make very quick decisions on what

to keep and what to take with their treasures on the walls on

shelves, they did not handle that easily and my brother and sister

came over quickly and got the boxes and started to pack everything.

my poor dad thought it was in the agreement to pack up everything.

Moving sucks, and we all think we have gotten rid of stuff and my folks

did do that but not nearly as much

as should of been done

anyhow nothing got packed a head of time and Dad constantly assured us

that the movers were doing it all.  Oh my, it is a good thing that it

did not happen that way and purging was done before they hauled all of it

 into their new suite!

I took the microwave, toaster oven, nesting tables, antique cutlery sterling silverware

set, a quilt, kitchen pottery, soup tureen, eagle antlers, spoon collections, etc

so being officialy moved in

we had tickets 2 days later to take mom to an early

Mother's day tea at the Regina Floral Conservatory

so that is how the the move ended up

and they already seem happy with the new

facility so I hope it continues that way.

Dad is still driving his jeep and he said I sure hope

I will still be driving for a few more years yet!  hmmm maybe?

a painting project

We are wanting a new front door

and bought a steel already primed door

We are painting it to a color we matched with

one on display at Home Depot

Brian and I are not "rock-star" painters so we are

taking our time with this because ...it's the front door!

steps to this as per Home Depot door expert are:

1. wash with TSP and water

2. then wipe with water

3. rub down door with rubbing alcohol then DO NOT TOUCH when done

4.  Paint the door, and all 6 sides as well as the door frame. This will prevent warping!

we have custom picked our glass insert (above)

2 coats on this side painted

Brian rolls the paint on with a foam roller after I have done the

trim and sides and hard to reach spots

I will post when we have our door installed!

this is not a post about.....

this is not a post about dropping friends out of my life.  

It is all about getting the message intuitively that this is what needs to be done.  I recognize that some friends a long while back accepted me as their friend right away and I just fell into that relationship without recognizing the value that was not there for me.  I am living a newer life with a very different perspective.  Their lives were not pretty in the end and I got wrapped up and was working hard to understand why they just did not do anything about their mess.  It is none of my business and they are special people to other people and I will not judge them.  I will let them fall away.  I don't want to be a spider!

btw webs have been a real nuisance this summer on our windows and deck and chairs and I am always bumping into a new one

I have sprayed peppermint essential oil all over my deck and pressured washed the

front entrance twice.  Nature wins most of the time.

another building rises

this is the garden shed under construction

 i love it when these 2 work together

a early birthday cake to nibble on this weekend it is 

1/2 buttercreme and 1/2 chocolate (cake boss).

I bought this at our local co-op and it was in a "cake boss" box so I bought it and it was

really delish!

the main bird in our yard; the red-winged blackbird

forecasting snow tommorrow (May 17) ...how cruel!

Artist Way at Kirkville

A creative surge has embraced our place this holiday season

Tom has taken up paper mache and is making

large mache animals!  very cool! He has been working on this in SC for a couple of

months and brought his art studio with him to finish up.

I think this is a creative way to get through winter and work through things in our

mind or at the very best to help forget things that bother you, I know it helps me to paint and write so Tom has really taken on a project here as the body and legs and feet are being worked on now

So satisfying to see him get this hands-on and bold about art!

Art is outside too and a walk through this

community pasture across from our acreage

is very interesting.  It goes on for miles and there

is a large lake in here as well.  (canoe and me and an extra paddler - yup!)

Art is everywhere and to hide the creative beauty

in us and around us is a loss we forget to take a photo or draw or write

or paint about.

ha!  the ghost of....

The cold weather has me bundled up in my "Value Village" $25 down-filled

coat and hood and neck warmer and toque and when the sun is shining and sky blue

the cold seems starkingly georgous to witness and is worth venturing out upon.

Happy 2015!

here is a poem written from the famous "Rumi" poet called

Just Do It

who can find a trace of you?

There isn't even a bit of dust from your track

who could find your home?

You have no home.

How can I praise you?

what can I say about you?

Foam is the only form in the sea of meaning.

A great, unseen town

lies just behind that curtain.

Our world is nothing compared to that.

Don't lower yourself.

Don't knock on every door.

You yourself are what you are looking for.

O heart, raise your tent up to the sky.

Don't say "I can't".

Sure you can. Just do it.

Rumi

Scents and Spirit

We bought a Christmas Tree today and we put it in the tree stand and added water

but the smell got very bad and it was the tree.

We had to put it outside  I couldn't believe it!

It was a Noble fir

I went back and got another tree and no smell.

It is a lovely fir tree with a beautiful scent. (see below)

it was mentioned on FB from someone that this had happened to them and that the bad smell

on a real Christmas tree could be protestors who spray live trees

to make them smell bad and only when they are warm in your house

does it start to stink.  They want to discourage people from buying

live trees.  What next? !!!! 

keep the spirit!

condo mondo gone

we sold our little Regina home that served us quite well while spouse was working here for 2 years

I won't say we made any huge profit on it but it pays out our mortgage so no more

condo fees and mortgage payments.  The Regina housing/condo market really has hit a low so we are grateful to have a confirmed sale.

photoshoot time

our home-yard-trees-fence-.et al...

 inside...its an old 1960's home updated .....

 art, art, creativity...relaxing!