tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67412743508518997552024-03-16T18:25:55.873-04:00Thelma's DaysThelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-18940600841798037262024-03-11T15:53:00.004-04:002024-03-11T20:56:56.873-04:00Winter 2024<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Where did the time go.</span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">We are in March. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">We had a mild winter with not a lot </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">of snow and only a few storms.</span></i></div></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">so peaceful in nature.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTuyjHw9_qV9bKeLchATi520QLAh0CdC3nV7HpF_SCFRU7zFxThuLDpzIhdNPwibprizN8YAGGUIdBu1FlhfynNBqeRn2bvKK2ELTlRRPZGXpvfH4Vkmf1ya0mtcQ0OOFsJu0-NNMNJI5bxDsUJy9Ntx4o2ymzCcJBi4lIYOoA-hQv6lJfmcgxxPqhHVUI/s4032/IMG_3906.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTuyjHw9_qV9bKeLchATi520QLAh0CdC3nV7HpF_SCFRU7zFxThuLDpzIhdNPwibprizN8YAGGUIdBu1FlhfynNBqeRn2bvKK2ELTlRRPZGXpvfH4Vkmf1ya0mtcQ0OOFsJu0-NNMNJI5bxDsUJy9Ntx4o2ymzCcJBi4lIYOoA-hQv6lJfmcgxxPqhHVUI/w480-h640/IMG_3906.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>ME</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoQ6DGNSWr9gOyMVUfqpymJNyjDwSWVJ1jfZsxy-vFf04XAOBI0ujzDmmy-hvUX1e3kaGeICtD54LLE7jdXo80Vvfewr2nDw9eI5RoDpii17666ZLqliMmEk27_ipwsaSrHF8XolRZ1S4Sm5gx_kXaS7xndDYB5YiAnojfXDIgONXuS1gC4T7CktFI-J3/s4032/IMG_3904.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoQ6DGNSWr9gOyMVUfqpymJNyjDwSWVJ1jfZsxy-vFf04XAOBI0ujzDmmy-hvUX1e3kaGeICtD54LLE7jdXo80Vvfewr2nDw9eI5RoDpii17666ZLqliMmEk27_ipwsaSrHF8XolRZ1S4Sm5gx_kXaS7xndDYB5YiAnojfXDIgONXuS1gC4T7CktFI-J3/w480-h640/IMG_3904.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">My sister Annie</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiRDdvRb9YRxql3Ecye9wY4RtVZ-4uqr5FAhzs2xMSJG32E14GBU_ZUjuW6K7Md3QbJQv9tTZSfIEtFFjZ1G2n5GsEHQJfAtrdC7GnyiY4bmBCSmP1t7Q1pesaNf5fImJwsYh_MzmFWe2j1GgvqEXpEjaVCYDpCy_sjHWE4M9Yuez4B7xYHV7hs9xOftn/s4032/IMG_3902.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiRDdvRb9YRxql3Ecye9wY4RtVZ-4uqr5FAhzs2xMSJG32E14GBU_ZUjuW6K7Md3QbJQv9tTZSfIEtFFjZ1G2n5GsEHQJfAtrdC7GnyiY4bmBCSmP1t7Q1pesaNf5fImJwsYh_MzmFWe2j1GgvqEXpEjaVCYDpCy_sjHWE4M9Yuez4B7xYHV7hs9xOftn/w480-h640/IMG_3902.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">and heat up with a nice warm fire in the camp.</span></i></div><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYP0ofcSQ6wF5vV6H-wuRagJslSYwcrKxLAsdkf7m5OkiZVugpb2E64ZaW0WJ4_R2lHNJr4u6kd1djqryACGgtz4OAt6St7uYxLjrT1UPLQqS7yCVbbelXTdToQJ8ksWPvtgw5FiN4csJSfX6Y-WpvKyNMQf0OO2ogO1jXXr4drHeLgq3txzll1bj-8Pi4/w640-h480/IMG_3920-COLLAGE.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">I like seeing animal tracks in the </span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">woods, knowing that life is there,</span></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdFJ1knToSc0rSngXnPJqLsoNNEVZNVLzVp_FcxxF-vH6wBWAZSkT_9oeSM32TG1Z4BcgjmepGJBGPggloX2hIa68Tz8UTFOwxgNcsP-4emtZLcSjCEWvlioWelPhou9K3CmGjBoi4V-VBERA-bD_OIb2ib36rdiFN6HRbTesLG3uTi5E0owV9AldhMi0/s4032/IMG_4045.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdFJ1knToSc0rSngXnPJqLsoNNEVZNVLzVp_FcxxF-vH6wBWAZSkT_9oeSM32TG1Z4BcgjmepGJBGPggloX2hIa68Tz8UTFOwxgNcsP-4emtZLcSjCEWvlioWelPhou9K3CmGjBoi4V-VBERA-bD_OIb2ib36rdiFN6HRbTesLG3uTi5E0owV9AldhMi0/w480-h640/IMG_4045.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Raccoon </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">We visited the beach a few times this winter.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">This is New Carlisle Beach in Gaspée.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPVEHLDzqJ3wISWaGinvnSv9d0uApVFUJKImSnRVlRq9Al2xhRdoe2E34PWx2IYsM6NwsrT95OPaUjdl6VL5YRLNWuyB8-V4GM_1FLqsEUoSDTRjuSkujCrI0SfZD8sObQv_5602-jnz-GdUI9tgA88SRtP_P1Qraub5nz5R1kOAZEuBwdRDzMx6bA1k8/s4032/IMG_3931.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPVEHLDzqJ3wISWaGinvnSv9d0uApVFUJKImSnRVlRq9Al2xhRdoe2E34PWx2IYsM6NwsrT95OPaUjdl6VL5YRLNWuyB8-V4GM_1FLqsEUoSDTRjuSkujCrI0SfZD8sObQv_5602-jnz-GdUI9tgA88SRtP_P1Qraub5nz5R1kOAZEuBwdRDzMx6bA1k8/w480-h640/IMG_3931.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Ed7iysib240TC9T1q2LKKnCnd1rvGrrHDAJsc7iNuVUKmZhWDn1KqLG7LAHE8Pddqi4d0IigZIbAl2UpgWFItqSA23totqBtL0_jtqTwkx3U4LFh_GG7y6yiVbZ592LnYMVr7jARutwCvpeUKwaPK6ih1bg88U0lqPNAcgq5yuRDbRP65KtSIZ8hSqS3/s4032/IMG_4096.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Ed7iysib240TC9T1q2LKKnCnd1rvGrrHDAJsc7iNuVUKmZhWDn1KqLG7LAHE8Pddqi4d0IigZIbAl2UpgWFItqSA23totqBtL0_jtqTwkx3U4LFh_GG7y6yiVbZ592LnYMVr7jARutwCvpeUKwaPK6ih1bg88U0lqPNAcgq5yuRDbRP65KtSIZ8hSqS3/w480-h640/IMG_4096.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"> Treasures of the sea.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"> seaglass</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVm4OlotKv1ryTyu-VaIyProcYgF_0tOC3SCeEEPqadIX1XY5f2fSdnoS68vUSp0RBG0tM4SStRmMQkhoa36ivhs3lLf-v5ra8SPFXdgTjnqFjl_YjXuKPdn8OshSQPj9_YOXNwoPBzChVhXVYEdjkF3ZvmRvQzH13cqHQDeNsdOAT4Sd8EHoVI__iNQP/s2046/IMG_4103-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVm4OlotKv1ryTyu-VaIyProcYgF_0tOC3SCeEEPqadIX1XY5f2fSdnoS68vUSp0RBG0tM4SStRmMQkhoa36ivhs3lLf-v5ra8SPFXdgTjnqFjl_YjXuKPdn8OshSQPj9_YOXNwoPBzChVhXVYEdjkF3ZvmRvQzH13cqHQDeNsdOAT4Sd8EHoVI__iNQP/w640-h480/IMG_4103-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></span></i></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Brown waterfalls</span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">from melting ice and the cliffs eroding</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmG6Fmed813bNnHQRX5D-rSM38rT2mVbVKsfo8FcDs71iGj2XA2v7ktO9tbSPRfLtc8o6IKewaXtZ2O9N625SsnDramDmawYxIoE2cSODYR6kjsk_CPNmJxOlcCiEnNy1JmQjpPIaT9Ry3P-lSx-0JONoX1pcHT1UNQUckmIDxc7JR-vbq2LQjDr3m9OQ/s4032/IMG_4109.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmG6Fmed813bNnHQRX5D-rSM38rT2mVbVKsfo8FcDs71iGj2XA2v7ktO9tbSPRfLtc8o6IKewaXtZ2O9N625SsnDramDmawYxIoE2cSODYR6kjsk_CPNmJxOlcCiEnNy1JmQjpPIaT9Ry3P-lSx-0JONoX1pcHT1UNQUckmIDxc7JR-vbq2LQjDr3m9OQ/w480-h640/IMG_4109.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3708" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYsL50gzghpD64KNRKkfDyp70ClD8Eqa3yPqlfSaZVo1s09GbvtkuU0U9v1Er9tHpPi3Uy_J2VPI1_zGMWwZTwcguU3OtS-jSdXz_CMmSe2oshTe01x3vQzf9RZhoEmZWPmdQXltZdAZRfaKEJW6ce0VV4ILfN2yKFKqsOs4reLAxY3U-KCW4N1RKepBQ/w522-h640/IMG_4121.HEIC" width="522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>March 8th is </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>International Woman's Day</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>we attended a Gala with a</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>lovely supper and entertainment.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHZmyHn-8jhBX_J4gmUOozIWrWZwtCFB8UaI5_h_m65652HQNVscNOjaO4FyiVXGUHgzadvD_Yq8OuEm-94vAkgNcDHTJ2nlJKjAU9JIQ98l8_ocv_i6bfUcvX8fEsmooDWc9_-ofdVxTOXJdo6jzy4Bqn_1HwTXTaXtcc_GaIwU9-8ptfSMhsmdsonuz/s3024/IMG_4164.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2155" data-original-width="3024" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHZmyHn-8jhBX_J4gmUOozIWrWZwtCFB8UaI5_h_m65652HQNVscNOjaO4FyiVXGUHgzadvD_Yq8OuEm-94vAkgNcDHTJ2nlJKjAU9JIQ98l8_ocv_i6bfUcvX8fEsmooDWc9_-ofdVxTOXJdo6jzy4Bqn_1HwTXTaXtcc_GaIwU9-8ptfSMhsmdsonuz/w640-h456/IMG_4164.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><i>140 women attended.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><i>About a dozen door prizes</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><i>were drawn and my sister</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><i>Annie and I each won.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><i>How amazing was that.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><i>My prize was this beautiful</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><i>scented homemade soap.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONiLMuh7_SFug_FRRzbHrEgxRCk5k9rczOa8sJSrXzllhXLlaN2gLiHq-JZET6PRqmo495vNyct0D5Rq1sXUs5ed-UumKE9ONBCFxG55UKtsZBOD143N_Wv04UhMpW-_VlJy1jbZGmcub0eXUjR8ZH6eyeLNI7T1I26sa00Z4967qd94CTuQq_wq6m3zG/s3024/IMG_4178.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2629" data-original-width="3024" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONiLMuh7_SFug_FRRzbHrEgxRCk5k9rczOa8sJSrXzllhXLlaN2gLiHq-JZET6PRqmo495vNyct0D5Rq1sXUs5ed-UumKE9ONBCFxG55UKtsZBOD143N_Wv04UhMpW-_VlJy1jbZGmcub0eXUjR8ZH6eyeLNI7T1I26sa00Z4967qd94CTuQq_wq6m3zG/w640-h556/IMG_4178.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXr18Fmx39IUcjXu5CD827Q78fgkxh_x5dKWX_VovNIVA-f7OkMKsNH3zPjwjmNfd80EazMm84aiM6ck2cocrKdLDinIBtBj5xd_7kP18odslSZdvoxhTgzJSw8mZ9EvAwaMyKYT9qtZ14DzrzNBZgPa4iCAPWFDxW6z-Zh2tLegAkpsP6_sYEWehrRQa7/s3024/IMG_4163.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2566" data-original-width="3024" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXr18Fmx39IUcjXu5CD827Q78fgkxh_x5dKWX_VovNIVA-f7OkMKsNH3zPjwjmNfd80EazMm84aiM6ck2cocrKdLDinIBtBj5xd_7kP18odslSZdvoxhTgzJSw8mZ9EvAwaMyKYT9qtZ14DzrzNBZgPa4iCAPWFDxW6z-Zh2tLegAkpsP6_sYEWehrRQa7/w640-h544/IMG_4163.HEIC" width="640" /><br /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>Im sharing some baking</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i> I did this past few months.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>Click on the name for the recipe.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2024/03/chewy-oatmeal-cookies-with-chocolate.html">Chewy Oatmeal cookies</a><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">filled with chocolate chips,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">coconut and walnuts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORbeaxxR0-LQmO2VpGfLygii19IdCj2gDUw7_uqw9oqfxLNC79FZxMzKxEmjnd46XzyhrDP6Xg47AaBkciWuHeW-DXxcsa_aqRnYsYauiDLAh_hIPekEu2ZPnvGrXCiniBI33cbHezIgtYmcJD-KCsvA8-b9PEBIghxVgh2B1IrWhuJr3oKc3L2GkmO38/s4013/IMG_4139.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2829" data-original-width="4013" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORbeaxxR0-LQmO2VpGfLygii19IdCj2gDUw7_uqw9oqfxLNC79FZxMzKxEmjnd46XzyhrDP6Xg47AaBkciWuHeW-DXxcsa_aqRnYsYauiDLAh_hIPekEu2ZPnvGrXCiniBI33cbHezIgtYmcJD-KCsvA8-b9PEBIghxVgh2B1IrWhuJr3oKc3L2GkmO38/w640-h452/IMG_4139.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>For Valentine's Day I made this delicious </i></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2024/02/peanut-butter-fudge.html">Peanut Butter Fudge</a><br /></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqBy_tDr9qKQ22PEScDC5T5JMOfVihMzZHU1x3O1FMQKrjhYv-3eFtVddnxOv0_xiuQoOS58jTDlulAW3-c0LCEEmIXMwCkf85aon1UrvDwJZqKWoiHI8hMNU11-ioW82hhrtEvZ-EHNIDtxNUtNjAANT94D4QsxUNR8n8zhxdqOkmubQJG-l3SLx6Wv3/s3024/IMG_4009.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2002" data-original-width="3024" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqBy_tDr9qKQ22PEScDC5T5JMOfVihMzZHU1x3O1FMQKrjhYv-3eFtVddnxOv0_xiuQoOS58jTDlulAW3-c0LCEEmIXMwCkf85aon1UrvDwJZqKWoiHI8hMNU11-ioW82hhrtEvZ-EHNIDtxNUtNjAANT94D4QsxUNR8n8zhxdqOkmubQJG-l3SLx6Wv3/w640-h424/IMG_4009.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2024/02/old-fashioned-buttermilk-pancakes.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Old Fashioned Buttermilk Pancakes</i></span></a><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2Qgh6n97U6Lm9CuTMx4Fam-5tXGdigvH1yTy2heoDVOCluA44lBIAcNitUsk3eQ2qPkKnGylAVPlYv0uqK77fdcsOBTfNuI5-2rolYWBTcnOSm5Jcks4m1GFGa5CCPpzqjLJwo29EGfqzvnzCGqSOgYBAlfX0qPssg5ubBPyU7ZrK1wPsLTthRbZZ0mL/s4032/IMG_4041.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2Qgh6n97U6Lm9CuTMx4Fam-5tXGdigvH1yTy2heoDVOCluA44lBIAcNitUsk3eQ2qPkKnGylAVPlYv0uqK77fdcsOBTfNuI5-2rolYWBTcnOSm5Jcks4m1GFGa5CCPpzqjLJwo29EGfqzvnzCGqSOgYBAlfX0qPssg5ubBPyU7ZrK1wPsLTthRbZZ0mL/w480-h640/IMG_4041.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>and these delicious and easy to make </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2024/03/buttermilk-tea-biscuits.html"><i>Buttermilk Tea Biscuits</i></a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwqNKgaakm2Hz0uBoNIpVP5WAUQ02JPDn09BZLIaS0w1KzC2DiiL-blYGtxyH7csKNJIgj99WfcXH305GG621uQ2EwXsS5t6oSMdiT8hpO9IllkWENCx-zRZ7AuX5VyEoWdyXU_zAqORJGtn08WOGopqD1Q_iEECkE6phonO-zMQqygqZv5Lj1DR-hDHn/s4032/IMG_4085.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwqNKgaakm2Hz0uBoNIpVP5WAUQ02JPDn09BZLIaS0w1KzC2DiiL-blYGtxyH7csKNJIgj99WfcXH305GG621uQ2EwXsS5t6oSMdiT8hpO9IllkWENCx-zRZ7AuX5VyEoWdyXU_zAqORJGtn08WOGopqD1Q_iEECkE6phonO-zMQqygqZv5Lj1DR-hDHn/w480-h640/IMG_4085.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>Well I'll say goodbye for now.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>Till next time.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>Thanks for your visit.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: x-large;"><i>💜💜💜<br /></i></span></div><br /></div></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-13371345423256904642024-01-04T19:28:00.022-05:002024-01-07T22:06:33.109-05:00Happy New Year 2024<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZtccPt5CkbMVgDzTALjVGLD83SkXQwtK53HkNkaKf4VEg49p8XkwFkUR_-V8lWXHRZfOvVgAn6SFfxQeFkI3-_yvrN5Jq3XDEuJm7zpQLolDJB91zhHW8nqPKNm5HWkW0ekEAxjE8Gq5yPj8huRP8SY9hjb3P-bvrSscI7bZ5Gmaz0_Lrb7M8EavEu-F/s2048/B9CD8415-3E19-40C0-B62A-5A07E6595DFD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZtccPt5CkbMVgDzTALjVGLD83SkXQwtK53HkNkaKf4VEg49p8XkwFkUR_-V8lWXHRZfOvVgAn6SFfxQeFkI3-_yvrN5Jq3XDEuJm7zpQLolDJB91zhHW8nqPKNm5HWkW0ekEAxjE8Gq5yPj8huRP8SY9hjb3P-bvrSscI7bZ5Gmaz0_Lrb7M8EavEu-F/w480-h640/B9CD8415-3E19-40C0-B62A-5A07E6595DFD.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want to wish everyone</span></i></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a Happy New Year.</i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wishing you all good health,</i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>joy and peace.</i></div></span></span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I had a quiet Christmas</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> My sister, Annie and I</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">stayed home.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> We had planned </i><i>to visit family in the </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Eastern Townships and Montreal.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> But due to my</i><i> sister Carol and her </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">husband in the Townships,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">coming down the Covid and</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">my son-in-law, Martin in Montreal,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>having an </i><i>aneurysm on his brain,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and needed time to recover,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">we decided to stay home.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Martin is recovering fine.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">For the second year in a row,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">we had a green Christmas,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We walked on the beach </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">In New Carlisle, </span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;">Christmas Day.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A great way to spend the day.</span></i></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdCfKSY6ptvvNGeIjq1ImDRZgsrZrAhmln9e1pxaJxDwgMsJxCgejgXSOmBNnv_3yhT-ZUcndLjjfK9k-RHiYVua568FN9NRbPb4GU6_E7fm0kjI3A-guPluM7EzkcZsVJNe17329bgeg8TA84bLe74eyJPVovbJHvI5MqrBOuDbl75ArFDyErR7PpaUn/s2048/85D25E80-5E7D-4994-9FC4-9520E70BC9BB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdCfKSY6ptvvNGeIjq1ImDRZgsrZrAhmln9e1pxaJxDwgMsJxCgejgXSOmBNnv_3yhT-ZUcndLjjfK9k-RHiYVua568FN9NRbPb4GU6_E7fm0kjI3A-guPluM7EzkcZsVJNe17329bgeg8TA84bLe74eyJPVovbJHvI5MqrBOuDbl75ArFDyErR7PpaUn/w480-h640/85D25E80-5E7D-4994-9FC4-9520E70BC9BB.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Me and Annie</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASf67fYUNQEbqIvu7xW7SRjE_prjKcNkbI5XmxMWB9iprqqIB_iypMWf9Zw6HpCgAZ51SfZurkK_z10Y8nWK_biFUhvoYqU5TPPkKsYw8Jxsbr-K9DcnDNAVgAeW77E2UDoO2TxwQsh5E-pwfYz1dEvxdY3dN92UIgUF9xgDWLbE3d7ofX088O_fYNFyF/s2048/F4E825D6-F6DE-4BEE-91DE-5D284E4892A4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASf67fYUNQEbqIvu7xW7SRjE_prjKcNkbI5XmxMWB9iprqqIB_iypMWf9Zw6HpCgAZ51SfZurkK_z10Y8nWK_biFUhvoYqU5TPPkKsYw8Jxsbr-K9DcnDNAVgAeW77E2UDoO2TxwQsh5E-pwfYz1dEvxdY3dN92UIgUF9xgDWLbE3d7ofX088O_fYNFyF/w480-h640/F4E825D6-F6DE-4BEE-91DE-5D284E4892A4.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A nice boardwalk.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrh98PUm8lROcI-6GBdgsykZkSmAn1pHYSvSc-gHFcPQhuUYasrC-hmS7ziGLqO9Hv6Zu1WLg-yoaiWefUNHUt6h6qNs4chV1zeTb70156qbf83Fu5u8xHIU9qSrHJrwYhQLc61mkhxtM6jz88ydMgGkxpZ53EkG4kj8Bed0Y8hYcaggN48v0zcpjhplV/s2048/BDFD5DFA-B2DB-45BF-A6A0-3969984072BA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrh98PUm8lROcI-6GBdgsykZkSmAn1pHYSvSc-gHFcPQhuUYasrC-hmS7ziGLqO9Hv6Zu1WLg-yoaiWefUNHUt6h6qNs4chV1zeTb70156qbf83Fu5u8xHIU9qSrHJrwYhQLc61mkhxtM6jz88ydMgGkxpZ53EkG4kj8Bed0Y8hYcaggN48v0zcpjhplV/w480-h640/BDFD5DFA-B2DB-45BF-A6A0-3969984072BA.jpeg" width="480" /><br /></a></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We returned to another beach,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">few days later and scientists</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">were studying the</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">ocean floor. Global warming, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>rising seawaters, </i><i>has caused a lot</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> of erosion to our land.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXForaRpaLTKa2Q3_Kn0HYq4ZUGnpA8ZXo-nMR2bUEFne3gGdvRoziLvbvYQznfCYqnWaBBx046aKszpQxXgpHoKOLkbt0k5mYp0gOn0BJvdPHGSvfMK288lz7aKadMMa_40YLHyDGUSre38d8Co4SGAKwPNHtqMfL2TNPsZRmA8q6ikVZXLNcnJnvXOM/s2048/D281A407-2003-4013-8FC4-F5227CCF5E71.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXForaRpaLTKa2Q3_Kn0HYq4ZUGnpA8ZXo-nMR2bUEFne3gGdvRoziLvbvYQznfCYqnWaBBx046aKszpQxXgpHoKOLkbt0k5mYp0gOn0BJvdPHGSvfMK288lz7aKadMMa_40YLHyDGUSre38d8Co4SGAKwPNHtqMfL2TNPsZRmA8q6ikVZXLNcnJnvXOM/w480-h640/D281A407-2003-4013-8FC4-F5227CCF5E71.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A friend of mine, Carmen, passed</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">away in November. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">She spent the last year of</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">her life in a senior care home.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> She was 99 yrs. young.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">She would have been 100, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">today, Jan. 4th.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzOi0c6spQBFFyxq-yQi1IF8twWqEDm2WfVcZZimJowjHSv7ATYMohZ0NM8dtJJgTsvkMQq_Gve1qWLJrgqrb6A7G7NX1HWcMt1V3LijYJyiWoh8JQKIQCtZhxPmWlXgJNvO3y1DRaiUl347IHiu-lFIxdXWIOQ7jLnXiFpUtQ8Bqu24vh1tS3zaBnxEp/s450/62120AE2-CEFD-4244-A5D8-5A27394E30B3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="391" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzOi0c6spQBFFyxq-yQi1IF8twWqEDm2WfVcZZimJowjHSv7ATYMohZ0NM8dtJJgTsvkMQq_Gve1qWLJrgqrb6A7G7NX1HWcMt1V3LijYJyiWoh8JQKIQCtZhxPmWlXgJNvO3y1DRaiUl347IHiu-lFIxdXWIOQ7jLnXiFpUtQ8Bqu24vh1tS3zaBnxEp/w348-h400/62120AE2-CEFD-4244-A5D8-5A27394E30B3.png" width="348" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I did two blog posts in the past years</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">on Carmen's Garden. I will share</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">them at the end of this blog.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Her Christmas decorations were passed </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">down to me. She had been collecting</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">for many yrs. and had some beautiful</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">vintage things. Lucky me!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> I am still going through the boxes.</i><i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A music box with Mrs Clause</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and Santa turn in a circle.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Playing “Jingle Bells” </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A few of her things...</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAueLDN023FmE8n1VzbWQqoEDdTXrpnWmw66WcKs8ihEHGHKbUy7OSqMT_kt-S2auUy1bI3tT2jJ0j0ax3OJopKF6dQ3srz4Jh5yGanmyhvic1Oz184e8ilAMHCfGPi6UM4qDS47kPqbki60EU14ZDaeElHRn3SMwXtlIva1BKq1k2mfmwjIEPdlQ5pE0/s2048/298C5648-0C82-438E-9A5D-76375F4D3734.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAueLDN023FmE8n1VzbWQqoEDdTXrpnWmw66WcKs8ihEHGHKbUy7OSqMT_kt-S2auUy1bI3tT2jJ0j0ax3OJopKF6dQ3srz4Jh5yGanmyhvic1Oz184e8ilAMHCfGPi6UM4qDS47kPqbki60EU14ZDaeElHRn3SMwXtlIva1BKq1k2mfmwjIEPdlQ5pE0/w480-h640/298C5648-0C82-438E-9A5D-76375F4D3734.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I want to frame the six </i></span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>of these together in one frame.</i></span></span></div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G1mtfq8qrKnpTCj84K_PSmSuYblvmo-6WgbQyPkbhebFDQuoZlNDOdyFsH81rnR6Bejxisdrtb2ophtFf2lzoiZ7tjqvbP1cBVbOC6Uxfvlwo0THQllnjgKHmRNqH9_0OI7TgqEvgzVky6m2v63Bu9tJYfGysqwBLmxnKLhBYcv74AE8VsUJpNe93iiw/s2048/CCAC605C-6B19-4C9E-B96B-0D81D9E825C9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G1mtfq8qrKnpTCj84K_PSmSuYblvmo-6WgbQyPkbhebFDQuoZlNDOdyFsH81rnR6Bejxisdrtb2ophtFf2lzoiZ7tjqvbP1cBVbOC6Uxfvlwo0THQllnjgKHmRNqH9_0OI7TgqEvgzVky6m2v63Bu9tJYfGysqwBLmxnKLhBYcv74AE8VsUJpNe93iiw/w480-h640/CCAC605C-6B19-4C9E-B96B-0D81D9E825C9.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A vintage church plays the music,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">“ O Come All Ye Faithful”</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">with German Putz sheep.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">from the 1940s.</span></i></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWXlCEUQREcNGMPpGKL1pzU5s399xiI_DDX5299tSwLHNcILgTtPuucJn5qswWCL3yB8NBlYXsvVL0uT8IQhAY2etpKJm1iXuXfdgfa8jeIxXSSPbu5uBhy3ecNnRPfzRvcPMLa58uhsSJDuxWIozMR1A15t6Ej1eE45uWEpvHUgiJhPuTrSIR2bW-a7W/s2048/D422819F-E345-42D7-8DD5-F7917475271F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWXlCEUQREcNGMPpGKL1pzU5s399xiI_DDX5299tSwLHNcILgTtPuucJn5qswWCL3yB8NBlYXsvVL0uT8IQhAY2etpKJm1iXuXfdgfa8jeIxXSSPbu5uBhy3ecNnRPfzRvcPMLa58uhsSJDuxWIozMR1A15t6Ej1eE45uWEpvHUgiJhPuTrSIR2bW-a7W/w480-h640/D422819F-E345-42D7-8DD5-F7917475271F.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">For my Christmas tree, I used</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">a slim white tree, decorated</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> with vintage shiny-brite baubles.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnL9p2kHVRNsjuv7hTPfK-a51foPcZdGunVygQZXN6AEsdeqFyS8uVmHbfTMF4naro3oenSFmW85XezYbVs_Cr1VJ_rEQ0WV-2s0IPGH-hrHEBdWf9QDVHC1Dxvd2JBwCf9eSO6Gp_ht4LNg6g37n9X-ptrApw8zd27zYbbYN0x-XiCNTGEeo9z_WPLA_a/s4032/IMG_3533.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3520" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurMGbc8lOOZube7fxQjo747pkxOMjCRi3QfV3gtJqhgKUlqQG8bl8Kngg1_EWotlWYVa9TR0I9XH8G42o8X79G9NLeDxXky7jIys1ePSz7gE_Kd8-7VyC4pX1Q7yImu7u_RcKWzE8f4967DDEuq3ja4b6b2K3SGPPEZiWOoycEhiivUmyncR6EdwDl602/w360-h640/IMG_3617.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>A Wall tree</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccAqJgihqoq6EqsTadtRboNnao0o3LwL2J2QmfRmWlf9wqFKsgo-V-CNFEaVAuSlwun-8yOutvc1O01ADGQy-lJPoTDDNGmmNG7aLPFeWNmSKRIIFfu11fami4To8q10NFNITibvc1uxcOhI7VCjlmx-AXvi_w6C9PGOqbsty8ULhRZzNl81pdwW6LWy1/s3121/IMG_3543.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3121" data-original-width="2214" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccAqJgihqoq6EqsTadtRboNnao0o3LwL2J2QmfRmWlf9wqFKsgo-V-CNFEaVAuSlwun-8yOutvc1O01ADGQy-lJPoTDDNGmmNG7aLPFeWNmSKRIIFfu11fami4To8q10NFNITibvc1uxcOhI7VCjlmx-AXvi_w6C9PGOqbsty8ULhRZzNl81pdwW6LWy1/w454-h640/IMG_3543.HEIC" width="454" /></a></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-size: large;">The stocking were hung below the wall tree</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaljSoD5KpmkxPiI3zPOEb3l-QUxcz515ucpat2VxjYLKqlsT6HF_1ZaVpAtSDOHCGDemDjvhTZAPFO9fe8CVi8WkGoXJrbP82UKfjOmGQGaTauBzwqFxZEuU-H43qfP-h-3syRNMJbrKIC51lZNGykDeKYGE8PAR3RVM81w4f1gI-5KJ6TzZaVu57_4vk/s2745/IMG_3544.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2276" data-original-width="2745" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaljSoD5KpmkxPiI3zPOEb3l-QUxcz515ucpat2VxjYLKqlsT6HF_1ZaVpAtSDOHCGDemDjvhTZAPFO9fe8CVi8WkGoXJrbP82UKfjOmGQGaTauBzwqFxZEuU-H43qfP-h-3syRNMJbrKIC51lZNGykDeKYGE8PAR3RVM81w4f1gI-5KJ6TzZaVu57_4vk/w640-h530/IMG_3544.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-size: large;">Needlestitched Stockings</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-size: large;">I baked a new recipe </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2023/12/christmas-biscotti.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Christmas Biscotti</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A twice baked cookie, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">gives them a long shelf life,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">making them ideal for mailing to </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">family and friends we couldn't visit.</span></i></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeLCFcLiuLM7D2SDBPHmFHMdD7Whky7nUv4MH_7lK9tkoDCG3hyphenhyphen8Dc_N9W_wHd_lRr9y8ghVSUMo4DnpvOOUt9ywrPuxHos4bXfAS8SOCYWsi991xx7n2pyzno5bofI_39eFeXB3Xbr88pYtHfjN0Dxc1KV3x4Sq_-gWQoZdre1CHvZkEeVPbTMGlPOo9/s4032/IMG_3487.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeLCFcLiuLM7D2SDBPHmFHMdD7Whky7nUv4MH_7lK9tkoDCG3hyphenhyphen8Dc_N9W_wHd_lRr9y8ghVSUMo4DnpvOOUt9ywrPuxHos4bXfAS8SOCYWsi991xx7n2pyzno5bofI_39eFeXB3Xbr88pYtHfjN0Dxc1KV3x4Sq_-gWQoZdre1CHvZkEeVPbTMGlPOo9/w480-h640/IMG_3487.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">I am sharing 2 blog posts in memory </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">of my friend, Carmen.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> click on<br /><a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2020/04/carmens-garden-spring-2019.html">Carmen's Garden</a> to view</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">her beautiful flowers.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A dear sweet lady.<br /></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for your visit and</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I hope this New Year brings you Joy,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> also wishing for World Peace, would be nice.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigapC5kcLZCNakSQIm7f44ZDzYUS_yDUY3i42xE01WSmft-_QsAkmtCk8gbgK_4vgpPODYxfh8DyuhuRHu_3FGYCH5WmVwI06tdIHcu5xhVbGnmEzNJ-ML70xkkV39aHbBz4YmAcvjwcRDiuB2tWN_HLzRTFD2oA519ofA0-DxM_3o1Y13vwYrQXjonn2u/s2048/D16C5FAB-8C26-4F42-83A5-6D3429ADDAD3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-74442840537426182742023-11-16T18:49:00.005-05:002023-11-16T19:03:08.093-05:00Autumn Bliss<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> We welcomed Autumn</i></span></span></div><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with its beautiful colours.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I am late in posting this blog.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8BYLyZMqtac0OxVCpsHkdAIIAbTVI6lhgvKjYGumaBoGyZtRvCi5pHsvMtmb6s5sJU-DcOwh35oQigQPZkMnuiFs5ekbJWmswi1Ls4N0i_LmEcLXPqKi9-zEF5FdqPd3V-iFKJB5xj0tWNIeiPlQcBINg9_QGX-kS3BrlN4XPa5r7LwBwB5b583moQ9V/s4032/IMG_3176.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqHLZNkri1pOrE9gu-qqHp6Swn0Ygs57Hg1HD6ng8gNOihrJyV2TtqwcWf-pODBwnlCe3R14WOlxkb8UuJ6B6V8fzIZz3I91xfPgMf6PVeA6ZrUOCEKPVsCJ3pbtD5zf1t3iet9mWV_VPv4Fvr0Mojx1KcyotBYnhPBGmuLUJ55R-dEekgJ3I7VKLZcx1/w480-h640/IMG_3183.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">I hung some up to dry to add</span></i></div></i><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"> to my Christmas wreaths.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcxoKsspuFQ7QCUWNt4BlULJyJ5U8cZsDMhpjZxBcJwtv_SEcGGDmr70uFYwSJOjkIwpw0OGRYqmiX5rkAp-7qs-bvKmwEYAtYTZV4633whZwIB7iq4H2jRywXqoaIU3mEshdebCZVboErmwvVFR_AxAc3HxDBiKxTpFFa7PXhfyDqjmF97ZBKzPEbRzS/s4032/IMG_3188.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcxoKsspuFQ7QCUWNt4BlULJyJ5U8cZsDMhpjZxBcJwtv_SEcGGDmr70uFYwSJOjkIwpw0OGRYqmiX5rkAp-7qs-bvKmwEYAtYTZV4633whZwIB7iq4H2jRywXqoaIU3mEshdebCZVboErmwvVFR_AxAc3HxDBiKxTpFFa7PXhfyDqjmF97ZBKzPEbRzS/w480-h640/IMG_3188.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">Spirea bush</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">An interesting colour.</span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaDTXsOAV-RBLjMtpD2vn-W9CmReFJXFgcgTHBCIk9Y5vtltFmN1x8K1t9wWNjUrj83WiDD0_bGk5UHF-jhRahUy7NHGse9qtZYFqRtJKsWrKSEdsM3Vtk4eDpkDTuY9a4_sqs2au9eOGjA7QQo3a8A91Xn_B-aHh7R1wuVcZltZ9W37U9P5Wr8UWcPgr/s4032/IMG_3189.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">Barberry Bush</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj83ao8MaGq9EbZnGDitYhd5D-z-XNCkrAIDm-4HJLoax_FOQ1nLAlxjP2P3pkbJ2F_eYgNNwOg_oqiBJihPGSxcNp59bTx50xIP7kWejD20acK-8z1-siSpGd7cC7HrUHOyHZeKrAVaJRbMvEPW3XQoZG2rZZAYBZFldqLhB1VUYdYijLL9yTPi_KQGts/s4032/IMG_3192.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj83ao8MaGq9EbZnGDitYhd5D-z-XNCkrAIDm-4HJLoax_FOQ1nLAlxjP2P3pkbJ2F_eYgNNwOg_oqiBJihPGSxcNp59bTx50xIP7kWejD20acK-8z1-siSpGd7cC7HrUHOyHZeKrAVaJRbMvEPW3XQoZG2rZZAYBZFldqLhB1VUYdYijLL9yTPi_KQGts/w480-h640/IMG_3192.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>Rudbeckia </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>A long lasting Autumn</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>flower in bloom.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUTKdoKgFVXGdBUK1wHKtPdf7cJYndDFD5ZM7uQgGJuro6yg4LrxmjdUg6zG3SYpm99AJBazSjpHLPXuiDg7GaCA4K7xp_G7kGjg2Y_Mj2Jc44JJbyD_G2Rw2BKQBhlJCDTqfKQAS0xeHb1juF9JOwEpS_P6-HMTedgKjR0Tbn7M4e52cFnCV_bdjJcZB/s4032/IMG_3196.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUTKdoKgFVXGdBUK1wHKtPdf7cJYndDFD5ZM7uQgGJuro6yg4LrxmjdUg6zG3SYpm99AJBazSjpHLPXuiDg7GaCA4K7xp_G7kGjg2Y_Mj2Jc44JJbyD_G2Rw2BKQBhlJCDTqfKQAS0xeHb1juF9JOwEpS_P6-HMTedgKjR0Tbn7M4e52cFnCV_bdjJcZB/w640-h480/IMG_3196.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">Huge Loosestrife leaf </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRQqqFlrdG0-6z_0hpdfmPLrGE8jTaeklQs6aizxmwZOkgMCKL6qxBtt3Vyo78id5lRM5r1W8HCw35DpozepeAUEarZuN8fvXDK6KqjsAH6dDeNmFI8nEJT-5z-VQzMY7SnOjHnUbUvAuVk0cV-f79bwFGlCDjeHwJ-wL_U6uVffj4TQ1DUfFZcQlA8YV/s4032/IMG_3258.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRQqqFlrdG0-6z_0hpdfmPLrGE8jTaeklQs6aizxmwZOkgMCKL6qxBtt3Vyo78id5lRM5r1W8HCw35DpozepeAUEarZuN8fvXDK6KqjsAH6dDeNmFI8nEJT-5z-VQzMY7SnOjHnUbUvAuVk0cV-f79bwFGlCDjeHwJ-wL_U6uVffj4TQ1DUfFZcQlA8YV/w480-h640/IMG_3258.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"> Amur Maple</span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yQxFqwLUK_xq0RqalOnm5tTZQoLEJ-w0VA43P4q1O8C6yZMrqP66YsNXtroPXiZtBMNrrfHsMKdBBarEm4mtSRQmXt7-aVzQR6pzp1nOZlFdt1aMHYP2DDoy_b2jl7emnIDbxI9v7fShM0j3PDEtze1op60_6IVjCnFHv7cPiFeX_X5xfffhD1oUwAXN/s4032/IMG_3225.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yQxFqwLUK_xq0RqalOnm5tTZQoLEJ-w0VA43P4q1O8C6yZMrqP66YsNXtroPXiZtBMNrrfHsMKdBBarEm4mtSRQmXt7-aVzQR6pzp1nOZlFdt1aMHYP2DDoy_b2jl7emnIDbxI9v7fShM0j3PDEtze1op60_6IVjCnFHv7cPiFeX_X5xfffhD1oUwAXN/w480-h640/IMG_3225.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CUGsuIS_3tBSkHCYeHtuChNqYo7GNHHblh-8t2IcJwtiA2Kyy_4CxPef5J3Qdhjb4xZGLtE6IDgUThpsE3d01-6pyYg7wVdOiylkS54CrIkMGv2qQffJmc8VHddNT7t7SYtYu-9zYy09wFlguR5HWYancx2GfIIGkcgDNNQ6giwVjEqidTb07Yx0MgFx/s4032/IMG_3259.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">Echinacea/Coneflower </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">I took some seeds.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyzCPhFRmgRpIc3yUyGjbiHpFAqp3gNrKCEWzaP6Lb5dAZh_6i8yFI6Bt4_nz8igZr7TIElIKC3ejNpY_fUGelU5B3YO8TEoLY3Fj8eVJ9AzXUQgH6F8wqCVn1FPGOtCSDD5U-qMoTTihRAF3GIsT6azNG6gXtJNgymt1PRy0iv-G7jqPGohayznpj6Pi/s4032/IMG_3219.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyzCPhFRmgRpIc3yUyGjbiHpFAqp3gNrKCEWzaP6Lb5dAZh_6i8yFI6Bt4_nz8igZr7TIElIKC3ejNpY_fUGelU5B3YO8TEoLY3Fj8eVJ9AzXUQgH6F8wqCVn1FPGOtCSDD5U-qMoTTihRAF3GIsT6azNG6gXtJNgymt1PRy0iv-G7jqPGohayznpj6Pi/w480-h640/IMG_3219.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Wild Mushrooms/Fungi</div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: large;">interesting displays</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: large;"> here and there.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZIGcG8QYq8s9ieHXKFR3ZQa3ttxZYtQQ8mQ6gtyIeQMoupzKVizYq8ySBS-66jyB3mS-QvljDd_vS1HtocI4FvGkJ2N5jXHNUZColaysPk7y1pCmkNxUBSRxMQrVuUAJEVKWQtuUcJ3MUTkOq9r_ojriY2V3Os2VNro6wPp4qiRs6EjVMq9BgKeiI2db/s4032/IMG_3265.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZIGcG8QYq8s9ieHXKFR3ZQa3ttxZYtQQ8mQ6gtyIeQMoupzKVizYq8ySBS-66jyB3mS-QvljDd_vS1HtocI4FvGkJ2N5jXHNUZColaysPk7y1pCmkNxUBSRxMQrVuUAJEVKWQtuUcJ3MUTkOq9r_ojriY2V3Os2VNro6wPp4qiRs6EjVMq9BgKeiI2db/w480-h640/IMG_3265.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>My Geraniums were beautiful this year.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubIj3uFAd91QZWHylCdhyL6C1xPDZtkDaUKQghF8cSN6H3VEs4nA91lsUl_dqGB0z4mA9jbe7LfD7dwrSgsffWO_Hs23EYX3KMWX656yb6BUVK-J1y6YRb-XbEEhk1zzsTroY2V1FL4qxocpE_UuXEklGT-u88xIEeUYfSVYpNO3OI1CuQ66aKlYQ3Rk-/s3479/IMG_2792.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3479" data-original-width="3022" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubIj3uFAd91QZWHylCdhyL6C1xPDZtkDaUKQghF8cSN6H3VEs4nA91lsUl_dqGB0z4mA9jbe7LfD7dwrSgsffWO_Hs23EYX3KMWX656yb6BUVK-J1y6YRb-XbEEhk1zzsTroY2V1FL4qxocpE_UuXEklGT-u88xIEeUYfSVYpNO3OI1CuQ66aKlYQ3Rk-/w556-h640/IMG_2792.HEIC" width="556" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div>I had red, pink and purple ones.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZQt0PdhBgm5YhKyhx-Ty9cCjoHkDmtxpc5KlmRzO8kO-lGuavyMu1EcuKB1l5XJdjNEXw-Es_idKPSu8HcqupL3DGbUHAAK5knQK5HAO6RdIUQM_mIyr0_kAQTguPl3HrTCAop3Db2E84qIOCJwyU6YEU9c0YDDVdKYXW4gXtKe5HTJg2BzyFe6w833S/s3582/IMG_2739.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3582" data-original-width="2382" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZQt0PdhBgm5YhKyhx-Ty9cCjoHkDmtxpc5KlmRzO8kO-lGuavyMu1EcuKB1l5XJdjNEXw-Es_idKPSu8HcqupL3DGbUHAAK5knQK5HAO6RdIUQM_mIyr0_kAQTguPl3HrTCAop3Db2E84qIOCJwyU6YEU9c0YDDVdKYXW4gXtKe5HTJg2BzyFe6w833S/w426-h640/IMG_2739.HEIC" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>I wanted to keep some for next year, so </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>I cut some pieces/slips of my </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>geraniums</i></span><i style="color: #e69138;"> <span style="font-size: large;">and put them to root.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: large;">It took a few weeks before roots appeared.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4GO5gjHOg0QJmqjzyJZ5OssOzIWx4u6QB2jGc-5z1JeFFgYvkQMAbqqwJmjQAXBIflyxgl1ZpcBspvMIaiODuaJ9h7LoiCdBDhfE_ka7IfL2bHzvWM8GbAi2LViuyla8hBxamu_TLSnqkvpIC_g8c9L7xCpkDM-_ktTU-UcW9UwtJn-Wmk8AmRvcW-a3/s4032/IMG_3395.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4GO5gjHOg0QJmqjzyJZ5OssOzIWx4u6QB2jGc-5z1JeFFgYvkQMAbqqwJmjQAXBIflyxgl1ZpcBspvMIaiODuaJ9h7LoiCdBDhfE_ka7IfL2bHzvWM8GbAi2LViuyla8hBxamu_TLSnqkvpIC_g8c9L7xCpkDM-_ktTU-UcW9UwtJn-Wmk8AmRvcW-a3/w480-h640/IMG_3395.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><i>I planted them in pots,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i> along with some</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>hen'n'chickens. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>I had chipmunks that ate</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>most of my hens'n'chickens</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>So I took out a few to</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><i>save them and plant</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><i>them inside for the Winter.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bjdMaQzjx7oHOrFhPjJa7TyXoa8col0dswl0ltxSSRZApJhyphenhyphenvArnxzQ174m_aS026VVOR8yd6bTFRJmy5pmQt3pASLRu8s3gFGjIf-rt0ZWbdtSS8oTr3LernKdmSmFVTeQfFhZbNTZxcDgE6ire0dOF_96cbMoJ7dGvRd-Jx-65sdYGHkxNC_khgblM/s4032/IMG_3410.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bjdMaQzjx7oHOrFhPjJa7TyXoa8col0dswl0ltxSSRZApJhyphenhyphenvArnxzQ174m_aS026VVOR8yd6bTFRJmy5pmQt3pASLRu8s3gFGjIf-rt0ZWbdtSS8oTr3LernKdmSmFVTeQfFhZbNTZxcDgE6ire0dOF_96cbMoJ7dGvRd-Jx-65sdYGHkxNC_khgblM/w640-h480/IMG_3410.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>I hope they survive </i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCp-qn2UtKz4B3M4DymFdcEb2JklvZTatg3Ao-2maZzRTalmpAJLIfHhM9PB0WIHQS_UCgpZQkEHbSLBWfUkUC4gM5U90IhR7pH-2lmVxzswf7fUDSJmpmbRGGRtnSYemkq35zetzhBU_x1d0BggBruCiEtlHk6HjeJmXodUHt4-xNwO_o_VNSrRheYPB/s4032/IMG_3408.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCp-qn2UtKz4B3M4DymFdcEb2JklvZTatg3Ao-2maZzRTalmpAJLIfHhM9PB0WIHQS_UCgpZQkEHbSLBWfUkUC4gM5U90IhR7pH-2lmVxzswf7fUDSJmpmbRGGRtnSYemkq35zetzhBU_x1d0BggBruCiEtlHk6HjeJmXodUHt4-xNwO_o_VNSrRheYPB/w480-h640/IMG_3408.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>We are now in November.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>The leaves have all fallen.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>Snow will here soon.</i></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>Happy Fall!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>Thanks for your visit </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i>💛💚💛</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-85925319249401132272023-10-21T17:32:00.005-04:002023-10-22T21:36:33.516-04:00Vegetable Gardening <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>We've had a lot of rain this year</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>which was good for the </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>vegetable garden.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Although too much rain for </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Strawberry and raspberry growers,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>also farmers crops.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>I'm sharing some photos</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i> from my garden.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>I planted tomatoes in pots.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgImqLjsG7fZ2aZpxFg5AH8bO98dYwAyJQW5WyOsDPnMcb2EO7ayJ8PRUAreSbztMrNVE6gmdjxgjRLsgc1J9n9SLtZNiGNPdv0p7nEW5-tzdGA4fI0uUSo72WfqvLAmTSIDmoouAUqhdPQGV2Vx9dzXVZ072sKXN0zEHgNt26cFlkZaFxE2ReCWOTyRi/w480-h640/IMG_2784.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Italian tomatoes.</span></i></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlx3aKM3YpjNd4rh_VsMdtBa1t6esIM3wIy0Fgx7xad-I9oEixfBb-BNHFp-wKcSEaVhqe8glqnvEQ6L0rHs7IOcEFryLC3b2xLTybMnuNRIb1lmAEjGOE41UDGBZjoP9ksp3YrLP2SAnqgOj0N01Iw16mAeJeh5xhgkmHalXnB2sFClHacSX7YtxCx4W/s4032/IMG_2856.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlx3aKM3YpjNd4rh_VsMdtBa1t6esIM3wIy0Fgx7xad-I9oEixfBb-BNHFp-wKcSEaVhqe8glqnvEQ6L0rHs7IOcEFryLC3b2xLTybMnuNRIb1lmAEjGOE41UDGBZjoP9ksp3YrLP2SAnqgOj0N01Iw16mAeJeh5xhgkmHalXnB2sFClHacSX7YtxCx4W/w480-h640/IMG_2856.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Small Cherry tomatoes were plentiful</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIH6oNRqubCAiKqNduNAH9CjaLEjktoF7nyPD-KO6or36iphFdrMi25zMlR_kAASLU04rS1_nGiDtmIDK8Bg56eRlRRigTdlGAJLDSZfnJ--WPCcxOp4sHEzo-3LdxQGjzq9VJIuoGghOdGlIp7CX0Y07Ol37CH7_rF2zh2pVEBzEOJKY4IRWa7zbYvUO/s4032/IMG_2783.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIH6oNRqubCAiKqNduNAH9CjaLEjktoF7nyPD-KO6or36iphFdrMi25zMlR_kAASLU04rS1_nGiDtmIDK8Bg56eRlRRigTdlGAJLDSZfnJ--WPCcxOp4sHEzo-3LdxQGjzq9VJIuoGghOdGlIp7CX0Y07Ol37CH7_rF2zh2pVEBzEOJKY4IRWa7zbYvUO/w480-h640/IMG_2783.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div></div><p> </p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> Jujube Tomatoes</span></i></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVr5z2ZJ81eB9F_CnThP-eDsgG-Hed7SEC3iu-dPFkz_6POptDLnAV1eHSun5MLNzI8eCPZtKhADSxWmpjRJov4J9S6tK98Qhm2hzetZ6JnQrbIh_NQLex7Zl5TZY1v1rQax-SRz8eQku3VRmP4B3wazODTg15oCkCRoFaVvU0RXMgYLL4dCtGNsg6vZjR/s4032/IMG_2507.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVr5z2ZJ81eB9F_CnThP-eDsgG-Hed7SEC3iu-dPFkz_6POptDLnAV1eHSun5MLNzI8eCPZtKhADSxWmpjRJov4J9S6tK98Qhm2hzetZ6JnQrbIh_NQLex7Zl5TZY1v1rQax-SRz8eQku3VRmP4B3wazODTg15oCkCRoFaVvU0RXMgYLL4dCtGNsg6vZjR/w480-h640/IMG_2507.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDG5a2YPNcW1-AnHOrpEpst-rwLEo1ftJJAQ8_9ImSpJipxzLPo1gftJyqH3X8Gbpfk-v4B2cDR8I2mVMTjQ9g4GUNy1eoewzLSle6145zi76Q-Q8VqDVvtUXKfT9Q3JxwqeUuR8QNbnscr5kuDox0zhaZL-aas5G-jqQC-T4UQrz1OePwS8EaiTllmLd6/w480-h640/IMG_2779.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Large Beef Tomatoes</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUS6e__N0Z-Y1pFHFVAv_-s7LkRpOpjOxsuCPE0h5rmvxhv7bEuzTX_SZzWCkrcQzLkH2Mq-u5ZqBv5y1aTYiZRnWOYEiaHU--LVbK_AZiGJQw-JprR3-UQNOZtY0338bvnoxcWei--_hRC6RiVCnAC0SZUr8W2pGILto0IhQHznbbEYG7UFbAfJIaAOgQ/s4032/IMG_2780.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><i>Green Beans.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzkhNV1vlMduuJC9eVvKozZ90_Yr8zvtV2B4P-UzvCMhwFpJ-xjEWOPe1ecwS7AXQR4q6n7tbp6lz-iHqPg_wYRnn2L5KnS4GqXej5GWbuRpX8XQ59xvWUa8j2_-8Fh7DPcMTLPjeOmXz1Ijil1ZKwXAZ7Jvq0N3mHxPJ5BRkbzJQCGJG8tE5i5U0jvKx/w480-h640/IMG_2851.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YNScM7VaYwpyTdmmiee8xHz_KkCeOKBPG1f31xd1C-I-T67LU3cQtl5MbAtmHLgtNoLoqNcrkf456cpaXYbJGaOzhr2SSYs7rBstZJxBS2g63oWlOXLZtisuCYNWAP2YuDgLV9Mw10_YcEyXHz73qH0tcNBk2Y37YNv72abnSJI_le2UfffAmX4dnNoV/s4032/IMG_2734.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YNScM7VaYwpyTdmmiee8xHz_KkCeOKBPG1f31xd1C-I-T67LU3cQtl5MbAtmHLgtNoLoqNcrkf456cpaXYbJGaOzhr2SSYs7rBstZJxBS2g63oWlOXLZtisuCYNWAP2YuDgLV9Mw10_YcEyXHz73qH0tcNBk2Y37YNv72abnSJI_le2UfffAmX4dnNoV/w480-h640/IMG_2734.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Yellow beans with tomatoes</i></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYYfwetxNR53Seqm2boUl1TvLQELgmMDb5FrGYK8TnZMMEyu5khAmj7qMylUa0xM6OeTRerW8Q43pQBO-PA5c1dyerM_Ix2TWbKCMkezalwltqH1nZQXwONbx_rkPWYnzFbG1sRCV60aNsCbNxiaQULcDggrugIdxoypm8vIpPos3sPT-9r0hgosRYmG2/s4032/IMG_2700.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYYfwetxNR53Seqm2boUl1TvLQELgmMDb5FrGYK8TnZMMEyu5khAmj7qMylUa0xM6OeTRerW8Q43pQBO-PA5c1dyerM_Ix2TWbKCMkezalwltqH1nZQXwONbx_rkPWYnzFbG1sRCV60aNsCbNxiaQULcDggrugIdxoypm8vIpPos3sPT-9r0hgosRYmG2/w480-h640/IMG_2700.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>I planted peas for the first time.</i></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xjTzfVFdlUq4u8YxHnfUga1VSrq7t3TybQfGGK9InUe6LENnFs6u_Oo12lrRrpICQypyAManuSQ4rQk8FAMTQPf6Dbz95r8aGDwtzGZSO43LdMN6tdzRUjZ4JW0ptYvPv3e8GYM0rDlUnLu_XDb7pHmJ0byxxjkg5ICqbuzdQg14sYaYk7zZPOCSW5q5/w480-h640/IMG_2584.HEIC" width="480" /><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Cucumbers</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNaiCA4T4R6IHyp7rkvneMifm6LtFqpCXcZP7gDpU8JObQy9aw0SR_-RTQN-B-3RA71FXK0-fuoWwQf5vbnmUEnu4SFfczqwR6WLU0TTbsjo5m3doThVh4OdqfE5OSw5j9-8a89B_Ox2LGLm69xDcXA8gFeCm_-XwKdYvZIcfLyJR4TpqxjMMPGMN1Qqw/s4032/IMG_2861.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNaiCA4T4R6IHyp7rkvneMifm6LtFqpCXcZP7gDpU8JObQy9aw0SR_-RTQN-B-3RA71FXK0-fuoWwQf5vbnmUEnu4SFfczqwR6WLU0TTbsjo5m3doThVh4OdqfE5OSw5j9-8a89B_Ox2LGLm69xDcXA8gFeCm_-XwKdYvZIcfLyJR4TpqxjMMPGMN1Qqw/w480-h640/IMG_2861.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div></div><p> </p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I grew them on a trellis</span></i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">to prevent them from</span></i><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">laying on the ground.</span></i></div></div></blockquote><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNxCydT-cYk8kIA4d4SDFqxBl8a2_el_F-g6mHoeC5ncpA41kL7tLPVZvsekNHv6EYpDG6MvNUGlJbmAuhbQJT2CGDFMQgNTeUiWx_afXk8ZLW_ZwPBHECcpXq0dGUJu3N9fUuWUc6GBWi6mqqhalWwePjsu900ZUshNAeLWsgBAQr50DgvBtOmJnV_C-/s4032/IMG_2880.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNxCydT-cYk8kIA4d4SDFqxBl8a2_el_F-g6mHoeC5ncpA41kL7tLPVZvsekNHv6EYpDG6MvNUGlJbmAuhbQJT2CGDFMQgNTeUiWx_afXk8ZLW_ZwPBHECcpXq0dGUJu3N9fUuWUc6GBWi6mqqhalWwePjsu900ZUshNAeLWsgBAQr50DgvBtOmJnV_C-/w480-h640/IMG_2880.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Gives a cleaner cucumber</i></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyjqfnbkM96aWPu151LRd9k1-wz6-5a_IYTA1ytz3u02D1ksgBly8Myu3mV3vVH4Q4CY76al6THm2BP7B3AILeEaXPFdG52oXyOToaeVM9SqcWVn2aVISxvP0qGp0uwVICl0qBKF7bfUd_hfHCepzowJdrYOdfXxAorOjBZhN-p79wd0b3Ta5kg7fz39D/s4032/IMG_2936.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyjqfnbkM96aWPu151LRd9k1-wz6-5a_IYTA1ytz3u02D1ksgBly8Myu3mV3vVH4Q4CY76al6THm2BP7B3AILeEaXPFdG52oXyOToaeVM9SqcWVn2aVISxvP0qGp0uwVICl0qBKF7bfUd_hfHCepzowJdrYOdfXxAorOjBZhN-p79wd0b3Ta5kg7fz39D/w480-h640/IMG_2936.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Summer is behind us now.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We welcome Autumn with</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>it's beautiful colours. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Today I cleaned flower pots and</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>picked up outside,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>getting ready for Winter.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Wishing you all a Happy Fall.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">🍁🍁🍁</span></div></span><p></p></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-55859585442314364722023-09-02T01:48:00.014-04:002023-09-05T13:03:19.418-04:00August Flowers <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><i>The month of August has come to an end.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><i>Summer sure passed fast this year.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>We’ve had a lot of rain.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>On the plus side we didn't have</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>to water flower as often.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>It was great for the flowers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>and gardening.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; 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font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">yellow and browns, and</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">they are low maintenance</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">and long lasting.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSmcvzIu1AyisBh2--aZl6xVSo0WNdsvv514U6iq-CswUWYyMwarDuxQ68ux7iKAlcVhmyqjjaxGjuieMYUXvqjUwLoJrM20-XcNdNNz7F0koX4F0ozXV3v3k7lMEn_ZsKmMjd-XZ_frxS2fbCsV7C6p05KIBF-tDk3t2POK5mVfs2nOQhtKIivYQNWhp/s2046/IMG_2727-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2046" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSmcvzIu1AyisBh2--aZl6xVSo0WNdsvv514U6iq-CswUWYyMwarDuxQ68ux7iKAlcVhmyqjjaxGjuieMYUXvqjUwLoJrM20-XcNdNNz7F0koX4F0ozXV3v3k7lMEn_ZsKmMjd-XZ_frxS2fbCsV7C6p05KIBF-tDk3t2POK5mVfs2nOQhtKIivYQNWhp/w640-h640/IMG_2727-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Liqularia</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Huge, around 7ft. tall.</span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RbqAwDVF9YQCvMAcyCg1FcCLp1Oj1RgcllP4nBz8Yf6D4jduWkkRRqhIGBTE4zWPMWyO7csV0PyrlxattHUNR4eve5anMiO5P6NTSqeflpyOJKKC64OppHVtJkyvksgx7Dtr9pybwfBxcvPHJGFv0NFqEIxpQzfanrQnmt_sU2fYyw3BRwZQ2eDHLJmH/s4032/IMG_2600.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RbqAwDVF9YQCvMAcyCg1FcCLp1Oj1RgcllP4nBz8Yf6D4jduWkkRRqhIGBTE4zWPMWyO7csV0PyrlxattHUNR4eve5anMiO5P6NTSqeflpyOJKKC64OppHVtJkyvksgx7Dtr9pybwfBxcvPHJGFv0NFqEIxpQzfanrQnmt_sU2fYyw3BRwZQ2eDHLJmH/w480-h640/IMG_2600.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Queen of the Meadow</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Another tall plant.</span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjCiVNjSmdBlsu3ieFiYCH80anWg7YfL1GXbjynbvNDmGL2ncCjmm3deVoeeCHZZesrs4aSnmw22PECajWrSBdY8vavBR5qTLiJN-r8pD1lIHdNldNTCkdVCl9CcNM7O6INCrDC-Gl9bvC1FYwM4y6FlbzW5oSlr7SA8Hg8vSV-tAFIf3zENOO694g2i1/s4032/IMG_2614.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjCiVNjSmdBlsu3ieFiYCH80anWg7YfL1GXbjynbvNDmGL2ncCjmm3deVoeeCHZZesrs4aSnmw22PECajWrSBdY8vavBR5qTLiJN-r8pD1lIHdNldNTCkdVCl9CcNM7O6INCrDC-Gl9bvC1FYwM4y6FlbzW5oSlr7SA8Hg8vSV-tAFIf3zENOO694g2i1/w480-h640/IMG_2614.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">In the Sunken Garden</span></i></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>started from seed.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9RLWGjv6EnP5bPACUQGmRgPBbWt9HQiB18Mro6-EC0WCOJ_kOS74680CN3Pybqliums15L6-3f9L7K0Xk5XbA4f-UYW9DbNQhHZLKMgTjpnpKeK_c9eXlhqOfC5J9F9Sy1gbPttQxC4V8dacMRjN4a9Ywa-qFvRG1sfQDm6odSVmiymWF2rgOqbHNEHS/s4032/IMG_2623.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9RLWGjv6EnP5bPACUQGmRgPBbWt9HQiB18Mro6-EC0WCOJ_kOS74680CN3Pybqliums15L6-3f9L7K0Xk5XbA4f-UYW9DbNQhHZLKMgTjpnpKeK_c9eXlhqOfC5J9F9Sy1gbPttQxC4V8dacMRjN4a9Ywa-qFvRG1sfQDm6odSVmiymWF2rgOqbHNEHS/w480-h640/IMG_2623.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Nice colour,</span></i></div></i><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Lemon, Lime</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWQmZLWj4oVv5YhhRS-JNY2pETtCPsbxhU-OQBoFmbd6wqG5-Vja6EtP-GR8tP7sg_GL1N62ac8T8qCykfKeYgy8kwWl_dmB8V_OjCuVPDGAC46L3eJ_0-g2ffYFhcnLpPiCEjn4ULEzTldgTh12em1Dyvi0XRic1MiYS7ILTV9m_1qsOoX9EPcmgr_fQ/s4032/IMG_2625.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWQmZLWj4oVv5YhhRS-JNY2pETtCPsbxhU-OQBoFmbd6wqG5-Vja6EtP-GR8tP7sg_GL1N62ac8T8qCykfKeYgy8kwWl_dmB8V_OjCuVPDGAC46L3eJ_0-g2ffYFhcnLpPiCEjn4ULEzTldgTh12em1Dyvi0XRic1MiYS7ILTV9m_1qsOoX9EPcmgr_fQ/w480-h640/IMG_2625.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>I planted Marigolds from</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i> seed to deter bugs,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>to place in my barrels and</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i> with tomato plants,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>I planted in pots.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>I assumed they were </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>about 6 inches tall.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Surprise, they were 4ft tall.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>African type.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFs7jvcs6-TPBFRJZX_WKc7jmgbIdKX75Cfj11ARZF8OWVWDhkm6ru7ECDAGJPoCRP0OmRqddcfd3A6kzFB-prdOFAJzaqoK9Mqz0jq9SDZfqKrSPAH8LcftGn47B07qG6OzcPMF87_A2Vr2EtIgIHeJ7iiMGEMXydIq4ULWb9OQSzhC2gVkY3Gdnu_BYy/s2046/IMG_2737-COLLAGE.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2046" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFs7jvcs6-TPBFRJZX_WKc7jmgbIdKX75Cfj11ARZF8OWVWDhkm6ru7ECDAGJPoCRP0OmRqddcfd3A6kzFB-prdOFAJzaqoK9Mqz0jq9SDZfqKrSPAH8LcftGn47B07qG6OzcPMF87_A2Vr2EtIgIHeJ7iiMGEMXydIq4ULWb9OQSzhC2gVkY3Gdnu_BYy/w640-h640/IMG_2737-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">They are call Crackerjack Marigolds.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">So bright and stunning.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpVxDmJFSKmO0DKem98kzZbE1RPIp1l5QNW0Qh0i5l_rEa-NCtuvyaNldku9mDnBVwAAMm-hTyAYoxjflyqhaSuKUxNRttvufSrylahnNHFbfyGiQGuuJO8dOAzmAXE1nbsEKxd9D6VyEemigqSGrKYUQTg9miDJmMXgFCq9MEI9wumXdtxmvTyAD7Fag/s4032/IMG_2737.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpVxDmJFSKmO0DKem98kzZbE1RPIp1l5QNW0Qh0i5l_rEa-NCtuvyaNldku9mDnBVwAAMm-hTyAYoxjflyqhaSuKUxNRttvufSrylahnNHFbfyGiQGuuJO8dOAzmAXE1nbsEKxd9D6VyEemigqSGrKYUQTg9miDJmMXgFCq9MEI9wumXdtxmvTyAD7Fag/w480-h640/IMG_2737.jpeg" width="480" /><br /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Helenium and Echinacea </span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHO4TMMgcgH3PXhng5QV2be2LqjMRC5lTgIkPrBLBTFrQvZop_KB14Umb_TigKNLWXa7XCb6iAovJEsDy5kwyw2BonQKhdUCZYWRnFDYs28DE7zKLBgvP2xxe8h7Ay8XMZd6ud_qA5zwBrgZ3B0FjJhKnaVGmVRlpHBMbxI_3_6R3rzRAJdnGWF13e3c-8/s4032/IMG_2811.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHO4TMMgcgH3PXhng5QV2be2LqjMRC5lTgIkPrBLBTFrQvZop_KB14Umb_TigKNLWXa7XCb6iAovJEsDy5kwyw2BonQKhdUCZYWRnFDYs28DE7zKLBgvP2xxe8h7Ay8XMZd6ud_qA5zwBrgZ3B0FjJhKnaVGmVRlpHBMbxI_3_6R3rzRAJdnGWF13e3c-8/w480-h640/IMG_2811.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"></i><div><i style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Helenium 💛</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">One of my favourite flowers.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2n4_-zSes7t1j9c2WzH9dA5TS9P-jjPkotAlmSC90n0_JqmmXmstOZi5TlgVDog04vp4G8W6LhdnESJd_-Lz0j4jHsk7tNTM8kl5ps8ba41f01RaSnlkRFlk2Zq-1el2oZGcSV8WToexWob6DVEFge9xmPkfQYJT0ozKtgou5_cvCl39cSM-GbwiMo2P/s4032/IMG_2785.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2n4_-zSes7t1j9c2WzH9dA5TS9P-jjPkotAlmSC90n0_JqmmXmstOZi5TlgVDog04vp4G8W6LhdnESJd_-Lz0j4jHsk7tNTM8kl5ps8ba41f01RaSnlkRFlk2Zq-1el2oZGcSV8WToexWob6DVEFge9xmPkfQYJT0ozKtgou5_cvCl39cSM-GbwiMo2P/w480-h640/IMG_2785.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Pearly Everlasting</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIahzHzaoycWh8rZtESnGisj1E0bD4SsXYvBld_1JQWfpWeaLsFODsUNUiRJ7sUk5iH0yiL1FH9YPl-HpiYRgXvi1xWwDcjKFs_r4zhYxr060-T7AFbpx8YcSp2qkl-34uW5ht6SEgrVGMNfOzLpX5qnZ5dGa3UP9_4L7BlIE_ay657bmaK-gLFWtUbk6p/s4032/IMG_2749.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIahzHzaoycWh8rZtESnGisj1E0bD4SsXYvBld_1JQWfpWeaLsFODsUNUiRJ7sUk5iH0yiL1FH9YPl-HpiYRgXvi1xWwDcjKFs_r4zhYxr060-T7AFbpx8YcSp2qkl-34uW5ht6SEgrVGMNfOzLpX5qnZ5dGa3UP9_4L7BlIE_ay657bmaK-gLFWtUbk6p/w480-h640/IMG_2749.jpeg" width="480" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">We had torrential rains which</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">damaged my Sunflower Garden</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNGdUkcB-RqM0pd-dL0t4JgB5yL5EbWNAm8rTdGm94Put9qZ5lkESTb0w97L7ty7FTrg7Ym63df6ZlWZd1M5BxVfknZEgZIu3vBl9CXqJGe6jIlgYGCdfDRI_aB6ijqh4wMM8nwcK1Fs1oKS6jDfOBHsatFtqle-6X00fEebK6JG-0es753U7hlSLhsBV/s4032/IMG_2644.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNGdUkcB-RqM0pd-dL0t4JgB5yL5EbWNAm8rTdGm94Put9qZ5lkESTb0w97L7ty7FTrg7Ym63df6ZlWZd1M5BxVfknZEgZIu3vBl9CXqJGe6jIlgYGCdfDRI_aB6ijqh4wMM8nwcK1Fs1oKS6jDfOBHsatFtqle-6X00fEebK6JG-0es753U7hlSLhsBV/w480-h640/IMG_2644.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I managed to stake them up tied to poles</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQOQCxnbCyHL44w73KzJeN8k5JfhtiadbYU71KsZjpvOGRTcqFQeGwkSL0eae55_HUkc_H4mMmQ1txapEhOWh1TH0FVL68pK7Dc3vPtAZ6UZZjGN5xMqFpoDz-OgGaD3H5oiFRRv5C97RS9UsxB_21DtxRQ5HQBz2_kld3OIy45Sl2jm7W4tzHSsKjRIT/s4032/IMG_2771.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQOQCxnbCyHL44w73KzJeN8k5JfhtiadbYU71KsZjpvOGRTcqFQeGwkSL0eae55_HUkc_H4mMmQ1txapEhOWh1TH0FVL68pK7Dc3vPtAZ6UZZjGN5xMqFpoDz-OgGaD3H5oiFRRv5C97RS9UsxB_21DtxRQ5HQBz2_kld3OIy45Sl2jm7W4tzHSsKjRIT/w480-h640/IMG_2771.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>The Woodland Garden</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>was flooded.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>The bridge moved about 3ft.</i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBiUzQ-Gc_1Xg8WF_rgLMHTzGmR_Da_eICPfYneMesdLiC9G5rgKPRfLbZr6yOn6x09gu3IdXMezErnzfckxqey3e6G80h8lv3b8xHNs--7nLbdixpHuQ8pO4sPjVVQjh1zaRemGWTzqdeM9rR6p1QSJYxUbhU1osbt_KR9VJwU1uHq387nY3NoA1NCO3/s4032/IMG_2639.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBiUzQ-Gc_1Xg8WF_rgLMHTzGmR_Da_eICPfYneMesdLiC9G5rgKPRfLbZr6yOn6x09gu3IdXMezErnzfckxqey3e6G80h8lv3b8xHNs--7nLbdixpHuQ8pO4sPjVVQjh1zaRemGWTzqdeM9rR6p1QSJYxUbhU1osbt_KR9VJwU1uHq387nY3NoA1NCO3/w480-h640/IMG_2639.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>My son came to visit from Vancouver.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>In the photo, my son Daniel, DIL Marina</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>And grandsons Louis and Jacob. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPbYgF0aKasp9_Jnfe89oTOL6dtIwe28Cs1_UHrwyTS1yEdZqD9Q4GqdZMm2Yf-PLP592KFP7r3e6ppSmSTBqt2vOJyWEWPVZFnHcd_INXhmWSDhMQn3MXmnUlDTgHHhVeUNP9PgZK_877p2qSNB_opmlSZpyKmfaCNJoF_ZyKVDx6T2C2yIX0vgHZSp3/s4032/IMG_2655.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPbYgF0aKasp9_Jnfe89oTOL6dtIwe28Cs1_UHrwyTS1yEdZqD9Q4GqdZMm2Yf-PLP592KFP7r3e6ppSmSTBqt2vOJyWEWPVZFnHcd_INXhmWSDhMQn3MXmnUlDTgHHhVeUNP9PgZK_877p2qSNB_opmlSZpyKmfaCNJoF_ZyKVDx6T2C2yIX0vgHZSp3/w480-h640/IMG_2655.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Here I am in the middle.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">My Grandsons have grown. </span></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VTmdPo4zkGwwXClxmUTP8waaYD8Nl83MWXANl3BcYculJm7GML2Htq_2UlvveMUiTM8mMqwCCuxKyNwVvDKWh90eAffZ4-M3veIedpz9Sf4oTizUduoj5-nH0eIz7KYtXhjy8tNzN822orjvit2p0teR-A-jXfxuPCj6Bp9PTqpnp3HcC9xM9RaygXE3/s3883/IMG_2657.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3883" data-original-width="2912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VTmdPo4zkGwwXClxmUTP8waaYD8Nl83MWXANl3BcYculJm7GML2Htq_2UlvveMUiTM8mMqwCCuxKyNwVvDKWh90eAffZ4-M3veIedpz9Sf4oTizUduoj5-nH0eIz7KYtXhjy8tNzN822orjvit2p0teR-A-jXfxuPCj6Bp9PTqpnp3HcC9xM9RaygXE3/w480-h640/IMG_2657.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>My daughter, Suzanne</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>on the Boardwalk at</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>New Carlisle beach. </i></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud6O_wsbzKJNnfd6QlusQS_jjNWxHT6es09fWfcYtlhlvMFFl-plAAA5o6MSAkbTuOvoTjo4yXcsX7QLwoKXh5nKCs5uePMnSmkcA2rCUl-Qb0nYScmeMCs6SKDdim0oiA6TncSYUWIZ1cPoAB7Jm02Cozk8aYEq_oodOQn9u0l-fsBV0PJimHM9M5ICP/s4032/IMG_2686.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud6O_wsbzKJNnfd6QlusQS_jjNWxHT6es09fWfcYtlhlvMFFl-plAAA5o6MSAkbTuOvoTjo4yXcsX7QLwoKXh5nKCs5uePMnSmkcA2rCUl-Qb0nYScmeMCs6SKDdim0oiA6TncSYUWIZ1cPoAB7Jm02Cozk8aYEq_oodOQn9u0l-fsBV0PJimHM9M5ICP/w480-h640/IMG_2686.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>A beautiful Boardwalk </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i> lit up at night.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrx_Y4t5cwyAcqdRUpV4nX7HEcenOOMsdCnGZbe3j8PCFwHy6cZsFgL1fa5ThnrfSPdvGm40kR0uicek2NzGi0faWfPxGyGldc3UarHgQ16m6Brc8i6T7g08-7xwi0gMbVMPcMVMpxw8WAxRb1mKjOfI8qT5s6qZsrhxCTET06KEOqbwv9AV56_I5-2Ea/s4032/IMG_2692.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrx_Y4t5cwyAcqdRUpV4nX7HEcenOOMsdCnGZbe3j8PCFwHy6cZsFgL1fa5ThnrfSPdvGm40kR0uicek2NzGi0faWfPxGyGldc3UarHgQ16m6Brc8i6T7g08-7xwi0gMbVMPcMVMpxw8WAxRb1mKjOfI8qT5s6qZsrhxCTET06KEOqbwv9AV56_I5-2Ea/w480-h640/IMG_2692.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">My niece Caroline and sister Annie.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">at the beach in New Carlisle.</span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWF2AJeRNRXM8wX-NLrr0Kg-e0M3iIy-5txwqTmqvSxMaX9hbDFeIkkCSSYUKF5fOqEzrBH9NuuVijki1H9fEJN9BsCKrJKLbmzK5IZsoEQb9rOtCtIFoNiJPcP0fvWtbTHLoiPMHNc743Tu7mr__G1tvkMLTn91EcPRX4Nr1BQAlMERRsRHhqjOAzDSW/s4032/IMG_2541.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWF2AJeRNRXM8wX-NLrr0Kg-e0M3iIy-5txwqTmqvSxMaX9hbDFeIkkCSSYUKF5fOqEzrBH9NuuVijki1H9fEJN9BsCKrJKLbmzK5IZsoEQb9rOtCtIFoNiJPcP0fvWtbTHLoiPMHNc743Tu7mr__G1tvkMLTn91EcPRX4Nr1BQAlMERRsRHhqjOAzDSW/w480-h640/IMG_2541.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">The end of August </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">we had a Super Blue Moon,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">lightning up the night sky.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">The second full moon in</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> a month is considered a</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Super Blue Moon.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">It will not happen again</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">until 2037.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2u6GsuyaS-IMYaYd9hPQsGEnTRvYAAI45EOqUmnzS5Kk6X9xYQUdEvBHaz-v0IYi_gN9rAU7mkiuCM70gxTVlkannegO6GUfSIe6FA3cUHXcMzMdFRSaW5CUIbuZFlhLU1vTk7gUzUdoCut2LYXxAsRxUOV0M-G6u5alKOH5haFfVnueCvJ9_0Aoof5pb/s3888/67C5944A-9801-4001-A5FF-28645732F199_1_201_a.jpeg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2u6GsuyaS-IMYaYd9hPQsGEnTRvYAAI45EOqUmnzS5Kk6X9xYQUdEvBHaz-v0IYi_gN9rAU7mkiuCM70gxTVlkannegO6GUfSIe6FA3cUHXcMzMdFRSaW5CUIbuZFlhLU1vTk7gUzUdoCut2LYXxAsRxUOV0M-G6u5alKOH5haFfVnueCvJ9_0Aoof5pb/w640-h640/67C5944A-9801-4001-A5FF-28645732F199_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>Sadly Summer is ending.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Happy Fall Everyone.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Thanks for your visit.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">💛💛💛</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-29028770841668020592023-07-09T13:55:00.010-04:002023-07-10T23:07:35.459-04:00Summer Flowers<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>This year, across Canada we've</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>had many forest fires causing</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>devastation, <span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">evacuations,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>loss of homes and forests</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>and smokey skies drifting</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>far and wide. </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>In my region of Eastern Quebec </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>we've been fortunate to avoid this. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>We had a lot of rain which account</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>for all the beautiful flowers around.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #6aa84f; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2j-YkHyPpNDVWk4Zt0C4ttpQgZ7gFC2bRENTVziLHLP-KdIifLqZkfV5ziiGKQdGjV18szH21_vIraBm5xmg7JMTpU3wvFGmFmgYHG_r3StkTj60H3KnFLvIcBcJZHtnYo1MOt55LGxE1ll-izh6nPe6NGBS1AJkaalESgopSnJjWORAZxtrruL305nEn/s4032/IMG_2431.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2j-YkHyPpNDVWk4Zt0C4ttpQgZ7gFC2bRENTVziLHLP-KdIifLqZkfV5ziiGKQdGjV18szH21_vIraBm5xmg7JMTpU3wvFGmFmgYHG_r3StkTj60H3KnFLvIcBcJZHtnYo1MOt55LGxE1ll-izh6nPe6NGBS1AJkaalESgopSnJjWORAZxtrruL305nEn/w480-h640/IMG_2431.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Japanese Peony</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #6aa84f; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDbFYQhcIvzJmFGumno7NNILVsW0UW0ZztmsPp8cJThwFbrLFFlyWY7Km8qF0RVmoMIRwVqK0yuiZTF71pFBO3c9lmU2YKBDeJppyEFW2pAoGyOLw2IUv-E_IdRjZpVL03XHVBcYqu-4ckD-59vLMmbBXXjx8-vtE3gt6iMxdqfDAR3BqzOqP7ZFXMb2W/s4032/IMG_2430.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDbFYQhcIvzJmFGumno7NNILVsW0UW0ZztmsPp8cJThwFbrLFFlyWY7Km8qF0RVmoMIRwVqK0yuiZTF71pFBO3c9lmU2YKBDeJppyEFW2pAoGyOLw2IUv-E_IdRjZpVL03XHVBcYqu-4ckD-59vLMmbBXXjx8-vtE3gt6iMxdqfDAR3BqzOqP7ZFXMb2W/w480-h640/IMG_2430.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzEKQQoUpAFKFieg3mmAqlTpf0iXbJXAmYk3FBBAMnMmqiXWxjRoWASeBOgjVvnzSnOwoR1BGETvywXCmwBFe34jXGjp57S9xsgutrBXKspptLPOpXIHZTD1HcWXeOvI90pX6n6_Z4P8J9lmp0-qA6ku5VNHnwIvzcQPnnWoOa2pZuwrkpxEFRPB0Yl8p/s3316/IMG_2432.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3316" data-original-width="2701" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzEKQQoUpAFKFieg3mmAqlTpf0iXbJXAmYk3FBBAMnMmqiXWxjRoWASeBOgjVvnzSnOwoR1BGETvywXCmwBFe34jXGjp57S9xsgutrBXKspptLPOpXIHZTD1HcWXeOvI90pX6n6_Z4P8J9lmp0-qA6ku5VNHnwIvzcQPnnWoOa2pZuwrkpxEFRPB0Yl8p/w522-h640/IMG_2432.HEIC" width="522" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i> wild phlox and roses</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-Go5R0nWbm-O-LBKpMnZcok3Iy445msWpKh5i7TdDlZA4BjEiLMq3OEOx84K4shqzVt026qa0oLDv_ubg3JTAMaX7e8ZvHpQiVCzJvHmxmYRmxM_DmmxdAWz-oq02rKLVI3Cu4bhhTmCDzI5f4zhk-nRbMnpNgltUUj3BX32QSAEC4079y-D6X-4DwpD/s4032/IMG_2414.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-Go5R0nWbm-O-LBKpMnZcok3Iy445msWpKh5i7TdDlZA4BjEiLMq3OEOx84K4shqzVt026qa0oLDv_ubg3JTAMaX7e8ZvHpQiVCzJvHmxmYRmxM_DmmxdAWz-oq02rKLVI3Cu4bhhTmCDzI5f4zhk-nRbMnpNgltUUj3BX32QSAEC4079y-D6X-4DwpD/w480-h640/IMG_2414.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #6aa84f; 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text-align: center;">Hostas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMpgdQCh8i5HckgaSrcRVexFTYknSD6z9aNpcXQdGnq_t6iYRpLYFeTcUP_R-L6d6DnTxY0771FpYtkAcY6oohyOdYjVxj6tMbI-Rr2DnGP8AXUJnqBVlk3VBOHwK2QcoYQAxscNAlFpWHBTfZSFkgSS4wZGDEscRFKzB-FAoo3I36RWowPfCU5iIpNW6/s4032/IMG_2342.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMpgdQCh8i5HckgaSrcRVexFTYknSD6z9aNpcXQdGnq_t6iYRpLYFeTcUP_R-L6d6DnTxY0771FpYtkAcY6oohyOdYjVxj6tMbI-Rr2DnGP8AXUJnqBVlk3VBOHwK2QcoYQAxscNAlFpWHBTfZSFkgSS4wZGDEscRFKzB-FAoo3I36RWowPfCU5iIpNW6/w480-h640/IMG_2342.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I have many hostas.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Great ground covers,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>low maintenance and</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>the hummingbirds love the flowers.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lHayIw-L8n47Zbp1efJGDGA8DJsRINjrtIUxHVZ49u3OprfDiW2JTW2qQVCPX4bv-pUZw9Ur5ehN3BqK-ejWQ8J1pKAR_AXoU8dhghc6H2fyl9s2X6pOl3s6vNXHAI5r_ccWh-6t-vTJWNfv7aczhPte-YiOvg78f0iQ9_UKgpn8YmnaNS4OnXWcqY1a/s4032/IMG_2344.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lHayIw-L8n47Zbp1efJGDGA8DJsRINjrtIUxHVZ49u3OprfDiW2JTW2qQVCPX4bv-pUZw9Ur5ehN3BqK-ejWQ8J1pKAR_AXoU8dhghc6H2fyl9s2X6pOl3s6vNXHAI5r_ccWh-6t-vTJWNfv7aczhPte-YiOvg78f0iQ9_UKgpn8YmnaNS4OnXWcqY1a/w480-h640/IMG_2344.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZwDkAXw0Sn6KognxMtMqU35miP8JRAItG4MjZH8fVgn1YroKAuAXBwu2wNFsTkkf2Uk35u7nREj-6xASwy3ENnNyVaX8rvPoHqqnVF2UsIxhcPEVx3ibY4mBbdrQ_x0x2Rz2Ibe8V-sSw8XLlf0Xl_d6eaWMFQ0qykRbCwrmbT05rUlh8OrlpOV4ct6g/s4032/IMG_2390.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZwDkAXw0Sn6KognxMtMqU35miP8JRAItG4MjZH8fVgn1YroKAuAXBwu2wNFsTkkf2Uk35u7nREj-6xASwy3ENnNyVaX8rvPoHqqnVF2UsIxhcPEVx3ibY4mBbdrQ_x0x2Rz2Ibe8V-sSw8XLlf0Xl_d6eaWMFQ0qykRbCwrmbT05rUlh8OrlpOV4ct6g/w480-h640/IMG_2390.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>These lilies grow wild in the forest.</i></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"Fleur de Lys</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></i></span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2046" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPV7YnvKT9YXEXyjUmb9MzQBJ97bTDJ5RWywFU1RNc9ClWrEvocXgfIg0w5HMWjVNyV5SIcANhGnmYXu198fXymfdqZi8WjB9M4-xi1hHDgz9uQ20ZAGJmKm2T_I3vl9liOqajzn5PgHd-lbAqplTJWE7ktuZdkbtzrDoXMPw1o4ybnaGjGpLmve5pXKg/w640-h640/IMG_2353-COLLAGE.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Geranium?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WyEBwmvTRGnCWGT6vJlZ_ur8uX1TSXFmtY4GRcwqrKfO6_TnG7btHbkgeNb1fAnW-4_MBQ65Gu-stawpAIh7slfLBFc7rwh3OQvOz2mbT7NOkTpmiCngSz4qjdD7ck4sO3d3NIEhwflFvjuAEfu-8A5kmJBpwlkDRPH6EcPPBjAf0Bvzg2YkjpF4aJqb/s4032/IMG_2420.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WyEBwmvTRGnCWGT6vJlZ_ur8uX1TSXFmtY4GRcwqrKfO6_TnG7btHbkgeNb1fAnW-4_MBQ65Gu-stawpAIh7slfLBFc7rwh3OQvOz2mbT7NOkTpmiCngSz4qjdD7ck4sO3d3NIEhwflFvjuAEfu-8A5kmJBpwlkDRPH6EcPPBjAf0Bvzg2YkjpF4aJqb/w480-h640/IMG_2420.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Iceland Poppy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieczi4pxg5iVsXOUWy200WdLAzVZQRzSzRLAtDZAlN4ht_SfWofiyjvgBwE1fuVrDZ9gqVp0ViMlEMVsS1MPohc0TwuYtr2HYz87MRk6UOHfyZk97As4KopcHIxCowT9sRpKxKoCLxVYoYFlvprHDsh4J9Weg-eFeUM0-c2ZKt5LjK42cH8xkMdJBCK34g/s4032/IMG_2421.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieczi4pxg5iVsXOUWy200WdLAzVZQRzSzRLAtDZAlN4ht_SfWofiyjvgBwE1fuVrDZ9gqVp0ViMlEMVsS1MPohc0TwuYtr2HYz87MRk6UOHfyZk97As4KopcHIxCowT9sRpKxKoCLxVYoYFlvprHDsh4J9Weg-eFeUM0-c2ZKt5LjK42cH8xkMdJBCK34g/w480-h640/IMG_2421.HEIC" width="480" /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Centaurea </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_l5AAI0MDWKmj8L3T0ZjrVCWIWAL1nArQL3lZc1C-bV-i6gwCIAOJftBoaVfK0NnO4Onm0BUA1pGZNuesbmxl2dhqhkHZ1YNGU1BHn20Z9SLc4S_b66pPa_nM9xaSy_AkIYw4ctFPQYownSsVh6lJTvbHIHSWZqJ92y12Vtxm8DAgOWMwDu2AkN_kSgK/s4032/IMG_2324.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_l5AAI0MDWKmj8L3T0ZjrVCWIWAL1nArQL3lZc1C-bV-i6gwCIAOJftBoaVfK0NnO4Onm0BUA1pGZNuesbmxl2dhqhkHZ1YNGU1BHn20Z9SLc4S_b66pPa_nM9xaSy_AkIYw4ctFPQYownSsVh6lJTvbHIHSWZqJ92y12Vtxm8DAgOWMwDu2AkN_kSgK/w480-h640/IMG_2324.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Mountain Ash tree in flower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><i>speed up the germination process.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>It’s always nice to see them grow and flower.</i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPB3VkHmakz-fBxYz38WPV7oWIPD9YwQ79dmJoU3Y7Yk_EBRS3g0nYacZFulPk-oEfg-02bwrXRT-yJBxedSXzA9E50pdkTRASqqmbbyisa9ETyJTOL8EgkuPrvO6_eJZAVIhrypTmEkY_mIq9BBd6hQsd0HITeeydzoDlpsMXD0iLFUtQRa4LGsdgo85/s3681/IMG_2434.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3681" data-original-width="2530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPB3VkHmakz-fBxYz38WPV7oWIPD9YwQ79dmJoU3Y7Yk_EBRS3g0nYacZFulPk-oEfg-02bwrXRT-yJBxedSXzA9E50pdkTRASqqmbbyisa9ETyJTOL8EgkuPrvO6_eJZAVIhrypTmEkY_mIq9BBd6hQsd0HITeeydzoDlpsMXD0iLFUtQRa4LGsdgo85/w440-h640/IMG_2434.HEIC" width="440" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I will be back as more flowers bloom.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for your visit.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Happy Summer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">⛱️🏖️🦋</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-18842192160172595282023-04-13T21:40:00.010-04:002023-04-15T06:10:29.081-04:00The Beach In Spring.<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOb7RtOpp-4BTFHhGT5M4tCVyly1L_WlPkDDPoORfrXjgF-ZaGJYLbRsMT5mfMeC_YOSQkanMeWu_dtLfkrIjAzvqo5V2IQJGKC6dIEI2udFS-cSkpU1JkEF0dsNf2KOMlMtl0dP9q0Gibardm5G0epuMTE-vJszaJnupQ-D-kNo5mI3tJTEWaYLMVBw/s4032/IMG_1867.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOb7RtOpp-4BTFHhGT5M4tCVyly1L_WlPkDDPoORfrXjgF-ZaGJYLbRsMT5mfMeC_YOSQkanMeWu_dtLfkrIjAzvqo5V2IQJGKC6dIEI2udFS-cSkpU1JkEF0dsNf2KOMlMtl0dP9q0Gibardm5G0epuMTE-vJszaJnupQ-D-kNo5mI3tJTEWaYLMVBw/w480-h640/IMG_1867.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;">We have a late Spring this year with</span></i></span></div><i><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;"> heavy snowfalls in March.</span></div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">We are anxious for it to melt and </div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">see some green grass and flowers. </div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">My sister Annie and I have </div><div style="text-align: center;">been visiting the beaches, </div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">taking advantage before </div><div style="text-align: center;">the tourists arrive and</div><div style="text-align: center;">the snow melts and we</div><div style="text-align: center;">start gardening. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Walking along the shore, </div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">listening to the waves and </div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">hunting for seaglass and other treasures. </div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Today we visited Grandmas Beach. </div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">My Grandma has been gone</div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> many many years and</div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">we have a lot of memories </div><div style="text-align: center;">playing there as kids. </div></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">So for us it will always be</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Grandmas Beach, also</div><div style="text-align: center;">known as Fauvel Beach. </div></span></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">We planned to visit the 3 waterfalls in the photo.</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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C with sun and clouds in the sky,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>with snow still lingering close to shore,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>where water from high tides doesn't reach.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmMnA-RnDqkqT04YORl1zuuAsIW87nwTO-FOfopaug0RywPZ7PrS03qqMrH8uMyN8JqfhnrifEly42ZahiT6vCjXI6sCLLqXOPOUFjc4xG_yskTFLFBwYVkNg7c8fZNlUwj-ZU8_CHXglku8rnmnuVVbRvpGHTt53EfTJyWCEvk0ocIbyCsPJ4Z568w/s4032/IMG_1886.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmMnA-RnDqkqT04YORl1zuuAsIW87nwTO-FOfopaug0RywPZ7PrS03qqMrH8uMyN8JqfhnrifEly42ZahiT6vCjXI6sCLLqXOPOUFjc4xG_yskTFLFBwYVkNg7c8fZNlUwj-ZU8_CHXglku8rnmnuVVbRvpGHTt53EfTJyWCEvk0ocIbyCsPJ4Z568w/w480-h640/IMG_1886.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">At low tide we can walk</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">around these rock and</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">get to the beach going east.</span></i></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUPMdY4c2gZFGLyxw7f1yvnKQzYcN5c7eFQZHt9nSRtAdGb6zurGotSbRdRpXmHDjoSjaM_d49LzhmD4lgOf5bkOnhy5leUe7jkKSfXJJQNoSKyX5S503ja7yPzjKN2xDlsQaK7m3GiyyHpAsGGz45CGqa3Ylvte7sx-jkIdAPX9YfHMhxh188MlVRQ/s4032/IMG_1854.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUPMdY4c2gZFGLyxw7f1yvnKQzYcN5c7eFQZHt9nSRtAdGb6zurGotSbRdRpXmHDjoSjaM_d49LzhmD4lgOf5bkOnhy5leUe7jkKSfXJJQNoSKyX5S503ja7yPzjKN2xDlsQaK7m3GiyyHpAsGGz45CGqa3Ylvte7sx-jkIdAPX9YfHMhxh188MlVRQ/w480-h640/IMG_1854.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>also an egg, the Easter Bunny left behind 😁</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVVHphUIZrP5SB6-1bihNczgp39Ftul8XIaLiTW3ueW-LyB9_EoglVqiwMQLXnfQA-iOY7-ZK-BFyxNrxmPHHpQHeg-UEV8ijscXNP-QOZQ4w3HUUJLi-yisZHJCZ9CVCl9O6dIGZwl10V2aOzH9vOPCvpzVD925wYa_qHZccx7b6WSV_a8t7Bw8F_g/s4032/IMG_1882.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVVHphUIZrP5SB6-1bihNczgp39Ftul8XIaLiTW3ueW-LyB9_EoglVqiwMQLXnfQA-iOY7-ZK-BFyxNrxmPHHpQHeg-UEV8ijscXNP-QOZQ4w3HUUJLi-yisZHJCZ9CVCl9O6dIGZwl10V2aOzH9vOPCvpzVD925wYa_qHZccx7b6WSV_a8t7Bw8F_g/w480-h640/IMG_1882.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Some of our treasures.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I met an old school friend on another beach</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">a few days ago and she told me that if I</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">find a gray piece of seaglass,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"> which is very rare to find,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"> to say a prayer for someone in need.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">By chance, </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Annie finds this huge piece </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">of gray seaglass today.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHARkjxj2430ArM7_l_KhUk1MhKXEeIG7acHBEVn5OT7w9lfxI4LTk40mzM-apcTjDkveVk3dmNlIPZWETuPFax3oHqeZ-_lmr4hbtZH0tVD4h5wc_cs9N6wb4qv43Ap_Os7-faAyCdbpxuVGWPzCkhnuGZ2XxQTZRd5QHnfOM7vGmdY1VjPTjsdSgrw/s4032/IMG_1855.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">It's a year for beautiful colours</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">that we've </span></i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><i>never found here before.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXH3VvOeIWtD3s7yaxsjacV1Vg40fdm6TmWwO8lGWftJDCOp1jTR38Bier9oEAUI2WMePzWecnaPtsbaA1oUNa3i8vVKbXfbe0TndYkaFRIz8JBbqxAOPQzkBieYwNuLE4lmfLsDfNsLwsGIcrZgI6luWyT_0qwXjR846yQoT88fG1FnumU0T_MvxAJg/s4032/IMG_1876.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXH3VvOeIWtD3s7yaxsjacV1Vg40fdm6TmWwO8lGWftJDCOp1jTR38Bier9oEAUI2WMePzWecnaPtsbaA1oUNa3i8vVKbXfbe0TndYkaFRIz8JBbqxAOPQzkBieYwNuLE4lmfLsDfNsLwsGIcrZgI6luWyT_0qwXjR846yQoT88fG1FnumU0T_MvxAJg/w480-h640/IMG_1876.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcQ-6MeO8vVzKgIsxNVcIf0nVSDHUZt48K427fPtVDB60wYFiUXh7VuQbokIHE1pXlFkA0j80yqXTETXIl8EoVSN3lVQjeHJyXZIsXeD6KGN-tgZMVB9t4XL81elnk3edsXkZ27bxlrDx2JtvFgalLc1YM0gweojBb56cSdxrhsf5kcddbqOwbn3_oQ/w480-h640/IMG_1887.HEIC" width="480" /><br /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We bogged back up the hill </i></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>and return home, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>satisfied of our adventure,</i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">on Grandmas Beach. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9oqN38IlRSiDcYsJ4IZPyIqQ19pG0bSobLgSQE5sufajgCJV-VLjhXeULSrXz9CkwEucjb6nDZPa6H2P8ImWXiPmkoTTaqkpDLUHKnMfj_lqOlVyP2wTk08ISS1U7rppRLemRNO7PC6KA6F1lKKyafTbdD__023mS2HwNeLwm7RlfMktWiHQsJzPYw/s4032/IMG_1851.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9oqN38IlRSiDcYsJ4IZPyIqQ19pG0bSobLgSQE5sufajgCJV-VLjhXeULSrXz9CkwEucjb6nDZPa6H2P8ImWXiPmkoTTaqkpDLUHKnMfj_lqOlVyP2wTk08ISS1U7rppRLemRNO7PC6KA6F1lKKyafTbdD__023mS2HwNeLwm7RlfMktWiHQsJzPYw/w480-h640/IMG_1851.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Happy Spring</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Thanks for your visit.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">💚💛💜</span></i></div></span></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-71813478692340222132023-01-18T21:42:00.023-05:002023-02-04T14:43:25.148-05:00January At The Beach.<div class="separator"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>We had a green Christmas this year,</i></span></div><div><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">which was unusual, as the most </span></i></div><div><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">of our province was already </span></i></div><div><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">burdened with snow. </span></i></div><div><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the 4th of January we had a</span></i></div><div><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">dusting of snow on the ground.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On the 5th, my sister Annie and I</i></div></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">decided to go for a walk to the </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">beach, before more snow came</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">and prevented us to do that.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghk5LM8MAeKeIu6d5J8gwrR5Blm3pwZSKGTlqGH6dsOHmPOk-KSxvet5oShO1Joq_H0wQrmYHeZ7NALphGz3i9w2Lpq7Zmce06lwrEcjwrsdLY9MihEPNlrHlbSvTjl-sUlXju75cJIzYhlO4S8tJuQQfV6U1dn3flima40gB3SSdfJShxpvivinOmlw/s4032/IMG_1312.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghk5LM8MAeKeIu6d5J8gwrR5Blm3pwZSKGTlqGH6dsOHmPOk-KSxvet5oShO1Joq_H0wQrmYHeZ7NALphGz3i9w2Lpq7Zmce06lwrEcjwrsdLY9MihEPNlrHlbSvTjl-sUlXju75cJIzYhlO4S8tJuQQfV6U1dn3flima40gB3SSdfJShxpvivinOmlw/w480-h640/IMG_1312.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Only a dusting of snow on the ground.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #3d85c6;"> </i></div></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">This is a beach on the Baie des Chaleur,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">in Gaspé, Eastern Quebec.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">We had a sunny day with clear blue skies</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z9S99KIJAHCbSUETbx0UMiWQvG1OihtnuruwVg9r2F7Gt29S4WGfws6fYCASmdyBUe7aDUMYvE_GGdfSEkIbpHZZQ_0NtZayBhGUA3QpPvHgVTMxktMHd5mQGZfwE7mu6DmMlXb0szF-dbc8fk5S2qobz1dc1kBX6QGU_NTlRUtGsN-Ok8e_QYS89A/w480-h640/IMG_1347.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>We dressed very warm</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>The temperature was </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>-5degrees Celsius</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>(23 Fahrenheit)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>The hardest was taking</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>off gloves to take a pic.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>My hands got cold very fast.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AH4sMAfORzCEYmCX8sVcqPjpAdCz6rQzPCL-_nhUs-N-xm9NwLhtpe8_ZZV2fG1Ug5useHyOvBeG7jwsLmcHUzf97IKRZZwqxlAGzxesI3oHHvbXAjM7fNH6sv8hixKQTdwCMeYneOf7T6cSB2zb0pqTbLQfzHmV-hIECNxKbiVJl9LC3MK-DYRqmA/s4024/IMG_1335.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4024" data-original-width="2614" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AH4sMAfORzCEYmCX8sVcqPjpAdCz6rQzPCL-_nhUs-N-xm9NwLhtpe8_ZZV2fG1Ug5useHyOvBeG7jwsLmcHUzf97IKRZZwqxlAGzxesI3oHHvbXAjM7fNH6sv8hixKQTdwCMeYneOf7T6cSB2zb0pqTbLQfzHmV-hIECNxKbiVJl9LC3MK-DYRqmA/w416-h640/IMG_1335.HEIC" width="416" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">My sister Annie.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJLrSL5vfjVPIfsbmDE07MwELauFeXVME6ioXzzs0SCujLm_Ycr6GHTfQns2ntQ5YakHG-YP1QIUZVEC-ANBKtjkZNSrhWToi4wJmd8q5yspBu7QJHGq1_VHS99bxEM2evtDOzI7NMUolM2S8ZaLkGupAaUyRT4W1_nmHVB8pjC2Z0_EqzS7MGBpPhg/s4032/IMG_1333.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJLrSL5vfjVPIfsbmDE07MwELauFeXVME6ioXzzs0SCujLm_Ycr6GHTfQns2ntQ5YakHG-YP1QIUZVEC-ANBKtjkZNSrhWToi4wJmd8q5yspBu7QJHGq1_VHS99bxEM2evtDOzI7NMUolM2S8ZaLkGupAaUyRT4W1_nmHVB8pjC2Z0_EqzS7MGBpPhg/w480-h640/IMG_1333.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">We walked towards the frozen waterfalls.</span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">We didn't get too close</span></i></div></i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>because of falling rocks and ice.</i></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGAqpEr1i3VOjGd8VdR8ycXHAnS1D6h8OcIvvAa5cIH3uymmlYytMEywLtNZ998aUFYYqbK4p6u5s7ktP2zOiiNewgWb59dXQzaTI-pE3CjXkr-w643UDYKVaMrnA2m-89X62j1ny3H6fCBBRXnCFu8DcmrELYUU5HPRx9rNt4sDIndo2n1ROZv-L6w/s4032/IMG_1336.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGAqpEr1i3VOjGd8VdR8ycXHAnS1D6h8OcIvvAa5cIH3uymmlYytMEywLtNZ998aUFYYqbK4p6u5s7ktP2zOiiNewgWb59dXQzaTI-pE3CjXkr-w643UDYKVaMrnA2m-89X62j1ny3H6fCBBRXnCFu8DcmrELYUU5HPRx9rNt4sDIndo2n1ROZv-L6w/w480-h640/IMG_1336.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">A close-up</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif94tW7_T_PLJtiwZZwna9xoH2nW3e533h6J36IBBzbx6puF0yTjJfH4O9_ONO8-jNAGSaGZyzqa1o6hzM6Mw7tD2jRshxBpDqBj2lZT4C_9b2UrD69KZm8hy6TegtF2wX_c7o-hrgwyiuttw68iaKt3tpb8qR6R6ZJZoYumnxWkS1FV-77IwiR0rmhA/s4032/IMG_1345.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif94tW7_T_PLJtiwZZwna9xoH2nW3e533h6J36IBBzbx6puF0yTjJfH4O9_ONO8-jNAGSaGZyzqa1o6hzM6Mw7tD2jRshxBpDqBj2lZT4C_9b2UrD69KZm8hy6TegtF2wX_c7o-hrgwyiuttw68iaKt3tpb8qR6R6ZJZoYumnxWkS1FV-77IwiR0rmhA/w480-h640/IMG_1345.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgci8w0CQpCQ4TgALuX3MUMrDma01qmekBUljBR3ZL7P0hBUrcVTSKDz2stplduEEIv_ttPuz5bqp7YJVsxoXkSPMd5RYPtEoE7KiIuZnRj_A27e3LmGBUk-59LVxl6HBpHIzkqr8k8LBHEMcDkb6tCK5AjYhQck2pzD5guEdmniz_pM2qjo7fpE9Yx4A/w480-h640/IMG_1322.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">On our way back</span></i></p><p><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7s9GWHj7RZNxDM1AsJn7Df5vwHGNkN4B8kK76V291qjjWjOjrpstAdrJ4aXN3sw9Wv0yEzzXYexSzaFAHwGEt_VUpSAgXuf8ZI5_mNNM-YgzZx7F8koUxoadkr9yZ2nPXP3PHWiPfcHukg5cyVtOImXoaTRpKBG_1rztC7pqw9GhRTGMhBIHhwdqyCQ/w480-h640/IMG_1337.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzIv7c8AjXBpwNM6_7M1o3rxfXydZhQ9tiImA3MaY45Gz7FuazSuqIaAUUAqUs4OyRmw6FB9oB6bH3H-iQuZMjCWw_KwncfIR4o2skMCjjO1GGsnwcUOnoq3O2FGztZa_HcL1oZIlC4hqWRsFDWYro-N9r0V5pkGd0COhpwmdy5ECcI9RxoFXjEimIA/s4032/IMG_1332.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzIv7c8AjXBpwNM6_7M1o3rxfXydZhQ9tiImA3MaY45Gz7FuazSuqIaAUUAqUs4OyRmw6FB9oB6bH3H-iQuZMjCWw_KwncfIR4o2skMCjjO1GGsnwcUOnoq3O2FGztZa_HcL1oZIlC4hqWRsFDWYro-N9r0V5pkGd0COhpwmdy5ECcI9RxoFXjEimIA/w480-h640/IMG_1332.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Annie</span></i><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBccuhwR4xlC5k3o5q9ip6CvqPwZLzv8YO5ugo7b9AKviYaR5A5YYomhfA8hmEQpg8-bg9rcgdvBVdFCy6A1JqwE-2NJYbVQNMyQfCv1xmBgrt7054jFUMLDBlXluTIE3lsX3eLLJ1BaeUCqFYnDShjD-vSe78hQOB-e4kHVP0p4n80NkQ3Aqs3IzPg/s4032/IMG_1317.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBccuhwR4xlC5k3o5q9ip6CvqPwZLzv8YO5ugo7b9AKviYaR5A5YYomhfA8hmEQpg8-bg9rcgdvBVdFCy6A1JqwE-2NJYbVQNMyQfCv1xmBgrt7054jFUMLDBlXluTIE3lsX3eLLJ1BaeUCqFYnDShjD-vSe78hQOB-e4kHVP0p4n80NkQ3Aqs3IzPg/w480-h640/IMG_1317.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Very low tides.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">We walk here often in Summer</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">and I have never seen the tide</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">so low. </span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmKRhFTjRrfr7PVtDYtJ6Y1G1QmBWrXh0MxEGxrNheEiavlfslHZ2HAouhMg5ZtETuaH3XPcmKD5d5gtdD-B_XkRyDd0lc3vYJMrU9sey8nlDVQ9LZdt5MiZpVNHTSllWI-aUqy0WvITIG3ZmgQN_IFhL-6ZwnZr0hJHMZhl8A8EqpYJtTfmomEB_dQ/w480-h640/IMG_1343.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">There is a lot of erosion on our</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"> shores from rising seawater.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">The absence of </span></i></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>ice flow, </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>(a usually large flat free mass </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>of floating sea ice)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><i> </i><i>caused by milder temperatures</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #3d85c6; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">has caused more erosion.</span> </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>The ice flows, out in the deep, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>are known to reduce the size of</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>the waves, </i></span><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">and protect the shoreline</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i> as those waves make their way to </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i> the beach.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"> Also Spring thaw will take more land. </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">While walking on the beach, </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">we could see and hear rocks</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"> from the cliffs falling. </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9eRBIgBJ2QnVvYhDuQAu4catsjC2Ij2ViqrHRdarDKbX9andLswjRftoNQLWT5UebO1psMVohR0SOryn-NTY1Le03wwIodHE0DqQOlIx7q7uwIR14GBOaw-_w6GdYX9aG0qPBY-8OIZbHjPS9ou5fMEyPzBFqHRelxRcyhBSDpnCf7kAULXtGDty8w/w480-h640/IMG_1342.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Trees falling and washed into the sea.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUmN7tu5l5SrkyGD-QzM4NSy94wxpygua82V8tZa0GDlGB4VdlhfLhk55LUr0HTKipUAeP7BNWSbl8tEx1aalkJZX1bosI75X1nbnHe5L-ZsrwLzDFDhnYTx6QBKeCHM4AMyuA8jsTJFy6hxoO2iudFDkksm4W9somkm1xBAJUH8RZyIdH6YJV4UrzQ/s4032/IMG_1325.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUmN7tu5l5SrkyGD-QzM4NSy94wxpygua82V8tZa0GDlGB4VdlhfLhk55LUr0HTKipUAeP7BNWSbl8tEx1aalkJZX1bosI75X1nbnHe5L-ZsrwLzDFDhnYTx6QBKeCHM4AMyuA8jsTJFy6hxoO2iudFDkksm4W9somkm1xBAJUH8RZyIdH6YJV4UrzQ/w480-h640/IMG_1325.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Large boulders were placed for </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">protection from high tides and </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">strong ocean waves.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCKUyt6-1rIkbkwCJZtX3bHHNf0PB8uNrscgwlOmWkazLIq6sKB2yHCcxGPac3AiOgoqwbZvTjVytUA5IWHCeJEtihY5A1l2iXIbQ3zVeITeoBcVx54cGwC0ylA3wwRPGlSxkM132xN-YImB5v08Ozjl1AfcDB4HoA4-Z1HHezI-5O4xOB7pZPs3paA/s4032/IMG_1316.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCKUyt6-1rIkbkwCJZtX3bHHNf0PB8uNrscgwlOmWkazLIq6sKB2yHCcxGPac3AiOgoqwbZvTjVytUA5IWHCeJEtihY5A1l2iXIbQ3zVeITeoBcVx54cGwC0ylA3wwRPGlSxkM132xN-YImB5v08Ozjl1AfcDB4HoA4-Z1HHezI-5O4xOB7pZPs3paA/w480-h640/IMG_1316.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Stairways eaten away.</span></i></div><div><img border="0" data-original-height="3085" data-original-width="2982" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAelNRncS06kZ1feq01LHhyb4YPI19SzAnn94QGi__LQ38G18NmWKPBXgy-qGL3Jb5HoM_kmL-kMc55DFa3IeVDI9rTDj8qMaSkZ7lQI2M4q7zp_w8Wkx5AokuUY5EmHtXRvwiR5PXkIef-PUy87PxarKGjecS6VZMQf3VR12M6u-VXUPYIzFlbT11g/w618-h640/IMG_1315.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="618" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>The highlight of our adventure</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>was finding this sand dollar.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>First time ever I see one</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i> on the beach here.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><i>The other side was broken.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><i>Probably washed here with</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);">the </i><i>high tides</i><i style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"> and strong waves.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKaKA2AB8Y416ylKDnNpftpbYwnRQ7vxINYZXMaZulTkMeF0OvUubH_zGnTcnCKecRPYdD9d7GkTJDfcuYl9x9WBZTxuTLvqcLQEC2fVJ2U3xLGSvLKK3FGMCxLrtqN-Or2Cq0fWpmh_dJnbbX7FM1jhqk5IiwgG1t2kStYoVDYwaFxzBKqXxbX5P7g/s4032/IMG_1324.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKaKA2AB8Y416ylKDnNpftpbYwnRQ7vxINYZXMaZulTkMeF0OvUubH_zGnTcnCKecRPYdD9d7GkTJDfcuYl9x9WBZTxuTLvqcLQEC2fVJ2U3xLGSvLKK3FGMCxLrtqN-Or2Cq0fWpmh_dJnbbX7FM1jhqk5IiwgG1t2kStYoVDYwaFxzBKqXxbX5P7g/w480-h640/IMG_1324.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed our adventure </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">on the beach in January.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">We are happy to have gone as</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">this may be the last chance to</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">get to the beach with deep snow</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">blocking most paths. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Last week we had a heavy snowfall</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">with over a foot of snow falling.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">The photo below was taken Jan. 14th.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoqXGBAW3sDlMdqzRqZ_hKI99a0d6uOvQNxAGLbowpzJxRChxKFA1VGHYI_OQhFkSIxFWQKaUFMMwDPWlsTgcQXuPlx3AmfshtZklNhbro59MxzgtNW7v-RY6xqJIkLJ4-FT5NFiYG-p4jwyKQRtVbykmF2KT5vrBJx-ADNid5xw_Av5B1l7Rzg--ng/s4032/IMG_1380.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoqXGBAW3sDlMdqzRqZ_hKI99a0d6uOvQNxAGLbowpzJxRChxKFA1VGHYI_OQhFkSIxFWQKaUFMMwDPWlsTgcQXuPlx3AmfshtZklNhbro59MxzgtNW7v-RY6xqJIkLJ4-FT5NFiYG-p4jwyKQRtVbykmF2KT5vrBJx-ADNid5xw_Av5B1l7Rzg--ng/w480-h640/IMG_1380.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Thanks for your visit</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><i>💙💚💗</i></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-24989235743911751312023-01-09T22:16:00.026-05:002023-01-10T22:57:48.401-05:00Happy New Year 2023 and An Update On The Pickle Tradition. <div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> As we get older,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> each year seems to pass faster.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">My daughter and her family</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> visited for Christmas.</span></i></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">They had planned on skiing </span></i></div></span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">but we didn't have enough snow.</span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">We had a green Christmas. </span></i></div></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">To come up with some activities,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">I planned to carry out the </span></i></div></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Christmas Pickle Tradition,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>(a glass pickle hidden on the Christmas </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>tree and Christmas morning whoever</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i> finds it receives a gift and </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>goodwill for the New Year).</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>This year, I planned it </i></span></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">in the different way.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">The kids are now teenagers.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">So I decided to make it more </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">of a challenge and hide the pickle</span></i></div></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">on a tree outside, instead of on</span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">a decorated tree inside.</span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">They had to find the undecorated tree </span></i></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">and I have a lot around the property, </span></i></div></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">spruce, pine, tamarack, birch, etc;</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">find the hidden glass pickle and </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">whoever finds it receives a prize.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>(In a radius of 100ft from the house,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>the land is approx. 1 mile long)</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Sweet Sabrina, </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">my </i><i>Granddaughter,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> found it.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-AORrDLti9scz0qQxGk3rQdeWEisRU7web663Ok41lLv11hNAAB5PAljbAanNJRVoq5qBe7Z2Xaqivu4KD65FUwlv_yC3q7K1sYtFFMzZmVkiP_eXNLs5jGLlikRJDXDMCpLzKp38awQXRFd7vUFy6HC23ZpQs6IsBFJq036bU3SFn0f__p7_EpG9w/s4032/IMG_1214.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2514" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-AORrDLti9scz0qQxGk3rQdeWEisRU7web663Ok41lLv11hNAAB5PAljbAanNJRVoq5qBe7Z2Xaqivu4KD65FUwlv_yC3q7K1sYtFFMzZmVkiP_eXNLs5jGLlikRJDXDMCpLzKp38awQXRFd7vUFy6HC23ZpQs6IsBFJq036bU3SFn0f__p7_EpG9w/w400-h640/IMG_1214.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>I also created another game.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>I decorated another tree </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>outside with red ornaments,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>In a secluded area.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>Whoever finds the tree and brings an</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>ornament back to the house,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>receives a gift.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Matthew found it.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I forgot to take a pic of his gift.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It was a ski facemask.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>High winds the previous day</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>blew off some ornaments.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpnI1AbsjMCwCEYxdeL3q_2f58z0XZxbjA4mlggfvw8YeLf9Pgl4OoleXAa5pYYkPXXUK7R7FRGlEWdnM6_Va9Tg_6aizI5YZUoEN0oSsIgeYatqkES_6NaTOMHhS7TFnd_0ub2Drk9IOXXf9q03n2xSPRxHEXjiWc3l-NwO24wnsKvLCyO6COipKag/s553/BD2D4A79-9AD9-4845-B748-C6B69E641205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpnI1AbsjMCwCEYxdeL3q_2f58z0XZxbjA4mlggfvw8YeLf9Pgl4OoleXAa5pYYkPXXUK7R7FRGlEWdnM6_Va9Tg_6aizI5YZUoEN0oSsIgeYatqkES_6NaTOMHhS7TFnd_0ub2Drk9IOXXf9q03n2xSPRxHEXjiWc3l-NwO24wnsKvLCyO6COipKag/w480-h640/BD2D4A79-9AD9-4845-B748-C6B69E641205.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with Suzanne and cute dog Pinot.</i></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i> </i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhp1ZPQqVAdxTOrZ-2sA7KxTP6_ApPgHe_vtRYglK1JiyfyU5CJNNEAzl2N1DYUL9PVlnerZTnTpCTbzce-PSJ6WGSrv5aid0NCfu-f81ti455W6TkJQsSnA_7rFGf_na7oisCCHU6ZkOUHXhcMbfEvlhprDFV9DlZ1uplC7tgQvvCyRimOdrGpVAbYA/s553/561B5F0E-2EDF-4724-A134-ACAD7FADCF79.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhp1ZPQqVAdxTOrZ-2sA7KxTP6_ApPgHe_vtRYglK1JiyfyU5CJNNEAzl2N1DYUL9PVlnerZTnTpCTbzce-PSJ6WGSrv5aid0NCfu-f81ti455W6TkJQsSnA_7rFGf_na7oisCCHU6ZkOUHXhcMbfEvlhprDFV9DlZ1uplC7tgQvvCyRimOdrGpVAbYA/w480-h640/561B5F0E-2EDF-4724-A134-ACAD7FADCF79.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So the prize for the pickle finder,</i></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>Sabrina, was a "Polar Express Train"</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>It will look nice around a tree.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>We did visit the beach</i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>Its unusual not to have snow </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>at this time of the year.</i></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>Water seeping out of the banks have frozen.</i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8T-HZICO1rCpvlKLazdzUTGi5pGcYX2IJdJJDHnpA0bIuXBGU1KwijJIMqLKqwIEflNQ4Y_xRlvBy1FMtyxwRr62tKR2rl3J-r7wyNuNxNVvtT3SBh9Hwvt-wcV4iKL8Au9Vh6hrg8Tp0eUHRLR5V9JyFeV-oxz0S7PXeIl5INkxSAkfMv2Qj4-xrQ/s4032/IMG_1259.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8T-HZICO1rCpvlKLazdzUTGi5pGcYX2IJdJJDHnpA0bIuXBGU1KwijJIMqLKqwIEflNQ4Y_xRlvBy1FMtyxwRr62tKR2rl3J-r7wyNuNxNVvtT3SBh9Hwvt-wcV4iKL8Au9Vh6hrg8Tp0eUHRLR5V9JyFeV-oxz0S7PXeIl5INkxSAkfMv2Qj4-xrQ/w480-h640/IMG_1259.HEIC" width="480" /><br /></a></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Suzanne found a nice </i></div></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>piece of amber seaglass.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>It could be the bottom of</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>a glass Javex bottle. </i></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitRfh-ixQqXqw4Typip_d3ISmaipPsuF_jjKEd_dNUA84x9op8GBJKglCRrB5EA9EpDH7INPaHzQVwjyj1IcbvRl49an2L6vVEALO590Fgsfr3VScBGb9y4X57Xe7GYdkmTAQB5-kkWOOzCImmHz-yOAfeL7v1vpT5WVy8g6zYrrOv-3uOr2k-B8_jg/s1800/5F915828-D820-47E4-B222-F902DCF0717F.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitRfh-ixQqXqw4Typip_d3ISmaipPsuF_jjKEd_dNUA84x9op8GBJKglCRrB5EA9EpDH7INPaHzQVwjyj1IcbvRl49an2L6vVEALO590Fgsfr3VScBGb9y4X57Xe7GYdkmTAQB5-kkWOOzCImmHz-yOAfeL7v1vpT5WVy8g6zYrrOv-3uOr2k-B8_jg/w512-h640/5F915828-D820-47E4-B222-F902DCF0717F.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>My sister, Annie found a </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">rare large piece of </i><i>cobalt</i><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> blue.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">A piece of bottom from </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">a Milk Of Magnesia bottle.</i></span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAvFO_flURcdHdkgSMssxTB1L8gPkUOJl3Gf5wFCNQYlJPz-PrmEejzXaK91t6DCFkjHzrejPa7ZHyWWJD7psOXDKs79nEPzwRDJcWTgVIcA6Rjcnjg7q6MgVCndtM_e6yd-3HOPeOwPqvR_ISGL2znw2g8PNHDbDnCaUwFAiOmGvg4zV0xiaK3Gkmw/s4032/IMG_1254.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAvFO_flURcdHdkgSMssxTB1L8gPkUOJl3Gf5wFCNQYlJPz-PrmEejzXaK91t6DCFkjHzrejPa7ZHyWWJD7psOXDKs79nEPzwRDJcWTgVIcA6Rjcnjg7q6MgVCndtM_e6yd-3HOPeOwPqvR_ISGL2znw2g8PNHDbDnCaUwFAiOmGvg4zV0xiaK3Gkmw/w480-h640/IMG_1254.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><i><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Erosion is eating away at the land </i></div></i></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">caused from rising waters, high winds from </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">storms, global warming.</span></i></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHL27QGXZWzWRwzmQLZPPf3paH8is5jh8-tupMaDwXCoA8XcrbLXrB6ESZrvcSam7Np95MAO9kF5CMKWUTbXUmFyMLJtOG0OCRzCfb-vCuIGzzjcYjnjtnNfLr_JPqGttM0ozESxVQTFD8qHuROEFtwUDM47_laB-n0iY-kt0ugoI9V1eLrq430-Ppgg/s4032/IMG_1251.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHL27QGXZWzWRwzmQLZPPf3paH8is5jh8-tupMaDwXCoA8XcrbLXrB6ESZrvcSam7Np95MAO9kF5CMKWUTbXUmFyMLJtOG0OCRzCfb-vCuIGzzjcYjnjtnNfLr_JPqGttM0ozESxVQTFD8qHuROEFtwUDM47_laB-n0iY-kt0ugoI9V1eLrq430-Ppgg/w480-h640/IMG_1251.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>We are losing ground.</i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheisUsgoO57sVNOu2YA5fj463A_K5GruG10ErNGMhxKQqQru5wBNTCywdMPen633bXArrRgvgHlXPSfxl9aXJE-6kamvJdFfb3IH4fJx2kYRFpTmEcR8wcKPJgJXx3S7yChVG2nl0-m2zhYEXfZa6Q41PvFRpUb6VoGyQh9l2qWBPbrO0OkEnXcwPnqg/s4032/IMG_1253.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheisUsgoO57sVNOu2YA5fj463A_K5GruG10ErNGMhxKQqQru5wBNTCywdMPen633bXArrRgvgHlXPSfxl9aXJE-6kamvJdFfb3IH4fJx2kYRFpTmEcR8wcKPJgJXx3S7yChVG2nl0-m2zhYEXfZa6Q41PvFRpUb6VoGyQh9l2qWBPbrO0OkEnXcwPnqg/w480-h640/IMG_1253.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXsS6Tiv9OSfKjdDHp7r0I0MYMdbBfT5gHIyK_Grh7EYYgNkcK1Rv7nmEOWAIc80ymcdSluQR3ZTc6zEVgsy1LP0Qb1tXyEmYdmdDSgg5RJixR0nPOyf14w2Fad2iR0oPbpdc9tOl2OWA_KcdqNwHol1WxawlW-lFbzjmHrSLehvDJ9493SuVL0UWgA/s4032/IMG_1297.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXsS6Tiv9OSfKjdDHp7r0I0MYMdbBfT5gHIyK_Grh7EYYgNkcK1Rv7nmEOWAIc80ymcdSluQR3ZTc6zEVgsy1LP0Qb1tXyEmYdmdDSgg5RJixR0nPOyf14w2Fad2iR0oPbpdc9tOl2OWA_KcdqNwHol1WxawlW-lFbzjmHrSLehvDJ9493SuVL0UWgA/w480-h640/IMG_1297.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><i>You can view a previous blog on</i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i> "The Pickle Tradition", </i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>from years gone by,</i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>by clicking <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-pickle-tradition.html">here</a>.</i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>I also added more Christmas decoration</i></span></span></div><div><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"> photos on my previous post.</span></i></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>click <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-christmas-star.html">here</a> to view more.</i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpwo_n0QsF-_9tkY0JMZxyV8RVktH9oda9MB96BCjgMbXsg6DTVEPPzWZbPGkCfrR8TzRo5AT86pHIgqqJ_4jWP-PEkEBN77lD0hYigbONF8YkoJQd042zp-sYi74SWBnc3OJ-l5XwwKAMN6Udcs2bGWKsrTRe4x0SyZR9iiOVH59TsRBv-RDUGLoaQ/s2886/IMG_1208.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2854" data-original-width="2886" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpwo_n0QsF-_9tkY0JMZxyV8RVktH9oda9MB96BCjgMbXsg6DTVEPPzWZbPGkCfrR8TzRo5AT86pHIgqqJ_4jWP-PEkEBN77lD0hYigbONF8YkoJQd042zp-sYi74SWBnc3OJ-l5XwwKAMN6Udcs2bGWKsrTRe4x0SyZR9iiOVH59TsRBv-RDUGLoaQ/w640-h632/IMG_1208.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><i>Sadly, we lost our oldest sister Joyce this year.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #e06666;"><i>We called her Joy, and that name suited her.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #e06666;"><i>She was a Joy to everyone in the family. 💖</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #e06666;"><i>She will be missed.</i></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWMU4rrljUpBm7b-NH6y9-jAZjebGxTMCcVCEPJxAYKT8vohWG_qBqQJ40E88G6lASyAcIqf1BwXGwrIhw7ixdPUJwuBEJuByZvaLx2JRUBr-4Ze6a9ZxI4Almd72UE7pS7ITdenaOw4KzBDCIdXJRpS0Ce56h-j-XWePTuwNqWb50jQXKq8G9CCT_g/s5184/CE445CDC-F3E1-4996-8A33-E4E2D07CEE9A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWMU4rrljUpBm7b-NH6y9-jAZjebGxTMCcVCEPJxAYKT8vohWG_qBqQJ40E88G6lASyAcIqf1BwXGwrIhw7ixdPUJwuBEJuByZvaLx2JRUBr-4Ze6a9ZxI4Almd72UE7pS7ITdenaOw4KzBDCIdXJRpS0Ce56h-j-XWePTuwNqWb50jQXKq8G9CCT_g/w640-h480/CE445CDC-F3E1-4996-8A33-E4E2D07CEE9A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">I wish you all a Happy New Year</span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">with joy, peace and good health also</span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">may our world heal from diseases</span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">and </span></i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>disasters.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>💖💗</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000;">💖</i></span></div></i></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-62795617753537382362022-12-21T19:30:00.020-05:002023-01-10T08:32:04.478-05:00A Christmas Star and Merry Christmas.<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> Christmas Eve is in a few days.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> I made stars, this year</span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">from red alder twigs.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">This photo was taken in the blue hour,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">And I have blue lights behind </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">decorating the gazebo.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">I dedicate this star to my oldest sister</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">Joyce who passed away in September,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">from dementia. She was 89.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">She enjoyed decorating</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"> and loved Christmas.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">She will be missed.</span></span></div></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh26W8PXullqWp3_lpQGl-gV8GfjnvhRCADHNCMUVWz46SH0UkQQ07trzwKlnnVuRfdd0cDCl9CNroLkAz3mIBdCUt3gcKyoptK0jpyYSTtcH2HsICeddHwKFMgbo5FvJk0O1_vA3UCqUgHBPK2jksnlnJO9kJa4VHay2ps7R9iXSdfI8IjagtUJngIKA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="516" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh26W8PXullqWp3_lpQGl-gV8GfjnvhRCADHNCMUVWz46SH0UkQQ07trzwKlnnVuRfdd0cDCl9CNroLkAz3mIBdCUt3gcKyoptK0jpyYSTtcH2HsICeddHwKFMgbo5FvJk0O1_vA3UCqUgHBPK2jksnlnJO9kJa4VHay2ps7R9iXSdfI8IjagtUJngIKA=w597-h640" width="597" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Alders are a wild shrub that</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> turn red here in Winter.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I made some stars and decorated with </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">solarlights, dried fruit and flowers.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a aria-label="Photo - Portrait - Dec 18, 2022, 2:41:16 PM" class="p137Zd" href="https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPifI5ketxHJqvvKkvOSCPJRBtrPLkGh4UIVvA8" jsaction="click:eQuaEb;focus:AHmuwe; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Cut 5 pieces of twigs, the same </i></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>length,</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>placed as follows:</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">One.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk_03afXZkms3V83ovJkOtuUGDqOJGQzV4eHU6FKN8SXehYrGpfwduw2QM0Vc8F5y12r55gAcg_v3_xI13D4FurFoxE9FFOwjJ_zot-xnORRf1kUfcFin63zbt_f3_S3OMYBmnpDJdBIzA3FmPC99BRTsxekFwWNwp2b_qdiGsk4GCtjWZp-COYGcaiA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="164" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk_03afXZkms3V83ovJkOtuUGDqOJGQzV4eHU6FKN8SXehYrGpfwduw2QM0Vc8F5y12r55gAcg_v3_xI13D4FurFoxE9FFOwjJ_zot-xnORRf1kUfcFin63zbt_f3_S3OMYBmnpDJdBIzA3FmPC99BRTsxekFwWNwp2b_qdiGsk4GCtjWZp-COYGcaiA=w499-h640" width="499" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">Two.</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a aria-label="Photo - Portrait - Dec 21, 2022, 2:08:58 PM" class="p137Zd" href="https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMXm5y2FEmMo7cmN-b5z_wAjxLLXr_csXIWXKHZ" jsaction="click:eQuaEb;focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e;" style="text-align: start;" tabindex="0"></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ-qoZfB6Ci6aKLBVaihITQUo4f7ZrbxAt_eeQyAdodVFdDeb3Pgeam_pp0MWZ8RJRD1E31wz5Fql1AFpCbpktdgNgvnVETjXUFpw0ArQyN9QVRxDueJJ7WsFaJpTwEeY7uuI7LcaQEkfzFJIDMLMQxizLTJQdlMj6YSCNawtFPD6Qlr6cChcpvo8txQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ-qoZfB6Ci6aKLBVaihITQUo4f7ZrbxAt_eeQyAdodVFdDeb3Pgeam_pp0MWZ8RJRD1E31wz5Fql1AFpCbpktdgNgvnVETjXUFpw0ArQyN9QVRxDueJJ7WsFaJpTwEeY7uuI7LcaQEkfzFJIDMLMQxizLTJQdlMj6YSCNawtFPD6Qlr6cChcpvo8txQ=w592-h640" width="592" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Three.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>I glued the ends with glue gun</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>the wired them with floral wire.</i></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZQL8pVFdtVSM-hrSXPKSpjTAw2s2IMVXanNfNPXRDYPKDGN6y1A4Iw7pLdsDmY-UDdNrxSg5OKP8bID-pQOrHKucwcFFDF2n-uDiW5S2PqYYd46en8M178p1owjZoyvijshwIpqT2Gy_ZaLNCv_1_2WUYKVtJXxiMXvUYzIPzFwt5Z1xdU5PCNmWx8Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZQL8pVFdtVSM-hrSXPKSpjTAw2s2IMVXanNfNPXRDYPKDGN6y1A4Iw7pLdsDmY-UDdNrxSg5OKP8bID-pQOrHKucwcFFDF2n-uDiW5S2PqYYd46en8M178p1owjZoyvijshwIpqT2Gy_ZaLNCv_1_2WUYKVtJXxiMXvUYzIPzFwt5Z1xdU5PCNmWx8Q=w592-h640" width="592" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also in the porch.</span></i></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We have a natural tree,</i></div></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>from the woods, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>smells so nice.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLqfsMTrX4Hrlx-NdTk1OmxXbj3q8CSG-SVOiSnC7hUWLNraptoktdCHS6hTIt6t5PlRk-8yh_ZA8kfdCqD6O5HylM0Y1M5KODjL98T1Agiwj1WmHGEoKhtNkT-JW7qc4c80IkmvT39-XuUwef6JBSv9fJUfc1EXLJCGfbRbFjNnq3sOumQsEhpmPEIw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="372" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLqfsMTrX4Hrlx-NdTk1OmxXbj3q8CSG-SVOiSnC7hUWLNraptoktdCHS6hTIt6t5PlRk-8yh_ZA8kfdCqD6O5HylM0Y1M5KODjL98T1Agiwj1WmHGEoKhtNkT-JW7qc4c80IkmvT39-XuUwef6JBSv9fJUfc1EXLJCGfbRbFjNnq3sOumQsEhpmPEIw=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Another star</i></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI5xME7YCo5oGCX-P8esBuOjc9JNw3UZrlOUKZXjO3ybw8dQdhNeSM0yF34shwZTtYAjuj2eJbbf-UQtF0op8LNLNYJCo5jyCKUWzlGljDSQlKRLnmp6H5vmuG29ueP4wAeQDk8x9EGoJg5Oxxl3hwhAPettj3mZ3yP3LOPALSLH38sH_0h_Y6cd72hw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="477" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI5xME7YCo5oGCX-P8esBuOjc9JNw3UZrlOUKZXjO3ybw8dQdhNeSM0yF34shwZTtYAjuj2eJbbf-UQtF0op8LNLNYJCo5jyCKUWzlGljDSQlKRLnmp6H5vmuG29ueP4wAeQDk8x9EGoJg5Oxxl3hwhAPettj3mZ3yP3LOPALSLH38sH_0h_Y6cd72hw=w552-h640" width="552" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Some decorations outside.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I used alders to decorate a barrel also.</span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">This photo is from a snowstorm we had in November.</span></i></div></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSwxnGlsZPSzxZcBitN58txCb62sjd_cuds2LutqPZZlKeLmguwFRhH-LDkjbPqVbv3RLQ1czAwzmv5ZXY4kzfwTATFXR1PeXx2lglzMQUXaKFdmYdlFcZxWiXB9z4SvJfdYiE8yvQOmFZp12e1Cl1VhtiZKAy9xaXh32-Uhaq2SV9N0t-_92-21tFkQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="442" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSwxnGlsZPSzxZcBitN58txCb62sjd_cuds2LutqPZZlKeLmguwFRhH-LDkjbPqVbv3RLQ1czAwzmv5ZXY4kzfwTATFXR1PeXx2lglzMQUXaKFdmYdlFcZxWiXB9z4SvJfdYiE8yvQOmFZp12e1Cl1VhtiZKAy9xaXh32-Uhaq2SV9N0t-_92-21tFkQ=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br />At the front of the house.<br /></span></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMiEjoPFREeET-SOROwdqPI9nbHGxVaqxPGZEXuC9FzinapudhZQliap9bqNVI_YiDR4PaEmqH-pbHilLgoojozoCuyjyhs3usqFp4i7w_l5jpZDvu_XgzstUyx38LXwRBh-HokgxSf4JaQoN2Q17cb3kS9ycXB60H4MHAZD1VJjnCtwQOw0IYzSWmJg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="430" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMiEjoPFREeET-SOROwdqPI9nbHGxVaqxPGZEXuC9FzinapudhZQliap9bqNVI_YiDR4PaEmqH-pbHilLgoojozoCuyjyhs3usqFp4i7w_l5jpZDvu_XgzstUyx38LXwRBh-HokgxSf4JaQoN2Q17cb3kS9ycXB60H4MHAZD1VJjnCtwQOw0IYzSWmJg=w499-h640" width="499" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a aria-label="Photo - Portrait - Dec 21, 2022, 4:11:02 PM" class="p137Zd" href="https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOqEeFRkCxlA7kC_7uFw0L0VTJj9EhoMDOZHjjB" jsaction="click:eQuaEb;focus:AHmuwe; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>We have no snow at the present time.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>We did have a snowstorm in November.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Rain has washed away all the snow.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLDyeKvB4XVW2_KEqs7GjQCLqt4JCZCHR4FSZvtc3ltWcij0izp6yFPDNXEuXwTIQCd2H09QvWMxdqu83V6Wc7mEWw4rFQNgNCTOtHc3A3s9R3qtmxbbeL31ceuvZ57SL_XBu0t-dcy4b6tYoYnRvmQLGPNB2UFFMPwpTnNnrxzCaAMEbfVrSoY669hg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLDyeKvB4XVW2_KEqs7GjQCLqt4JCZCHR4FSZvtc3ltWcij0izp6yFPDNXEuXwTIQCd2H09QvWMxdqu83V6Wc7mEWw4rFQNgNCTOtHc3A3s9R3qtmxbbeL31ceuvZ57SL_XBu0t-dcy4b6tYoYnRvmQLGPNB2UFFMPwpTnNnrxzCaAMEbfVrSoY669hg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>It suppose to change at the end of the week</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>with a major storm coming our way,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>with lots of snow and high winds gusts</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>over 100km.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><u>Update:</u> The snow was mixed with rain </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>and all melted away</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Solar lights on the tower.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>They have been there a few yrs</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>and are still working,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>year around.</i></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLtd6GSQDa7Y1k0iEwm4rLjALOpf9s3PymlMYx-cJ3r6oTTHQd6jEAoYMBxtf7GdTK-UKrtJXLj_yKJNDVP770tvhmFI0t1vj9d1pqi3ARFlWgie1rIAoxD3ImN7Cqmkm6Z_0-_C2qZK_-QFi3XNl-zbXkWFFujz3XYrTZyEAci2qTYDX_a6GDvP3dlw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLtd6GSQDa7Y1k0iEwm4rLjALOpf9s3PymlMYx-cJ3r6oTTHQd6jEAoYMBxtf7GdTK-UKrtJXLj_yKJNDVP770tvhmFI0t1vj9d1pqi3ARFlWgie1rIAoxD3ImN7Cqmkm6Z_0-_C2qZK_-QFi3XNl-zbXkWFFujz3XYrTZyEAci2qTYDX_a6GDvP3dlw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Victorian Carollers</i></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfxPoSSB9G7ODxHB0hOLk4-vUWyU2MCJoYE4c3T_vC_-9BvX-5mDJPyCH5DZtF5XR6B3XRN6FDJ5DcHF79ei_jDvY_trH44B3t4LQcwgvO6ZiMQ_JRf15sOmDGw9wtYlZVeklrDg_GzcEUZ4NJaUMsIyUwkQPgJDb3RsgW7sFync_KuIq7iAcxe684w/s4032/IMG_1243.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfxPoSSB9G7ODxHB0hOLk4-vUWyU2MCJoYE4c3T_vC_-9BvX-5mDJPyCH5DZtF5XR6B3XRN6FDJ5DcHF79ei_jDvY_trH44B3t4LQcwgvO6ZiMQ_JRf15sOmDGw9wtYlZVeklrDg_GzcEUZ4NJaUMsIyUwkQPgJDb3RsgW7sFync_KuIq7iAcxe684w/w480-h640/IMG_1243.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">In the kitchen</span></i></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAncOKZkY9-6zwNEtJzqEEvNJTQb442QL7lu3ZE58MD-dFFiGpoI1j2sG1-X0T4oT-LfQbeNgMOIeflH78LUG0PLpy4Ht5KCInh4fo94mTSQejg6nl1RtPGbXHQ2fQexanrF0Lamrl89pTl36Rgp3ebcv2etdHFEjxsRUGMxgjqQqjLOy2XoORsLqYQ/s2886/IMG_1208.HEIC"><img border="0" data-original-height="2854" data-original-width="2886" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAncOKZkY9-6zwNEtJzqEEvNJTQb442QL7lu3ZE58MD-dFFiGpoI1j2sG1-X0T4oT-LfQbeNgMOIeflH78LUG0PLpy4Ht5KCInh4fo94mTSQejg6nl1RtPGbXHQ2fQexanrF0Lamrl89pTl36Rgp3ebcv2etdHFEjxsRUGMxgjqQqjLOy2XoORsLqYQ/w640-h632/IMG_1208.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>An old wreath</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I added battery lights</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHwL8JWfG9Yc84Otya2qrXuf-3QPz6JbMI-0WyLn3FiFxhpOh6A4IwT_7Q9C-sxzP0Ho9qLMYukLF7ERMGTbQ_pEpSl_R7kvYgWcpXzHXkA2Vd5tE0kakNwVYF3z3RJv5ZvIdJJUytSXb4o0lGKgcSFMmXxbWURpC9S-bgeMb6jv8QHKTlKNmGNPczQ/s5184/EA5959D0-C1B4-472D-BF5B-C75E48EB45C9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHwL8JWfG9Yc84Otya2qrXuf-3QPz6JbMI-0WyLn3FiFxhpOh6A4IwT_7Q9C-sxzP0Ho9qLMYukLF7ERMGTbQ_pEpSl_R7kvYgWcpXzHXkA2Vd5tE0kakNwVYF3z3RJv5ZvIdJJUytSXb4o0lGKgcSFMmXxbWURpC9S-bgeMb6jv8QHKTlKNmGNPczQ/w640-h480/EA5959D0-C1B4-472D-BF5B-C75E48EB45C9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>A folk-art snowman</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I painted many yrs. ago.</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmGTprivLXXZ4QgugYXq-kpfp80Ew19iC_zVhhbyvdXYSBP-PolIJS-KUfLzgqWhbReJT1ateDzOvTej2qCyugzoW-gGYZU-d2mkVuenmtNWsYM5Sb0ggWIajMMaDo1IgHJd0hr2tt97nkxQsszdXGB9yPE_YXwTlgsJRF9gdfcpDc0xCxTWu2A2LmQ/s5067/241F6906-9AE8-43EB-B565-3EDF43478F8B_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5067" data-original-width="3800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmGTprivLXXZ4QgugYXq-kpfp80Ew19iC_zVhhbyvdXYSBP-PolIJS-KUfLzgqWhbReJT1ateDzOvTej2qCyugzoW-gGYZU-d2mkVuenmtNWsYM5Sb0ggWIajMMaDo1IgHJd0hr2tt97nkxQsszdXGB9yPE_YXwTlgsJRF9gdfcpDc0xCxTWu2A2LmQ/w480-h640/241F6906-9AE8-43EB-B565-3EDF43478F8B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Bottlebrush vintage trees.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Some in rubber.</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This photo was taken Dec 6th. </span></i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">at the back of the house.</span></i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The full moon in the trees.</span></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvzIK0vi6RGAz9ICA4WV6AjAJoWI0QP65TT5PKqwaZveNFBOtV5ROKYtCpcPO5evl2rfVuP48LR4jSFQnI79YfOeuBRUlK-Ps6frIgRUZ6G6jtVgfn0Ru_Q2L7mjORdEUFfMnJgJPijAsultY5o7DfjkAVts5KUiTsiFTJ1J4k0iC1gFm93W4ETsOV5w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvzIK0vi6RGAz9ICA4WV6AjAJoWI0QP65TT5PKqwaZveNFBOtV5ROKYtCpcPO5evl2rfVuP48LR4jSFQnI79YfOeuBRUlK-Ps6frIgRUZ6G6jtVgfn0Ru_Q2L7mjORdEUFfMnJgJPijAsultY5o7DfjkAVts5KUiTsiFTJ1J4k0iC1gFm93W4ETsOV5w=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Merry Christmas Everyone.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Stay safe and healthy. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">💚💚💚</span></i></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-57623883384131491552022-11-28T18:01:00.006-05:002022-11-29T21:32:41.379-05:00November 2022<div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><i><div style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">November started with my </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Christmas Cactus in bloom.</span></div></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtB9MN7lpK9BXm8D2wGnAGecRiDHv23jX-owe0synCRBY9nV_jUhEtA3DkEIngBkumD9VQVaNg0u70PEqhD14kePpLTVfF-YR2jvANRMWzQNg2JtPobg_UY0PyZ5eUuiBQLAXuz3ZeU-kClQgGga3eXonhZRWthQR4NL-QSm-PRCVuSrAER1_H1hD8A/s3096/IMG_1070.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtB9MN7lpK9BXm8D2wGnAGecRiDHv23jX-owe0synCRBY9nV_jUhEtA3DkEIngBkumD9VQVaNg0u70PEqhD14kePpLTVfF-YR2jvANRMWzQNg2JtPobg_UY0PyZ5eUuiBQLAXuz3ZeU-kClQgGga3eXonhZRWthQR4NL-QSm-PRCVuSrAER1_H1hD8A/w626-h640/IMG_1070.HEIC" width="626" /></a></div></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Then on the 5th</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">We had our first snow.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgep5W1JZMSJbqHEMB33d8wD6w5_xiTJ6ud6lMk9gBK5BxjQ7rsy4QPn8W9VlKvjcUfjdSBtf4SODf94KMMzMxa2wJFTw5_q0YsmJP2LUYrbpJyTYVEa1XetdNLlrTDwfpfe40OLKdigpXdrY0kursvmHfD011wTUjMwOyWiiaNtOJ1Uip-wb7_vxHFnQ/s4032/IMG_1040.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><i>from dull to bright.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwum3bU-_7MXhgGAMGQ8DuAeGDWMUtg3HhH1x5IUfcxoZ9ohiX_2fdtUB8FjvdVDKx_5cJtpunQ9JZCMU1ufU7wAC24ynaXf_zS3XT4g_8He0zpQzfkX6d92rjfUCWtKQawYGxy_R7ApHJA3bXWnK4mmnf2Z9nVd50g7yweCzT90kVI5Xw9crjn8Bvw/s4032/IMG_0913.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwum3bU-_7MXhgGAMGQ8DuAeGDWMUtg3HhH1x5IUfcxoZ9ohiX_2fdtUB8FjvdVDKx_5cJtpunQ9JZCMU1ufU7wAC24ynaXf_zS3XT4g_8He0zpQzfkX6d92rjfUCWtKQawYGxy_R7ApHJA3bXWnK4mmnf2Z9nVd50g7yweCzT90kVI5Xw9crjn8Bvw/w480-h640/IMG_0913.HEIC" width="480" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">I did some decorations outside.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><i>Used some pine,cedar, </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><i>spruce and red alders from the woods.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTJ7w24SxSCIGh8ruj_3AomUk_L9ua_jfpB_XxiVhIo4nBLHPhQuIzBm36VPPrmysow0C0hyOXXQbGesoqVqBn0ZYH3QwtXDOa4WOK_qqYNu0IG8mn58lfYrkVXlUfkvUMxnCdLrFTYXPhzEKZd-Ou_F-wPk8L5QHdOdY3OKU4c3j9KTmn18cYBsGHQ/s1800/35E74996-5432-41D0-AC09-D1946C59CB79.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; 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color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">This bush is near my living room </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">window and Robins enjoyed the berries.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrlVFtOONtNG-Bw85Umhe6QSGb9EKT5NFi0-edJxfldJG_5MrOipN-4j8apVXfxsrgc1_Clz-6JV7nxRTkDXJ_4fJaekJQG9OKt7C2moLRNMFS1-uTK6TJcK5TgNidE1Ke-Wv6Qlj5UH6LYYsUCzX0R66uV98SMmqvVYDUTXkV58xI0KlPKxfZVqURA/s3799/IMG_1049.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3799" data-original-width="2861" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrlVFtOONtNG-Bw85Umhe6QSGb9EKT5NFi0-edJxfldJG_5MrOipN-4j8apVXfxsrgc1_Clz-6JV7nxRTkDXJ_4fJaekJQG9OKt7C2moLRNMFS1-uTK6TJcK5TgNidE1Ke-Wv6Qlj5UH6LYYsUCzX0R66uV98SMmqvVYDUTXkV58xI0KlPKxfZVqURA/w482-h640/IMG_1049.HEIC" width="482" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">Robins usually fly south</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><i>during the Winter.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yDX0MV2z4hUgNMRFnu_INbR-7Nn8Ys_tKZuJeTL6qr-TRMrKHh8ASY5ZY36Kl4J0_uLMD5zAGyTxJ3UhcbraaWoKwoBbQWw_3L_GQMPV8JWlmABr9GzVlB8KHYbqcUGYRqMF0540W_W3Z28gb_MzxyAchbqmbuuAFrKe5xTjaRUnIuc3XSTgPcvjUA/s1800/9165A796-5EE9-4505-9309-AB378CDDFA05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yDX0MV2z4hUgNMRFnu_INbR-7Nn8Ys_tKZuJeTL6qr-TRMrKHh8ASY5ZY36Kl4J0_uLMD5zAGyTxJ3UhcbraaWoKwoBbQWw_3L_GQMPV8JWlmABr9GzVlB8KHYbqcUGYRqMF0540W_W3Z28gb_MzxyAchbqmbuuAFrKe5xTjaRUnIuc3XSTgPcvjUA/w512-h640/9165A796-5EE9-4505-9309-AB378CDDFA05.jpg" width="512" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some males stay if </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">there’s food around.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">This guy is near the window </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">so it was easy to get a close up pic.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6zahf6u-3zWKfCMrxpoVMqRePco8o9ENAoARyUmar6p1WbOVZCKjGzb5E02_ZrmxnkSDdsMfVIJYsAisEsLoHRZZL7twcId3PMnaw-ydXsxJB3qbvwL2R6BZgf4eGpeudat2pHpiqFfGI5x5-dv7p6J4jqSZSedXptzFzmHaI3SaqZHmNwcPhGr1Bg/s1800/4AEF69CA-54CC-49EF-8455-093D35D7C6D6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">My sister Annie and I </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">bought snowshoes, and for </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">the first time tried them out.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdC-rcYft6NM0ocHBtXCR8xIQ_s4_glMTCoaPH94mOF-dJrWVx5BbGYwgVDrISR581aAQuwS68FRzMl4VNbxSkfXvfi6fopEia7JQRVLPyNzOpzQ2Ib43CfKPxkplH59yrkhxHV23N4fSgc9kvByh3XP2nD9obBqY3Y7pIkMEmDN41BuG2_Ytx2YUFQ/s4032/IMG_1088.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_NbBa0fn1EKzZ_j_rJKn_G6VVDCEesmsRWggIspyBUGut8YG5QFvm0c8orRunBglxoWU3JBHElordRb6W5Vqvkz2K9JZ2WlS8M22jzr3Hj4pHRqBayAwu8dIv1gTGxtB5b0ELLGyXc5nSTUSwfTlvAIwFhT7MlstjJJRhbWpAqT8RikO-hczi11D0w/w480-h640/IMG_1089.HEIC" width="480" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">Myself</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iUgnckh5p2CjHlR8_HxwkGz74US5hgNBLKmt4r08z5tdisNZyv8vn46V4BwnVP-ABL5oGnap6DcMsiljXx-8c79820dbzpM2WJklNhTrUfUQZH1wkVFz7dkluuBJ9K0Uhp2to5AHPYKyWfTj2B6QLiQq4MSGC5QEtUThOPNzvSz_6W1SipVv61DJDg/s1800/971772C6-7749-428A-BF0E-B9FE74EDA3A9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iUgnckh5p2CjHlR8_HxwkGz74US5hgNBLKmt4r08z5tdisNZyv8vn46V4BwnVP-ABL5oGnap6DcMsiljXx-8c79820dbzpM2WJklNhTrUfUQZH1wkVFz7dkluuBJ9K0Uhp2to5AHPYKyWfTj2B6QLiQq4MSGC5QEtUThOPNzvSz_6W1SipVv61DJDg/w512-h640/971772C6-7749-428A-BF0E-B9FE74EDA3A9.jpg" width="512" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s nice to get outside </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">and enjoy nature.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAH0d4gwFcXWBTI8_GWcrJNlb1tcMUPhr_mnClL2DlsYTyggFjOfzB1gqqTHa_LB5k9zHWCetINF1_glq47XNq2uuYyBY3fF3T2rDOUVB44A1JiXXrOHoBIHYg_fxue2iFsBEqICKLiZdK31rDvCZN_jaCmel08MZMDitlztKGzfzKUpJ6Zssr0MU7A/s4032/IMG_1091.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAH0d4gwFcXWBTI8_GWcrJNlb1tcMUPhr_mnClL2DlsYTyggFjOfzB1gqqTHa_LB5k9zHWCetINF1_glq47XNq2uuYyBY3fF3T2rDOUVB44A1JiXXrOHoBIHYg_fxue2iFsBEqICKLiZdK31rDvCZN_jaCmel08MZMDitlztKGzfzKUpJ6Zssr0MU7A/w480-h640/IMG_1091.HEIC" width="480" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">December is around the corner,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><i>Time to start baking, shopping </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><i>and decorating for Christmas.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Thanks for your visit</span></i></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">☃️❄️🎅🏼❄️</span></i></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-52413799733581368532022-11-05T20:29:00.011-04:002022-11-06T09:09:36.522-05:00Harvesting Sunflowers <div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #bf9000;"><i> I planted a Sunflower Garden this year </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>and was surprised how easy </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>and beautiful it grew. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>I decided to harvest some seeds </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>for bird food in the winter.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzfzYBpC11fMUGO-Q6hsdGcrDh_3E4NVeOxLZRHh1asRYHdYTf0QslkN7FyVQodn0M2TJR4eNiBrhxTzF4IZcK0SoJ45sjnOy638XpqbznT1ULNXcA_Jqlz4X2wBcXk0SsqrIV1X5GidX-OmtWQStT9DXWmmOn5DnrtGmnQPyiXGoLHRt4Ncyagb32w/s2046/IMG_0308-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzfzYBpC11fMUGO-Q6hsdGcrDh_3E4NVeOxLZRHh1asRYHdYTf0QslkN7FyVQodn0M2TJR4eNiBrhxTzF4IZcK0SoJ45sjnOy638XpqbznT1ULNXcA_Jqlz4X2wBcXk0SsqrIV1X5GidX-OmtWQStT9DXWmmOn5DnrtGmnQPyiXGoLHRt4Ncyagb32w/w640-h480/IMG_0308-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">Sunflowers don't need rich </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">soil and are low maintenance.</span></i><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">🌻</span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0s1knCl9HJxZ7QuiVNIY09-YjxQatOus4hsroTlxDmyB_0yvQW5GYOnuhJ7UG0vcHe1x1fgGuDBalPplTbntLE4ynq9d-X_Bll5CojLsZUXSSHHbxEI4hQ2pl4ed3-lvXeQ0sevmv19pjBYHXqF25E8yzCjmlGGahGy0k3TQko9HdT6bMGfUUiLbbgA/s3158/IMG_0446.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2904" data-original-width="3158" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0s1knCl9HJxZ7QuiVNIY09-YjxQatOus4hsroTlxDmyB_0yvQW5GYOnuhJ7UG0vcHe1x1fgGuDBalPplTbntLE4ynq9d-X_Bll5CojLsZUXSSHHbxEI4hQ2pl4ed3-lvXeQ0sevmv19pjBYHXqF25E8yzCjmlGGahGy0k3TQko9HdT6bMGfUUiLbbgA/w640-h588/IMG_0446.HEIC" width="640" /></a><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>A peek at the first flower appearing</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaLd5jLnclZnoooYwXhle4C3Hbe3wTTcrvn3f7VXnkqLV72rVPx1WypzWGhfUnKPUEdus2AvSyKpc_trN6JmI0PwaRuf7Ws_igX3zgW9nM6wUQM4Ox7TtIMfpm3LgJ8p2O_VTsL9VR9rWgP0sK13xj1uXjNnwCnV2axVjUUX-ACcJ1VukulsLYKgD1Q/s3456/20220816_192130.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaLd5jLnclZnoooYwXhle4C3Hbe3wTTcrvn3f7VXnkqLV72rVPx1WypzWGhfUnKPUEdus2AvSyKpc_trN6JmI0PwaRuf7Ws_igX3zgW9nM6wUQM4Ox7TtIMfpm3LgJ8p2O_VTsL9VR9rWgP0sK13xj1uXjNnwCnV2axVjUUX-ACcJ1VukulsLYKgD1Q/w640-h640/20220816_192130.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>Amazing evolvement</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPC8no-BNOnLJkNw_VzqMyzYFGwNpMy-C5rYupYy1TI1PVnvCsuibb3H8p-9vKwO9g__6bLiTAWJx_6lKDLZXis1Bm5Idu2hC7MjYF7-zV7soQrtB05_Jj28eXE_Y6BIlWInIejnhvF2upXM0AQa0g1jHL8fFY4uq9BLT9zhoh29kz8Tzh5AFSQ7zk9g/s4032/IMG_0273.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPC8no-BNOnLJkNw_VzqMyzYFGwNpMy-C5rYupYy1TI1PVnvCsuibb3H8p-9vKwO9g__6bLiTAWJx_6lKDLZXis1Bm5Idu2hC7MjYF7-zV7soQrtB05_Jj28eXE_Y6BIlWInIejnhvF2upXM0AQa0g1jHL8fFY4uq9BLT9zhoh29kz8Tzh5AFSQ7zk9g/w480-h640/IMG_0273.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">Fun to photograph.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4jT7Jhf09Q52XqcfG6z3-sJc7NVG1hX88lczXhHQkWmzJA2T3NmPE95-jpkQAE6sCIK9GYo9UMiyDbvrau3gYES1wiBtdrrZkJiaLS7W0MUilyMroMNSi2FPZ1sW6t8E9_dDd85zsZtliwEG4mXOEj0jRWXlj1C9pxAkHBBk9Uf6uoTj65cLSA4-pQ/s4032/IMG_0410.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4jT7Jhf09Q52XqcfG6z3-sJc7NVG1hX88lczXhHQkWmzJA2T3NmPE95-jpkQAE6sCIK9GYo9UMiyDbvrau3gYES1wiBtdrrZkJiaLS7W0MUilyMroMNSi2FPZ1sW6t8E9_dDd85zsZtliwEG4mXOEj0jRWXlj1C9pxAkHBBk9Uf6uoTj65cLSA4-pQ/w480-h640/IMG_0410.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJOeEypI8JUmeM4nqPEUuqUNULKyMTflhePOrLCW2IUNym7x5RGGylq4y0uVt8FrkV3nEvHN3eDOZWf1wFUvQ6XwBywzXuh47XzicySQ-FsxaLnAcV7YR-Ez2HSAhDUrK9ZDdRgkpp107hkoFrd0-jWaarO5gKvLgnRLg4ooyyyGJOiVq5rrKf5LSKA/s4032/IMG_0259.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">Seeds.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-WcsgV2Jw7CqOY9juB3BE3Xkpr2qYoCeoUih_bJZIXI7jSFJHvNXAnqQx_HujolyDS4qvkOZmLLOJUIt8mZaBdLC78-eB9NlY6Yxn0PAZ05MurRdYsFXTmX5DXM66XogqP2fJ151bM-k1tmTI2BQ9V3tVvjg7Kw6MBJ2uZNFoWq9JfhP8vK6Dlza8g/s4032/IMG_0749.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-WcsgV2Jw7CqOY9juB3BE3Xkpr2qYoCeoUih_bJZIXI7jSFJHvNXAnqQx_HujolyDS4qvkOZmLLOJUIt8mZaBdLC78-eB9NlY6Yxn0PAZ05MurRdYsFXTmX5DXM66XogqP2fJ151bM-k1tmTI2BQ9V3tVvjg7Kw6MBJ2uZNFoWq9JfhP8vK6Dlza8g/w480-h640/IMG_0749.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">Lots of seeds</span></i></div></i><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7uKCLepb_O1v-QAYa8SbjVvqY1IReh8wBFpPb0iJkf-cPQ3dh6gN2jfUtVsFDgypudDD36LMD2uoy8YdpsfuGnMXTLRQObL_7ILQcm6yBqAyLks_3Lfrxcz0x6-eWToYvKqf5soYqq39HuaHiabBb_j8WUmAnVE6vXcsCmwdkZQJ5ei7ltSvZK14HQ/s4032/IMG_0745.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7uKCLepb_O1v-QAYa8SbjVvqY1IReh8wBFpPb0iJkf-cPQ3dh6gN2jfUtVsFDgypudDD36LMD2uoy8YdpsfuGnMXTLRQObL_7ILQcm6yBqAyLks_3Lfrxcz0x6-eWToYvKqf5soYqq39HuaHiabBb_j8WUmAnVE6vXcsCmwdkZQJ5ei7ltSvZK14HQ/w480-h640/IMG_0745.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">I placed the seeds in pans </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">and let them dry </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">for about a week.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWC_-NJfjYZAI2b26vbQqlfYDmJBJd4S5MWU3QCtOZbyu-dNJK9qVdQ4iHcKNRJGTPr408rUqeGTYTWXJMhtR_Ue5gU4i9vHoX1uP0tPprINy9tvajoB3FiT7gHYO7uZPlPfJZq6ibMvqlsys9tjvIjzBQHm__JHj-ypJyn3qpHyxlM8KDPiRMAuaMA/s3544/IMG_0813.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3544" data-original-width="2711" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWC_-NJfjYZAI2b26vbQqlfYDmJBJd4S5MWU3QCtOZbyu-dNJK9qVdQ4iHcKNRJGTPr408rUqeGTYTWXJMhtR_Ue5gU4i9vHoX1uP0tPprINy9tvajoB3FiT7gHYO7uZPlPfJZq6ibMvqlsys9tjvIjzBQHm__JHj-ypJyn3qpHyxlM8KDPiRMAuaMA/w490-h640/IMG_0813.HEIC" width="490" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br /></span></span></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">Close-up of some seeds</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrWH2RElYVEV2bslM7hyihDVR2lMKOoN6lUT4ltmswRRC2qCMtOj_6a7vTnbW3RHvdeSzNcip3XxS0uW0P1n0iUB67S4F-SMnPQwkyIbzRxZc7tVYo2Jr4So5ewQCI-dUmfCUwbO7e8cYkDSPjkRtjZrJCWcjuoPOOQGq0-xUrziGtlEikbPbhxBbTA/s2046/IMG_0815-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrWH2RElYVEV2bslM7hyihDVR2lMKOoN6lUT4ltmswRRC2qCMtOj_6a7vTnbW3RHvdeSzNcip3XxS0uW0P1n0iUB67S4F-SMnPQwkyIbzRxZc7tVYo2Jr4So5ewQCI-dUmfCUwbO7e8cYkDSPjkRtjZrJCWcjuoPOOQGq0-xUrziGtlEikbPbhxBbTA/w640-h480/IMG_0815-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">Sunflower seeds are edible and</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"> can be used in many food dishes.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAGeuC6dMffKH9Cz48CXGcbHd1CDYP6cr-qbXppDsXR2JBMEtpCa2ajr61pUWNwXTEjhUTmq0ROzdeEik6SmgSMAHK0ELZs_cWPReP_Nx2H3NDrz_bBGNJU0BORbgwF9HTro3p91m6Lcpdq-kIKDrGn_djGyQcXgU79KYZ9bcG3wlb8Ie_6WmrjRWkQ/s4032/IMG_0780.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAGeuC6dMffKH9Cz48CXGcbHd1CDYP6cr-qbXppDsXR2JBMEtpCa2ajr61pUWNwXTEjhUTmq0ROzdeEik6SmgSMAHK0ELZs_cWPReP_Nx2H3NDrz_bBGNJU0BORbgwF9HTro3p91m6Lcpdq-kIKDrGn_djGyQcXgU79KYZ9bcG3wlb8Ie_6WmrjRWkQ/w640-h480/IMG_0780.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rnDvQ-oAOufjG84oE9hfqREvMHo6HRVRa6viBiki5IjRdluuvm-AapaagvP9yYD-JAYBDdKqdFYoTFdEtsBOtfC0BxUPxN9F29bmEzzdC-vePweeQEjEMvukLjiMhskuDsOHK9mAZwyYa37kIEgJgVinvSz-R21xfSTO_oSS0shWcM4-xhHqG5vYXA/w480-h640/IMG_0777.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-OEk252SLArquNPSxDguf0eKXNaIJwTM-NW3pgkHKEC4HlZAe9z1DUunftwgOfPZrjnMe6LTyI8xOtV9RWwy-3YK_d8ZhrUvykiaVMFHOgVhRrhsNKBu7_6IgSQxpNbI6vdMDCK85Rj2yoqWZrpert0IMbvv-jAQwBbDSgNrUVPPo2sBHp0quJzeKA/s4032/IMG_0774.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-OEk252SLArquNPSxDguf0eKXNaIJwTM-NW3pgkHKEC4HlZAe9z1DUunftwgOfPZrjnMe6LTyI8xOtV9RWwy-3YK_d8ZhrUvykiaVMFHOgVhRrhsNKBu7_6IgSQxpNbI6vdMDCK85Rj2yoqWZrpert0IMbvv-jAQwBbDSgNrUVPPo2sBHp0quJzeKA/w480-h640/IMG_0774.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">So I have lot of seeds for the birds to enjoy!</span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">A fun experience for the first time,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">and maybe, I'll do it again next year.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">Thanks for your visit. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">🌻🌻🌻</span></i></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-69334715979567349122022-10-14T21:34:00.007-04:002022-11-05T21:43:57.429-04:00Autumn Colours<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> Autumn, the season of colour. </i></span></span></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Chill in the air, warmer clothes,</i></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><i>walks in the woods, birds squawking as </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><i>they prepare to head South for warmer weather.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Apple picking time and all the harvesting. </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I am sharing some photos around home. </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><i>Asters</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><i>When summer flowers fade away,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><i>Pretty Asters appear.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRE1TshTO3yA2w00MvtOndD0Y4v6eJgYCIdnGb8R1gWLI69C3up5ru7z8AzNCA2k1Q8zxj0uDVHWQLPLlO62_KVhrKJWqMWZLEw0kDEE8zfN8HrA3NsQDPdnL5teVeBsOdzFRXjjBa8wcCUuAMIioq22RH68CE648kg6ogVJd7FYbZJ_mLRVm-DiV_LA/s2046/IMG_0580-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2046" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRE1TshTO3yA2w00MvtOndD0Y4v6eJgYCIdnGb8R1gWLI69C3up5ru7z8AzNCA2k1Q8zxj0uDVHWQLPLlO62_KVhrKJWqMWZLEw0kDEE8zfN8HrA3NsQDPdnL5teVeBsOdzFRXjjBa8wcCUuAMIioq22RH68CE648kg6ogVJd7FYbZJ_mLRVm-DiV_LA/w640-h640/IMG_0580-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">In the woodland garden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe17aFuFHMKDyDAvkSbRj-iEeacqhlM1AC_DnWg5Q5-moN30xVV2IHS7ZQO8xXLT89t4X8bwmPZDEKCwjOPSXQ_UyDVHiyr3WhHgA13x9v4MpN2pv9Wej1UXICCG2PIwEpZp2qxjU-wW-wwkD5RkviSzQqPxign1HFM3CgQfo2Rr8uv3pYq0FwvAaOpw/s4032/IMG_0732.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe17aFuFHMKDyDAvkSbRj-iEeacqhlM1AC_DnWg5Q5-moN30xVV2IHS7ZQO8xXLT89t4X8bwmPZDEKCwjOPSXQ_UyDVHiyr3WhHgA13x9v4MpN2pv9Wej1UXICCG2PIwEpZp2qxjU-wW-wwkD5RkviSzQqPxign1HFM3CgQfo2Rr8uv3pYq0FwvAaOpw/w480-h640/IMG_0732.HEIC" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In front of the house</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9wdr3TaQguVyrJuXF5bRH2L1xmxkyCCZwfKJ2Ltq3AJHYE3Dbg54GzhuxHEeo4rB-C17hb00ulnV7el6wam-JYnOvSPCIVcRWHZB6zwMJDfNSjQXDA0Z5vB6Avjl_5n_WdL4ClH4DrT4_kU-q5HtRzNb2TeaadgNcnJW17CAHmHNGVZUwqu8c4GzXQ/w480-h640/IMG_0714.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Hostas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Beautiful in the Fall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXEJ1yWyWx-e8LKas33b7jAy6rQEnQals_FNKzx_fH3alBWAHIV1nTyqw_YHf7NaZ0UitsCA_Y8NnBluu8E008n7v6nJPE4LdZLlMV1gVUzvu5EE0W_MlC4qgw0qbSNNO2588O3e18p3l09XUxzAkkg7LvR81C6c4n_Cp-fw2rQ5udCT0VhgdJWe98Q/s4032/IMG_0735.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEo1QUHCFB-OchmkmCsygn2-HRMXbaXSxD-aARlpA3HdsOhmsMhlCsZVoNIV_Gx7ggJU23pgFXnJkXuw2EXAes_nBBMUJHS7ijpk9sTy2A7NUxfboFwZK5XRlvw9uRYvtf0iMOq8KISNkGmo4EszN6g9f5U4q1AMhJdoW4VW73Eda4yGvsC-k8vvgjbQ/w480-h640/IMG_0723.HEIC" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Virginia creeper</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tJSBEWeDtuetfSfe6VdMmrNaJ64Vee6cays0UWnKtFPYWvfvNdfGrE1S0rxmZw7C6Ds1xEh8cpd2i9f5smaHZPtlT6EyD1X74VP7XtMBHrAJQjRm3fJgMEhAA9yY3bXV6Im22hRVkVSfkFHmOZPrOiIZftXS_zx1ajZJskMPMoUFRuZzfxXzbBxPKQ/s4032/IMG_0700.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tJSBEWeDtuetfSfe6VdMmrNaJ64Vee6cays0UWnKtFPYWvfvNdfGrE1S0rxmZw7C6Ds1xEh8cpd2i9f5smaHZPtlT6EyD1X74VP7XtMBHrAJQjRm3fJgMEhAA9yY3bXV6Im22hRVkVSfkFHmOZPrOiIZftXS_zx1ajZJskMPMoUFRuZzfxXzbBxPKQ/w480-h640/IMG_0700.HEIC" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Crept up to the birdhouses</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy4HouprAMy1upS0kqOQrXYSnOlr93VbXKC8i4Zpw8huIMUj50wF7eTKHqY4x9QhZFMtcRj-gieapgy_gKY4KxN2LNpxRKHcuI-XBiI1IYUskbeURuJcy6d-ikGo6KlXoNJPoGa2ZgBGSfsrYwj8eMdrOxKBWZGS31aUJcksBSqCaj4JvweHVi3w11w/s4032/IMG_0699.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy4HouprAMy1upS0kqOQrXYSnOlr93VbXKC8i4Zpw8huIMUj50wF7eTKHqY4x9QhZFMtcRj-gieapgy_gKY4KxN2LNpxRKHcuI-XBiI1IYUskbeURuJcy6d-ikGo6KlXoNJPoGa2ZgBGSfsrYwj8eMdrOxKBWZGS31aUJcksBSqCaj4JvweHVi3w11w/w480-h640/IMG_0699.HEIC" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The last roses of Summer.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On small tea rose bushes.</i></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEOYkB7FHMGYB63BAX8g8eNrHHt7pL04iOwbt1vI8RWqPnsDbZ6g-PvKPoaPIogCFUmWity1MKDaarsI-ewF1C706fZanq1O7nGgQrflWxPkkbrrK6B-qLfOroDvKy-rHSmnkI8hvkSzZ39kwyPp0E6KOnkT2cnQ3DHXBjvTqUAfvoa67lUwGZTfGJw/s2046/IMG_0575-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEOYkB7FHMGYB63BAX8g8eNrHHt7pL04iOwbt1vI8RWqPnsDbZ6g-PvKPoaPIogCFUmWity1MKDaarsI-ewF1C706fZanq1O7nGgQrflWxPkkbrrK6B-qLfOroDvKy-rHSmnkI8hvkSzZ39kwyPp0E6KOnkT2cnQ3DHXBjvTqUAfvoa67lUwGZTfGJw/w640-h480/IMG_0575-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ferns</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtt72Zx3QRGeB4nosou9OSwNtEcqmQIVCJ3IpExGrlMW0iSYjqh-UE_LxrLrfVw6a_qUuXqqsHqgStGndtwuUZ66XerT01H58sdX6qldy1NgQ5kSFEaGm1WqtwCt6kIXgKzYgBftKzPVchCHloi6sV0VbUtCnXJa5oyYjMB0mfb9Hj1wNYQT8wcxboA/s4032/IMG_0572.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtt72Zx3QRGeB4nosou9OSwNtEcqmQIVCJ3IpExGrlMW0iSYjqh-UE_LxrLrfVw6a_qUuXqqsHqgStGndtwuUZ66XerT01H58sdX6qldy1NgQ5kSFEaGm1WqtwCt6kIXgKzYgBftKzPVchCHloi6sV0VbUtCnXJa5oyYjMB0mfb9Hj1wNYQT8wcxboA/w480-h640/IMG_0572.HEIC" width="480" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>In the woods</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7wFyTNOnXocqvoEUNOvcpPD9HU0zrHC3sqYAkrH2dSLVkXVFc8yZMzrlohCdvAiTxZ81LCxzUOOlMxytM0bsOr5nRYoRnBoMRV7A39V4mF25q8jh1P8EeCZNGQ99vJGh9LiJL8p2UR6flp8uX3mZ-PAsad7M2Bas_zfuK26EKOuGbNisoQL32Z9h2w/s4032/IMG_0571.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7wFyTNOnXocqvoEUNOvcpPD9HU0zrHC3sqYAkrH2dSLVkXVFc8yZMzrlohCdvAiTxZ81LCxzUOOlMxytM0bsOr5nRYoRnBoMRV7A39V4mF25q8jh1P8EeCZNGQ99vJGh9LiJL8p2UR6flp8uX3mZ-PAsad7M2Bas_zfuK26EKOuGbNisoQL32Z9h2w/w480-h640/IMG_0571.HEIC" width="480" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A huge Barberry bush growing in the woods.</i></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;">The birds must have carried the seeds there.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>We seem to do more baking and</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i> cooking this time of year.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>So many great flavours in the Fall.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>I baked a Pumpkin Walnut Loaf,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>For the recipe, click <a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2022/10/pumpkin-loaf.html">here.</a></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKEFQTUn5oWH6D74Yc1xzdjfNP5tETsBlv9tToNWX7Cdim5NKKF7tTOAAmvpDoxKzKqpyeEY1sgjchYkhdAG0D6jy-mzg6_yzEZkdb2WaXltAH6Fb-247TODAfi-L1lRk2QjS1TDeyuWFDg8PL6sCWYjzfTIJUhl9dUutVZu0JTChEI5sO2Z5gmZzRw/s5184/8689E1D4-6CE0-43C3-9C6E-87A5041541F8_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKEFQTUn5oWH6D74Yc1xzdjfNP5tETsBlv9tToNWX7Cdim5NKKF7tTOAAmvpDoxKzKqpyeEY1sgjchYkhdAG0D6jy-mzg6_yzEZkdb2WaXltAH6Fb-247TODAfi-L1lRk2QjS1TDeyuWFDg8PL6sCWYjzfTIJUhl9dUutVZu0JTChEI5sO2Z5gmZzRw/w640-h480/8689E1D4-6CE0-43C3-9C6E-87A5041541F8_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Thanks for your visit.</span></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">💛💛💛</span></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-13448043222603317872022-09-12T14:40:00.038-04:002022-09-21T14:22:19.111-04:00Paddington And The Queen<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The world is in mourning with </span></i></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the passing of our Queen, </i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A remarkable lady who gave</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>her life of service to the people.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>May she rest in peace, eternally reunited </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with her husband, Prince Philip.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You have probably seen the comical skit with </i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Paddington Bear and the Queen Elizabeth</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> having tea, </i><i>during celebrations,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> for her </i><i>70 yrs of service.</i></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="color: #a64d79; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #a64d79; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNvI9rBwt6p-8ws-F4HkxSKm0Rhe5Q3flPJO3zDZOsJD2qekuPqA1XQU1POHFanW6DjnkVLaIKAoAFXGKftjR4-OiBZwRcuq5OcyzHO0aa4XqbDeN6qXzK_bgfJIL2V1XHSj6zlFaeW2Y_e2shKX5C3jgF9O8nqlDkMiL-JIA_sh8DTjcbd0hZ0W0mw/s4032/IMG_0444.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2772" data-original-width="4032" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNvI9rBwt6p-8ws-F4HkxSKm0Rhe5Q3flPJO3zDZOsJD2qekuPqA1XQU1POHFanW6DjnkVLaIKAoAFXGKftjR4-OiBZwRcuq5OcyzHO0aa4XqbDeN6qXzK_bgfJIL2V1XHSj6zlFaeW2Y_e2shKX5C3jgF9O8nqlDkMiL-JIA_sh8DTjcbd0hZ0W0mw/w640-h440/IMG_0444.HEIC" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">My black china collection.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="color: #a64d79; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I'm sharing my little story,</i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>hope you enjoy it.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>When visiting London during 2018,</i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>we used the underground/metro a lot,</i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>passing Paddington Station.</i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I had never heard of</i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i> Paddington Bear.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On our flight home, the Paddington </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>movies </i><i>were playing on the airplane.</i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My daughter encouraged me</i></div></span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">to watch them. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">That same year before Christmas;</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I usually mail across Canada to my</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Grandsons, their Christmas gifts and</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>include a stuffed animal with it.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I searched for Paddington Bears </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and couldn't find any.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We were deep in the Pandemic,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the world had shut-down and </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> we were limited to services.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> So I send </i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>substitute bears.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>In the mail, Christmas Eve, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I receive this adorable</i></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"> bear from </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>my niece, Linda in Mississauga.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Such a delight and surprise,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><i> that I could </i></span><i>blog about him,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Although I wish it were in happier</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>times and not the passing of</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Her Majesty, our Queen. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92V-Sq7kVaT7_CVhtPH9MHVtQi8qsRAMxfm4cnUWsgg2zqovmxi9lgNhzfsryOpxVfUhrpjNnfPOgplwZtjHIRyvicuCJPIp4dNcf5bcF0k54OhzQwKE1NxQcus_DtluQHdloydt5DTM9Mehdmz9UbuJYN4MVbMkwad-gaiuCvG9ufq7kei4HTSdZHQ/s918/A5316098-BBBE-4C3D-9381-0D2D16C65CED.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="918" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92V-Sq7kVaT7_CVhtPH9MHVtQi8qsRAMxfm4cnUWsgg2zqovmxi9lgNhzfsryOpxVfUhrpjNnfPOgplwZtjHIRyvicuCJPIp4dNcf5bcF0k54OhzQwKE1NxQcus_DtluQHdloydt5DTM9Mehdmz9UbuJYN4MVbMkwad-gaiuCvG9ufq7kei4HTSdZHQ/w640-h640/A5316098-BBBE-4C3D-9381-0D2D16C65CED.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: medium;">A gift from my niece, Linda</span></td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Paddington is a live action</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">animated film. (fairy tale)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The story of a Peruvian bear</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">who arrived in London on</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">a cargo ship and finds himself</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> lost in Paddington Station and the</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">bear is taken home by a British family</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and given the name Paddington Bear,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">after the Paddington Station.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">He experiences a lot of misadventures,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">trying to avoid a museum taxidermist.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A movie enjoyed by children and adults.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*******</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>With a heavy heart we say our</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>final farewell and thank you to</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>our Majesty Queen Elizabeth II</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0N044XPAr5_xqpl7_Sg_aRPddgt_wcy839u3kYgJHg-jHnb0zZ2CFKDGaBJUUPZinS7EwFBZd48G-1fnKzT3pc7H3bGMHWaNgT6ceNNiAXzxWYM6JOBk5NHARvBQ-LvYWhSpjXNiC4idNsMhoUVHuwBRvrOCMYQX9eN87GEyCL0S47SEiE_6i6a1Zg/s1760/BFBFFCBB-50EA-4041-A4AE-BFD08B827EF7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1760" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0N044XPAr5_xqpl7_Sg_aRPddgt_wcy839u3kYgJHg-jHnb0zZ2CFKDGaBJUUPZinS7EwFBZd48G-1fnKzT3pc7H3bGMHWaNgT6ceNNiAXzxWYM6JOBk5NHARvBQ-LvYWhSpjXNiC4idNsMhoUVHuwBRvrOCMYQX9eN87GEyCL0S47SEiE_6i6a1Zg/w466-h640/BFBFFCBB-50EA-4041-A4AE-BFD08B827EF7.jpeg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I also want to wish our new king,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> King Charles III</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">best wishes as starts his reign.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Long live the King.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for your visit.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">👑👑👑</span></i></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-74519862462647627812022-08-30T17:59:00.025-04:002023-02-24T21:33:43.811-05:00Sunflowers And More ~ 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVctoAzEKW5-mlyP1EftF1T_pIH2lFxYY6BP76tIo2v3-smGv28mF2uDiukla6AW3rMm6Vnh6fwQL3tpA7xf53wiLfyjEHRmF43LqR-1cwGQk2T9yT22Sz6LkUvS_2tepysx4fK-Nt67tmFMjy4u5s-yFg5UswAngjwlw91cO1vzo-0NRd8EM1Y7unkw/s4032/IMG_0195.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVctoAzEKW5-mlyP1EftF1T_pIH2lFxYY6BP76tIo2v3-smGv28mF2uDiukla6AW3rMm6Vnh6fwQL3tpA7xf53wiLfyjEHRmF43LqR-1cwGQk2T9yT22Sz6LkUvS_2tepysx4fK-Nt67tmFMjy4u5s-yFg5UswAngjwlw91cO1vzo-0NRd8EM1Y7unkw/w480-h640/IMG_0195.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Summer is coming to an end,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">as flowers are fading away.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Fall is in the air and</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">around the corner.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Autumn with cooler temperatures</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">and beautiful colours.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I have never planted annual</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">sunflowers before this year.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Last Spring, with the sad news </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">of Russia invading Ukraine </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">and Sunflowers being the</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> national flower of Ukraine;</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>to show solidarity, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>I decided to plant some.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">A little Sunflower Garden</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">that I planted<u> late</u> in June.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I started them from seed and</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> have a few flowers so far blooming.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">They are an easy flower to grow.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Germinating fast and they tolerate</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">poor soil. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5isKFLgPtpAg-TyyEMoN6L_y0kP4IMqmqT8LC3Uwo6orAv2URw_ksUUat2fwNnRdQAJSZDWgHznFaoKyY4FemZL0GkJ618G_l6ouTOiGQkUu0E-Mi5UV_fFqAHkjq7DLZiE8G4l_ZS66HufUepGN8g4A1eCWPXvdNXoqgQyx4_-ZvvGC4Unu1oQ6dGw/w480-h640/IMG_0104.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><div><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I have approx, 7 types of </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Sunflowers planted.</span></i></div></i><div><div><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I'm anxious to see more blossom.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOqtlCyvCLPoMeZijPr1DIy50f3f_JuJZiIBK9mPNErj1P9iqUJRxdgEBO36gKTBhLdS-WW1_IVkjTMky_OFtLqM6HT_ekHuSZb9zH7hAgIphhKgzouCAegpdqnS8OpYaLQBwiFOrHS_EbYUg4b6ewMwszEZQzRpYKc1Z73Dk0hUPcwsFtrDkUuPXXw/s3568/IMG_0252.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2943" data-original-width="3568" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOqtlCyvCLPoMeZijPr1DIy50f3f_JuJZiIBK9mPNErj1P9iqUJRxdgEBO36gKTBhLdS-WW1_IVkjTMky_OFtLqM6HT_ekHuSZb9zH7hAgIphhKgzouCAegpdqnS8OpYaLQBwiFOrHS_EbYUg4b6ewMwszEZQzRpYKc1Z73Dk0hUPcwsFtrDkUuPXXw/w640-h528/IMG_0252.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">The next 2 photos is an update ,</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">15 days later </span></i><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">after I made this blog post.</span></i></div><div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0C4ACf1u5Cym4RlJjBnFI4SBbFnQGQZzDleAKQnj2QNpAS4x9tAU-QdtV_ykV5F00LePqIaTfZsWOKPjQbpORKG9Gp1zoZkpZBBVxbcCH7SgDXP8CosRuivcrrcqItEElQc681iwM7fONLKYAcpF6UG9rTErhgOYnUpTPs7xanBuHM_byEiRPvsw5Q/s4032/IMG_0449.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0C4ACf1u5Cym4RlJjBnFI4SBbFnQGQZzDleAKQnj2QNpAS4x9tAU-QdtV_ykV5F00LePqIaTfZsWOKPjQbpORKG9Gp1zoZkpZBBVxbcCH7SgDXP8CosRuivcrrcqItEElQc681iwM7fONLKYAcpF6UG9rTErhgOYnUpTPs7xanBuHM_byEiRPvsw5Q/w480-h640/IMG_0449.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IF-iGco0WcCkQTHwNJ5gVL0i03DMC9fZKBHnABDPBFzDSI9AB-AU2kqSOKQEwOV4qlD4iaJU3PE_tLjwegX_96B9b6IScAxYDZiwNsKeunVD-5N6YuAeVmoBk0OuAk4a-7v0ObEuGbRLV3Au_JYcsdHmzjOHKYFlKrWJSeuHwRgILHZrc9CcXxgQpA/s264/051E2969-44C9-4ACF-8CE4-7BE67F78F064_4_5005_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="264" height="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IF-iGco0WcCkQTHwNJ5gVL0i03DMC9fZKBHnABDPBFzDSI9AB-AU2kqSOKQEwOV4qlD4iaJU3PE_tLjwegX_96B9b6IScAxYDZiwNsKeunVD-5N6YuAeVmoBk0OuAk4a-7v0ObEuGbRLV3Au_JYcsdHmzjOHKYFlKrWJSeuHwRgILHZrc9CcXxgQpA/w640-h589/051E2969-44C9-4ACF-8CE4-7BE67F78F064_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="640" /><br /></a></div></div><br /></i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Sunflowers</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">symbolize signs of peace and contentment.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYCuIhxwoP5ZWQ0sor0g26qijG6OFG1WJsjm6l_qyJch0TGo4D5Y3qDVlL-QOlp16sRqsUltEaTl8dIDfCscRrynGrGPVaRhju7XtEca-RD_aKAV5-J5DphUumKAxhUJAZlJkQAjChzORwTdPGVYute9VrLXnklrVit9CplvCSEwNxYnxPOO1WXda_g/s4032/IMG_0108.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYCuIhxwoP5ZWQ0sor0g26qijG6OFG1WJsjm6l_qyJch0TGo4D5Y3qDVlL-QOlp16sRqsUltEaTl8dIDfCscRrynGrGPVaRhju7XtEca-RD_aKAV5-J5DphUumKAxhUJAZlJkQAjChzORwTdPGVYute9VrLXnklrVit9CplvCSEwNxYnxPOO1WXda_g/w480-h640/IMG_0108.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><div><br /></div></i><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I'm happy to see </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">birds are feeding here.</span></i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3ib-_HdNrVaZMU6iKsHokdHVyAUBW_uD3PfXZEeFN1JkTh7juJfiMAcRww1riQuDmYfIuue0GZRynPGGjmQwvC3-jzYJ5-S1KRrZurAR-qaDPd_gqA7l4Zbc4F0aVBJD6aiLgU6ddX5q6psANdYXSYwa_Yy5krCM74cxhrNhAwLC1qlt31UPfBo27w/w480-h640/IMG_0109.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">and bees, wasps and other insects.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMgX1_kPL0M_pkL8DKlYcJ-2T-xNE1SgXNo52n63_Sjbdd2-daLUI5U8RONNV4ldWva6MCoV0_WbNaaJhIhv3l1EZVx9oE36Zvyr1zSgIZ49vPfXJ3FVI8o94VhggktblPjTHwD1xRa44N25nJzx85W2erzttqSgxpYfPe5Ny4aN6Sj8Qi8Dy2BcKnQ/s4032/IMG_0232.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMgX1_kPL0M_pkL8DKlYcJ-2T-xNE1SgXNo52n63_Sjbdd2-daLUI5U8RONNV4ldWva6MCoV0_WbNaaJhIhv3l1EZVx9oE36Zvyr1zSgIZ49vPfXJ3FVI8o94VhggktblPjTHwD1xRa44N25nJzx85W2erzttqSgxpYfPe5Ny4aN6Sj8Qi8Dy2BcKnQ/w480-h640/IMG_0232.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Gaillardia (blanket</span></i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>flower)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">A perennial.</span></i></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">A smaller bright one at the right </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">bottom of the garden photo.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKqk1nyp3i4tZGWYtaNwOng1Rhrtg_z-h1fhSH8Aly66nQXSxBFlpO6e_VL3ACYPwI-F5wB-273twzplrcxFEB_fm5vQ-K6MVK85GlfjREHPILbMQ_jxZ8Q9W42Eq25AhJhNsfXJ4TlA1ykBNnkynZisJL0xmhiujaw74S9Wpxj_MByhPCk2ozFeOBg/s4032/IMG_0264.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKqk1nyp3i4tZGWYtaNwOng1Rhrtg_z-h1fhSH8Aly66nQXSxBFlpO6e_VL3ACYPwI-F5wB-273twzplrcxFEB_fm5vQ-K6MVK85GlfjREHPILbMQ_jxZ8Q9W42Eq25AhJhNsfXJ4TlA1ykBNnkynZisJL0xmhiujaw74S9Wpxj_MByhPCk2ozFeOBg/w640-h480/IMG_0264.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Teddy Bear Sunflowers</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">( A photo taken later)<br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgn0RFbI4p4LJHcvTC1GVzBkSuTpo5YJJL24oHUlbLTplq5IETUnJsQ1vWJ9EKfJAx0LLZZIVfH-gDS61KikRONPrsz36yH7qdIT71G38Sfxa7IKuL9AER0d_gvfgBbqPHXyo3L_2kg_1qBaEsFMLjs03xG3B4cxjQ0zoJ4D4712C77TFBSgOy6BWkg/s4032/IMG_0437.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgn0RFbI4p4LJHcvTC1GVzBkSuTpo5YJJL24oHUlbLTplq5IETUnJsQ1vWJ9EKfJAx0LLZZIVfH-gDS61KikRONPrsz36yH7qdIT71G38Sfxa7IKuL9AER0d_gvfgBbqPHXyo3L_2kg_1qBaEsFMLjs03xG3B4cxjQ0zoJ4D4712C77TFBSgOy6BWkg/w480-h640/IMG_0437.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">In the back of the Sunflower garden</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">grows a Rudbeckia which I didn't plant. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">A perennial flower </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">that will return, </span></i><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">next year. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">From the same family </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">(</span></i><span face="Roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><i>Asteraceae)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">as the Sunflower.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xC_EpYx6VljFRgfK5YiHTsDl2yACCV9SeFfoo-_V-sc3eKZ7RW5bRMesDc_T8MGXZgsISyFbeC-rn9kV3lEUOSVL9i4vZg64WBwvLPCdIKaACZhsDuzJGklb70-mgpctj36s7bbxSBhbBjWGP2dTbiYLTACGkQWsl8HMQIbuZjkYQac11pYtTReiNw/s2046/20220816_192509-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xC_EpYx6VljFRgfK5YiHTsDl2yACCV9SeFfoo-_V-sc3eKZ7RW5bRMesDc_T8MGXZgsISyFbeC-rn9kV3lEUOSVL9i4vZg64WBwvLPCdIKaACZhsDuzJGklb70-mgpctj36s7bbxSBhbBjWGP2dTbiYLTACGkQWsl8HMQIbuZjkYQac11pYtTReiNw/w640-h480/20220816_192509-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I do have some </span></i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>perennial sunflowers</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>that have been here for many years.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>Below are False Sunflowers with</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>Gooseneck Loosestrife.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitib4m_LFtGhsCCYMq5fn0JEMuf2juLaHNVgQ0474-IR9qwsZQgMvhNlIwCQnPAj60dVUkEUNL79brSwP-1LA0AxvvVpWbgimvaITPoa9K0MFgtGBBa2rp8zukW09khXTDXLe6vEg1anhbl_WFVVGnS6mdQlhQvfVlvjMFY0AyQEk5K50X1YbTA5KuNg/s3456/20220815_165020(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitib4m_LFtGhsCCYMq5fn0JEMuf2juLaHNVgQ0474-IR9qwsZQgMvhNlIwCQnPAj60dVUkEUNL79brSwP-1LA0AxvvVpWbgimvaITPoa9K0MFgtGBBa2rp8zukW09khXTDXLe6vEg1anhbl_WFVVGnS6mdQlhQvfVlvjMFY0AyQEk5K50X1YbTA5KuNg/w640-h640/20220815_165020(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Some other flowers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">blooming at this time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Gooseneck Loosestrife,</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">with its graceful arching flower.</span></i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CwVjP80fJHL1935ad4_8Okandmow_e21W7-P9oE2aYOP86_Lbh_bWHxDld1sIA6nmPGrJPtptZ9BV4KPPUZBxfPAAt175Jl6cj4Cqx7W1SiQs3kqSuyVCSzVwY_Oqte0cAr0EUw-XwY8Vya9geCUC4yMS_FZI4VdzA2KOOYkzOiOGJnFWxJAAdCqLg/s4032/IMG_0198.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CwVjP80fJHL1935ad4_8Okandmow_e21W7-P9oE2aYOP86_Lbh_bWHxDld1sIA6nmPGrJPtptZ9BV4KPPUZBxfPAAt175Jl6cj4Cqx7W1SiQs3kqSuyVCSzVwY_Oqte0cAr0EUw-XwY8Vya9geCUC4yMS_FZI4VdzA2KOOYkzOiOGJnFWxJAAdCqLg/w480-h640/IMG_0198.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Black-Eyed Susan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">with Pearly Everlasting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWabmqSiD1A4dJAd4hdBlZrbh0t5K6Mi5rP9ZmEPjx-7YiH4AuasxLaGcSmOgKHdMHnE2H6j1wCG0SMJxcmKo3k23zYyGCPBA775m3KZN51xdUkPkco4UZ3BsIAWLqvd1kSKfRmGi8pxBZVsgfNnon8CYqmSVrkYH2MbHJ6TK2ifoUNSJ2_YX6vuhkQ/s4032/IMG_0205.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWabmqSiD1A4dJAd4hdBlZrbh0t5K6Mi5rP9ZmEPjx-7YiH4AuasxLaGcSmOgKHdMHnE2H6j1wCG0SMJxcmKo3k23zYyGCPBA775m3KZN51xdUkPkco4UZ3BsIAWLqvd1kSKfRmGi8pxBZVsgfNnon8CYqmSVrkYH2MbHJ6TK2ifoUNSJ2_YX6vuhkQ/w480-h640/IMG_0205.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Black-Eyed Susans</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">can be </span></i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>biennial</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOg4LDYfu9hWPMhPYNkeIFRjpuC5oN8EzAsCUicLyp5plXkBmTKB1WGLKcF-I-de9vLuXyMrs5HlrXnIzD1wThBvwHy-qQxWVVDyb4PTbJEIePHbK_XxTjyLfgs16TFN8TlPhhj8ewTUP4_2NPIk6SbctOnb7V3dogEqDEUz5l1Wqy9UnFSEPk3d0uaA/s4032/IMG_0206.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOg4LDYfu9hWPMhPYNkeIFRjpuC5oN8EzAsCUicLyp5plXkBmTKB1WGLKcF-I-de9vLuXyMrs5HlrXnIzD1wThBvwHy-qQxWVVDyb4PTbJEIePHbK_XxTjyLfgs16TFN8TlPhhj8ewTUP4_2NPIk6SbctOnb7V3dogEqDEUz5l1Wqy9UnFSEPk3d0uaA/w480-h640/IMG_0206.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">A wild flower - Pearly Everlasting</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>made great dried flowers,</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>and look nice in a bouquet.<br /></i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYiOEJmY4t3JS7AmPWmH2wJ4kh93m8x960XaKD-AZyCmmj_QFKnbKuF1bIRQh7y85SHBIJ9X2Mv6qCgWMxJWQZmQBDayMFdxBSzyz4YRgXbd-tPH8je6o0n0oBQ5fBDW57PME_GEweVJ0OFgx6wfnHxiUL6qOgL5TdKNMzvFGwTEr9RZsjNkshwxkTA/s4032/IMG_0209.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYiOEJmY4t3JS7AmPWmH2wJ4kh93m8x960XaKD-AZyCmmj_QFKnbKuF1bIRQh7y85SHBIJ9X2Mv6qCgWMxJWQZmQBDayMFdxBSzyz4YRgXbd-tPH8je6o0n0oBQ5fBDW57PME_GEweVJ0OFgx6wfnHxiUL6qOgL5TdKNMzvFGwTEr9RZsjNkshwxkTA/w480-h640/IMG_0209.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">False Sunflowers</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">An invasive </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">perennial plant</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7uDmfL8S6dRO4AUk4teqZWCz9zJ0htm0YeaeM_VDg1iDR2myLc930YwQDXLpEKi29DVTnVF5gOTsn6NXNOtFI8JdldOEnnKKdbsBYXUDegs3oTV-tdG0SWwqT3NyVcs9imFbv14C0cdPFIJVFvZIUQfNyF6yZ1TjBgLDKTavnuK54hrvT_0-gEZTkg/s2046/IMG_0202-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7uDmfL8S6dRO4AUk4teqZWCz9zJ0htm0YeaeM_VDg1iDR2myLc930YwQDXLpEKi29DVTnVF5gOTsn6NXNOtFI8JdldOEnnKKdbsBYXUDegs3oTV-tdG0SWwqT3NyVcs9imFbv14C0cdPFIJVFvZIUQfNyF6yZ1TjBgLDKTavnuK54hrvT_0-gEZTkg/w640-h480/IMG_0202-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Scented phlox</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRfVIlaUMvi6cesEx2SUP0Q0U97xyPlBIV4x_bckHtiI_gWlV6ND7f8ZJNE7gBBh-jXA-3plshIEVqXAa5BxN00QDkUYXCwZeQ2gsFrX7syG4IK1IYIWbMyocJ1WM3ycNOCrnzGd6rNQs7uiIz65_1s2XWP1e76Lf73vOyX-3wpH4Bzh-DRWFpyHu0Q/s2046/IMG_0087-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRfVIlaUMvi6cesEx2SUP0Q0U97xyPlBIV4x_bckHtiI_gWlV6ND7f8ZJNE7gBBh-jXA-3plshIEVqXAa5BxN00QDkUYXCwZeQ2gsFrX7syG4IK1IYIWbMyocJ1WM3ycNOCrnzGd6rNQs7uiIz65_1s2XWP1e76Lf73vOyX-3wpH4Bzh-DRWFpyHu0Q/w640-h480/IMG_0087-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">with Sunflowers</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCsyKFWUZR5X6vKI5o46O8FSD-Sf3maT6v7bif_rmiyBSVWLzLU-0za4dqWi42Hbgl7wMAjaa6BX1IlWTBkco3C4e6gxOX9_NdtfiXCOkn2XZKALyClJgjpDz_RxO5krel3Ekiko9VKCdUdshbJcmTz3EPvMP2BZrGLGQ_D-BHqbk1jLWPZmBZtl-DQ/s4032/IMG_0242.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCsyKFWUZR5X6vKI5o46O8FSD-Sf3maT6v7bif_rmiyBSVWLzLU-0za4dqWi42Hbgl7wMAjaa6BX1IlWTBkco3C4e6gxOX9_NdtfiXCOkn2XZKALyClJgjpDz_RxO5krel3Ekiko9VKCdUdshbJcmTz3EPvMP2BZrGLGQ_D-BHqbk1jLWPZmBZtl-DQ/w480-h640/IMG_0242.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CRkMNpY3Qq12D3GCSEIdQYRQirZsBD4CadIIlKib0XJ6yygHcQlayjQFmuipCtlHC6SnSd5YQBXN8N9OJOBqwHQX-ynUQAXOEk4XNIBeg_9sAOtnr0CFNFTj9IbEpGQUQiOklD7TYvRyWuClci5or44TAuTmL_3-8Y8GBjcPu9RqZrstCypK24fCzQ/s4032/IMG_0248.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Helenium</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>a perennial flower,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>from the same family </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>as the Sunflower.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRoWVPAYYyWmn6jv7JE9C8_6N4prihqaYJzSrjRHDauYaRaXsigksIqzJlGLc7ZKa8N2b619FwJm0D8G5jFTWtxEeDdTEjn-HcJVtyhMBVfXV0dcUZkoN9dabktSFRMlpNEcIP5vSUhzUU52qHTbFNb3FnX1AmtdcEvrKgdvO14arBinve9XLJYk2eQ/s2046/IMG_0120-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRoWVPAYYyWmn6jv7JE9C8_6N4prihqaYJzSrjRHDauYaRaXsigksIqzJlGLc7ZKa8N2b619FwJm0D8G5jFTWtxEeDdTEjn-HcJVtyhMBVfXV0dcUZkoN9dabktSFRMlpNEcIP5vSUhzUU52qHTbFNb3FnX1AmtdcEvrKgdvO14arBinve9XLJYk2eQ/w640-h480/IMG_0120-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Different shades, shapes </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">and bright colours.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">One of my favourite.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">They make beautiful cut flowers</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">and are long lasting in a vase.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWB5s2ZjHxnhVAXDfCC7MR295b7ep-NtpAGXtiu0AmbsPsbLuaHYomr4FrxlR7TwP0JaW8d0OR_vDH1bE-EIQsu5of0CpqqH8pc0aq3ATe15P9f4bq08Tz1w3mDdOo0bMYMGf2wczJYj4qLbkQw_PHVL387hAQ0c-8Pz1kEDV_jMc9cm8n3YRxT4b5Q/s2046/IMG_0177-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWB5s2ZjHxnhVAXDfCC7MR295b7ep-NtpAGXtiu0AmbsPsbLuaHYomr4FrxlR7TwP0JaW8d0OR_vDH1bE-EIQsu5of0CpqqH8pc0aq3ATe15P9f4bq08Tz1w3mDdOo0bMYMGf2wczJYj4qLbkQw_PHVL387hAQ0c-8Pz1kEDV_jMc9cm8n3YRxT4b5Q/w640-h480/IMG_0177-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><i>from the Sunflower family also.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOIMHSp5q42LuksO7EqR52FEyRdddF7W-rgjjtBOprv0OF86yxnXs55ojkiMN_D3mgUzj-ZZaFqA0MkOa2_pgP6qJsECJ10I2n-kP64xx6QEnot9kAVjsiEHnmNtIv1loPWzwMXXKOpjKy1-rxQ02HUtipk0YrAXhhzObWtF1ZQfxpHDFzm6fKkMCFA/s2046/IMG_0018-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOIMHSp5q42LuksO7EqR52FEyRdddF7W-rgjjtBOprv0OF86yxnXs55ojkiMN_D3mgUzj-ZZaFqA0MkOa2_pgP6qJsECJ10I2n-kP64xx6QEnot9kAVjsiEHnmNtIv1loPWzwMXXKOpjKy1-rxQ02HUtipk0YrAXhhzObWtF1ZQfxpHDFzm6fKkMCFA/w640-h480/IMG_0018-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>While walking on the beach last week,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>I found this rusty horseshoe, lucky!!</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazauNvKrCnakrfKBxoPkn45g4hxIkXw0Cp1U1i7T3IWEyqa_wfvD0oYLj9pybsQYPVrJVUWBCq8Dqjy-yl1Fpfbe7rtLMoT8OXql6I0pTwcajbryKw4UcMrCo5mIUdcx7OhM2YIIpjNdHMvS68sODuuEPuaKpqnIMJWm-tiaB7SvgTXDHFxGXOG4ZBg/w480-h640/IMG_0107.HEIC" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Last year I collected rusty</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">thing that I found around the property</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">and made a <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-rusty-corner.html">A Rusty Corner</a></span></i><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">I added more since then.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7iMeyWCYFt-05hoNIywQ9F0oRCU20bPKcZrbWuigh-yss6DZCTjzhlrXfdVFd8hSOCda88rwgCXbDvYUaI32Yk1GABNGBlYA63bQn3Z8Hw6lvh-IR8pre_uXug3hHCLdG7tMPN7QfJr-k4HfPn_bjfRKaS9lPPHEmoMGxND1qIDYc1ykB_yNKx3Dhg/s4032/IMG_0271.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7iMeyWCYFt-05hoNIywQ9F0oRCU20bPKcZrbWuigh-yss6DZCTjzhlrXfdVFd8hSOCda88rwgCXbDvYUaI32Yk1GABNGBlYA63bQn3Z8Hw6lvh-IR8pre_uXug3hHCLdG7tMPN7QfJr-k4HfPn_bjfRKaS9lPPHEmoMGxND1qIDYc1ykB_yNKx3Dhg/w480-h640/IMG_0271.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3W432vtioUeJWxOJAeo4a3KUntZVqlMVYXfTbLR-RxtCzwkFZqR8kvgHKFlBwUEs4VTJ-TPLzjyfjp8SbiY2TWH0-qiO4QVdZAfPq37ZWUXnWynMEyA2nrMjxP_AbNheOFgvvzAJZ5cI3agrumWxx457okBh6qCB2Jb-oGqr4VhN7-cKrRE_qLnF1A/w480-h640/IMG_0058.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Sunflowers </span></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">The </span></i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>National flower of Ukraine.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sadly still at war after 6 month.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNoelJWbO6O8tDpJXtt8aILi7a2COTsAo9UX0q3aNNhBIWVSnLiQ2DAT9_v5obY19xI215OHZ-ilkKdDOGmTzYRH9of_k_t32khq2YqCHzNvCPhg48AXUccKXooTD_GtMdJ6YlzhhI_RhMk0zfHxFV21vRmQyIO2VxGbazHKumLNjH2DRf-sKdNU9_g/s4032/IMG_0254.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNoelJWbO6O8tDpJXtt8aILi7a2COTsAo9UX0q3aNNhBIWVSnLiQ2DAT9_v5obY19xI215OHZ-ilkKdDOGmTzYRH9of_k_t32khq2YqCHzNvCPhg48AXUccKXooTD_GtMdJ6YlzhhI_RhMk0zfHxFV21vRmQyIO2VxGbazHKumLNjH2DRf-sKdNU9_g/w480-h640/IMG_0254.HEIC" width="480" /><br /></a></div></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Check out my blog on</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i> Harvesting Sunflowers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>by clicking <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2022/11/harvesting-sunflowers.html">here</a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8z_uNGlFZBrY4uloDs8CzEq58Fekkh3-blw9--hVTCJtXTfa3JtjRiGpAvKKhPxPzAv87jLj_oxWZXNsoz_7w7JwqKliM1uGtkNITsqWuHQkKzm3SzBkMaD2uF_P0EmxE0_g1oTyhq9aZNi3TYl_44yl7le6MUncYxIDrBzKBgNkoP_qDTDjVuLHHCg/s4032/IMG_0745.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8z_uNGlFZBrY4uloDs8CzEq58Fekkh3-blw9--hVTCJtXTfa3JtjRiGpAvKKhPxPzAv87jLj_oxWZXNsoz_7w7JwqKliM1uGtkNITsqWuHQkKzm3SzBkMaD2uF_P0EmxE0_g1oTyhq9aZNi3TYl_44yl7le6MUncYxIDrBzKBgNkoP_qDTDjVuLHHCg/w480-h640/IMG_0745.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Here in Canada, 2022 is </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>"Year Of The Garden".</i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>I received a certificate after </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>submitting my Sunflower Garden.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV7d3FeH7NqCFbdW4lpao1ICkWcqcjDy-8KyBb2mDNhsKb4YpjFJ9QPy6HzVZNmUjZx1qsSBOTMfayew-SyRPxytgy0Q1I8t9zvWt5opW_ypjFrPtSYNpyuZfUXBVGBS9gAE-JRZ67snsLXTSQ9z0CIjl8BKpDH6hWpzzf8YH6yBaAJlDF7LYRfSKkw/s844/B12BA13C-CA95-4A79-AE21-44B6C4B921EC_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="844" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV7d3FeH7NqCFbdW4lpao1ICkWcqcjDy-8KyBb2mDNhsKb4YpjFJ9QPy6HzVZNmUjZx1qsSBOTMfayew-SyRPxytgy0Q1I8t9zvWt5opW_ypjFrPtSYNpyuZfUXBVGBS9gAE-JRZ67snsLXTSQ9z0CIjl8BKpDH6hWpzzf8YH6yBaAJlDF7LYRfSKkw/w640-h502/B12BA13C-CA95-4A79-AE21-44B6C4B921EC_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Thanks for your visit</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Enjoy the rest of Summer.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">💛🌻💛</span></i><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span></i></span></div></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-46739974435616644042022-04-19T17:26:00.047-04:002022-04-29T15:56:19.048-04:00Easter 2022<p> </p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I spent Easter this year with my daughter,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i> Suzanne and her family.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I hadn't been to her home in over 2 yrs.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I had a great weekend. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>A highlight of the weekend was</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #674ea7;"> visiting </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #674ea7;">the Botanical Gardens in</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); font-size: large;"><i>Montreal. </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); font-size: large;"><i>Here are a few of my photos.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMfgjN-Q437EhyJchrmRmH8IcxbsxzmXHw65J0ZbAmLpXjVgofcqhLquXU6VMmWM8668n1K04S6XbUHcXWizKLjBqWV1hoJhVv2T50rsrwvIMJ8aY_HQbUpXwvjUMyRJfxAqD5doYNRWq7hWCbQPYzhq9wbvqWV5IAbCJUYhJXuOVYE-BZbL3Ou5vmQ/s3456/20220417_120725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMfgjN-Q437EhyJchrmRmH8IcxbsxzmXHw65J0ZbAmLpXjVgofcqhLquXU6VMmWM8668n1K04S6XbUHcXWizKLjBqWV1hoJhVv2T50rsrwvIMJ8aY_HQbUpXwvjUMyRJfxAqD5doYNRWq7hWCbQPYzhq9wbvqWV5IAbCJUYhJXuOVYE-BZbL3Ou5vmQ/w640-h640/20220417_120725.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">This huge plant (or tree) is an Elephant Foot.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">(beaucarnea recurvata)</span></i></div></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NKEgr1wDJnFV9hdmkb8nSKOjD01MTB4DBnriJfQhqe0arkVfxXeJgaVPHkNHy8_3IflViNqq7-hjEiAFTG1m-MHouQoqBzmKJRAPCJgsJyQN_78mMg47ZMHgtsv3zchRLA5XMertghYfpGSuBAbflb0e6e6I72CAR6P-u8WVp5nUpaWtwueBi55feQ/s3456/20220417_120723.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NKEgr1wDJnFV9hdmkb8nSKOjD01MTB4DBnriJfQhqe0arkVfxXeJgaVPHkNHy8_3IflViNqq7-hjEiAFTG1m-MHouQoqBzmKJRAPCJgsJyQN_78mMg47ZMHgtsv3zchRLA5XMertghYfpGSuBAbflb0e6e6I72CAR6P-u8WVp5nUpaWtwueBi55feQ/w640-h640/20220417_120723.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">The photo below I took during</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"> my last visit to the botanical gardens, in 2017.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Some branches on the left side have been cut off. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Actually, it appears nicer in this </span></i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>photo below.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>There must have been a reason to cut those</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>branches off. </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">A slow growing plant from the palm </span></i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>family. </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>This must be a very old plant.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">Suzanne has this plant.</span></i></div><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i> I took a photo of her Elephant Foot.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>She's had it for about 25 yrs.</i></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWkziBIuwm48sPUNbfx0THGCorIqPSjpqiHYJ-LYUZwNaOCwwKursn1S5IEbJj3n7fp7rBE_Kv38cO_sWOMuMsQ3zbRn0vPlHPu_8IjMz3_49glNYj3PhoQb-fRf9j1IcSJs3bG2LaWWyF_ef5Y9om_l8ajNmBzTUsVywfuJHewI9G5C-LhgBqwLrwQ/s3097/20220418_094651.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3097" data-original-width="2568" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWkziBIuwm48sPUNbfx0THGCorIqPSjpqiHYJ-LYUZwNaOCwwKursn1S5IEbJj3n7fp7rBE_Kv38cO_sWOMuMsQ3zbRn0vPlHPu_8IjMz3_49glNYj3PhoQb-fRf9j1IcSJs3bG2LaWWyF_ef5Y9om_l8ajNmBzTUsVywfuJHewI9G5C-LhgBqwLrwQ/w530-h640/20220418_094651.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); font-size: large;"><i>More photos from the Botanical Gardens:</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); font-size: large;"><i>Some orchids</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXpr5Sy7sBXjYgDLsJzNhLQfM9FgE0KGtti1sZcjhw6wQ-_xEbomg-yXDpFALAKbXxTF42QPUzLWHoDnV6EfTmKZo3Cm7yamrcPNCaH5zNJW1rpKhKZrffFMtLppo1y2p66HDAVKDH7MRmF5M_zIKkxaYplf3xHPvgSJ2Zo704yA5p3U_NY2eDVsm7Q/s3456/20220417_112718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXpr5Sy7sBXjYgDLsJzNhLQfM9FgE0KGtti1sZcjhw6wQ-_xEbomg-yXDpFALAKbXxTF42QPUzLWHoDnV6EfTmKZo3Cm7yamrcPNCaH5zNJW1rpKhKZrffFMtLppo1y2p66HDAVKDH7MRmF5M_zIKkxaYplf3xHPvgSJ2Zo704yA5p3U_NY2eDVsm7Q/w640-h640/20220417_112718.jpg" width="640" /><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><i>A spider Lily below.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuO77wckti08ncHGpWtxluvLv-cSWLlv8tOS71P_aLpDvDKz20F2vaUmCGWE4fc9LRw8cVnWgCe-oo-VOFupuqh0PQIjjpoWNhR05OG4u29I-jA8O91w1d5XaJf86Q3GgVyoTBqEVOC8N4kd990wEy3zceMKEmdTL8g-utbU0J6Or1TP2ZER0S0cS9g/s3456/20220417_111340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuO77wckti08ncHGpWtxluvLv-cSWLlv8tOS71P_aLpDvDKz20F2vaUmCGWE4fc9LRw8cVnWgCe-oo-VOFupuqh0PQIjjpoWNhR05OG4u29I-jA8O91w1d5XaJf86Q3GgVyoTBqEVOC8N4kd990wEy3zceMKEmdTL8g-utbU0J6Or1TP2ZER0S0cS9g/w640-h640/20220417_111340.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="color: #674ea7;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>And tropical plants</i></span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><i>Cactus</i></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGN5DdALpK98V17GNfA-OhTMOR5jxNQXvDODBRAhyEvGV2V6gOVJUakJhViPcbSgfXdyiN0TL1ipl0q4-B7gvTQ6jy2JWi8nHKTMLr9-eFUgPgqGoVtgSDBc3WSxqzZrdTJdjxOQ27Z3M0gY1d1ngwbt62FLaRTHNhdHMavmO6h1jIBJsl3LL51qYqA/s3456/20220417_114951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGN5DdALpK98V17GNfA-OhTMOR5jxNQXvDODBRAhyEvGV2V6gOVJUakJhViPcbSgfXdyiN0TL1ipl0q4-B7gvTQ6jy2JWi8nHKTMLr9-eFUgPgqGoVtgSDBc3WSxqzZrdTJdjxOQ27Z3M0gY1d1ngwbt62FLaRTHNhdHMavmO6h1jIBJsl3LL51qYqA/w640-h640/20220417_114951.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6Sb5Q_iIk-TG2HCxvXR0zOVr0-rSZjL_cTZ6oh3zLSVs46L91mHUfE6DflyqmLFZjwXR7vQP0HK7j5DVmo53w1YA6vrI-h5NcczK1vlobcn3W8Y7rSV6KqUUFgCe5Xp4LI0m9w4g8EdbIo6VzDo1JSj6-qm110Ony6rKtrePfRA7DS7yHGDTIBqXBQ/s3456/20220417_114851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><i>My sister, Annie</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzV2td6xkxz0IakJxaVPLJVJu6Wn4-D8PHDETP-RwpXhVn8c0hRjV28RUjTf1bE_RPhIoDLtVHy8isESw1IhMd4T6GIE1dl0ec9L6tv-tWR6DkZBaAph8eiZnLOChB4k4bOLuQn4ZtCyLbrGR8Fw9c3pL__tNjq3EeQ2BStLOL01NjlGcT6hUKAQWgJw/s3456/20220417_115454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzV2td6xkxz0IakJxaVPLJVJu6Wn4-D8PHDETP-RwpXhVn8c0hRjV28RUjTf1bE_RPhIoDLtVHy8isESw1IhMd4T6GIE1dl0ec9L6tv-tWR6DkZBaAph8eiZnLOChB4k4bOLuQn4ZtCyLbrGR8Fw9c3pL__tNjq3EeQ2BStLOL01NjlGcT6hUKAQWgJw/w640-h640/20220417_115454.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">In a Rainforest Greenhouse</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNuIo26bQWJrWOf3ZSF6XQlfPZ7ABVfjEptQ51a3UTJeDpkh7G-ADy8k8l0297t3hqoThhaGNHG01t_MPlc5yFQBCa4kTUYTx0iWBU5qaomISjkY7L6sTIOSLnl5mdxyfyQYRvka-VjK0UIva2SP-VN3_Rpct6F5MnIE6oLA5b8_B-Yi_yU-GEOfAC9A/w640-h640/20220417_120933.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>Lots of hanging moss.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCm3WL7YeALoxB_QBUZU6zutN_hHHq6SfFHxkxO0JynKyXHlsU5KxFg6el-P2kr457tffWQ2XncRR-lLRWq3bN--mooloy-cTG72gjYI79ca4JRXwWqBDZZrhfUSqEHCEmwR5U6qcxamyyve9a1Xw4LDp3pZkCjzTrbASx3U7ZZfBWJEcaQ8po2cmC2A/s3456/20220417_113957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCm3WL7YeALoxB_QBUZU6zutN_hHHq6SfFHxkxO0JynKyXHlsU5KxFg6el-P2kr457tffWQ2XncRR-lLRWq3bN--mooloy-cTG72gjYI79ca4JRXwWqBDZZrhfUSqEHCEmwR5U6qcxamyyve9a1Xw4LDp3pZkCjzTrbASx3U7ZZfBWJEcaQ8po2cmC2A/w640-h640/20220417_113957.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>Chinese Elm Bonsai</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><i>70 yrs. old.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYaQmg1WheGOwn2rDk-DcLMHyWAldPWIJEQ8z1wpAzKvTQyfRRUQMUBc3dqIkJCtL4IbgywjKi0G1lnbQ2VdUEO_FMKslQ76FJA6iqRcTXtX0nl1kv6HlO5s4B_1Mdgsfj-ia9Lwy1NA3i0nn1ao3Qv8Nm0iBMVB-xoISso7X51PTExW1heOiuugjJQ/s3456/20220417_115054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYaQmg1WheGOwn2rDk-DcLMHyWAldPWIJEQ8z1wpAzKvTQyfRRUQMUBc3dqIkJCtL4IbgywjKi0G1lnbQ2VdUEO_FMKslQ76FJA6iqRcTXtX0nl1kv6HlO5s4B_1Mdgsfj-ia9Lwy1NA3i0nn1ao3Qv8Nm0iBMVB-xoISso7X51PTExW1heOiuugjJQ/w640-h640/20220417_115054.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Japanese Cherry Tree in bloom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">30 yrs. old.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMqEo9vR3ld4wyPD9nfL_Eyd8-5AvF9OLr3oi4K0EH3P9zgNhpYQpH-IWlsdeyMAERFGgb66fmydtHpc6yHafc6I7CsVNQ0JucM0okST0QJLwBMmP92aB8UZHRF5shWnT77V0g7MqEcec98gsmD4z9ZhN906VAA2N-GOLLgNWGncGHEv3TthkoGvmyBQ/s1679/01C851F7-E76B-4299-B12B-9EB993FA545E_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1679" data-original-width="1082" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMqEo9vR3ld4wyPD9nfL_Eyd8-5AvF9OLr3oi4K0EH3P9zgNhpYQpH-IWlsdeyMAERFGgb66fmydtHpc6yHafc6I7CsVNQ0JucM0okST0QJLwBMmP92aB8UZHRF5shWnT77V0g7MqEcec98gsmD4z9ZhN906VAA2N-GOLLgNWGncGHEv3TthkoGvmyBQ/w412-h640/01C851F7-E76B-4299-B12B-9EB993FA545E_1_201_a.jpeg" width="412" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Flaky Juniper</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">45 yrs. old.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RdehBB6m5hIvtcOyBy62sbwTqFujetpXP557j7KS_WEDZehLSxDC4yf7f-iFfRiFmy9AJKK0jkrIfaJYmvH4yo8UAgxiLzHvk8tx0pX-2XgV2EvPVm6U3-JA0hFsHo5xsUXM07L1QwkXaMXifILTEQP_mZxQNmniBTxwyl8L1zF4UCral21ywXKXAg/s3218/20220417_115209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3218" data-original-width="2569" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RdehBB6m5hIvtcOyBy62sbwTqFujetpXP557j7KS_WEDZehLSxDC4yf7f-iFfRiFmy9AJKK0jkrIfaJYmvH4yo8UAgxiLzHvk8tx0pX-2XgV2EvPVm6U3-JA0hFsHo5xsUXM07L1QwkXaMXifILTEQP_mZxQNmniBTxwyl8L1zF4UCral21ywXKXAg/w510-h640/20220417_115209.jpg" width="510" /><br /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>Elephant Ears</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXTWeopL1sry27SrOOXctxYNFM_Gu29EXzOH6WkKm9hekRO_sqqChKq5f2srRjMixiVItDXj0FMuoGd0p7iSsJovF4BmtFzfHSMJ7Rl6FhOKbUR1YBk1kouPdXa-9NbcT6Ey9z7Jml3vFIGpfxtt9exTBnXRTrsXVn4tm9ANc6Xq0DeW81HhDn9ScrQ/s3456/20220417_111335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXTWeopL1sry27SrOOXctxYNFM_Gu29EXzOH6WkKm9hekRO_sqqChKq5f2srRjMixiVItDXj0FMuoGd0p7iSsJovF4BmtFzfHSMJ7Rl6FhOKbUR1YBk1kouPdXa-9NbcT6Ey9z7Jml3vFIGpfxtt9exTBnXRTrsXVn4tm9ANc6Xq0DeW81HhDn9ScrQ/w640-h640/20220417_111335.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><span style="color: #674ea7;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lots of ferns</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OLjpJl7ClZ-A_agW-dgQsJPfbgMATav5-E0F6JE00NYzPFU6uT_w-CWK6jTiRPpuTB9OnOTM338nVMC3GNyyA9Fk6qtswG3qJq2apK3kU5ObFVClrSON8pLaIglOez2NtBuwWXnMwGHZoedbSm-Zmn91WcgxpjlNWB7ksQrpjHgwHfHHS1gentAD4A/w640-h640/20220417_113235.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>We walked outside.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>It was very cold with the </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>occasional snowflake falling.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>The outside gardens were </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>being uncovered from Winter.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>Suzanne in</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>The Chinese Garden.</i></span></div><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgda5cwnuAq8i3I3RdDmR-eR8odoNDBsa0SthengPjF0sWYOvwaurulA1yp29niGJrLJl4uOdwpP0FQ1RJtq2wrxJMJNyW68JUSWJOpTziIoW9YF9fPQph_ZL8DOP-EjHVH439klYKKi2Qci9DfUcZ-taJ2j1GL0DNjRUZdD9Kxv8cDgwFxbMeQbB28vg/w640-h640/20220417_122923.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_eI8YrcH0tWi35bbzDqxRQFRbfinJGovdGn2WFdb5IwCV67sG_Uq7O_vVCC05V-rOrqBXAuzrHQQWjfoiUF4jSy7inqVwiEA2X0b0fc5qxB1Zhgj5qjMq8-r_OWO_JV0swwmWzz78MJHGSmoJjgTalMOXkwDW-nkxL_TY2HG-H2g-aCvJg48B_NZfA/w640-h640/20220417_122832.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">It's much more beautiful in the Summer with</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"> flowers etc., also beautiful lily pods and water life</span>.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFTYG4kvXhk8ISW39F0E-VZDxQFGD0DtIMmldhS8Ady-n8VrPlVlse5wiRxq-rNF_cETqUTzxAf-vmjVNmGGRodaHNhl6-SHTHOQy5zmkYTwCNdBulGtLfzcH5AKIhjNx6qemLSN-xyPkaU1HG3qkGujwci8YPNqyyZbVPzQJcRwVhDT-qKxMxMN_QQ/s3456/20220417_122630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFTYG4kvXhk8ISW39F0E-VZDxQFGD0DtIMmldhS8Ady-n8VrPlVlse5wiRxq-rNF_cETqUTzxAf-vmjVNmGGRodaHNhl6-SHTHOQy5zmkYTwCNdBulGtLfzcH5AKIhjNx6qemLSN-xyPkaU1HG3qkGujwci8YPNqyyZbVPzQJcRwVhDT-qKxMxMN_QQ/w640-h640/20220417_122630.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I like this rock display below showing types</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i> of ground succulents and thymes.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>It must be beautiful in Summer,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>when in flower.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><i>gardens, when in Montreal. </i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>Suzanne cooked a delicious Easter supper</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFMQs3U-oOThmFZFNol8B8hrQ1j-AXnucQ-cL7EJfTCL7D2MJzc082-W6NptlYV5LRqIcI-dAPP2IHdvKslnbCXJm6o0q9dBXVh0Rvwq6oeAtSONN8n2JKXVcFpO7R5q7AU_VxGXozF6WbksT5S9E-o99aji12UODOVX-sgkEkEKIVz0Q0D9V2RvGNQ/s3456/20220417_173403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFMQs3U-oOThmFZFNol8B8hrQ1j-AXnucQ-cL7EJfTCL7D2MJzc082-W6NptlYV5LRqIcI-dAPP2IHdvKslnbCXJm6o0q9dBXVh0Rvwq6oeAtSONN8n2JKXVcFpO7R5q7AU_VxGXozF6WbksT5S9E-o99aji12UODOVX-sgkEkEKIVz0Q0D9V2RvGNQ/w640-h640/20220417_173403.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We had turkey and vegetables</i></span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqfoMK4n_-eip1su_o4ys-RflVNXNuFPhW3M4pAet_mLtWQ9fY1Nw3xrBDScPlR_iZcuuWIwI7o5Ac42CVHsYScQcc4C8CGvwYv-OQgPh1CLb8Pyahmgl1S9IT1k7ph70kCySyLBsvVDdmV2dKg0TiSZ7d8zF3OhdBgtx3wFC2Z9qb3MJHEOlJayfZQ/s3456/20220417_180300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqfoMK4n_-eip1su_o4ys-RflVNXNuFPhW3M4pAet_mLtWQ9fY1Nw3xrBDScPlR_iZcuuWIwI7o5Ac42CVHsYScQcc4C8CGvwYv-OQgPh1CLb8Pyahmgl1S9IT1k7ph70kCySyLBsvVDdmV2dKg0TiSZ7d8zF3OhdBgtx3wFC2Z9qb3MJHEOlJayfZQ/w640-h640/20220417_180300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>Pouding Chômeur, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>(Maple Pudding) for dessert.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>A white cake pudding with</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i> maple syrup sauce.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); font-size: large;"><i>Suzanne made it in her Crock-Pot,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); font-size: large;"><i>with extra dark maple syrup.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); font-size: large;"><i>It was delicious.</i></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybbkvkLQ7a6XvbO2cTbPCXwJkFjq78aq6Be2Ej7yilaG8NfiIWkwsdX0vxWGWhoO0M2KIqsLy3mbM-dnxiZoCD7zjxpdbGxPjAnd2leJy_o7qaDYlUDdjfW4H8TjHQdfMYyh1W-4127y2ZBG3xMWTP6hZ3Ed4QLi1UDc2hMGw-6Bg14mv7cujXGf0rQ/w640-h640/20220417_183431.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" />I</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I had a great weekend.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>In 2017, we visited an exhibit on butterflies.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>Click on this link to view.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2017/04/butterflies-among-us.html">Butterflies Go Free</a><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>These butterflies are at the Botanical Gardens</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i> for a limited time, then gathered up and</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i> taken to another city for exhibition.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I don't think they had them this year.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>If you like trees, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>check out this large selection </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>of Bonsai Trees. In 2017,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i> I did a blogpost on some</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>at the Botanical Gardens.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i> You can visit it here;</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i> <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2017/04/bonsai-trees.html">Bonsai Trees</a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTQDm5KLOpFToJ3Fk8NyObdyEIQ_vIA7-OS5Ab9soJw90v0l_bHQK5oSgVRoBZhDdtMo4BTwmYKI8AcZlWy8LP_TVWq5TQWCmEcJbNTBlwRS92GPkiOwNDs7wLrD3cl_LAPKTh517y5SSKm-8CODSzS96FvqAqXZUK-wrn4daJv_uppYxvCYQIIb2sg/s640/044ACD36-714B-40D7-92AF-6EC2A8060ADC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTQDm5KLOpFToJ3Fk8NyObdyEIQ_vIA7-OS5Ab9soJw90v0l_bHQK5oSgVRoBZhDdtMo4BTwmYKI8AcZlWy8LP_TVWq5TQWCmEcJbNTBlwRS92GPkiOwNDs7wLrD3cl_LAPKTh517y5SSKm-8CODSzS96FvqAqXZUK-wrn4daJv_uppYxvCYQIIb2sg/w640-h480/044ACD36-714B-40D7-92AF-6EC2A8060ADC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>This year there weren't as many. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>Thanks for your visit. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>💜💜💜</i></span></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-68583467250746117922022-03-22T18:59:00.021-04:002022-03-29T05:34:48.296-04:00St. Patrick's Day Parade ~ 2022<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">After two long covid years,</span></i></div><span style="color: #93c47d;"><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">a large crowd lined the</span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> streets in Richmond, Quebec,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">in the </span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Eastern Townships,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>south of Montreal, for</i></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> their St. Patricks Parade.</span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">Richmond has long been </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">renowned </span></i><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">across the province</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"> for its annual </span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>celebrations of </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> Irish heritage and culture.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Despite rain in the forecast, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>it held off for the parade,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"the luck of the Irish"</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyK20ucEd-jVhGl8nzdNzEDOaSh1Adrtivodv6YVT4Rb3L_wFYMGf569RprvnSQ5-tl8gHTRwxIKqOXMILEnR13w6ng5hMjEXI2XOzIC2dH7jSK2CfYcK_yeilR175cw2njyUuVQ-rbBwcVunsXsJGc7SPKPeA7d2GpbqNQusjmfyxEtBJCB_jYvXmEA/s3456/20220320_140814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyK20ucEd-jVhGl8nzdNzEDOaSh1Adrtivodv6YVT4Rb3L_wFYMGf569RprvnSQ5-tl8gHTRwxIKqOXMILEnR13w6ng5hMjEXI2XOzIC2dH7jSK2CfYcK_yeilR175cw2njyUuVQ-rbBwcVunsXsJGc7SPKPeA7d2GpbqNQusjmfyxEtBJCB_jYvXmEA/w640-h640/20220320_140814.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Lots of horses, and horse teams.</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_FEqYph0WYOmUd40rXD9I3huypnZBbnxF9dmbVSygPTbvdJd458j77madAabwerPRqznHWJCA-lEKmuZYVGGcNS9PSIVXKPKP_WNwADhg_MWLNSPuk3BH5IbsoJuak02tQH4Rk3JZrN79Gdrd9vy66TA7vY1ivh200FXSyefxao2JWJbq3FE4DIkuA/s3371/20220320_163904.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2763" data-original-width="3402" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7l1T9m0NNkcv9YFo2e71-JJB1hns9yIVvPeQMVYCjgwnclskSgT1LILKUEroF6kAms5oPq5wwif4OY2CEH7lVC4w1uuyifLKJ2mKnWdyiwT2NlJjNgUhTFQThXtmhDFes2LSrjkNsl7PKlfcTSV6CjrHasCmHGWdwmj9wdhKTLDJlbE6CviPCrKDacA/w640-h520/20220320_141142.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #93c47d;"><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Farm Tractors </span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrbb29Wz3u1eeg9UxJWRu2MHClr32vAGhV6K2b4IS-8td9CwTsIAwhUlxJUgcHbvh0r9zm0JWtAeVWwdzIify_NJnSj03rT4rJOuUMoD_IiLuHV89YSCs3wj_rWhF7BDDmxehfxadySoBiRHf66Ke8eFqaOnfymxIzU6SmwaOG0tZqIhm1c15ZtVf9w/s3456/20220320_141550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2751" data-original-width="3456" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrbb29Wz3u1eeg9UxJWRu2MHClr32vAGhV6K2b4IS-8td9CwTsIAwhUlxJUgcHbvh0r9zm0JWtAeVWwdzIify_NJnSj03rT4rJOuUMoD_IiLuHV89YSCs3wj_rWhF7BDDmxehfxadySoBiRHf66Ke8eFqaOnfymxIzU6SmwaOG0tZqIhm1c15ZtVf9w/w640-h510/20220320_141550.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and Lawn Tractors.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This tractor put on a show.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>with smoke and flames.</i></div></span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRcY67B5U2ggqSrcebN5SlRWJES6HRHoVKfZvsmwH3N0evJ9ruYdnDqQU9KGh49CkebooeKXPiff9_FlLoylY1Kw0PyJwNW4PkmP71dDS6fM8ypbYnlemkHsLUR0NyJxYnWM1FmRj0RkTeS5jCpjzyP64rVe8-qKRzkwM4RDSP8cvrZS1OEtz89ljHg/s2574/20220320_141623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2099" data-original-width="2574" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRcY67B5U2ggqSrcebN5SlRWJES6HRHoVKfZvsmwH3N0evJ9ruYdnDqQU9KGh49CkebooeKXPiff9_FlLoylY1Kw0PyJwNW4PkmP71dDS6fM8ypbYnlemkHsLUR0NyJxYnWM1FmRj0RkTeS5jCpjzyP64rVe8-qKRzkwM4RDSP8cvrZS1OEtz89ljHg/w640-h522/20220320_141623.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>Irish Wolfhound dogs</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvipuMbrA01umLzKuXaKHzn1_FyYKDpqCqWo1HSOratUZJODtu7JJYvWD6iMW8uZSzyNOk0rohQAHrBfIzGj4w21gBRRx5eHhlULC3So7s_qqzxOtXVdiHJ69MBX3PLMsEh26Nb1NZmTkbNwNtup7eNtVgg1tmL8uw7uDwJxuB6YpJMkN_KISIzBrDw/s3456/20220320_141844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvipuMbrA01umLzKuXaKHzn1_FyYKDpqCqWo1HSOratUZJODtu7JJYvWD6iMW8uZSzyNOk0rohQAHrBfIzGj4w21gBRRx5eHhlULC3So7s_qqzxOtXVdiHJ69MBX3PLMsEh26Nb1NZmTkbNwNtup7eNtVgg1tmL8uw7uDwJxuB6YpJMkN_KISIzBrDw/w640-h640/20220320_141844.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>A large gentle dog.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNiDzD2umSKgNtNq08eZotRPFm8LV1Q-aKQjFxZSw8XeM-HKEvAkr-1P94hnGX8Bw8fdG17xhyqcQHdb7P2dGg5HGt8GXY0zKtfQLO3QO3mFszoTVZrKUXQNRHpVhlUvejFjnWthTk2iO87mAGxOKZNwPDZLiPjOv0G4HfUBKEoIX2CSoUrtcFyutRw/s3073/20220320_160352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2727" data-original-width="3073" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNiDzD2umSKgNtNq08eZotRPFm8LV1Q-aKQjFxZSw8XeM-HKEvAkr-1P94hnGX8Bw8fdG17xhyqcQHdb7P2dGg5HGt8GXY0zKtfQLO3QO3mFszoTVZrKUXQNRHpVhlUvejFjnWthTk2iO87mAGxOKZNwPDZLiPjOv0G4HfUBKEoIX2CSoUrtcFyutRw/w640-h568/20220320_160352.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Police on horseback, were on guard also, </span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkd239vsiQDXa_t6cdiPZrKGuLWO0kYsL5cvDVKBXrKuCnEPnsravyd1XL-OwOC9i5asnKMDGggIU1V_KUZSZVxbsyTKnmBLoNpk_DwtJSVOUA_LqTrGNiC4OjvgznP_j8EFVzC_O9pFwjPbuPy_P-VxE6XCjIzQSmkSnf5QIjv4AKov_BGY492uoyQg/s3364/20220320_142025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2711" data-original-width="3364" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkd239vsiQDXa_t6cdiPZrKGuLWO0kYsL5cvDVKBXrKuCnEPnsravyd1XL-OwOC9i5asnKMDGggIU1V_KUZSZVxbsyTKnmBLoNpk_DwtJSVOUA_LqTrGNiC4OjvgznP_j8EFVzC_O9pFwjPbuPy_P-VxE6XCjIzQSmkSnf5QIjv4AKov_BGY492uoyQg/w640-h516/20220320_142025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">All terrain vehicles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglBRm8Ing9fvrHnOKmWCa8d4d20WmchuzxIQRxtgr8hXZrQpYX3rIBp5XRcpqIL4ndLew819TLyJEWQRswlex7msXpsa9Hnv1WRechopiPEpFqM_PrgXT97gU3yFi8FR0gBoTiiLw9r9-f1ZRPUZubF9LlXISHI7wZDBQNCRoEDu8UPqFh_9MiMO0lw/s3456/20220320_140705.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2075" data-original-width="3456" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglBRm8Ing9fvrHnOKmWCa8d4d20WmchuzxIQRxtgr8hXZrQpYX3rIBp5XRcpqIL4ndLew819TLyJEWQRswlex7msXpsa9Hnv1WRechopiPEpFqM_PrgXT97gU3yFi8FR0gBoTiiLw9r9-f1ZRPUZubF9LlXISHI7wZDBQNCRoEDu8UPqFh_9MiMO0lw/w640-h384/20220320_140705.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Many decorated floats from </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> community </span></i><i style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: large;">organizations</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and businesses.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihL2H2WqPr57EPubaru2iXX0mLxlZgXHGroPdEewmml6IOqKjFs-DvZZiEV3TgdsX4eCq5OQ-MBgxHhY013dKAl9BbErZJ8NjUQobNrbKeapOwjd6HCCp6N6rpQY0num7k5P68h4gzyXjNU6iz5ILqyOEeNhYyo0mkZcJJr3prO6Znt1CixWYMWxRGag/s628/ADE8DE69-65C4-4B8E-93B2-CC07316B5CD4_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihL2H2WqPr57EPubaru2iXX0mLxlZgXHGroPdEewmml6IOqKjFs-DvZZiEV3TgdsX4eCq5OQ-MBgxHhY013dKAl9BbErZJ8NjUQobNrbKeapOwjd6HCCp6N6rpQY0num7k5P68h4gzyXjNU6iz5ILqyOEeNhYyo0mkZcJJr3prO6Znt1CixWYMWxRGag/w536-h640/ADE8DE69-65C4-4B8E-93B2-CC07316B5CD4_1_201_a.jpeg" width="536" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="526" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguN1ZBHYzl-YXj0fHjNBLSk3uVaCossZDJQvqLabv0Aj9o9wedRkafRSe9xPNwNtCzSrQQgRjeQLPtu8u-3wcJ-z1-ky7B_yLgzi6czMpCKBVYQE6S6cNEYk0MPsLrUZUZjHQL0vEGXwod_JBmkYldCB88bQfxLpxB6TvIr3Me-NMgaUyiD1UGvD7SKA/w640-h634/28710FFA-5925-4944-9C2C-B6684CCF0479_1_201_a.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>I didn't take a lot of photos.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>There were a lot of many </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>other things to see,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>like Scottish Pipers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>and Pipe Bands.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>To view some short videos</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>of 3 pipe bands, visit</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>me on </i></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125);"><i>Instagram</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>@thel.day<br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXaxTOo_pvpjFONr2IerLWI1btYsipj3JAUtsfOZH9wdfturFrL-7DZdy7uFBp8Pgkr-1pJJRk9_TZ1YV8GAmOB4mCCulMPQSxkjJ5nfrGDHDwSF8f1-awxO6bDbS74xO_NLCoRpNF6FeFcv5asAeEz7-Z4T4QmM_kA5mLHyNsg3evoR00Q4ObA8hRdw/s1875/8B81FA52-F02B-493D-B3D7-953E765EBDD3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1875" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXaxTOo_pvpjFONr2IerLWI1btYsipj3JAUtsfOZH9wdfturFrL-7DZdy7uFBp8Pgkr-1pJJRk9_TZ1YV8GAmOB4mCCulMPQSxkjJ5nfrGDHDwSF8f1-awxO6bDbS74xO_NLCoRpNF6FeFcv5asAeEz7-Z4T4QmM_kA5mLHyNsg3evoR00Q4ObA8hRdw/w640-h426/8B81FA52-F02B-493D-B3D7-953E765EBDD3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>My photos were taken on a</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i> quite street, Craig St., near </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i> the starting of the parade.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>The next photo, (not my photo),</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>was taken on Main Street where</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i> most of the crowd gathered.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQvsuBDfM7c4dYYXhmHHpPikXHojO-n3dHQSIGLVuE8XPzZeKt-0DY_3H-7nQ7Nn_6PEZEmX3koWQdiVzXq12PCBVfqLlHqi3Jkn_6x8CdhR_G8BqlJK-ezMEctXVNZHQpDDg7otfmiAKPsQgAhghHV5xmGn0ua8tq30VZkeMb2l_4bYpQchj179hyA/s1875/C324A3F3-C520-454A-8D72-4B408907FFB2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1875" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQvsuBDfM7c4dYYXhmHHpPikXHojO-n3dHQSIGLVuE8XPzZeKt-0DY_3H-7nQ7Nn_6PEZEmX3koWQdiVzXq12PCBVfqLlHqi3Jkn_6x8CdhR_G8BqlJK-ezMEctXVNZHQpDDg7otfmiAKPsQgAhghHV5xmGn0ua8tq30VZkeMb2l_4bYpQchj179hyA/w640-h426/C324A3F3-C520-454A-8D72-4B408907FFB2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">It felt great to have some</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>normalcy in our lives again.</i></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lets hope that the virus count stays</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>low, as most of the restrictions</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>are being lifted.</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>To view a </i></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125);"><i>previous parade in 2015,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125);"><i>and see the difference</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125);"><i> in the amount of snow,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125);"><i>click <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2015/03/st-patricks-parade.html">here</a></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRA0XUf8fc8vmBVoO8Bhv6_2zxgJWouZQjVzg9H70S1JTy54KfgvZFIMy2Rd6ayGodxB1PAz2VHcAzHOo99JZog7wbRRbuLOu3ptjsXMx1r9wOllwn5Us0oJYvbbfov0zVJEj1GjIR0C6ITvFZhX4OlTGR5w-I6bllRioT_F7qWYMN1l1DwrzjLRUeg/s1600/6A8E9E96-E031-48E2-894D-EF56F1A3053C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1110" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRA0XUf8fc8vmBVoO8Bhv6_2zxgJWouZQjVzg9H70S1JTy54KfgvZFIMy2Rd6ayGodxB1PAz2VHcAzHOo99JZog7wbRRbuLOu3ptjsXMx1r9wOllwn5Us0oJYvbbfov0zVJEj1GjIR0C6ITvFZhX4OlTGR5w-I6bllRioT_F7qWYMN1l1DwrzjLRUeg/w444-h640/6A8E9E96-E031-48E2-894D-EF56F1A3053C.jpeg" width="444" /></a></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Thanks for your visit.</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(147, 196, 125); color: #93c47d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>☘☘☘</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-23091463654048408782021-12-24T14:48:00.017-05:002021-12-25T13:25:05.289-05:00Christmas 2021<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhR0Okr9fCEl6n40pk8_II9rlIkr0U95JgmUQHpqzSVl0emJWe5kolmUxNrdi-rqkWiHpXSBykzLS_yLFqolU_Cp2NuqauXiIt09O5DQOfSek0ffOutLvHaINGwTFh9_255Uv6yBMtWxPTK-CpzuMnL4W7DmZGH1LWlrWapQayd6yNwIPUlWpUoF8asLg=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhR0Okr9fCEl6n40pk8_II9rlIkr0U95JgmUQHpqzSVl0emJWe5kolmUxNrdi-rqkWiHpXSBykzLS_yLFqolU_Cp2NuqauXiIt09O5DQOfSek0ffOutLvHaINGwTFh9_255Uv6yBMtWxPTK-CpzuMnL4W7DmZGH1LWlrWapQayd6yNwIPUlWpUoF8asLg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i> I would like to wish everyone</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i> a Merry Christmas. </i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">We have to try to maintain some </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christmas Cheer as we are</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"> in this Covid Crisis. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">My Christmas plans with</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"> family have been cancelled</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"> as well as a trip to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">New York in January. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Our province is near 10,000 cases</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">and expected to rise over the holidays.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">My sister Annie and I are staying</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">home and obeying restrictions,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">spending time watching Netflix. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">I did a lot of baking in the last</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">months. I gave a lot away</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">as gifts and mailed some to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">family and friends. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">It's the first time I baked biscotti.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">A twice baked hard cookie that</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">is dipped in coffee or other drinks.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #e06666; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie6OK16ExpQ_vzWOn6Tah2F9kEM81u5ukr8zZUsESN_GawUwXCrAP54IIo3eHPUU9ATKaosnmsITd7X6XLmtjR9ykYCMgakid2DThn0DttqjwxAq39BikmGcu1orkAvrCMFvhB7bZvpKz4aOwVjERD0hohTEQoJcDMWCrIrOnvpFWjFPX6XCoKWo_wbA=s3456" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie6OK16ExpQ_vzWOn6Tah2F9kEM81u5ukr8zZUsESN_GawUwXCrAP54IIo3eHPUU9ATKaosnmsITd7X6XLmtjR9ykYCMgakid2DThn0DttqjwxAq39BikmGcu1orkAvrCMFvhB7bZvpKz4aOwVjERD0hohTEQoJcDMWCrIrOnvpFWjFPX6XCoKWo_wbA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e06666;">Almond Biscotti</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>For the recipes following, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>click on the name.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2021/12/chocolate-cranberry-biscotti.html"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Chocolate Cranberry Biscotti</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">I made this one with dried cranberries.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9_gxRdzc0TikikSFq6r03o7_4eXR8j1wZ0u3D-ajVLGjC7DB6OWaWj-Jcyn6KkGi_2i3xEoVuI9Ir4xUQfH3ATusUiTO9qSJldAW3BoiJIa_7TBB--B0_f1xGNnEqb2lQpCsVQOxOUb8ZONlWMAjVUEBVuNaEOhAM_AnbBj1BvDVQVB2IsKArxxyyOw=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9_gxRdzc0TikikSFq6r03o7_4eXR8j1wZ0u3D-ajVLGjC7DB6OWaWj-Jcyn6KkGi_2i3xEoVuI9Ir4xUQfH3ATusUiTO9qSJldAW3BoiJIa_7TBB--B0_f1xGNnEqb2lQpCsVQOxOUb8ZONlWMAjVUEBVuNaEOhAM_AnbBj1BvDVQVB2IsKArxxyyOw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">I also made for the first time,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"> <a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2021/12/almond-crescent-cookies.html">Almond Crescent Cookies</a>,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">an Austrian moon cookie.</span></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJx7aGbHTp25KaJ1wE7KgrMXIMEvV-tpGjijMD6w0OK7pnIZ9KUsrhWiu-GbFzeXrxGea4XvdnrAVrXkTMIdUmIJ2bdW_N2Q9gsif67pvPzdxi33YXGFZ04luxpxvopi950H6GKyFtxiri922kfWraxune57V7Eu-pnVNfzWS6KN8mFPLFfhFU2Ij2CQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJx7aGbHTp25KaJ1wE7KgrMXIMEvV-tpGjijMD6w0OK7pnIZ9KUsrhWiu-GbFzeXrxGea4XvdnrAVrXkTMIdUmIJ2bdW_N2Q9gsif67pvPzdxi33YXGFZ04luxpxvopi950H6GKyFtxiri922kfWraxune57V7Eu-pnVNfzWS6KN8mFPLFfhFU2Ij2CQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiJh1QYhAsT1aqOi3X5UwuOQYcgz2KoJgWJLwT2cf7fbTl607_8KuYUVjroszZsUXqDgyDZUVV-cRVce6HPqeCToU1v3vM620cdvyNpU63UvsmxYYgz6L-_5u_kWsyf1LzPzksXjh6AlbvB-CGJrOqTRt3S9pn8puFtwei3LjlpuWzjMq3tmnO3Gl6pA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiJh1QYhAsT1aqOi3X5UwuOQYcgz2KoJgWJLwT2cf7fbTl607_8KuYUVjroszZsUXqDgyDZUVV-cRVce6HPqeCToU1v3vM620cdvyNpU63UvsmxYYgz6L-_5u_kWsyf1LzPzksXjh6AlbvB-CGJrOqTRt3S9pn8puFtwei3LjlpuWzjMq3tmnO3Gl6pA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>Orange flavoured <a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2021/12/orange-cranberry-sauce.html">Cranberry Sauce</a>,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>to go with my Christmas turkey.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIMExNBTk4HOYGG4LqjetiXtplf-lDnSqHCDvH15_OeZlgMUwmTDZCNArK06fCRnw6IgcROnEhHEaXJh7vfp-aaDj4O9TuJ6ZkWQIlHzHVRoAtOiddlfbVuErJJfwhsjJHdJ252oTH4_Zos1fo7fUzlpLrG9jkQxUIFUVxmhfbpysv9zgvoZlD7TaNxA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIMExNBTk4HOYGG4LqjetiXtplf-lDnSqHCDvH15_OeZlgMUwmTDZCNArK06fCRnw6IgcROnEhHEaXJh7vfp-aaDj4O9TuJ6ZkWQIlHzHVRoAtOiddlfbVuErJJfwhsjJHdJ252oTH4_Zos1fo7fUzlpLrG9jkQxUIFUVxmhfbpysv9zgvoZlD7TaNxA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="color: #ea9999;">Apple flavoured <a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2021/11/traditional-cranberry-sauce-with-apples.html">Cranberry Sauce</a></span></i></span><div><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>and gave some as gifts. </i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_ac0qXLiFiziDR6DnUUmiyGtgE1iDp2FgjaIwhN1HlKYqdNELAAuee1W481FuEqQr1sqxVvia1kbTrT-fhPaw9n-iZyFkE8r0ncDgmdteWlguugi0TZHVoq_KJg6d9CeoEozbIZJmq9sJgbu8KjLSO5qZr4XldFcWNyF2PgBlWCUoYtKMWSm2TY7PdA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_ac0qXLiFiziDR6DnUUmiyGtgE1iDp2FgjaIwhN1HlKYqdNELAAuee1W481FuEqQr1sqxVvia1kbTrT-fhPaw9n-iZyFkE8r0ncDgmdteWlguugi0TZHVoq_KJg6d9CeoEozbIZJmq9sJgbu8KjLSO5qZr4XldFcWNyF2PgBlWCUoYtKMWSm2TY7PdA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">I made some <a href="https://thelmaday.blogspot.com/2021/11/lemon-christmas-cookies-mittens.html">Lemon Cookies.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">and some other traditional </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christmas cookies.</span></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSmd20RT0V_M9EJgzj1AEgsZKopRmPB5S-IPkmygDZo0wZrPiMXunLQNdhbeqgWXAC1Oofum9L51c_c7WoZeKktmOjs5i-KJDVpvmcZ5sonS8PXveohJ15CLbaR_Y0EYaScqT5_sXli4Zli8KTuE2SEFy0RIgvoZS77YfA5XDrioSaYwrWfGCZJHVDIw=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSmd20RT0V_M9EJgzj1AEgsZKopRmPB5S-IPkmygDZo0wZrPiMXunLQNdhbeqgWXAC1Oofum9L51c_c7WoZeKktmOjs5i-KJDVpvmcZ5sonS8PXveohJ15CLbaR_Y0EYaScqT5_sXli4Zli8KTuE2SEFy0RIgvoZS77YfA5XDrioSaYwrWfGCZJHVDIw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Some Christmas decorations.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">On the wall behind the tree,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">At a Thrift Shop, I found this</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">London Telephone Booth Photo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #ea9999;">A memory of a trip to London. </span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Canvas on a wooden frame.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">We illuminated it with some </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">battery lights behind.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">The red blends in with the tree. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZHTS8tX4edNDSA7hDZU6ziWDL_rXkWiVOlJpBn3KsFO_9uLn_hDr9DUygs2F48tHDMMmabXn8rn3ekHDbWL-1_KZ80pCUn65C5RyjYSsHtMxIxgU14D9vEY1tmhP5pGWSQtZKv1xvol9zylOVKx9bfAxCBIyPGOOPZaZlXhsdhhubuBOjAqCmhMAJDA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZHTS8tX4edNDSA7hDZU6ziWDL_rXkWiVOlJpBn3KsFO_9uLn_hDr9DUygs2F48tHDMMmabXn8rn3ekHDbWL-1_KZ80pCUn65C5RyjYSsHtMxIxgU14D9vEY1tmhP5pGWSQtZKv1xvol9zylOVKx9bfAxCBIyPGOOPZaZlXhsdhhubuBOjAqCmhMAJDA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgufT5AUsjjyNSrjATPx-y-W6rtQ63Niwag8ttyggsUYMBOdXi6SvM5mEH0MR5QPFtc0FVeUxC1px0xtmEK90PLsxo_O5mXmSEnvcFN47oXKoG6rN_eMiNGa2dp3O0PEuplUnkp3aCJ7cNV5vSfT13keNGKX9gTSZxz24bTnSOgQkCPkRXtnWPs9UFiGA=s3262" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3262" data-original-width="2626" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgufT5AUsjjyNSrjATPx-y-W6rtQ63Niwag8ttyggsUYMBOdXi6SvM5mEH0MR5QPFtc0FVeUxC1px0xtmEK90PLsxo_O5mXmSEnvcFN47oXKoG6rN_eMiNGa2dp3O0PEuplUnkp3aCJ7cNV5vSfT13keNGKX9gTSZxz24bTnSOgQkCPkRXtnWPs9UFiGA=w516-h640" width="516" /></a></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999;">Some other photos</span></i></div></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc7vF7i3D16kQETrY2yaS6CduV_IuT4KZx1O9qbiwScrhIXN_LUjypCFB46d2JEl1JJfsAAPZXyeuv6mRaERwTYAya9vrhaoxV0N0GL8dXrRt_Ioycx36XdNYXBpM0u_lrgNLcfn2nXmz3-GtgyBHJJ5a0_yK492IN_mbpGxWbsth9wLknaRY2tU31RQ=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc7vF7i3D16kQETrY2yaS6CduV_IuT4KZx1O9qbiwScrhIXN_LUjypCFB46d2JEl1JJfsAAPZXyeuv6mRaERwTYAya9vrhaoxV0N0GL8dXrRt_Ioycx36XdNYXBpM0u_lrgNLcfn2nXmz3-GtgyBHJJ5a0_yK492IN_mbpGxWbsth9wLknaRY2tU31RQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Ghomes are very popular this year. </span></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdSVPHrsQZZQnMtRYPje34q05qI3tu8j8a7GY7UVhTqtmbYViao31t7vCgnGe775tdt6ZzCeZp__SS24lZVzEGqPGh8tWIDzo1C5v-qJWlCnR6nSftkBEJNh8ULsEEeMKxalcCv_5UnCGN0kx5EEVeAab91dw_xvBZwOv3EnDa56dKiD5-vDxPinNdkQ=s2046" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdSVPHrsQZZQnMtRYPje34q05qI3tu8j8a7GY7UVhTqtmbYViao31t7vCgnGe775tdt6ZzCeZp__SS24lZVzEGqPGh8tWIDzo1C5v-qJWlCnR6nSftkBEJNh8ULsEEeMKxalcCv_5UnCGN0kx5EEVeAab91dw_xvBZwOv3EnDa56dKiD5-vDxPinNdkQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Plaid adds some nice touches</span></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUz2nEivKTlspZExCVuvgaJq7Rro5vApOKxvmxf5XKLI5a26ufquvxNWcIzBAEPnVnyz96zFdXHrCU7FcgYSvlv1OCQMNLhzzlLvmHWFhNzJNN9E9AXv4QsRbwcb3TSGjlisIfg1ufLujAGnxYbr-oKOcujDQ3Y0Q_AVnxrroNwbvedSPf3xcBRkVq4w=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUz2nEivKTlspZExCVuvgaJq7Rro5vApOKxvmxf5XKLI5a26ufquvxNWcIzBAEPnVnyz96zFdXHrCU7FcgYSvlv1OCQMNLhzzlLvmHWFhNzJNN9E9AXv4QsRbwcb3TSGjlisIfg1ufLujAGnxYbr-oKOcujDQ3Y0Q_AVnxrroNwbvedSPf3xcBRkVq4w=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXG5SFgqSeM4TfOgjBfMEKbdOntEsJn_JiHxLMP3On4MbxDGsMSSG7843Cja1AzJomoI-AKjiLnNFDKDAHHw8Z5cNssu9sEfX5gcl2vc9ijWG-Frnq9-CIIIU47SmFYd6bVdD2GzR_gD48EO1M9ie1f_0RcH9VvBi3W_0Dl-sEJpOjgiUgG45uVU6T6g=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXG5SFgqSeM4TfOgjBfMEKbdOntEsJn_JiHxLMP3On4MbxDGsMSSG7843Cja1AzJomoI-AKjiLnNFDKDAHHw8Z5cNssu9sEfX5gcl2vc9ijWG-Frnq9-CIIIU47SmFYd6bVdD2GzR_gD48EO1M9ie1f_0RcH9VvBi3W_0Dl-sEJpOjgiUgG45uVU6T6g=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ85-aLBMuo_GaiuCfvW9Tp0R0GfMeJjdXpulQGxo418mlmWktB8BEAgThdLEgBHdGZ90vSyXl473Km5h74c7jzmFbGvHPXjv9lrvBfaigEjScCYOJF8wJMry3PFWfsm66rXpOH3LfmJGYbHWwa_HH_F2f-_E-MKCfsJaNTKu1-NPtmh6OiccPCvZUIA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ85-aLBMuo_GaiuCfvW9Tp0R0GfMeJjdXpulQGxo418mlmWktB8BEAgThdLEgBHdGZ90vSyXl473Km5h74c7jzmFbGvHPXjv9lrvBfaigEjScCYOJF8wJMry3PFWfsm66rXpOH3LfmJGYbHWwa_HH_F2f-_E-MKCfsJaNTKu1-NPtmh6OiccPCvZUIA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJhvcwY2kihByFPmldhtyFilf3x58JU4LotnUMTGmjT2Q-kwQxNJD5_thaL9Pj9sRbhB_THULOns6ZR-kdSQIPyPrWBykfMpFPSEfArzDlYPgEwdeIoAnmouXjBzPbaNYjKB6x6ks00G1_Uh7O6hrtfcw8jfdTeDLc6py55yuRZi_EvxfqvfjLGB2KAA=s2046" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2046" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJhvcwY2kihByFPmldhtyFilf3x58JU4LotnUMTGmjT2Q-kwQxNJD5_thaL9Pj9sRbhB_THULOns6ZR-kdSQIPyPrWBykfMpFPSEfArzDlYPgEwdeIoAnmouXjBzPbaNYjKB6x6ks00G1_Uh7O6hrtfcw8jfdTeDLc6py55yuRZi_EvxfqvfjLGB2KAA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">A small silver tree</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhouC0pmpU4snFUNohvdHpJtMqKZkNUaYlJrjqr6We-JBjjA5wYBtAM2aYHSOntiSMuZuART3grwCa4oFwRsXlf8a1rFuGXFEtU8CeJJDNVrPyvm-SwcOl8J0QWiQmNpeKCZDHay3Fl7Nd6r7jGFBBezCh0ZfU2nRMQC0-IZW9LWxo5RWoYDTnKtG_EQ=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhouC0pmpU4snFUNohvdHpJtMqKZkNUaYlJrjqr6We-JBjjA5wYBtAM2aYHSOntiSMuZuART3grwCa4oFwRsXlf8a1rFuGXFEtU8CeJJDNVrPyvm-SwcOl8J0QWiQmNpeKCZDHay3Fl7Nd6r7jGFBBezCh0ZfU2nRMQC0-IZW9LWxo5RWoYDTnKtG_EQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Remember those glass blocks </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"> that were used for walls, etc.</span></i></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">This one is painted with lights inside.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">A beautiful gift painted by Sylvie.</span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">My daughters sister-in-law.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4c7iDIMinyNCdqmmWSkEQm58YpO-Gve8PEWKJVTr8FAdtjJstiKx7gm6YMjFwQonDuIEHHMV1aNZUdrnMcPDfrVYDV1zicHygPGM6ooEY5uvpZeXUHPfmFK1Qn8nm88JEZa7Dr8dYUas-UiQP4dA2C6Gy7nlo2sS_5wIMg6a3L5GvgqBY3liMleEZ2g=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4c7iDIMinyNCdqmmWSkEQm58YpO-Gve8PEWKJVTr8FAdtjJstiKx7gm6YMjFwQonDuIEHHMV1aNZUdrnMcPDfrVYDV1zicHygPGM6ooEY5uvpZeXUHPfmFK1Qn8nm88JEZa7Dr8dYUas-UiQP4dA2C6Gy7nlo2sS_5wIMg6a3L5GvgqBY3liMleEZ2g=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">She also painted this on glass</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLtMukrvmd-NnZym865W3EdZw2qWrTmR1zVHP1EqTH5JDtiD-UE0g7ZzsAkQOzzFdBDbHXlIEB7UKkpBqusuIrZY0beo1rjOlmGoPT9f0IqMH0Nq242I2uV9FuqbY84SSGMfQBwTgKHh3uo0dumbq-tIRhjAmdKdTar-gRie7rnSK-akZTExD7Of18Gg=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3057" data-original-width="3456" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLtMukrvmd-NnZym865W3EdZw2qWrTmR1zVHP1EqTH5JDtiD-UE0g7ZzsAkQOzzFdBDbHXlIEB7UKkpBqusuIrZY0beo1rjOlmGoPT9f0IqMH0Nq242I2uV9FuqbY84SSGMfQBwTgKHh3uo0dumbq-tIRhjAmdKdTar-gRie7rnSK-akZTExD7Of18Gg=w640-h566" width="640" /></a></div><div><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">I made these placemats last year with </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">photocopied music sheets covered in plastic. </span></i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI5ppRwVTKbfWKZN5NrnogmXC6SaRjFEV2Hua2wzr3CTm7bv7yWJtHMowWe3Rb1iB71Waw8RXQVlsKERbtElTFbKfygr51wRIm8Eigw70wwNWSW8hZsAvtPJYRshrwu32dVkT7P2LrkBRr3YMHNJAt8Sc2PPpSyadqddu594Of-1IRJp01IHSWkkMA2w=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI5ppRwVTKbfWKZN5NrnogmXC6SaRjFEV2Hua2wzr3CTm7bv7yWJtHMowWe3Rb1iB71Waw8RXQVlsKERbtElTFbKfygr51wRIm8Eigw70wwNWSW8hZsAvtPJYRshrwu32dVkT7P2LrkBRr3YMHNJAt8Sc2PPpSyadqddu594Of-1IRJp01IHSWkkMA2w=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>Merry Christmas to everyone.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>We have to have HOPE </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>that 2022 will be a</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(234, 153, 153);"><i>better year. Stay safe</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>and stay healthy. xo</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>💚💗💕💚</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-77427765802664543072021-11-10T19:31:00.009-05:002022-01-16T14:31:16.757-05:00Autumn 2021<div style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">It has been a nice Autumn</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i> this year, here in the Gaspé.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>Covid counts are going down </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>with people being vaccinated </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>and having passports. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>I am sharing some photos</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>I took here and there. .</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>The colours of Autumn. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>I have deer coming to visit.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>I do leave some apples </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>near this spot for them.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggImOES0GaIs5m1GqgEXla1IoiRdux85dWCW_S2yPMVL1prYZ65zp4eundVJMGeyFFZXjQ-wR1apWJ6FPVTievypXT9nSvHc35RtesGkThKf2lHxM6MRkJL20Gz31BO85kxiACYASiENdLYOaTiio_aZLXpLelu7gRJe10M0AWztvm-GOefwo36zJyLQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1937" data-original-width="2048" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggImOES0GaIs5m1GqgEXla1IoiRdux85dWCW_S2yPMVL1prYZ65zp4eundVJMGeyFFZXjQ-wR1apWJ6FPVTievypXT9nSvHc35RtesGkThKf2lHxM6MRkJL20Gz31BO85kxiACYASiENdLYOaTiio_aZLXpLelu7gRJe10M0AWztvm-GOefwo36zJyLQ=w640-h606" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">A buck enjoying the berries </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">from a Mountain Ash tree</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilWIs0_CvnmamJ9e2yUGOebigj5OMq7Vu52AoX_0NpFjVced9xTpImiSY1BMaU814EKyh8xdttNWrEDYIUBfIGW8Z0OGaCA7y0zGPW4XOOeKsCVhHPQBrMol2arexEmUdyXTEuwdKMz6KYYkuqlkVhVP6VVV3jCR_ZBeGoqUAYKEd2w20-r7hLpFIGbA=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilWIs0_CvnmamJ9e2yUGOebigj5OMq7Vu52AoX_0NpFjVced9xTpImiSY1BMaU814EKyh8xdttNWrEDYIUBfIGW8Z0OGaCA7y0zGPW4XOOeKsCVhHPQBrMol2arexEmUdyXTEuwdKMz6KYYkuqlkVhVP6VVV3jCR_ZBeGoqUAYKEd2w20-r7hLpFIGbA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">This was the first day of hunting season </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">that he came into the yard.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZVNxdjb6y9W5fAj_c6t1AEWgJbeoQGhS1FVEgGt04NFTv7qBVy0y1pmkD69POeI97kJUHLoQ4ZC4zjCUtJdclApJDp5d6q_8qT4MAx1DQ_mOrXmGdb3bZUqNaDpx4Q-tU9ykpFHJqtdiZXB4aGyR0yyNzvexh88__gH2jS1S7zYy7Y_Eon65x1CQ2mA=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZVNxdjb6y9W5fAj_c6t1AEWgJbeoQGhS1FVEgGt04NFTv7qBVy0y1pmkD69POeI97kJUHLoQ4ZC4zjCUtJdclApJDp5d6q_8qT4MAx1DQ_mOrXmGdb3bZUqNaDpx4Q-tU9ykpFHJqtdiZXB4aGyR0yyNzvexh88__gH2jS1S7zYy7Y_Eon65x1CQ2mA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>They also eat apples on the ground</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>that fall from the tree. </i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigkqvdmNnbDOYBjEmMsl7Yi2CPuGRZK504Ev46wQJkIfnIEJTBI6N_1AfR8ab7wYatvD6vtl4l2QE0KM5NPie2UtMx3fMRjVpf4tH5HrGt7XDGDx1AzXifvaMo2jJpL7m-8EOV_XZdVmVdLbfUTWGM0zxrf-HesnIvTsW_tcFlSnsoMEAEcMq4LvBWSA=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigkqvdmNnbDOYBjEmMsl7Yi2CPuGRZK504Ev46wQJkIfnIEJTBI6N_1AfR8ab7wYatvD6vtl4l2QE0KM5NPie2UtMx3fMRjVpf4tH5HrGt7XDGDx1AzXifvaMo2jJpL7m-8EOV_XZdVmVdLbfUTWGM0zxrf-HesnIvTsW_tcFlSnsoMEAEcMq4LvBWSA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>A Maple Tree</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>turns glorious colours</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH6m8ehdhBvgYehn5WWa4Xleezcnashy6iDykgFKm_xc96cKpOfYacq3nJgDso5oG436SowuPZxXCU41NcX9Z_nqL7ERRXTTS4mchNjmYLWnb7I7f-3Bq2xT97p9KNnxJfSiTAz_bmRHOc8PNYPVlldatFN2YtkjSFALiNuG9Ai4CdpxJqWrhfZiyq6Q=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH6m8ehdhBvgYehn5WWa4Xleezcnashy6iDykgFKm_xc96cKpOfYacq3nJgDso5oG436SowuPZxXCU41NcX9Z_nqL7ERRXTTS4mchNjmYLWnb7I7f-3Bq2xT97p9KNnxJfSiTAz_bmRHOc8PNYPVlldatFN2YtkjSFALiNuG9Ai4CdpxJqWrhfZiyq6Q=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Fall Asters </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg86gg3R_D7KPdghCjVDT42Ft3faynZL-D__3Ud7fwExg8nOT3jeLieSkLpAXZh0S_FpOnLhSG0dn53RwfXKaritxut6JosFfbYIsHXRTMpXyS-UusFXsmUn2g4BiICKKf-xYADFWzeaTpJeV2g-Pe4FEsmFi2hdfLQKGVyzsB_g1VvYg6OjcMSfyV3VQ=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg86gg3R_D7KPdghCjVDT42Ft3faynZL-D__3Ud7fwExg8nOT3jeLieSkLpAXZh0S_FpOnLhSG0dn53RwfXKaritxut6JosFfbYIsHXRTMpXyS-UusFXsmUn2g4BiICKKf-xYADFWzeaTpJeV2g-Pe4FEsmFi2hdfLQKGVyzsB_g1VvYg6OjcMSfyV3VQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Lots of leaves have fallen.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFB_MmXUUzKzqKvPzoctkyuI1OXAvaTAkJUH5psWxMrEnC1CEujMbP38pddAkqeoOJQZ3EaiNDjQayD-IcYS3jFLWHQnwNTthD4YbEJFPC-q8yjgan60vhWNDX54sAoe973IF16pZQmrXEHTJhk3h5evXuW0MXL00BGrbi0jx3A2R8nAV1sMuOjuRFAg=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFB_MmXUUzKzqKvPzoctkyuI1OXAvaTAkJUH5psWxMrEnC1CEujMbP38pddAkqeoOJQZ3EaiNDjQayD-IcYS3jFLWHQnwNTthD4YbEJFPC-q8yjgan60vhWNDX54sAoe973IF16pZQmrXEHTJhk3h5evXuW0MXL00BGrbi0jx3A2R8nAV1sMuOjuRFAg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>Hostas are beautiful</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>before going asleep for Winter.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS-1_nAGJsRXGQgx2XCpAEAEKHmcU8RBQ-0qiSiDTWA_0gHS_b16PJbOOGmmyb4wUf9YZ2FV4mPMZlyTiw_9p0kE-Zs1WgIFk18ewsw1E708qGlTUjj3QO2jE5-VBRsjJorVyLxW_ipOi2a2mzbica674_hyXy37TlvS087G-fzP5dqqAk837ciJ4-RQ=s3456" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS-1_nAGJsRXGQgx2XCpAEAEKHmcU8RBQ-0qiSiDTWA_0gHS_b16PJbOOGmmyb4wUf9YZ2FV4mPMZlyTiw_9p0kE-Zs1WgIFk18ewsw1E708qGlTUjj3QO2jE5-VBRsjJorVyLxW_ipOi2a2mzbica674_hyXy37TlvS087G-fzP5dqqAk837ciJ4-RQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyXeEoqY1_rBRZRnijnBNGqOja3448rTQ0Amjz2kA6o6D-DoXtwSrnZhFgTW3MuX1VYnxrNanqrNUk2lH3Pgcm7icFEjeaf4Qce6sG7uMu5-Ew0iPUNrJsBxpsUhbAThdFLkEVmmUNzx4TNPMNa6rqXS4ibjtvabkSbxTSxuWxrtaxYva39otYSkI3rA=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyXeEoqY1_rBRZRnijnBNGqOja3448rTQ0Amjz2kA6o6D-DoXtwSrnZhFgTW3MuX1VYnxrNanqrNUk2lH3Pgcm7icFEjeaf4Qce6sG7uMu5-Ew0iPUNrJsBxpsUhbAThdFLkEVmmUNzx4TNPMNa6rqXS4ibjtvabkSbxTSxuWxrtaxYva39otYSkI3rA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>Virginia Creeper</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i> climbed to the birdhouses.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAXQEHICX1BYSZvStZd0nLVxLHX-G__ETJOPRmmX08qNKjVlN_URcqOXhfi32Nh2JvAbBjtMyTQcwwv0h1drpS6jtfn2IAp8r6WsaIrVA195lvsAiIm-dWkJaP-o_m3Fn2Y-g-WYHkukfu4JoqPNw-TODk3xiwvxNfwWcNhB67TibNNSLR7oUoeNtCig=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAXQEHICX1BYSZvStZd0nLVxLHX-G__ETJOPRmmX08qNKjVlN_URcqOXhfi32Nh2JvAbBjtMyTQcwwv0h1drpS6jtfn2IAp8r6WsaIrVA195lvsAiIm-dWkJaP-o_m3Fn2Y-g-WYHkukfu4JoqPNw-TODk3xiwvxNfwWcNhB67TibNNSLR7oUoeNtCig=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoPLzggMFTENxpbaLYjmOcuJS_lq3yRvg4cDq54apwch4mzPYmCHxuVxfb00YO95y9yH8NxpkJogTpij0VsZ8_d34YDUYuMhMIXT-TVk5WMU2tax4wcemIlhPjqopItwEA4GXryRG8PyLS1t81iq5LpQpl3yrqB3RoIVvGynAuxEXWvAdXqOQ1gs2wHA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoPLzggMFTENxpbaLYjmOcuJS_lq3yRvg4cDq54apwch4mzPYmCHxuVxfb00YO95y9yH8NxpkJogTpij0VsZ8_d34YDUYuMhMIXT-TVk5WMU2tax4wcemIlhPjqopItwEA4GXryRG8PyLS1t81iq5LpQpl3yrqB3RoIVvGynAuxEXWvAdXqOQ1gs2wHA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>Mountain Ash tree has</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i> plenty of berries this year.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsI7I5YnBMxQ9g6xwx3nfGr7lpUx4_PpHJKL1c2lEC04fvdZ7aS68lGdeu85DfPGSzDQ2q1rGvh11LRsobkCPq86sjgoxpY11EgPC7p4DyaAdVsOly-u-IwJAuGXiptOgzA0oETzCb9kZAAvY_QjPNUPta_ubgvfzczTJsYJBCKPJIRFG9oAuL7EX77A=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsI7I5YnBMxQ9g6xwx3nfGr7lpUx4_PpHJKL1c2lEC04fvdZ7aS68lGdeu85DfPGSzDQ2q1rGvh11LRsobkCPq86sjgoxpY11EgPC7p4DyaAdVsOly-u-IwJAuGXiptOgzA0oETzCb9kZAAvY_QjPNUPta_ubgvfzczTJsYJBCKPJIRFG9oAuL7EX77A=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>After the leaves have fallen.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>Food for wildlife.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGum0z74bZtb0qm8T6rJAqZiZosZLX0GykmT5VWhtYL2lVrfgUDex0ZXPjDwZGquadDoZazEvTVs4L2uOXSLJO8y9MpZPasy2kHqZoSnBmfNqySvw0PH9-cRYkWFV0HHGeYP3G2ujyRAlX1BTPcXMucP_hdP6Pqm2PmvDeaDlvb6b1YqPeM4kDkAzcGQ=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGum0z74bZtb0qm8T6rJAqZiZosZLX0GykmT5VWhtYL2lVrfgUDex0ZXPjDwZGquadDoZazEvTVs4L2uOXSLJO8y9MpZPasy2kHqZoSnBmfNqySvw0PH9-cRYkWFV0HHGeYP3G2ujyRAlX1BTPcXMucP_hdP6Pqm2PmvDeaDlvb6b1YqPeM4kDkAzcGQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Whimsical look of Daylillies</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJBLuu1pL1seNcj27jQ3Lw_tBSOJ-_hATDvKA7JU1yXZlQBLuxHhG8N4AcyVYgsD8Ew2_7DJs3urJ768HZGKhqwQufG2XpYAx2BhxYeErhy6GoDdLeGFfwLbJy32a6sUzUREyxDYT0NvSF0KNKa0A3ej5_qXaPZ11IA1Quc_fs-PaEdgW92mbbDMSeFw=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJBLuu1pL1seNcj27jQ3Lw_tBSOJ-_hATDvKA7JU1yXZlQBLuxHhG8N4AcyVYgsD8Ew2_7DJs3urJ768HZGKhqwQufG2XpYAx2BhxYeErhy6GoDdLeGFfwLbJy32a6sUzUREyxDYT0NvSF0KNKa0A3ej5_qXaPZ11IA1Quc_fs-PaEdgW92mbbDMSeFw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Golden leaves of Shieldleaf,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"> Rodgersia</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgrVQBfL-yYfOY677kap4_gi5s8JzdOP_DCm_xScVteGhD1KnyJ2Vf3g9g90SBdCM_hECQlf-cRFR2DB6OGe63h4wyUDBJA656yb2MEyetG87ll7pBwA2hDn8ysGT9Yj19HM_kjC0zKppUyOYSJ3_EUdK0D1eMI2jBIEazaJQm1iCUt6MOSsDlbeVMHw=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgrVQBfL-yYfOY677kap4_gi5s8JzdOP_DCm_xScVteGhD1KnyJ2Vf3g9g90SBdCM_hECQlf-cRFR2DB6OGe63h4wyUDBJA656yb2MEyetG87ll7pBwA2hDn8ysGT9Yj19HM_kjC0zKppUyOYSJ3_EUdK0D1eMI2jBIEazaJQm1iCUt6MOSsDlbeVMHw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>A young Butternut Tree</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizrFM1w0ik_ymlkUqRIOMc31EFsfcYT-ha2mMvk9toNqp0fMlL99XPdx3iNB3wP3QJXcBX_4kOgJSn2U5Zf1wWQUYD8wIrIb-h9qsBGIwK393ThYtS7FJ-mPZdFqAAW5eRz2zT-CzQrPQw7NyjJUHchEzhrspTb6IFgg9PMSIGufhOz4PvxJqkhoZSqw=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizrFM1w0ik_ymlkUqRIOMc31EFsfcYT-ha2mMvk9toNqp0fMlL99XPdx3iNB3wP3QJXcBX_4kOgJSn2U5Zf1wWQUYD8wIrIb-h9qsBGIwK393ThYtS7FJ-mPZdFqAAW5eRz2zT-CzQrPQw7NyjJUHchEzhrspTb6IFgg9PMSIGufhOz4PvxJqkhoZSqw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Sumac</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQfNPPThYrgItfOwLS0GXQ-RfUTVILHrCd1-BcceZs9JxOOPVAYogoyk9SqSF4BEW9W-G4Cv7Gzfoovf6CSlcS0cGN3AcJ5cebvClziaIyfHSl9rnEsRfmeu4-wdD5d8cGmjccmcqEBDn9pgAl2qe3XowlrRz2Bii2CSytVg3W-3hbpBRD8q5EdN-ztg=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQfNPPThYrgItfOwLS0GXQ-RfUTVILHrCd1-BcceZs9JxOOPVAYogoyk9SqSF4BEW9W-G4Cv7Gzfoovf6CSlcS0cGN3AcJ5cebvClziaIyfHSl9rnEsRfmeu4-wdD5d8cGmjccmcqEBDn9pgAl2qe3XowlrRz2Bii2CSytVg3W-3hbpBRD8q5EdN-ztg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCwpPMCT2V6pO3czYY_HyB-uo5td9kPqcahDt-v9J3h-98SvPx5NHpn4Fg9XUEz8nGeQkqNuyPcbGjDr6aqh14_0vMELlI2ZFk8u5oxgwFOI9qtw9hEiHWkndCmkvsdTpHkkuJMQPVwALdpmctcswPNZ7MTHZR0F9TIvhdfxz686kz_xkOPGGDSwS3bw=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCwpPMCT2V6pO3czYY_HyB-uo5td9kPqcahDt-v9J3h-98SvPx5NHpn4Fg9XUEz8nGeQkqNuyPcbGjDr6aqh14_0vMELlI2ZFk8u5oxgwFOI9qtw9hEiHWkndCmkvsdTpHkkuJMQPVwALdpmctcswPNZ7MTHZR0F9TIvhdfxz686kz_xkOPGGDSwS3bw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">In the Woods</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOmSU7MsEkW8zErp-guozMcEXOEWPbSzukCYPmbOc3FWxEN_GMxa1d2YhUN7JyMm70QpDyutx0zcJs6lwf83szz-k-bsHU6VNF8gldXKxNBL4QMR7FdV4OKTUjERcWy86IJjafgb8TvT82r5iHgNeZu2PXlEKmirKCIAmEb-2k3zUhKSilAWiENnEaYw=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOmSU7MsEkW8zErp-guozMcEXOEWPbSzukCYPmbOc3FWxEN_GMxa1d2YhUN7JyMm70QpDyutx0zcJs6lwf83szz-k-bsHU6VNF8gldXKxNBL4QMR7FdV4OKTUjERcWy86IJjafgb8TvT82r5iHgNeZu2PXlEKmirKCIAmEb-2k3zUhKSilAWiENnEaYw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">We've had a lot rain in October.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Jp-_q941RO6-7-gZ_F62w2McxBLw5cHn-TH0jAJvenTKkfsWrT-rsQLHffDlZqmtVSGqKcp2yXSeprQtI49uWtlKHY77rfPe7NsKqHtk2BU1NfnI5tS_JP5OB2VVF0D7CvaiPTmo4wUq-hMrbIYPLJhKUFCwQoscB4ve6e0G80SOFHrB_lwNTpGtuA=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6Jp-_q941RO6-7-gZ_F62w2McxBLw5cHn-TH0jAJvenTKkfsWrT-rsQLHffDlZqmtVSGqKcp2yXSeprQtI49uWtlKHY77rfPe7NsKqHtk2BU1NfnI5tS_JP5OB2VVF0D7CvaiPTmo4wUq-hMrbIYPLJhKUFCwQoscB4ve6e0G80SOFHrB_lwNTpGtuA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">A Witches Broom/</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">A deformity in a tree.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-32O0SmZ583gGNee9Hh4E_eak9MuzL5Mo8Y2iCsoZlX6fgeqhoDGseFyGhH5gVAJ25HkaWRpnYpGEEm3B2cSFN8uAnZIKfTgYtfzF4CHoE_Jso75p2rpudugfPzpmDd5jVM94PCsfXUK0wB1NC1Y2PIfx-njjdK22T0V9IxQslv476RJ37MoCGjFW5Q=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-32O0SmZ583gGNee9Hh4E_eak9MuzL5Mo8Y2iCsoZlX6fgeqhoDGseFyGhH5gVAJ25HkaWRpnYpGEEm3B2cSFN8uAnZIKfTgYtfzF4CHoE_Jso75p2rpudugfPzpmDd5jVM94PCsfXUK0wB1NC1Y2PIfx-njjdK22T0V9IxQslv476RJ37MoCGjFW5Q=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">A golfball in the forest?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i>Possibly dropped by a bird.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i>Possibly a Crow or Ravin.</i></span></span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><i> I'm standing on a cliff. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg01u0uKgY1o1_F2blww8McPt1rP2PH9DsBS5RSpI9L1YPG0WsiYKjGIm4eE6HlxiRGKkJUz4lAU3LijR2rSAHs0tHwUobZWJKr2Oli52aeNAyCCijn3Dk8IPqPXXTX-YRdJ5rr3MnBhzR-AKnurBtBSpGisqiXzrePeH2MR7tlIApPHfr1B98oufpHIw=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg01u0uKgY1o1_F2blww8McPt1rP2PH9DsBS5RSpI9L1YPG0WsiYKjGIm4eE6HlxiRGKkJUz4lAU3LijR2rSAHs0tHwUobZWJKr2Oli52aeNAyCCijn3Dk8IPqPXXTX-YRdJ5rr3MnBhzR-AKnurBtBSpGisqiXzrePeH2MR7tlIApPHfr1B98oufpHIw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Fall winds bring in </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">a lot of beach wood;</span></i></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i>And other things...</i></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh67DK3fm3PjjafsixcjHBXy9Bl3HCBJo_k4R1xMdYT-80mdgZLxZ7H5mV7Ilq2udheBfXgCSLRIbRGDq6XHGClpETryxM4RCXkP1o6MKb6ozcuM2RznE6C7tAPXLqGgia-SgD8tqUDjYKGTYMvLTbkV2nZV4JjSteiDsVPJ52kj4y2fv9mkhkOGW1Ejw=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh67DK3fm3PjjafsixcjHBXy9Bl3HCBJo_k4R1xMdYT-80mdgZLxZ7H5mV7Ilq2udheBfXgCSLRIbRGDq6XHGClpETryxM4RCXkP1o6MKb6ozcuM2RznE6C7tAPXLqGgia-SgD8tqUDjYKGTYMvLTbkV2nZV4JjSteiDsVPJ52kj4y2fv9mkhkOGW1Ejw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>Also some treasures,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>if you collect </i></span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i>seagrass.</i></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCEF960-VpfIesaE3CLy3klMOR388CHDhZDY4oOFyojE4U8rqHPoTxaKRtyJ4JwOWzGj5oYNC1qYEmmi20lD9OZVcUpoMrNVgf26jeVG_n0_ncq4la3y-gzIvioblMtfG3lN16XYLl5DG5iLPNmTm4Xtd0nlVBqVFbp8whShBMbmx93WB76WJdsfFs1Q=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCEF960-VpfIesaE3CLy3klMOR388CHDhZDY4oOFyojE4U8rqHPoTxaKRtyJ4JwOWzGj5oYNC1qYEmmi20lD9OZVcUpoMrNVgf26jeVG_n0_ncq4la3y-gzIvioblMtfG3lN16XYLl5DG5iLPNmTm4Xtd0nlVBqVFbp8whShBMbmx93WB76WJdsfFs1Q=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>Sundown at the Dock</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvcsvvsBYyXlkjGS335xu5GfMq0IZaI-iuLAXVOrq9Wl4329_6p-_Rv4fZBBvXzAbap9JxykA6NejPnOksKewqO766FqbRekG4GCgJs_QY8JiNZJ_kOJ5pBrVomIBRurnQrGkVZ4LjjBpr1R-uygrxYk39fXDVCyLp5h4M4k71ji6cTRjLuMEI5SitJA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvcsvvsBYyXlkjGS335xu5GfMq0IZaI-iuLAXVOrq9Wl4329_6p-_Rv4fZBBvXzAbap9JxykA6NejPnOksKewqO766FqbRekG4GCgJs_QY8JiNZJ_kOJ5pBrVomIBRurnQrGkVZ4LjjBpr1R-uygrxYk39fXDVCyLp5h4M4k71ji6cTRjLuMEI5SitJA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i>This lighthouse was moved from</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i>its original location in the 90's.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i>It used to be close</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><i> to where I grew up.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl1CsIAgZ5k4nP3sRqOWPIQt5myqmC-VnugVlUNfiY2OCQ0W5nSxX3UpUMXxRyBaepJxVwZchrKOMc_yhGGB0GpEBNS_foS6d6CczGLYgMmQfo2ash3FFvwKbqrU3WVKNgIj7FY7lIfc9OxHHzmhsA-T0Ckkov5NwFIEvyt-pIBARnmfdz8sI6Hfwl6Q=w640-h640" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Below, an old photo</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">someone sent me recently.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Its original location.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">The revolving light would shine </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">in our upstairs window.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Our beacon in the night.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_FjxD1ZoX2ujyLs40JqitHwj9PYK0Onve_R5NZn-lZIOjx0T4AaoRDWCnWCPC4CYWgiRfSz7yir3OZ_K_G1fZhU5dPsM89vfeEZYzumoj9lGgQUOz3WzlgfQa9IqyZCUz5r0WaJtAIZAyNLSSIloiIfbIZLhuWlAeQYPmgnpEBXEMRDdeh6izwE4BIw=s883" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="883" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_FjxD1ZoX2ujyLs40JqitHwj9PYK0Onve_R5NZn-lZIOjx0T4AaoRDWCnWCPC4CYWgiRfSz7yir3OZ_K_G1fZhU5dPsM89vfeEZYzumoj9lGgQUOz3WzlgfQa9IqyZCUz5r0WaJtAIZAyNLSSIloiIfbIZLhuWlAeQYPmgnpEBXEMRDdeh6izwE4BIw=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>A lot of seaweed on </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>the beach in Bonaventure</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>from high winds and huge waves.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy2p-S_f2JWd623uwJX45hN9wWCC4jRb690R3c9NptveRQAM0blXO_RIpcMkRMh2EZGFLrTiCBuoj1yNmWI2nnhBw71XK7neIjwjL1DBaC3eq_CxCo7z381_UkAfHhUq2GiZPQpGH8rMi-SkKKJcIXi-pZzbHcjhOfEwTvJyznki_sLgyMtuU5gFhE0w=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy2p-S_f2JWd623uwJX45hN9wWCC4jRb690R3c9NptveRQAM0blXO_RIpcMkRMh2EZGFLrTiCBuoj1yNmWI2nnhBw71XK7neIjwjL1DBaC3eq_CxCo7z381_UkAfHhUq2GiZPQpGH8rMi-SkKKJcIXi-pZzbHcjhOfEwTvJyznki_sLgyMtuU5gFhE0w=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Sister Annie</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZS9onBQ5R5lV2YM3zyW95-TfeEdzooB1WFTbJHFvzoUphbyReStoWw4CN1kxpygdoMtl_eIyFSZRJiJhNoMjRvTIWrZwnEeZCFCvqpQ7IwrqaE2UgEDqLlUlz0IH55YqySCDR_tNdpU-4QqH813GIRw0_MRWQL_65m7j5-98UruI3bic-RdA2fJGBYg=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZS9onBQ5R5lV2YM3zyW95-TfeEdzooB1WFTbJHFvzoUphbyReStoWw4CN1kxpygdoMtl_eIyFSZRJiJhNoMjRvTIWrZwnEeZCFCvqpQ7IwrqaE2UgEDqLlUlz0IH55YqySCDR_tNdpU-4QqH813GIRw0_MRWQL_65m7j5-98UruI3bic-RdA2fJGBYg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>Beautiful Fall Sunsets </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnVM9WyKQufdun7uesOJPLWj-f2bEZseR-5rQN1myIKFE666n4SV1QP0Y-x52DO9cVu5XY1CyI-gO_VzCZxXeIFyJyrjqzumQqUr9OXbjPBgqymQkkOa6ZT7sguoWl41mu9h7tKny2KPEG0F10zyN7FG-f3gQr3itLXV1IEBMagpqo6WCMUARWV5HwjQ=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnVM9WyKQufdun7uesOJPLWj-f2bEZseR-5rQN1myIKFE666n4SV1QP0Y-x52DO9cVu5XY1CyI-gO_VzCZxXeIFyJyrjqzumQqUr9OXbjPBgqymQkkOa6ZT7sguoWl41mu9h7tKny2KPEG0F10zyN7FG-f3gQr3itLXV1IEBMagpqo6WCMUARWV5HwjQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Bye for now.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Thanks for your visit.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Stay safe and stay well.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">💛💛💛</span></i></div><i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>I am pleased to announce that our gardens have</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>been featured in the Gaspe Spec Newspaper.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>That's me and my sister Annie in the photo.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>We made it on the front cover. 😃</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>Thanks to Journalist Diane Skinner</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><i>for this lovely article. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8ERotejNWuLsY7SMH4qpzSoBGn3A9T64istsICkeKTgVGsVpLfKw-jA1z997l5qY3DwQ_T6OlXQ1YPZQ0rtdgymo_QmWK3EDhQkMoL2UyQRKfJxFC89YDE3Ee2LeRVgAcKR51PJAYLiPKphvxNRAIDBiajx7lODFSpZu5M_q95syCtdyR6Nq5XvCx-Q=s4789" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4789" data-original-width="3188" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8ERotejNWuLsY7SMH4qpzSoBGn3A9T64istsICkeKTgVGsVpLfKw-jA1z997l5qY3DwQ_T6OlXQ1YPZQ0rtdgymo_QmWK3EDhQkMoL2UyQRKfJxFC89YDE3Ee2LeRVgAcKR51PJAYLiPKphvxNRAIDBiajx7lODFSpZu5M_q95syCtdyR6Nq5XvCx-Q=w426-h640" width="426" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-6535794462145966392021-10-18T15:07:00.019-04:002023-10-19T17:38:34.337-04:00Making A Garden Orb<div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5vUFd-wVNNbMkvHfSDQMh8lj7pU47RvT0t5vg-P9eiB4Row4yrQl7cQvcrChK6QbFf8DxmGzCsIuLjq38KHjhMz0RSd9cl-jcfKjVl6J28vVkCzcRPvKhPZEg7o1FkHo7gd1wb0RRU8czifwx3l9WX410Px0acxet4GjamPTzywioAqjPDoWdTLwkkA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5vUFd-wVNNbMkvHfSDQMh8lj7pU47RvT0t5vg-P9eiB4Row4yrQl7cQvcrChK6QbFf8DxmGzCsIuLjq38KHjhMz0RSd9cl-jcfKjVl6J28vVkCzcRPvKhPZEg7o1FkHo7gd1wb0RRU8czifwx3l9WX410Px0acxet4GjamPTzywioAqjPDoWdTLwkkA=w392-h640" width="392" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7;"> My old barrel was falling apart</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>after many years of holding flowers.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I decided to replace it.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11rBI6pyYMit8TIhHfl-qd1kPnpk8ELCsti7ue1q--neQwitm-SlZeHvat4r5AzKN03uqixhJEI5sBlhqZE809m6A6riIIEJCYyvhglV1TjNc_u9FZ4M22R13Pp7m7zuwha2m5c17ReV-3plu8VfTNVQ5H_TBFpCzL-gc_ekqTHOXwHn2XeIMuYBMRw/s960/1F0287DB-4939-44DC-A166-D3038126D68C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="634" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11rBI6pyYMit8TIhHfl-qd1kPnpk8ELCsti7ue1q--neQwitm-SlZeHvat4r5AzKN03uqixhJEI5sBlhqZE809m6A6riIIEJCYyvhglV1TjNc_u9FZ4M22R13Pp7m7zuwha2m5c17ReV-3plu8VfTNVQ5H_TBFpCzL-gc_ekqTHOXwHn2XeIMuYBMRw/w422-h640/1F0287DB-4939-44DC-A166-D3038126D68C.jpeg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>Each yr. I planted some different in it.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>When I </i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 167, 214);"><i>finally replaced it, I discovered</i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 167, 214); color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">it didn't have a bottom. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">😆</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb7dYZUPKVtYGTVHrFhZIi5HpA4DytcA3YFzmh8X2MN6i04xRu25QkAeIvxHPgDx4Tl33kpS5pDFH6YD5LBSolIpdqOjg3g8sHgbxYGbUWQzxVPMqME4cckeA09xDBv3DG1upo5Czz_UWjQ-_fZd_U1n1yQtf2M3t-1Crb0qiJuufKOCT21HbqGivyLQ=s696" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="696" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb7dYZUPKVtYGTVHrFhZIi5HpA4DytcA3YFzmh8X2MN6i04xRu25QkAeIvxHPgDx4Tl33kpS5pDFH6YD5LBSolIpdqOjg3g8sHgbxYGbUWQzxVPMqME4cckeA09xDBv3DG1upo5Czz_UWjQ-_fZd_U1n1yQtf2M3t-1Crb0qiJuufKOCT21HbqGivyLQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div><div style="color: #b4a7d6;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></div><div><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I made a Garden Orb</span></i></div><div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>with the old rusty bands/staves </i></span></div><div><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>It was my first time </i></span><i>making one.</i></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">It was also my first time drilling in metal.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I used the largest drill bit I had. 1/4 inch.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I drilled a hole through each band separately</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">and aligned them together.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;"> My sister Annie helped hold them in</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">place as I screwed a long screw into the holes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">and into a post below. A 3 inch screw.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">Then I place large head nails between </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">each band to keep them from moving. </span></i></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="696" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHzKAtuSIZgy7t96HJYPc3Hj4Wzlc7am0iR3pzLDLQse7R5OobJtmZIIUK1vPPImqNlhLicCoREivzz4axM2fqFRUKqury9aVtJ7qCjiIJePp4aOEX0v3CSQ13Wy6rTh6OJiY9Hr3ZvYvl4QlUK5r5r-BxOn2YNPbYMywLzTxfaO-fW7bzYy5dfV_Eiw=w640-h640" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I used the 1/4" bit</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">and 2 inch nail.</span></i></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVGrEo2l2diifMfbeu2MlwPTjarb0id05w4KRlinK7ijM54IAxzJ5T0c2dIVpHGEdh5qkZqa2CpMDqGERkXMst6LCQF5ArJtB3Bu84GsAHBE-gi0paIJiiC4gw8XLLS7Tl2_3EpiX1TbaQ7b5aB7PmhGgTQFpSZY72g3pr960HBQIndghOD80Rv_NRlA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVGrEo2l2diifMfbeu2MlwPTjarb0id05w4KRlinK7ijM54IAxzJ5T0c2dIVpHGEdh5qkZqa2CpMDqGERkXMst6LCQF5ArJtB3Bu84GsAHBE-gi0paIJiiC4gw8XLLS7Tl2_3EpiX1TbaQ7b5aB7PmhGgTQFpSZY72g3pr960HBQIndghOD80Rv_NRlA=w320-h320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV2QwcUNMmAIpFZHgAd_c2S8O7t9ZDQfwau9gVF36YBgam3r-BLaOFnGByA065leCsLpXZTT9jqo2D35Xo0456F5eDAFt7DIKoCNXDyLDiFi-_hCwbjDOIY1bTs05mhaKdTshGMw_htPnL9ooUwExa-R7shRLG9LcYopHJW6mLWdFWGJ-i6C2BnnxVOg=w640-h480" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I screwed it on a 5x5 cedar post</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i> that I had on hand,</i><i> 3 ft. long.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">(A 4x4 will do also.)</span></i></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtPURI3kqq01VvMlFqKTIKMI4zXu3wFWrxwZS47ISYfzVYa_xru7o_mncd5pzP4pMVaDbptVkGxTNF5q3qVPpgHcMtVWE9gHVMn5zqtxp3Ts5aFwkv7ZhIPqmP46AkK6MVXRPREf9V34qQZf7BW4T0QLx7Y7nAmt1vNnxLqVte5KK2GxFK5l81Gqsllg=s3213" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3213" data-original-width="3213" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtPURI3kqq01VvMlFqKTIKMI4zXu3wFWrxwZS47ISYfzVYa_xru7o_mncd5pzP4pMVaDbptVkGxTNF5q3qVPpgHcMtVWE9gHVMn5zqtxp3Ts5aFwkv7ZhIPqmP46AkK6MVXRPREf9V34qQZf7BW4T0QLx7Y7nAmt1vNnxLqVte5KK2GxFK5l81Gqsllg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I had no idea how I was going to make it stand up.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">My sister Annie came up with a brilliant idea.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">Place it in a cement "builders block" </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">which I had on hand also.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">It fit in one side and we placed a few small pieces</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">of wood to secure it straight. It will never fall.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I placed some metal pieces in the other</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;"> side temporarily until I come up with </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">a better idea maybe I will plant flowers in it.</span></i></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;">.</div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_2X1mvkGEpYtYWBN1_6pS85d3Wj178-4hPhjRD7oAK6MUJgB58AxziyHIG76ijoorCjnjrgkZDPOcD-w9xoLPtrpjrFaErhgj2NSDM5yKTSg5HtWusRRz7MkiwBbIrruvo7eGtNz9bYcJboJLNldkZuu4cbu1HAc4rYKoxCSFm2mb0PEuEr6TwoJaOw=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_2X1mvkGEpYtYWBN1_6pS85d3Wj178-4hPhjRD7oAK6MUJgB58AxziyHIG76ijoorCjnjrgkZDPOcD-w9xoLPtrpjrFaErhgj2NSDM5yKTSg5HtWusRRz7MkiwBbIrruvo7eGtNz9bYcJboJLNldkZuu4cbu1HAc4rYKoxCSFm2mb0PEuEr6TwoJaOw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">The builders block could also be hidden</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">by digging down and hiding it in the earth.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">Or hide it with something rusty.</span></i></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgS-GQM23VMC65B3O5czCRBmL2ygwBSCAeK0s7D03OjBnr-eaDRqGjmZznhrSIfiP_YuEIpD-l3BfhH8oAxeHMLGP_OPXVJM2C0tq3Lv0w3sD4uc1UvqxcUFlo8kw5gpnkb3u7oygKDFHximB5lkfj-YpIEtHtAO-L_kJhmuSpx6a9BxhjNp4VkETyB9w=s603" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgS-GQM23VMC65B3O5czCRBmL2ygwBSCAeK0s7D03OjBnr-eaDRqGjmZznhrSIfiP_YuEIpD-l3BfhH8oAxeHMLGP_OPXVJM2C0tq3Lv0w3sD4uc1UvqxcUFlo8kw5gpnkb3u7oygKDFHximB5lkfj-YpIEtHtAO-L_kJhmuSpx6a9BxhjNp4VkETyB9w=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">T</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">o hide the nails and screw,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I placed a rusty old stove cover on top</span></i></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheE5FT6FdQEZ59BeAzqgCDyaGAOBFMlZ90DDEXKqQYRMuSI0sK14Uv4sR6mKSbQs1ugdd_q2-73H1dmmJN53WaKX_28U9d6kUfVnAEMrxocJo87CjEdEr3qq7LnPUT959MqofdX7p_XU1LMKH8-Nj8bww3uy59HNUJP8CgXr408SoTfl0OmjcM3iRkAA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheE5FT6FdQEZ59BeAzqgCDyaGAOBFMlZ90DDEXKqQYRMuSI0sK14Uv4sR6mKSbQs1ugdd_q2-73H1dmmJN53WaKX_28U9d6kUfVnAEMrxocJo87CjEdEr3qq7LnPUT959MqofdX7p_XU1LMKH8-Nj8bww3uy59HNUJP8CgXr408SoTfl0OmjcM3iRkAA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div></div><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>On the top of the orb,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I wired the staves together with rubber covered wire.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>(It would have been better screwed together</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>also, I never got around to doing it.</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I will probably put a screw and </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>nut to secure it better.</i></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzlStc76KNPpZx8cVNIyWbFnKI4g14nlRcUGWjijsu3p5sdQ065V0lc2b_FM3jo09piaECXoWJfTe1TN9Z6VOZ49VItrJNvQ7ukG5N6PmghEft-8qokmvUVH9P_uyMRrqqhneRlfymzxxIDY9fZB-JxfCva1wumxFKTMhifnWjXII1-7QVR1-kd2XoJA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzlStc76KNPpZx8cVNIyWbFnKI4g14nlRcUGWjijsu3p5sdQ065V0lc2b_FM3jo09piaECXoWJfTe1TN9Z6VOZ49VItrJNvQ7ukG5N6PmghEft-8qokmvUVH9P_uyMRrqqhneRlfymzxxIDY9fZB-JxfCva1wumxFKTMhifnWjXII1-7QVR1-kd2XoJA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I placed this metal cup that I found.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>(I have no clue what that was used for)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>The wire seems to keep it secure. </i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghvVbC2f0zW3qmGXi6-RIjKyGG4CYbLa56AC_ZU_3j0QgzPjRIBo2Hr6jVjGWZjtci61ZxERSjx5txGZc97QRWHlHbH3kBRYPxb3kOhQ3IOqFlfRo6yydPPuhH1fTeRYP6YU9c5fnjAW0wulCBL9C4J9gi8Li41RS99dUoE0GJ8ON0qsbA7XOw053bVA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghvVbC2f0zW3qmGXi6-RIjKyGG4CYbLa56AC_ZU_3j0QgzPjRIBo2Hr6jVjGWZjtci61ZxERSjx5txGZc97QRWHlHbH3kBRYPxb3kOhQ3IOqFlfRo6yydPPuhH1fTeRYP6YU9c5fnjAW0wulCBL9C4J9gi8Li41RS99dUoE0GJ8ON0qsbA7XOw053bVA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7;">I decorated with some</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>lights from the Dollarstore.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>and decorated the post with small</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>ornaments of rust. </i></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgb0Ab3B-et8ADLcsc0KOGF26_Nqgt2tpjqqyZeNmiwPxWllynPIkLme8SlaorggDEU1t3J7BtafEn4wNmpoDk6G1NUiVKwtN83ZNdtoWZmnkzbFhlP7mUIU_O0Q4AdRydPLk_AoNHdjxuOlnKVRUB0pkoRhBbzFzEEQdS3PYlkC605cVM6-JkkDrHnwQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1502" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgb0Ab3B-et8ADLcsc0KOGF26_Nqgt2tpjqqyZeNmiwPxWllynPIkLme8SlaorggDEU1t3J7BtafEn4wNmpoDk6G1NUiVKwtN83ZNdtoWZmnkzbFhlP7mUIU_O0Q4AdRydPLk_AoNHdjxuOlnKVRUB0pkoRhBbzFzEEQdS3PYlkC605cVM6-JkkDrHnwQ=w470-h640" width="470" /></a></div><i style="color: #b4a7d6;"><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I'm pleased with the way it turned out.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>It does add rustic charm and</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i> focus to the garden.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>I would like to find another band/stave to</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>place horizontal to the middle.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>Also maybe something to fit into the orb.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 167, 214); color: #674ea7;"><i>After placing it into the garden,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 167, 214); color: #674ea7;"><i>this encouraged me to add more rusty</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 167, 214); color: #674ea7;"><i>things that I had in the shed.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 167, 214); color: #674ea7;"><i>Things I found when digging</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 167, 214); color: #674ea7;"><i>and cleaning up the property.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 167, 214); color: #674ea7;"><i>And it evolved into a</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 167, 214);"><i> <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-rusty-corner.html">"Rusty Corner"</a></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>Thanks for your visit and I hope</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>this was helpful to anyone</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><i>wanting to make one. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><i>💛💛💛</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-17473034178621705432021-10-14T17:56:00.039-04:002022-04-04T06:26:01.106-04:00A Rusty Corner<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">In the Woodland Garden, </span></span></i></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">nestled between the evergreens, </span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">is a garden corner of rusty things. </span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Things that were found while digging </span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and cleaning the property. </span></i></div></i></span><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Things that were once useful,</span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">in bygone years.</span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5BNX8Q73yVkjODTGXy6SU4rz7m1XJVnSsNL6ChF3r3w2xxDx1Inh2eSl-LeAa0aK2CYBatzRwf_dhwFGM8R5FWgOQUiucXHstcfczpfF7TH4BrxTmYQq481GmDNoZg1LNy0m_t6r7W744ANEjqnB10w13pwW2CuRB_aQ4uptNpRGGkPsRxOSMg2S3pA=w640-h640" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); color: #0000ee; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>It's been a while in the making, </i></span></div><div><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>this past Summer (2021), and into the Fall,</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><i>we put together this corner of the garden.</i></span></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">It all started when I decided to make an orb</span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">with the rusty bands from an old</span></i><span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span><i>barrel. </i></span></span></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcSmrG3EYonlM9JDN32NWKWjdCdjLEZclH72E-z--o4OTYSkOPTvX88v6jSpc8tqkAaNlZwdWtiVS9J7D-NabU7sv7GmqhwWCVhcXTerN3Vvd5XDRiwMtj1otVm1yZPE2IWKx9nSJmjwF-6TCdZP6Jj3UrR45YaqMS3IgqKFIbKcy0pgqP0OWiB5s69Q=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcSmrG3EYonlM9JDN32NWKWjdCdjLEZclH72E-z--o4OTYSkOPTvX88v6jSpc8tqkAaNlZwdWtiVS9J7D-NabU7sv7GmqhwWCVhcXTerN3Vvd5XDRiwMtj1otVm1yZPE2IWKx9nSJmjwF-6TCdZP6Jj3UrR45YaqMS3IgqKFIbKcy0pgqP0OWiB5s69Q=w392-h640" width="392" /></a></div><br /><i>A stove plate used for the base.</i></span></span></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCCY8AVeA1tbu3oBdfPkYZrfJ5jXup5AxzUIQuHSCur4QYelG8iaDWGQYcCKZ9Vv8UPI0LNH5C1M-Ve7ADBna-CAzrOj-FbtcAuvPNEAxaS0MpzOr3u3qUKDyxeqvWyuoDVH2oN4DNjZEKBv1Duso6GIxURAjL1rg-xAQxByS5oLsQwhLyQQ5Zv_ApdA=s3238" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3238" data-original-width="2375" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCCY8AVeA1tbu3oBdfPkYZrfJ5jXup5AxzUIQuHSCur4QYelG8iaDWGQYcCKZ9Vv8UPI0LNH5C1M-Ve7ADBna-CAzrOj-FbtcAuvPNEAxaS0MpzOr3u3qUKDyxeqvWyuoDVH2oN4DNjZEKBv1Duso6GIxURAjL1rg-xAQxByS5oLsQwhLyQQ5Zv_ApdA=w470-h640" width="470" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">Before garage pick up in </i><i>this</i><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"> area,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">things were disposed off on the land, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">in the woods, or the beach.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">Over the years, I have cleaned up, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">disposed of a lot.</i><i> </i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><u><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwQYlu9_8zn0RYM3geMXzdcQUeeeL3Axx3C-pYlqd6BRMnugs3rok7K_edMQSH-e7prXWLvUJogdVy8kzgLd01Meq5ZUXGJrgd-QSBEZyM1IDG9gWY3cOz4oxhEZzp_nncPpFcmk7XgiuoQN2mUOTH8OWyKZUo8YwsiknlZg2dywuNrgtp7zbKg5oNUw=w640-h640" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></u></span></span><br /><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span><i>We decided to display some</i></span></span></div><div><i>rusty finds on a slab-wall.</i></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-4mxQYEXyLtD3WBYYfV-DAal9lN_C3MRi9Mi52RABq_L6YFbCkyV_gymzsTrQwFLd8GEGS0JmIIYvpm5Xo-c6uNQBkQqthgUqjZgU4p0SWb5ST6jO29o5Rl9Tbi8NzRcf9skPgmkUzpEjx3Nua8bVK5FvCaEpD7zsJqSBpZLhgPcAC5WpKBl9jp8KJQ=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-4mxQYEXyLtD3WBYYfV-DAal9lN_C3MRi9Mi52RABq_L6YFbCkyV_gymzsTrQwFLd8GEGS0JmIIYvpm5Xo-c6uNQBkQqthgUqjZgU4p0SWb5ST6jO29o5Rl9Tbi8NzRcf9skPgmkUzpEjx3Nua8bVK5FvCaEpD7zsJqSBpZLhgPcAC5WpKBl9jp8KJQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div></div><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>Old license plates have history </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>stories to tell. </i></span></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;">Quebec 1976,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i> Olympics in Montreal.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i>The year my son, Daniel was born.<br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUloennotstPdjzncA7cUIrYdnbbTIw0lorUCG7uE0K44G-_nxtDuFMuUGnryR-YDVEJrvbzlX46XgWAye6WQVxr0nDMRKkF41Hbx3mQYYR4RHdhIf-V0RtzhpuoTxl4BSFLjkcL6Qfo8I3x2TEVLqqoHg70xwkItIrt7XcydCaBG-hoHZ-xC2AMiNOQ=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUloennotstPdjzncA7cUIrYdnbbTIw0lorUCG7uE0K44G-_nxtDuFMuUGnryR-YDVEJrvbzlX46XgWAye6WQVxr0nDMRKkF41Hbx3mQYYR4RHdhIf-V0RtzhpuoTxl4BSFLjkcL6Qfo8I3x2TEVLqqoHg70xwkItIrt7XcydCaBG-hoHZ-xC2AMiNOQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></div><i>It evolved into a rusty corner</i><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiONK-b1B7ntpFpWAhDd2n6Ycw4wIh_OxDx61C_JPpByfq4NKP5gp5dDlzRKgSI6Iu1duqiTNGLCbrPpH0hkP61ZOoU6hjeOpTq8ZuAYiY1u8VOhE7Q_FJWAEnQObdHYI6ukLYmJdBdGSt5Y-uFccI1lk4-SG6-Q0o5UhcAziC9ECVUDGrZ2_wmWBOqKQ=w640-h640" style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmNCCzCaSJ6kSb49yLkHwmUBLkTJR2jp0Z9Qw3higIyPVK8u1rA60Z8-k9-NE3pSZgel_cLvba-owKYdCr6H_jPlkJkENmPcbKxRW8iSaH5n5Tbfd3hiAoSI73tphJbRjcm1sTR-kuvbFwniZdz-fimuffpSV4HmbDjGAwD1fB0cTxRKPyPku7Yp8Ghg=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmNCCzCaSJ6kSb49yLkHwmUBLkTJR2jp0Z9Qw3higIyPVK8u1rA60Z8-k9-NE3pSZgel_cLvba-owKYdCr6H_jPlkJkENmPcbKxRW8iSaH5n5Tbfd3hiAoSI73tphJbRjcm1sTR-kuvbFwniZdz-fimuffpSV4HmbDjGAwD1fB0cTxRKPyPku7Yp8Ghg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Chains</i></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEippKxI_Wt6Zb_P6SEkmEuTOHNQJR98TEG3YyWApgSzzpPnFRAdjRQ9Ha0sPuzHDWlN4_7VmfGEe0W0J0OIKwKOEHffrapgO5LES_Kk1gQMpAhOqM4EnGQQn-e0Nxf6i6mqRWHEgCpWFDxr0AalD-gbMCyN_6S8803Rb8FYvXJUH8D8-aR9XO-MnJ4ugA=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEippKxI_Wt6Zb_P6SEkmEuTOHNQJR98TEG3YyWApgSzzpPnFRAdjRQ9Ha0sPuzHDWlN4_7VmfGEe0W0J0OIKwKOEHffrapgO5LES_Kk1gQMpAhOqM4EnGQQn-e0Nxf6i6mqRWHEgCpWFDxr0AalD-gbMCyN_6S8803Rb8FYvXJUH8D8-aR9XO-MnJ4ugA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wheel things.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhh0WCJhKMbUOj0AtFlK7Fx33fwmmtUDJTnYR0ZkAKOz6raQpM1TXqET36Pza7Zxk6mCxvAj8qF5xmSlQqR0zjgCBsG1evzASio3JHt8csDXftD29QKpd7DcTBdzQtOncW6QyoiJVNmy6ulJ53mVqyv9O00j3TCQO5td6Z4qYrbCatzsECw_yY20hwQUg=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhh0WCJhKMbUOj0AtFlK7Fx33fwmmtUDJTnYR0ZkAKOz6raQpM1TXqET36Pza7Zxk6mCxvAj8qF5xmSlQqR0zjgCBsG1evzASio3JHt8csDXftD29QKpd7DcTBdzQtOncW6QyoiJVNmy6ulJ53mVqyv9O00j3TCQO5td6Z4qYrbCatzsECw_yY20hwQUg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">A spring vase</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL_M3FpXAewNwn5k6EOEYDHqtxMPc3_MlXGID1AV3364H8_CU-SRjL4V2rDxt6qmtXmRKe7V0KlKHpTVWfhvRBgVNEJ47ueaH2ImYaqzyE485CtrKw8Q0_qQH0xZczq8BLPnK3QXquBIST04HuMZdCXTe5HT_euSHjFsKeDRjvJdCA4tHm5hYBKobrlw=s3424" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3424" data-original-width="2037" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL_M3FpXAewNwn5k6EOEYDHqtxMPc3_MlXGID1AV3364H8_CU-SRjL4V2rDxt6qmtXmRKe7V0KlKHpTVWfhvRBgVNEJ47ueaH2ImYaqzyE485CtrKw8Q0_qQH0xZczq8BLPnK3QXquBIST04HuMZdCXTe5HT_euSHjFsKeDRjvJdCA4tHm5hYBKobrlw=w380-h640" width="380" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">A galvanized bucket</i><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivb-7NavmJKxyoS08GYgctYICS-hBv07DLvbEh4DAe1HviD7GEXdzrb9pLsog0ZbCWsDHTmOaKXrMNcw8pxMlE0xA35SLa7q5CfRUORrNJmQMMCYc9PjErbT0TuGgcpUUQoagxkAOhSo5H4lRyStwL_0QsMhRb8mdLTtaHJ-hhv1YkEQz-o_yNjFDBkg=s3178" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3178" data-original-width="3178" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivb-7NavmJKxyoS08GYgctYICS-hBv07DLvbEh4DAe1HviD7GEXdzrb9pLsog0ZbCWsDHTmOaKXrMNcw8pxMlE0xA35SLa7q5CfRUORrNJmQMMCYc9PjErbT0TuGgcpUUQoagxkAOhSo5H4lRyStwL_0QsMhRb8mdLTtaHJ-hhv1YkEQz-o_yNjFDBkg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i>Rusty things, lost in time.</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i>Rescued and repurposed into "Garden Art"</i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj23abilBzoUaDuDOlPGPJf2clWOWPgg05yos23Vvfd6W5FtMc6L3SkWUqdbFJJR8Ig236Weh7ey9xwumMa4o5vmjT2h20GF9btCo_p3n0wTabfTgAnS02y8Jm1y0wHveJhIbOSj4MybJZZS-CAEUu1TIXNg9lFp_SI4AiFYBOXwWn6AKZgC_DvqdLylw=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj23abilBzoUaDuDOlPGPJf2clWOWPgg05yos23Vvfd6W5FtMc6L3SkWUqdbFJJR8Ig236Weh7ey9xwumMa4o5vmjT2h20GF9btCo_p3n0wTabfTgAnS02y8Jm1y0wHveJhIbOSj4MybJZZS-CAEUu1TIXNg9lFp_SI4AiFYBOXwWn6AKZgC_DvqdLylw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Things that add focus and interest to the garden.</span></i><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjV1mVMKqdPgPAL8EtJTcXD3D8dff9DsKAiLruTCDiVKkoAEauK_CmoqPzcFfzSKxaJRGS2--EfnM7EbXXA245Bna9Yk9WHdCTa9MKYLHcXDzixppT5FegTO908lWEzygDmngvyxUaK3nJ-DgOeLz2xp3ycFtzJA8pq2g1MIkqCpXknPgXo543v1VIACA=w640-h640" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><i>Somethings we found in the woods.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAydDgvapD-Ny4rtKxZw8RBHLEg25lQkQG2-M6qpV5Aj_sQ9drmrY7VnyQtJ1OuTTlB59CNx1drYKovGUSATGvz-Aedhrf9NjDokL4RjtI0Ue5dCe3Y4OsJHADrXDN4d3KSyIma8li2awO27MCaOcyReuSgZhxwYyfah33wnrvQhZuqInTYxI4jwFsHQ=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAydDgvapD-Ny4rtKxZw8RBHLEg25lQkQG2-M6qpV5Aj_sQ9drmrY7VnyQtJ1OuTTlB59CNx1drYKovGUSATGvz-Aedhrf9NjDokL4RjtI0Ue5dCe3Y4OsJHADrXDN4d3KSyIma8li2awO27MCaOcyReuSgZhxwYyfah33wnrvQhZuqInTYxI4jwFsHQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>lost in time</i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbO4Cj7QLYgnoi867Fwf8zpmvuEe_WM7tOP7gIuJomEcf0oOXZWEDWSZnbtLK1kz4whhALmfSlwVvW1VbU-GVl-kpRVsLgfLqjwKgXOHkkHBr1zcxY0zUyRsTi95uKfw-2CebJ2m7MLnP-QoDDDTmdRe-8qn04-4h94s5kQRXOmMT9urWFMfMx5sU9mw=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbO4Cj7QLYgnoi867Fwf8zpmvuEe_WM7tOP7gIuJomEcf0oOXZWEDWSZnbtLK1kz4whhALmfSlwVvW1VbU-GVl-kpRVsLgfLqjwKgXOHkkHBr1zcxY0zUyRsTi95uKfw-2CebJ2m7MLnP-QoDDDTmdRe-8qn04-4h94s5kQRXOmMT9urWFMfMx5sU9mw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I hope you've enjoyed this little </i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>tour of a rusty corner in the garden...</i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I'll be adding more as we</i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>uncover more rusty <strike>junk.</strike> </i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9UOyNOcT4ggxTUXabsXhF2R3lpB2CF3nAwHlkbO9OcEBEG3f5c4G65WEuMtgOMHfNy-onhVJMMeefGv84ZExycEAwGNrKf_VFJ-jYpOwKNy59qmDYaz4Ry6-CR7R-YPUKQERxXKhqN7F57TvSqlxWnvLIc9IxJsfaZmUxKP7-LSuI0VvZOyT0eJxKFw=s5184" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9UOyNOcT4ggxTUXabsXhF2R3lpB2CF3nAwHlkbO9OcEBEG3f5c4G65WEuMtgOMHfNy-onhVJMMeefGv84ZExycEAwGNrKf_VFJ-jYpOwKNy59qmDYaz4Ry6-CR7R-YPUKQERxXKhqN7F57TvSqlxWnvLIc9IxJsfaZmUxKP7-LSuI0VvZOyT0eJxKFw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i>The shed in the back of the photo below,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>belong</i><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"> to my neighbours.</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i>My Dad built this shed many yrs. ago.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">The first owners of this </i><i>property,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> owned a Country</i><i>Store, in the 1960s-70s, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and this building held their stock. </i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i>My Dad had a sawmill and</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i> sawed logs into lumber</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i> for people and he was </i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i>also was a carpenter.</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i>The recent owners gave me</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i> the pathway in the garden.</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i>They discarded an old sidewalk</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i> on their property and offered it</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i> to me, in large pieces.</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i> I will plant thyme</i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i>in the cracks and on the sides. </i></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCeBBYCYwgN4gPoli8SxoOZ7zji8Gl2dyH6zYtNJXTJUe9q5ToCAE8RiemZEbdbRdz3sv9PUZmycwDZDV2yRGeRAk7OXhsKdk6ykbKW48DAE8tIXDi3AEDgCPg6pEnJ91uy7LmjZL_yM-wh-jRPTvonA-xwdZ9-b9Hku2BxtEG58P1wsgx7-tbzRpYVg=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCeBBYCYwgN4gPoli8SxoOZ7zji8Gl2dyH6zYtNJXTJUe9q5ToCAE8RiemZEbdbRdz3sv9PUZmycwDZDV2yRGeRAk7OXhsKdk6ykbKW48DAE8tIXDi3AEDgCPg6pEnJ91uy7LmjZL_yM-wh-jRPTvonA-xwdZ9-b9Hku2BxtEG58P1wsgx7-tbzRpYVg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><i>From the Rusty Corner...</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6cQp0dkHX-20O3Nh7O-hCwne-E-v-btsQyh0EU96p-B090OCm85JGVHdsBybL_6OBLq9be1Uy60cveTEW-A5H_po9DFpdzrOIz7ztgDNoigQQ9Bh41-P_mRwi_wedtFTHQm-Y6ARgBBVlpK2iz7APZ_bLlPEFplVsyWZglp01g1hwzqLJt_7X58z1sw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6cQp0dkHX-20O3Nh7O-hCwne-E-v-btsQyh0EU96p-B090OCm85JGVHdsBybL_6OBLq9be1Uy60cveTEW-A5H_po9DFpdzrOIz7ztgDNoigQQ9Bh41-P_mRwi_wedtFTHQm-Y6ARgBBVlpK2iz7APZ_bLlPEFplVsyWZglp01g1hwzqLJt_7X58z1sw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); text-align: center;">Goodnight!</div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihxt96-HcxHtTr8a04pF2BpkkxNtY6hYKzmJGJodyUl-Ji3KX9gD4EXiwoFKgc6bHXdu6eIboBQKRRpMkTkp0Z1M6pQURCDzYHMblMSAcG9-zd_f_OzoVvEy-r7G0UK87ZacNIsmzVxYeCjaovGSPC18G9jRZceQjZVh6cJE6yNQbbIil2AYB8Lug3uQ=s3456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihxt96-HcxHtTr8a04pF2BpkkxNtY6hYKzmJGJodyUl-Ji3KX9gD4EXiwoFKgc6bHXdu6eIboBQKRRpMkTkp0Z1M6pQURCDzYHMblMSAcG9-zd_f_OzoVvEy-r7G0UK87ZacNIsmzVxYeCjaovGSPC18G9jRZceQjZVh6cJE6yNQbbIil2AYB8Lug3uQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You can check out how I made the orb.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2021/10/making-garden-orb.html">Making A Garden Orb.</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">Thanks for your visit</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span><i style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">💚💛💚 💛</i></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-72394388805915409502021-08-07T19:52:00.053-04:002021-10-18T15:21:38.438-04:00Summer Garden Tour<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"> Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying </span></i></div><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Summer, as its half over and passing fast.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">I am sharing some photos of my flower garden.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">mostly perennials and wild flowers.</span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Mother Nature has rewarded us with beautiful </span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"> flowers this year, and they seem to flower</span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"> earlier, although we had our share of rain.</span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-htf_FCoVO5_9GBMOr0EnqeEt96j82Egj0jCgWKd3WZCeuqiIg1bhPCSG0FRn-c7aDCED-8IwgUm0wk2ssKly9g1FF8SKsyviacT30xucYCNEK-pJmMnSHr860fKZMb_WCnTCZSTTJIV1/s2048/24D0A647-A13C-47CF-AFB2-4A97006714AF_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-htf_FCoVO5_9GBMOr0EnqeEt96j82Egj0jCgWKd3WZCeuqiIg1bhPCSG0FRn-c7aDCED-8IwgUm0wk2ssKly9g1FF8SKsyviacT30xucYCNEK-pJmMnSHr860fKZMb_WCnTCZSTTJIV1/w480-h640/24D0A647-A13C-47CF-AFB2-4A97006714AF_1_201_a.jpeg" width="480" /></a></i></div><i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxJnBz1zHBn6dIacvUdLy4obLGUmoS2PXIARNY17zMC-Jji-GPEELYijZ_Q_fvRdNJQag253twDuZsG3b2RUB_mrlH-rB7na9LHZTFZ1ttClwmoVLme3cw1uoG_a6V-b1e27gruumXM5e/s3456/20210807_160417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxJnBz1zHBn6dIacvUdLy4obLGUmoS2PXIARNY17zMC-Jji-GPEELYijZ_Q_fvRdNJQag253twDuZsG3b2RUB_mrlH-rB7na9LHZTFZ1ttClwmoVLme3cw1uoG_a6V-b1e27gruumXM5e/w640-h640/20210807_160417.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div style="display: inline;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">I planted some red cabbage in the barrel above,</span></i></div></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div style="display: inline;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">with cosmos flowers and the shrub is Tamarisk.</span></i></div></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div style="display: inline;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">The streetlight bird houses, are a gift,</span></i></div></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div style="display: inline;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">made from large metal coffee cans and</span></i></div></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div style="display: inline;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"> a wooden front. </span></i></div></i><i><div style="display: inline;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Isn't it beautiful!</span></i></div></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div style="display: inline;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">I'm sure the birds will enjoy it.</span></i></div></i></div></i></div></i><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3JDPYOa5UXqXR5JkvIXtTF6uQV-h08B7eM_fjrWoqHdFcgC5NzxG1lcK99jBAfR6hmfinpXrWWFx1YtLNVWs6-BzZS_fPM8yZrlOVTYiCfbeIp0xQ2T8y7VYd4hERxvaQXsJ7SQtIaVO/s5184/97DCB8D0-D59A-4E35-B68A-081762E212C2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3JDPYOa5UXqXR5JkvIXtTF6uQV-h08B7eM_fjrWoqHdFcgC5NzxG1lcK99jBAfR6hmfinpXrWWFx1YtLNVWs6-BzZS_fPM8yZrlOVTYiCfbeIp0xQ2T8y7VYd4hERxvaQXsJ7SQtIaVO/w480-h640/97DCB8D0-D59A-4E35-B68A-081762E212C2.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Yarrow is doing well this year.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRO0xfxGP3Tgl79scLUyXB7KDxeg1Mzo_SODWxUgXTL5gmSmS7lVeg_szv1W2y4iPuYCIVrITxBmj9NLh8ncAAU8EVaNIZX_crKOr1kqdMwVnnJSCQDbl0ErIAWb71ST3zxofBW47a89ed/s3456/20210807_154429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRO0xfxGP3Tgl79scLUyXB7KDxeg1Mzo_SODWxUgXTL5gmSmS7lVeg_szv1W2y4iPuYCIVrITxBmj9NLh8ncAAU8EVaNIZX_crKOr1kqdMwVnnJSCQDbl0ErIAWb71ST3zxofBW47a89ed/w640-h640/20210807_154429.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>Planted behind the Old Hayraker.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2McurtccgTi2cUn_G9tiiUMbfYlUzW4VmxQVMpssENKWkxALjqVzB-MyM-cvGLFUiaEnGeQyjozHhKVzJqf0RI5RQB1pD6pzu3N6IvCkGOXVQalquQ-hP5KD-xrpeqrEH-u2k4gQKQTj9/s3456/20210807_154421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2McurtccgTi2cUn_G9tiiUMbfYlUzW4VmxQVMpssENKWkxALjqVzB-MyM-cvGLFUiaEnGeQyjozHhKVzJqf0RI5RQB1pD6pzu3N6IvCkGOXVQalquQ-hP5KD-xrpeqrEH-u2k4gQKQTj9/w640-h640/20210807_154421.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><i>White wild Yarrow below, grows allover,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><i>in fields, ditches, beaches etc.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BPSeddI8LSjPNTTIeanZ3xHUiwL8jwzdjThgGx1jGtl9gEcjzWD2Yxi_-7bN7EC9FZGjVnLxfRzdHCR3pnxvmGLEMvSxvSwVWlDpmWHXD7LHLhHhhdFdkjRRyvPpX2cWXE2CVp0metFw/s3456/20210807_154451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BPSeddI8LSjPNTTIeanZ3xHUiwL8jwzdjThgGx1jGtl9gEcjzWD2Yxi_-7bN7EC9FZGjVnLxfRzdHCR3pnxvmGLEMvSxvSwVWlDpmWHXD7LHLhHhhdFdkjRRyvPpX2cWXE2CVp0metFw/w640-h640/20210807_154451.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">In front of the Hayraker</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypDgTdQGA6inzQA56Gg7lq3MIS6QeS4qKmY4cQzgu7rj6_4s4qlULJpbs4l-gu8p_d92Zbngp94yIVYiHnBZvavFmpEHV5bFpmk_AEghqYi7MXglsk5SemeXfEdkA4O9mqMB-bR6lTjYM/s3456/20210807_154338.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypDgTdQGA6inzQA56Gg7lq3MIS6QeS4qKmY4cQzgu7rj6_4s4qlULJpbs4l-gu8p_d92Zbngp94yIVYiHnBZvavFmpEHV5bFpmk_AEghqYi7MXglsk5SemeXfEdkA4O9mqMB-bR6lTjYM/w640-h640/20210807_154338.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Variegated leaf Coreopsis and Moonbeam Coreopsis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2u4g-xjbKD-qsi2jV-wV0F91wBof0MpV8qcAbU6r2VzusmZVb9sKRoEVuVh38mal2WRhtiEXm-yip8xe13PwBt97uTlh6HRESKQyUgioElzXcDXL8w1z1ejQlT1vd-meS6Fas11AAKBs/s5184/58797AE0-EF78-40DD-9133-4C90D0F2D609.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2u4g-xjbKD-qsi2jV-wV0F91wBof0MpV8qcAbU6r2VzusmZVb9sKRoEVuVh38mal2WRhtiEXm-yip8xe13PwBt97uTlh6HRESKQyUgioElzXcDXL8w1z1ejQlT1vd-meS6Fas11AAKBs/w640-h480/58797AE0-EF78-40DD-9133-4C90D0F2D609.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7v5J8P-v53kmRwSyiPNFP3GOlgmRyQpXC_LWrD4qbLe_DR6l-gWYp3tMENmXcMXk2uaMK7eqYWMiNlCW-MBLY0GIQxQOwu5y8JoLZN3zPjmtRouOCqAfhhr0I6HcOv9TafpSN4FVy2PS/s2048/BCAA6718-2327-4543-ACF9-F2C361241DDF_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7v5J8P-v53kmRwSyiPNFP3GOlgmRyQpXC_LWrD4qbLe_DR6l-gWYp3tMENmXcMXk2uaMK7eqYWMiNlCW-MBLY0GIQxQOwu5y8JoLZN3zPjmtRouOCqAfhhr0I6HcOv9TafpSN4FVy2PS/w640-h480/BCAA6718-2327-4543-ACF9-F2C361241DDF_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>The Purple Bridge,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i> I built from recycled boards.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>I planted, wild Musk beside,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>The large plant in front is</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>an Orange Daylily. I think</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>the deer eat most of the flower buds. </i></span></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWGTBu0nYR4tm4hSpPaPQvMYY0tml2VBP088Q6drXp7eaFDMKE5Z9EDAOnv4BEpvSKmJhOMSF1kIs2MTGEvpBbPg7E3h-921qtHCLzpoY8HKYWdJaIjWKD_3I9NuiwJJekK8uhuwK9t1P/s3456/20210714_083058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWGTBu0nYR4tm4hSpPaPQvMYY0tml2VBP088Q6drXp7eaFDMKE5Z9EDAOnv4BEpvSKmJhOMSF1kIs2MTGEvpBbPg7E3h-921qtHCLzpoY8HKYWdJaIjWKD_3I9NuiwJJekK8uhuwK9t1P/w640-h640/20210714_083058.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Ligularia, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">a tall plant that does well in damp soil. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbWJntFR6RI9SOYSu3fr-UB3edFi0-2Hhl362FsNYW8A27QbuL3uAdS15dDv7vs6OAxDdmO9oZfKtcV6dDM83aBWuuBDZn0eP6uADP2ZDvDd6ODzclid6WQJNexJPyBUUGRZSclLabTpG/s3456/20210807_155607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbWJntFR6RI9SOYSu3fr-UB3edFi0-2Hhl362FsNYW8A27QbuL3uAdS15dDv7vs6OAxDdmO9oZfKtcV6dDM83aBWuuBDZn0eP6uADP2ZDvDd6ODzclid6WQJNexJPyBUUGRZSclLabTpG/w640-h640/20210807_155607.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5rwS5hsACOadAKsB3YFZQXW_NQeKdSiJ-NWnC9iuFYribuS2OgSEPWt0A5GQruvvgIIGMP9a2gn3_KQRoEtXNJfogLv25tzLs_WxspahA4PKDY_7HUz5OYfS34DeeGTS-rb36uEjz8BX/s3456/20210807_160946.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5rwS5hsACOadAKsB3YFZQXW_NQeKdSiJ-NWnC9iuFYribuS2OgSEPWt0A5GQruvvgIIGMP9a2gn3_KQRoEtXNJfogLv25tzLs_WxspahA4PKDY_7HUz5OYfS34DeeGTS-rb36uEjz8BX/w640-h640/20210807_160946.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">I love Veronica below.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkDZodYQNNMCdfrc2eXyI6-Ya3Q1XOrB2-Xe6xfWVkFuOY2A-4KYxH9xuTOoLgSQ62x2p-EhM7alDpopHVik44aQLhXQFPSl1y4uoiCHcYg4-ysmZ1eTiwY2e9gYZLlD2xZs509jcKJca/s5184/FE785E8E-9C21-4FF7-B1E1-738BAF053314.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkDZodYQNNMCdfrc2eXyI6-Ya3Q1XOrB2-Xe6xfWVkFuOY2A-4KYxH9xuTOoLgSQ62x2p-EhM7alDpopHVik44aQLhXQFPSl1y4uoiCHcYg4-ysmZ1eTiwY2e9gYZLlD2xZs509jcKJca/w640-h480/FE785E8E-9C21-4FF7-B1E1-738BAF053314.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Behind is a Smoke Tree/Shrub.</i></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWHBmhNd-kXgLeWs2VsjMrXzrOE0XI0G1qfJop2nyHYWjjy9BlkSWwdr9lMOjfTowaB-qVBziBFYvXamuTpOGRlABX8D_8ysaYwv0_RoiduQPJYhlnZdFU6dkxFI8tVIruwvWNI-VWFAa/s3456/20210807_161142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWHBmhNd-kXgLeWs2VsjMrXzrOE0XI0G1qfJop2nyHYWjjy9BlkSWwdr9lMOjfTowaB-qVBziBFYvXamuTpOGRlABX8D_8ysaYwv0_RoiduQPJYhlnZdFU6dkxFI8tVIruwvWNI-VWFAa/w640-h640/20210807_161142.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Gooseneck Loosestrife,</span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Dpi59-1RacXzFWZBejO48Kjuwo14077ibwsBQ_g5AIwJXOQQSoMUjLWdDYPW484twzlLbrwHRxqqZC9RbU6n9cAW-bY0LtYJ00SQ19OXO6qE6Z_vzN16yX9kbfgntEujDXl5JZThim8Y/s3456/20210807_155007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Dpi59-1RacXzFWZBejO48Kjuwo14077ibwsBQ_g5AIwJXOQQSoMUjLWdDYPW484twzlLbrwHRxqqZC9RbU6n9cAW-bY0LtYJ00SQ19OXO6qE6Z_vzN16yX9kbfgntEujDXl5JZThim8Y/w640-h640/20210807_155007.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Beautiful Daisies</span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjpXARwLW3GrDURTzIB9q2X0qtR-LLXvtbjOSt7tdf1zmwZY7r0iqF3A-UEFOKOZYSFQ73o9UjItKTJjgoJIs-P4R4xRKA0E_CwKGhWL1IhuIahrfO1iUXz3eFSU0J9WfIsTGbs77B9WU/s5184/1CA4704B-7EDF-428A-894D-65D33DA265DD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjpXARwLW3GrDURTzIB9q2X0qtR-LLXvtbjOSt7tdf1zmwZY7r0iqF3A-UEFOKOZYSFQ73o9UjItKTJjgoJIs-P4R4xRKA0E_CwKGhWL1IhuIahrfO1iUXz3eFSU0J9WfIsTGbs77B9WU/w480-h640/1CA4704B-7EDF-428A-894D-65D33DA265DD.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br />These are called Crazy Daisies </span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87fkYmLmcIWqC5UGyC8V9GYrdOjThS1lpVLEv-etLrwP_FoA_T_BhxVDBh6UDCOy4mHp75TbOcxb-BRCV3sQ_LtMpgt7_WtGDv3O0QdWzcpbCB1jcZ3BMyfdykndZQu5JeM7ZgApLR3ER/s3456/20210721_143054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87fkYmLmcIWqC5UGyC8V9GYrdOjThS1lpVLEv-etLrwP_FoA_T_BhxVDBh6UDCOy4mHp75TbOcxb-BRCV3sQ_LtMpgt7_WtGDv3O0QdWzcpbCB1jcZ3BMyfdykndZQu5JeM7ZgApLR3ER/w640-h640/20210721_143054.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>Queen Of The Meadow</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>I planted beside the bridge.</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNlGy1gkkEUYahxQCJQI9KdZnRN5GfLnCejYLVJVQXRRIdzeZ6gQN1VtVgllj6wyUvbeZzV7p4CoTzcIt6nsnHp1ZfmEVhbcNjm99h8j9JErBmaVVHX2Dp1tFMeD_AGPhwmtfBFipEE9u/s3456/20210807_155731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNlGy1gkkEUYahxQCJQI9KdZnRN5GfLnCejYLVJVQXRRIdzeZ6gQN1VtVgllj6wyUvbeZzV7p4CoTzcIt6nsnHp1ZfmEVhbcNjm99h8j9JErBmaVVHX2Dp1tFMeD_AGPhwmtfBFipEE9u/w640-h640/20210807_155731.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Queen Of The Prairie, a tall</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9aVdaydbcYbxuAuj985qjpcUV9SqMBwbiRx819XlFrrG-lpSTioUtBHsQ1abW3V51b11vcna7U8trrCGqT68miWADciPQHhoBf6isey_I8Bu-uxo1YcELPxpLRA5oWahNsjZ6XhSQWRe/w640-h640/20210807_154818.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>Wild Grasses</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWJifI0d04ll5Ri_h9IVHY7bjDMwIEzmE2IzDSAtJ6F0U8RHwevT6vI_EHi3lxrzRrHMSG71MiULaWQkbOqIEv-X5psZF5VZ6JuclRRGjeQtwA1wZfdkq6xJgIfXptDuJqafLZS66nMNL/s5184/7325BBE4-13B2-4DC8-A5D5-199585D4B95E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWJifI0d04ll5Ri_h9IVHY7bjDMwIEzmE2IzDSAtJ6F0U8RHwevT6vI_EHi3lxrzRrHMSG71MiULaWQkbOqIEv-X5psZF5VZ6JuclRRGjeQtwA1wZfdkq6xJgIfXptDuJqafLZS66nMNL/w480-h640/7325BBE4-13B2-4DC8-A5D5-199585D4B95E.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_b75aw-xJeNqVbMdp4WlDzesPtp9Ked07vuzinjiChNdji3jZupzxarYyG4_MyOKdd-TssUvH7ZKzU_mtVHssFLKwha6ha1TkMMnTSZcRvy6LIa5FphtOeVSS58Qz52LShklFj3EmokN/s5184/383D9943-B31F-4A6E-81EF-BAE60E331CE7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_b75aw-xJeNqVbMdp4WlDzesPtp9Ked07vuzinjiChNdji3jZupzxarYyG4_MyOKdd-TssUvH7ZKzU_mtVHssFLKwha6ha1TkMMnTSZcRvy6LIa5FphtOeVSS58Qz52LShklFj3EmokN/w640-h480/383D9943-B31F-4A6E-81EF-BAE60E331CE7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i>Orange Daylilies</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqienc_bUdovZL1D2DHoCDI4EL22vA_VRVAgpHDPCHQRmADGINDaaLN36O8XSvRKwq-eB249Bs4TgcfaVMV9ZoKLnLxrD3A6h2RI7aN3GTlaxeGE3PDL_NMATCG4J_ez69uwZNy2x9mM67/s5184/A8E73558-D14F-457B-9383-E9392AB4ED30.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqienc_bUdovZL1D2DHoCDI4EL22vA_VRVAgpHDPCHQRmADGINDaaLN36O8XSvRKwq-eB249Bs4TgcfaVMV9ZoKLnLxrD3A6h2RI7aN3GTlaxeGE3PDL_NMATCG4J_ez69uwZNy2x9mM67/w480-h640/A8E73558-D14F-457B-9383-E9392AB4ED30.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Hostas</span></i></div></i><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhXtFvPYolfzB7nJShOtSEidxL_9Is9Z1k7wEz8QgHfMxbL3k1Yszs7hv5vtDP-NZ1i5Xn0WeGq9XwGbRQ-69OqFQsiBffe_hYiUqQItk3Mwgo5Mh0OKCiLrfLOH5Dl8vrYV8WwQ5yde_/s5184/BF6CCCCC-8C09-4F2B-8F5D-9EFC6DC9C2CE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhXtFvPYolfzB7nJShOtSEidxL_9Is9Z1k7wEz8QgHfMxbL3k1Yszs7hv5vtDP-NZ1i5Xn0WeGq9XwGbRQ-69OqFQsiBffe_hYiUqQItk3Mwgo5Mh0OKCiLrfLOH5Dl8vrYV8WwQ5yde_/w640-h480/BF6CCCCC-8C09-4F2B-8F5D-9EFC6DC9C2CE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Joe-Pye Weed</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeC5mN0tTe1IkXo1XcdrQxt6YQ367aoZoKtfjWyiRrOP5nrshxyJTFx4sMW3hbxPyqBdgQkzIGheqv6ulduTcsoo1qOLcqC3sqjwBWib9VX4_W2QIHJXW3TqHvlL9PShITMssynFUXbP3J/s3456/20210806_070947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeC5mN0tTe1IkXo1XcdrQxt6YQ367aoZoKtfjWyiRrOP5nrshxyJTFx4sMW3hbxPyqBdgQkzIGheqv6ulduTcsoo1qOLcqC3sqjwBWib9VX4_W2QIHJXW3TqHvlL9PShITMssynFUXbP3J/w640-h640/20210806_070947.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><span face="helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(70, 78, 86);"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(70, 78, 86);"><i>A Butterfly plant, pollinator for bees and other insects.</i></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjTSo6TufGj93ep278zz_N6WSf0-UBZj0XXyjJebeuyIlr8arwr9icn3YCAHUh1VmyNplC-Qbj2prdQBrmzjSi8VAdUb4FDiEPAa_DndOomxvsXubu6AggIwcxZV0YczsAjYMJRTNsHU3/s5184/38016F7C-33AD-4F33-AD58-878333AFEC64.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjTSo6TufGj93ep278zz_N6WSf0-UBZj0XXyjJebeuyIlr8arwr9icn3YCAHUh1VmyNplC-Qbj2prdQBrmzjSi8VAdUb4FDiEPAa_DndOomxvsXubu6AggIwcxZV0YczsAjYMJRTNsHU3/w640-h480/38016F7C-33AD-4F33-AD58-878333AFEC64.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Plentiful, beyond the backyard.</span></i></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp00pPUkc2Y0hioxsw8ZvhyphenhyphenGjGN0gLJAHdit1EIc8HrmU04rXAxOdGgJfWZEvkvtBX6Wa67aj5eh9uCLjUMNSsXUsXvpjIDfKJ58QoD-LJMM8OMW-1NDRlNVSaYsfVV5rB7u4GnZFTLO6P/s5184/1B92C241-A14D-4E08-B84E-70365559A0BD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp00pPUkc2Y0hioxsw8ZvhyphenhyphenGjGN0gLJAHdit1EIc8HrmU04rXAxOdGgJfWZEvkvtBX6Wa67aj5eh9uCLjUMNSsXUsXvpjIDfKJ58QoD-LJMM8OMW-1NDRlNVSaYsfVV5rB7u4GnZFTLO6P/w640-h480/1B92C241-A14D-4E08-B84E-70365559A0BD.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoy my garden tour.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Come back again,</span></i><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"> my next blog,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">I will share </span></i><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2021/10/making-garden-orb.html">Making A Garden Orb</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">along with rusty things found</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">on the property, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">in the <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-rusty-corner.html">Rusty Corner</a> of the garden.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Stay safe and well. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(234, 153, 153);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(234, 153, 153);"><i>Thanks for your visit xo</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">💚💗</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-77613388375947764822021-06-30T19:41:00.009-04:002022-03-19T11:23:04.854-04:00Whiskey Barrel Planter<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #b45f06;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYiWQi1NE3xpB0DwD5ZPa-LWRdyXS_AuxQM4fvKF8k-CIT-OmBp9xizCzfwMSNzdVeKlWenwffL5I_lYXsoyPJWZ4F4qqugNoYXTuqsCmgzywt1ZfGx4Vhtm2GSkEA5PuMA0zDlmA5NAP/s3456/20210630_173416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYiWQi1NE3xpB0DwD5ZPa-LWRdyXS_AuxQM4fvKF8k-CIT-OmBp9xizCzfwMSNzdVeKlWenwffL5I_lYXsoyPJWZ4F4qqugNoYXTuqsCmgzywt1ZfGx4Vhtm2GSkEA5PuMA0zDlmA5NAP/w640-h640/20210630_173416.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">My Little Raised Garden</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixE9hvF-gHcJylRc8xCHX4HNkvAD9QVRmpNXHiONcIZZOb1F7CDjF7sqXby-L9ocvysoa3Px6dCo8eItegioIm-AFM9cuiHplRzXRLN8Axx0k-j5GZVV2PU_1PMz7XZyjTNe-I42U68Ii5/s3217/20210630_173512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3217" data-original-width="3217" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixE9hvF-gHcJylRc8xCHX4HNkvAD9QVRmpNXHiONcIZZOb1F7CDjF7sqXby-L9ocvysoa3Px6dCo8eItegioIm-AFM9cuiHplRzXRLN8Axx0k-j5GZVV2PU_1PMz7XZyjTNe-I42U68Ii5/w640-h640/20210630_173512.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>I planted some herbs in a 1/2 whiskey barrel.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>It's serves as a small raised garden. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>I planted, basil, a parsley on each side,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>french tarragon and dill.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>In the middle, I planted an eggplant,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>just curious to see how eggplant grows. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>Dill</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>I love the scent of Dill.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>Great for fish and seafood.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVcSoi17Aqb_rVokvIYWADQQvJHoZxtvGzc2UKeAk5q7lcuyHfzR63eodAQZggqkMSvsmb1NS3Qt-hrlHjj-q26U7FcO6SXx9ZMEta2pz61Yvqw4D_6Psjw31sHztI6XbuIQTG9VNdkdG/s3221/20210630_173456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3221" data-original-width="3221" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVcSoi17Aqb_rVokvIYWADQQvJHoZxtvGzc2UKeAk5q7lcuyHfzR63eodAQZggqkMSvsmb1NS3Qt-hrlHjj-q26U7FcO6SXx9ZMEta2pz61Yvqw4D_6Psjw31sHztI6XbuIQTG9VNdkdG/w640-h640/20210630_173456.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><i>French Tarragon </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>Great for salads, chicken, fish</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>and sauces.<br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHSdtGc_0PKBEqRn88RlVRx7lQYmuKYzuqsME2c15foV3RRMcyvCpCDeWpo7IvGJXUMbbuNbnOxCRxvlVVbb1s66JKLhznGcNzHE2IkqON8oGzuJNDBkxmh4Cqj77aJtpsVEmfNR4FREHh/s3456/20210630_173448.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHSdtGc_0PKBEqRn88RlVRx7lQYmuKYzuqsME2c15foV3RRMcyvCpCDeWpo7IvGJXUMbbuNbnOxCRxvlVVbb1s66JKLhznGcNzHE2IkqON8oGzuJNDBkxmh4Cqj77aJtpsVEmfNR4FREHh/w640-h640/20210630_173448.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><i>Eggplant.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>I'm not sure if this plant will </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>be too big for the barrel.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>I will remove it, if it is.</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5e9SPUVDOcpXkLPp1uk4VSe2ar2vxa7sNsquclGjgtWvWG8f1Yy_UAXcQrjtozEdVwQ-sSi4yuq4lCxHIzjt2LfQdldaIqjXLKtVEFpdx0CaRti8I-PIGb_ZqiSYXS_StpaSBWxC20WYT/s3456/20210630_173429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5e9SPUVDOcpXkLPp1uk4VSe2ar2vxa7sNsquclGjgtWvWG8f1Yy_UAXcQrjtozEdVwQ-sSi4yuq4lCxHIzjt2LfQdldaIqjXLKtVEFpdx0CaRti8I-PIGb_ZqiSYXS_StpaSBWxC20WYT/w640-h640/20210630_173429.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><i>Basil</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>Great for Pesto and Italian dishes. <br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyQJqneb2-FeD4zy0umBFoNLONDEh8zdD4NqJJBn9uU0yPSOPGynXtX-MnGkoPgL4OTr9Czi7VAxGFL7ZZQFqz7sTiK9NFsFRY7YfbOWuX0PGnB8d2vfif7G6EeTUK2N0IILAwX8JF-c2/s3456/20210630_173425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyQJqneb2-FeD4zy0umBFoNLONDEh8zdD4NqJJBn9uU0yPSOPGynXtX-MnGkoPgL4OTr9Czi7VAxGFL7ZZQFqz7sTiK9NFsFRY7YfbOWuX0PGnB8d2vfif7G6EeTUK2N0IILAwX8JF-c2/w640-h640/20210630_173425.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><i>Parsley</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>One of my favourite </i></span><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"><i>herbes, </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>dried or fresh.<br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUupcHR3r_8eIP_QZBe2eCbqmdoagq_CHGQ0B8f5Bs9sqwcUNNKFfhrLG2s3XrDrp5aCsoY2JzhUU139x84pBwOu9FVeyxLzVHTAHxiWWrEm6v8IjCS97QQD9nM_A_XcrwwKz4id8fwgl/s3456/20210630_173420.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUupcHR3r_8eIP_QZBe2eCbqmdoagq_CHGQ0B8f5Bs9sqwcUNNKFfhrLG2s3XrDrp5aCsoY2JzhUU139x84pBwOu9FVeyxLzVHTAHxiWWrEm6v8IjCS97QQD9nM_A_XcrwwKz4id8fwgl/w640-h640/20210630_173420.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>I drilled some holes in the bottom for drainage</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>and placed blocks under the barrel,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i> to raise it off the ground.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>Also before I put in the soil, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>in the bottom of the barrel, I put some</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>plastic bottles and styrofoam to lighten</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>the weight of the barrel. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6d2M4_Wf3tqA-SM-1EXpc9nN3qFol0adVuqVthI06YqF4ab9hyphenhypheni8u9CHDboeDAdmmnlt97SYsyWiaqHjLJY_86kjcqeLPQrv1_twWO3b1Uxr7TFFDtWtYukFP97ROmLWG8PtgxSu39Iw/s3307/20210630_173412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3307" data-original-width="2879" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6d2M4_Wf3tqA-SM-1EXpc9nN3qFol0adVuqVthI06YqF4ab9hyphenhypheni8u9CHDboeDAdmmnlt97SYsyWiaqHjLJY_86kjcqeLPQrv1_twWO3b1Uxr7TFFDtWtYukFP97ROmLWG8PtgxSu39Iw/w558-h640/20210630_173412.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>At the base of the barrel,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i> we put some gravel to prevent weeds </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>from growing around it.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: large;">How it looked the first day I planted it - below.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3319" data-original-width="3319" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Jvzf2JqFi-lhxXwX132Z5y5vvqaEhGtk6Z8QLpQIvd9ZVtsv4DXKoMN-zN90gft5S8BYRn9aZ_yhreNwmm-FBx2NCvE-sY7ahwY_5-wGqs_6EdYFpzGSTPh4zBRlcxFHSQT1OCfT7qdL/w640-h640/20210620_152238.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>A week later....</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiGPZ_EEQHothC91KFVnZsA1wCw71e1vsWBXtfP6iUJi4ZeMXv9oiuY0fXriuL7Wa1TYWJeVEMUEWP9T2oc8HgcGtE6zZwiO9qkErgmOJOgH3X1SZc2F107K05MlLTZWX9tSqVzs4hqJM/s3217/20210630_173512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3217" data-original-width="3217" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiGPZ_EEQHothC91KFVnZsA1wCw71e1vsWBXtfP6iUJi4ZeMXv9oiuY0fXriuL7Wa1TYWJeVEMUEWP9T2oc8HgcGtE6zZwiO9qkErgmOJOgH3X1SZc2F107K05MlLTZWX9tSqVzs4hqJM/w640-h640/20210630_173512.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>I'm anxious to see how it grows.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>This is a great idea for small spaces,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>patio or balcony planting.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><p><span style="color: #bf9000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></i></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>Happy Summer and</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>Happy gardening.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>Thanks for your visit xo</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>💛💛💛</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-42315228330311276452021-06-21T20:01:00.029-04:002021-06-24T16:05:31.176-04:00Lilacs and Lupins<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lilacs and Lupins beautifiy </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: large;">the ditches and countryside</span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: large;"> at this time, in the Gaspé,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>and the Maritime provinces,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>here in Canada.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>(There are different spellings for</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>Lupin, also lupine.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>I use the shorter one).</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>My large Lilac tree is very old.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>Planted by the </i><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><i>previous owner.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIUs1Caf1UZ_HLFp5iV57XSoZp3k9UdNc5A5RRSdUVEUvo36cxIQR-oiX0Nq8v1ZISTltw-OCVpmnt-4rrQ2aXrRnYsOYnIyrbdThi-qBAVRD6K3N4AvAqGKBEG1oFUEk46CtR84VA2iY/s3456/20210616_073617.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIUs1Caf1UZ_HLFp5iV57XSoZp3k9UdNc5A5RRSdUVEUvo36cxIQR-oiX0Nq8v1ZISTltw-OCVpmnt-4rrQ2aXrRnYsOYnIyrbdThi-qBAVRD6K3N4AvAqGKBEG1oFUEk46CtR84VA2iY/w640-h640/20210616_073617.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKCu4Rjs9XT0KZKlUB5stCcjWm3gR5KYt4s5862wyQ9CPtzP6KGFnTT8sLMGbVLdJL8iao4CwhYiipy8WXPasLYbTbJJPCSKwYIdaUDuyZZsE5E8KYFUADGW-CTcfeuztDaOWPk7xHNy-/s3456/20210616_073606%25280%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKCu4Rjs9XT0KZKlUB5stCcjWm3gR5KYt4s5862wyQ9CPtzP6KGFnTT8sLMGbVLdJL8iao4CwhYiipy8WXPasLYbTbJJPCSKwYIdaUDuyZZsE5E8KYFUADGW-CTcfeuztDaOWPk7xHNy-/w640-h640/20210616_073606%25280%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I also have a white young Lilac tree</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> I planted a few year ago.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>It grew quite fast. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This is the second year it gives flowers.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxPfHIW_ZS8U210hpEf5DLma9g9OwFqMQRK1ehOImxAR54nTTo50E6vj0LeHO09ZjhObZScnLfmf_JWxxxStAlgBBF9ShN2PtLtArFwC3_JNjxUD9IOtSYDmI8eoGtdCoXoKEQRnFrPve/s3456/20210616_073108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxPfHIW_ZS8U210hpEf5DLma9g9OwFqMQRK1ehOImxAR54nTTo50E6vj0LeHO09ZjhObZScnLfmf_JWxxxStAlgBBF9ShN2PtLtArFwC3_JNjxUD9IOtSYDmI8eoGtdCoXoKEQRnFrPve/w640-h640/20210616_073108.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>A nice fragrance.....</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My opinion is that the white Lilacs</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>are the most strong perfume fragrance. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSARF-v_KI5FoW1cDL8HsL1ze9naruoH8lEq-uKcqRGEhxDcyN7HBx7X6pkLSlhsfCdVwCbcUNFz45zKRAyEWggfNq0lXhmQBqWs_0tmSFTYVZX9KE9kgB5UB4anZrEaVVEvmrWupF-8v/w640-h640/20210617_091959.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>I brought some inside to enjoy</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmesAvxlRN-6hiB8lAaga5cl7VSuXxIt4UW85xSjge8KhzZApBGcdvCFBNGAAOKrIvBD7bhYIQfYBZ1yRBJRnLN9fW8NclZL549eppNZagqeCYjT0d77Oieixshs3y_9-g3AZX1vePM7V/s3456/20210613_155520.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3134" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmesAvxlRN-6hiB8lAaga5cl7VSuXxIt4UW85xSjge8KhzZApBGcdvCFBNGAAOKrIvBD7bhYIQfYBZ1yRBJRnLN9fW8NclZL549eppNZagqeCYjT0d77Oieixshs3y_9-g3AZX1vePM7V/w580-h640/20210613_155520.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><u><b>Lupins</b></u></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>I threw some seeds in the ditch yrs. ago,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>and they keep coming back.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Lupins reseed each year.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HOgPLU0rTlKDQzrTM0pYJbPmYnGt6TEe2iR4KXyRIR1vAveVRu0a4GnuXAmT8iiDb3CqhuxsiJyyLHWJIvgo57WQli1xlWqmXTZ4utMLnAP_RRZVyZg4TDn3mU4OXdKBDRf64APBZaKi/w640-h640/20210622_192713.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>They come in a variety of colours.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ54dDCLQWA62CHdxbl6MqOmjm0Si-kyRlPqWfHFO4Rdzsa8aTbqNzRALI3YwB1gfX4uJ9dZnpqpjkcq_jPmQ4focKlp7lCwNyRiXnaPXBKRa039O7HsA73WBf-gLHQCpEVkcd3E0rF3dD/s5184/85162CB3-F303-455E-BA87-A65794474CD7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ54dDCLQWA62CHdxbl6MqOmjm0Si-kyRlPqWfHFO4Rdzsa8aTbqNzRALI3YwB1gfX4uJ9dZnpqpjkcq_jPmQ4focKlp7lCwNyRiXnaPXBKRa039O7HsA73WBf-gLHQCpEVkcd3E0rF3dD/w640-h480/85162CB3-F303-455E-BA87-A65794474CD7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeE7KGIT7xTUZJExQL4Ftj8ivKNbIkrN9XyEKUxX3QyXLtWDuB8ddpc0PYg-JnFsmoIk7igbNwnEYVaP-HiYH3Qhp_3Q4IjnTMaN67GEDJQH5WHA6SNUUi6sCVMr3_MS-mgE1Cmx7c292/s3456/20210617_104347.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeE7KGIT7xTUZJExQL4Ftj8ivKNbIkrN9XyEKUxX3QyXLtWDuB8ddpc0PYg-JnFsmoIk7igbNwnEYVaP-HiYH3Qhp_3Q4IjnTMaN67GEDJQH5WHA6SNUUi6sCVMr3_MS-mgE1Cmx7c292/w640-h640/20210617_104347.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0Ptei-FLzeuiqzjJNarMKsdoZM_oc5tfOcAqWznBQhFapKXTAcr0ehTYFVmzuGXJaVkFyQigyZxha7Ukovg6jVrU1qOpDqywDEsqy3MDmGIw4PZJLlftNdklw9AsSpwynx5u_xvVA87o/s3456/20210622_192633.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0Ptei-FLzeuiqzjJNarMKsdoZM_oc5tfOcAqWznBQhFapKXTAcr0ehTYFVmzuGXJaVkFyQigyZxha7Ukovg6jVrU1qOpDqywDEsqy3MDmGIw4PZJLlftNdklw9AsSpwynx5u_xvVA87o/w640-h640/20210622_192633.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Also bicolour</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqIHQqV23PWX_5UrJz38OVMcdFD7Vzr-vsRVdagjayXfG2HcLbNCDyJqjc4ceIYQhKr7vD83tQWRN0tp5N5-DoHTPIFy8fEh2KbF28WINeapuRBW5tGDZL8dlnraP7cq3ODstneJ7UbzG/s3456/20210622_192454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqIHQqV23PWX_5UrJz38OVMcdFD7Vzr-vsRVdagjayXfG2HcLbNCDyJqjc4ceIYQhKr7vD83tQWRN0tp5N5-DoHTPIFy8fEh2KbF28WINeapuRBW5tGDZL8dlnraP7cq3ODstneJ7UbzG/w640-h640/20210622_192454.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfwA1nKWzcfJZgUijvyR7wmS0rFQlCoWA8GKapX4-EUImoWX71c9ZZCykdD3ViL7ASe20y_yy9NKJYunGf2gJlvT68ksLbfFDFT1Vir34ssSoUghtDxnWpYpXJElE10oY-ufWko6zxB7j/s3456/20210622_192447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfwA1nKWzcfJZgUijvyR7wmS0rFQlCoWA8GKapX4-EUImoWX71c9ZZCykdD3ViL7ASe20y_yy9NKJYunGf2gJlvT68ksLbfFDFT1Vir34ssSoUghtDxnWpYpXJElE10oY-ufWko6zxB7j/w640-h640/20210622_192447.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My favourite colour is purple and yellow</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWhw9rkgDYMF09mvpj1wGjJdaRNjX2bM4_Q1r4yM3ZPzD_5LOyYK5FMWu-H3rk7SzZYFOBDp4vAJT6qPDn1yNf7UZjXDbkI70Y_cD6YxTfG7onfXvCt5t-d1EqbU-495klCRODtrMODc5/s3456/20210622_165210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWhw9rkgDYMF09mvpj1wGjJdaRNjX2bM4_Q1r4yM3ZPzD_5LOyYK5FMWu-H3rk7SzZYFOBDp4vAJT6qPDn1yNf7UZjXDbkI70Y_cD6YxTfG7onfXvCt5t-d1EqbU-495klCRODtrMODc5/w640-h640/20210622_165210.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59PGkdnJNclutvVowFa5nt-H3nZh5x09HzbaHfglcsPpXOHZrODGX6klhFB1hFIvCfDczmYPt-MOjw6K1OQsQ-8Vn3Q13RpEU5R_0JJ-wVeH52Ro5a4hTTkGK8-LXwvBfsuMGe_kLDeMl/s3456/20210622_165158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59PGkdnJNclutvVowFa5nt-H3nZh5x09HzbaHfglcsPpXOHZrODGX6klhFB1hFIvCfDczmYPt-MOjw6K1OQsQ-8Vn3Q13RpEU5R_0JJ-wVeH52Ro5a4hTTkGK8-LXwvBfsuMGe_kLDeMl/w640-h640/20210622_165158.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Pure pink</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5LCGftA9lATwuL2C0cI4wcppKT6At7WPrXFDV103u-3_9xmH4kg6Qcfdg6oxWZ73gPX0o3yJXaFc-3NY7m2Zlh6NwrMtRpZU9kixrDLPms5vNfDiZTT_byng8i9ohDEAyy68OKrN2vnz/s3456/20210622_183735.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5LCGftA9lATwuL2C0cI4wcppKT6At7WPrXFDV103u-3_9xmH4kg6Qcfdg6oxWZ73gPX0o3yJXaFc-3NY7m2Zlh6NwrMtRpZU9kixrDLPms5vNfDiZTT_byng8i9ohDEAyy68OKrN2vnz/w640-h640/20210622_183735.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Peach and Yellow</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlYaGdoIxf8h2BZDTasl1hItAiONLfonpUfR-yVDmbCxUuYCkZa1AmEmk6Y5C74f7KQqjJqvik2gtuMqyal5govJQ4OLf5Ya3BGiVPiJTUig8vrr9jd7iZ29zg4Zee3qY4dfV-MrBmBdK/s3456/20210622_183514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlYaGdoIxf8h2BZDTasl1hItAiONLfonpUfR-yVDmbCxUuYCkZa1AmEmk6Y5C74f7KQqjJqvik2gtuMqyal5govJQ4OLf5Ya3BGiVPiJTUig8vrr9jd7iZ29zg4Zee3qY4dfV-MrBmBdK/w640-h640/20210622_183514.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>Double Pink</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXdszP97c8tLc6QE7EqPs049up9LYTCr2JUuzegZh-3TnHWE6stuCr8S1WHJzC5XAeWM4QIs6XHlR_twU42sH7J1aRY-0UcARZaEgp71-QnRiR1yQvkhOz25V6K3suacaeRi06tKAudb2/s3456/20210622_183650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXdszP97c8tLc6QE7EqPs049up9LYTCr2JUuzegZh-3TnHWE6stuCr8S1WHJzC5XAeWM4QIs6XHlR_twU42sH7J1aRY-0UcARZaEgp71-QnRiR1yQvkhOz25V6K3suacaeRi06tKAudb2/w640-h640/20210622_183650.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIqLYNWWJ1Wb8BrMm17RlK5FV7LZvXFH7A0FEcP591ST0maJlzTqTzkBmD_JInClq4aL6DNhyphenhyphen-i_nHGLl4IOCT6DkZ8qWbFMLyr0_UTAZ7ZA9HuDs96VJEbjfxCLRrksoWTSGCwBn7o3x/s3456/20210622_192655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIqLYNWWJ1Wb8BrMm17RlK5FV7LZvXFH7A0FEcP591ST0maJlzTqTzkBmD_JInClq4aL6DNhyphenhyphen-i_nHGLl4IOCT6DkZ8qWbFMLyr0_UTAZ7ZA9HuDs96VJEbjfxCLRrksoWTSGCwBn7o3x/w640-h640/20210622_192655.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>I wasn't aware of a white one</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><i>until I look at this photo.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yr6sjDwgdODgi7TxoGrSVdb0tQEkAaop6l0nkfyUtKKWAHxvd2cpF6BroP1stDYFLdsMUJOcxnF6pLUeFMWXei7wR_EiA2TXU-3eWVloesPD7xAeez27heVHPQrCNjDVVMCMe7XYz5OV/s3456/20210622_183645.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yr6sjDwgdODgi7TxoGrSVdb0tQEkAaop6l0nkfyUtKKWAHxvd2cpF6BroP1stDYFLdsMUJOcxnF6pLUeFMWXei7wR_EiA2TXU-3eWVloesPD7xAeez27heVHPQrCNjDVVMCMe7XYz5OV/w640-h640/20210622_183645.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So I went back and took another photo of it.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I've never had a white one before.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtW-O5vaDX4OKZsyyYo-O31SS43072bSayZ6oic8ojtyONZVTmCcnwJ0Uu6q7W5SR9-VHVNBt1jGDABK5KgmNG7BMSjv8ABk-DptpQJrcb_DgZwmtcn_XiwT6NlprfuVUvQVgS5mYNGxa/s3456/20210622_192700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtW-O5vaDX4OKZsyyYo-O31SS43072bSayZ6oic8ojtyONZVTmCcnwJ0Uu6q7W5SR9-VHVNBt1jGDABK5KgmNG7BMSjv8ABk-DptpQJrcb_DgZwmtcn_XiwT6NlprfuVUvQVgS5mYNGxa/w640-h640/20210622_192700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Some wild phlox are growing with them also.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFemtiw3X4oPBt5-KB4zcCDAVMKCrr3swAn75DRqqaVrcOr1DQigW_DyrfhE9JcUUqAx4U5M77-9afycbGSOLnQhlanmr_d3BcTY94ebJrsvFbf_pM4xOCEaKHEK0oftBk0X80QMr1oDj/s5184/B62E1D1D-62A0-4D85-8389-44BD9FBA3F13.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFemtiw3X4oPBt5-KB4zcCDAVMKCrr3swAn75DRqqaVrcOr1DQigW_DyrfhE9JcUUqAx4U5M77-9afycbGSOLnQhlanmr_d3BcTY94ebJrsvFbf_pM4xOCEaKHEK0oftBk0X80QMr1oDj/w480-h640/B62E1D1D-62A0-4D85-8389-44BD9FBA3F13.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I made a collage of some Lupins.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisc4MQkCCjfW-wGmc9g_3nakP_ld36gzZA0Z_wpFwd_u37gby80z4wQLzE0_cYfgd2U2JV5hstqPXpP26sGHSkWvot9NvSwW6b3696n526PXdupbCdCVv6al36-fu0D5Fs70vuHWh4Mhqh/s2896/20210623_071313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="2896" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisc4MQkCCjfW-wGmc9g_3nakP_ld36gzZA0Z_wpFwd_u37gby80z4wQLzE0_cYfgd2U2JV5hstqPXpP26sGHSkWvot9NvSwW6b3696n526PXdupbCdCVv6al36-fu0D5Fs70vuHWh4Mhqh/w640-h640/20210623_071313.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xcoAifBRHppJJttG76BPHKM1zPnsFQ1LJd-IipNG33yHoPHCE2ePs2wCCbgGzfFBQ5ywkc7fLYJawcsErbQUVKdk67ayys-Nsya1veqNkUoUWy1pDq-psFGfmdLcIPQsrecNfE8q8xG4/s3216/20210618_152421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="3164" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xcoAifBRHppJJttG76BPHKM1zPnsFQ1LJd-IipNG33yHoPHCE2ePs2wCCbgGzfFBQ5ywkc7fLYJawcsErbQUVKdk67ayys-Nsya1veqNkUoUWy1pDq-psFGfmdLcIPQsrecNfE8q8xG4/w630-h640/20210618_152421.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To view a previous blog post I did in 2015,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">click <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2015/06/lilacs-and-lupins.html">here.</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Have a happy Summer.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Thanks for your visit, xo</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>💜💜💜</i></div></div></span></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741274350851899755.post-25201691123051458452021-06-11T23:15:00.029-04:002021-06-13T02:15:37.764-04:00Visiting Percé Rock ~ Up Close<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i> My daughter came to visit a few weeks ago </i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>and we went on a day trip to Percé Rock,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>a tourist attraction in the Gaspé,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>a 2 hr. drive from home.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>We both have received our first</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>vaccine and it was great to have</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>her visit and spend some time together</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>since both our birthdays are in May.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMo-G3NQGraUGD_j8ncBFY66j3L-9kx2CsBamMxWhfAl9_Le6LrRxlyYSMHE-8j_Gh3URlswKp8kBrhyXpgbMwDMcAYpcIH5Oery5yCn6HkOmZGigth2GQwQMjll-Zz0m04LAQnkwD7O0/s2601/61C8325A-7B53-4EC8-B3A0-9487C6069E92_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="2601" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMo-G3NQGraUGD_j8ncBFY66j3L-9kx2CsBamMxWhfAl9_Le6LrRxlyYSMHE-8j_Gh3URlswKp8kBrhyXpgbMwDMcAYpcIH5Oery5yCn6HkOmZGigth2GQwQMjll-Zz0m04LAQnkwD7O0/w640-h298/61C8325A-7B53-4EC8-B3A0-9487C6069E92_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Below a tower overlooks the area</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jYmNR8_DCLw_-pbbXvqmHMqhTG5GjL0pPWvfxmafTlT7ixLuu3D__AbtFa8bjP0GZzLWWCfWb5XO8yvYcUtf1RDNiT-KoTNIGjPA0i3MRca3DH-2JmQHyiqjN7FAUQ5eSYrd5U8sMg_7/s2048/6B904A93-4385-4856-BC43-8299E22A8EAA_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jYmNR8_DCLw_-pbbXvqmHMqhTG5GjL0pPWvfxmafTlT7ixLuu3D__AbtFa8bjP0GZzLWWCfWb5XO8yvYcUtf1RDNiT-KoTNIGjPA0i3MRca3DH-2JmQHyiqjN7FAUQ5eSYrd5U8sMg_7/w480-h640/6B904A93-4385-4856-BC43-8299E22A8EAA_1_201_a.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">A view of Bonaventure Island in the distance</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBhi8fC4RUjXfikooIk2QAkx-EVJWbcQuxR9Ji62lR7Lb1HdhCI7WT-Iatl-LFuQWw4mYBMrh11jQkSEMgzFoO3snnRGe-WQzQTAgwsioRBfHrjmwmrgY0ntm6eFPBfvTvquKPkyq239A/w640-h320/20210528_143508.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Frederick-James Villa on the cliff.</span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42inrydyOpyUrYKpFJoC8yfh2bYnkDs6hwuRkh52krlFjaPv-bORs8VWA1Z0sh9wKEpb88eJX6rPzwVFnF74o7ndQrJsF5msFxmaJF2dBk9gWzGDSvAAOgNuyu_4u-7YuZqf1iqk0FdF_/s5184/AC0400A3-92E1-4BCE-9B58-8FC79989176A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42inrydyOpyUrYKpFJoC8yfh2bYnkDs6hwuRkh52krlFjaPv-bORs8VWA1Z0sh9wKEpb88eJX6rPzwVFnF74o7ndQrJsF5msFxmaJF2dBk9gWzGDSvAAOgNuyu_4u-7YuZqf1iqk0FdF_/w640-h480/AC0400A3-92E1-4BCE-9B58-8FC79989176A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">It was a cold day in May. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">We dressed in warm clothes.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(159, 197, 232);"><i>My sister Annie below enjoying the swing.<br /></i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZXdLD3cUZUWAdgLKxmWv1OAcQSiaKFPG72jI604CJRQ4U-37-LlNwxeIF7_CPCkBhtjMn7rwo1fvGO8m-ybqMObrxIvJHfBo9FoaQ5bwinl9WW9wZ7vFVilasloVmO5ucTONjKsle_XL/s5184/6EC08AA0-3890-4BA1-9999-BBF0B56D4CDB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZXdLD3cUZUWAdgLKxmWv1OAcQSiaKFPG72jI604CJRQ4U-37-LlNwxeIF7_CPCkBhtjMn7rwo1fvGO8m-ybqMObrxIvJHfBo9FoaQ5bwinl9WW9wZ7vFVilasloVmO5ucTONjKsle_XL/w640-h480/6EC08AA0-3890-4BA1-9999-BBF0B56D4CDB.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>My daughter Suzanne and friend Sara </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i> wanted to get closer to the rock.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>Usually we can walk out to the </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>hole in the rock at low tide.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220);"><i>In the photo, the furthest away, </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220);"><i>Suzanne, me, Annie and Sara.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7dR8S7jBYdAKceuyBnDKZ-RWku-iKmS9DmRxGOU_LAjqpLosjs0gGfoR2SESfMW8dZ6RE6CVFzdPw2bHMxUCAvtBTfWNnvhaVHHaO_TwSMpjSsn6UZ2lgOVJZLCZ-p9aPROslSVvMSlr/s960/9F0E4573-516A-4106-9832-4E9F4DC033C1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7dR8S7jBYdAKceuyBnDKZ-RWku-iKmS9DmRxGOU_LAjqpLosjs0gGfoR2SESfMW8dZ6RE6CVFzdPw2bHMxUCAvtBTfWNnvhaVHHaO_TwSMpjSsn6UZ2lgOVJZLCZ-p9aPROslSVvMSlr/w480-h640/9F0E4573-516A-4106-9832-4E9F4DC033C1.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Rock stacks left behind</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiLGRD8gUd8g-rTXUBQaltWJwjL0NQ8H2cVue5wh7pMx8u3zrvfubhQ2kJZlC61Z_nEB-I1FpkeXIuLDEVjzLCq9cpzgmyaOmrDXW1rVVEREjPG5rzXLqTCZ1M7ARvyI3O9RtNru-OYa0E/s5184/DE3AFE4D-0389-4F98-BCBC-70310DE3B8B4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiLGRD8gUd8g-rTXUBQaltWJwjL0NQ8H2cVue5wh7pMx8u3zrvfubhQ2kJZlC61Z_nEB-I1FpkeXIuLDEVjzLCq9cpzgmyaOmrDXW1rVVEREjPG5rzXLqTCZ1M7ARvyI3O9RtNru-OYa0E/w640-h480/DE3AFE4D-0389-4F98-BCBC-70310DE3B8B4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRKXi-Pf71GqMiJSryTAW3mueLM-ZhF8DlDxHbBEqkZQ85CwkNsvpj88REc_WX9al9QnIpQoEz-o-w4gGa0T6j5i5T23aZv5KDYuF47mUpZGIOS6TMv6Hv9k4RjhQGyuF68nQm17yzzPc/s537/1CB927FA-E44D-4FAD-8096-02B88D2CE84F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="537" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRKXi-Pf71GqMiJSryTAW3mueLM-ZhF8DlDxHbBEqkZQ85CwkNsvpj88REc_WX9al9QnIpQoEz-o-w4gGa0T6j5i5T23aZv5KDYuF47mUpZGIOS6TMv6Hv9k4RjhQGyuF68nQm17yzzPc/w640-h480/1CB927FA-E44D-4FAD-8096-02B88D2CE84F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>Annie and I didn't venture far on </i><i>those rock.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>We let Suzanne and Sara continue as we sat</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>and I took some close-ups with my camera.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220);"><i>(My small rock stack beside).</i></span></span></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1125" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TmFAeuhOxVAbvzt94Q_USW7Ue5dva8Nd7EswNw3mqqC-cCgq1_w931pdwlyKbQ9b9nHdEHyZp64f-AQmCnVQWJ38tQOm9Xkj30ncmUtV16bnEYb4iOwqZXMk7i3K43QWNNsT-ibR25Jr/w640-h480/F91004F3-7E8B-4EC6-9727-70DCA8A915E7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Sara and Suzanne start their journey to the Rock.</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdARBDfnzBU4PmO8DzrLOC7DFNGdtyFmC-fUWLnr3HIfxr_kOGyazpe3EUIlbz7s74uH11JqOsC1mWvS9W7_iITNN95djAdoxW9aeduKpN6bl2PcWj1LUDNes1eFBHxX812EPLr8hE8e4/s5184/EE7DD8CE-8B28-444B-AAD2-5DEA1A6E4507.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7EQ09Lfh_9uCi0K0kOTx0LKOH3nGpWUB1yWb1nWgHBN0WybUDl-DsnueEQndaZohb7aW1a-KidtM3uAe1xW3nHS6dXkI2p5fQ79c-mhuOlyWBzJz0jXCFd97hjSTaHR9yerYCGLFNr3_/s5184/311BD232-6765-4952-9042-341DD8FA28EC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7EQ09Lfh_9uCi0K0kOTx0LKOH3nGpWUB1yWb1nWgHBN0WybUDl-DsnueEQndaZohb7aW1a-KidtM3uAe1xW3nHS6dXkI2p5fQ79c-mhuOlyWBzJz0jXCFd97hjSTaHR9yerYCGLFNr3_/w640-h480/311BD232-6765-4952-9042-341DD8FA28EC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">The next 3 photos below taken by Suzanne, from the rock,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">with Bonaventure Island in the distance.</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdFK91J7Q4JpOy3-2Eady6ZNoucvwxPjtRTtgOgEU0Bvj74rKRW4lpSEUf9xV-V6ip5GSz90nyYLUqP4vFCNx0dK43Q5blEZgHd8fwGnsbw1pcTEyINXHk7674I7iSna0aOKccnCDHdTF/s1125/FE7B9FFF-A724-4BF4-A53C-0BF11288FDAC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1125" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdFK91J7Q4JpOy3-2Eady6ZNoucvwxPjtRTtgOgEU0Bvj74rKRW4lpSEUf9xV-V6ip5GSz90nyYLUqP4vFCNx0dK43Q5blEZgHd8fwGnsbw1pcTEyINXHk7674I7iSna0aOKccnCDHdTF/w640-h480/FE7B9FFF-A724-4BF4-A53C-0BF11288FDAC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Also Percé from the rock with the Villa on the cliff.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1125" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqm7Kgd4nobEsxLpbsVic7pJv-uoe0a50_jzjg8vW68Gs83QjT7VYBAgyevK2immt2j9J06i4S9jgxVWQ3utlNz8wKI7G0MMbqB0ZaJhvozsYrtx4ZfsUN2LThLNeILSr7efvNXf9cc7V/w640-h480/B652F916-D1C4-4764-BB2B-FAB95CDE0688.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>Sara</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAmxoFId-64PYTixOGMCSVY-Ou1rcIlXgIWz4hN4-skLQqu_DjPP9YxVAf-UQk5rrLr13NBpKUcsOUsB9asLz1fvLUZnD3YZaOo7S8fvuFx4bNfHb0Qw06_jivdgmpP95AaHVh_QUfr4a/s1125/205CF13C-5123-42FE-9E03-8E59075EDBCC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1125" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAmxoFId-64PYTixOGMCSVY-Ou1rcIlXgIWz4hN4-skLQqu_DjPP9YxVAf-UQk5rrLr13NBpKUcsOUsB9asLz1fvLUZnD3YZaOo7S8fvuFx4bNfHb0Qw06_jivdgmpP95AaHVh_QUfr4a/w640-h480/205CF13C-5123-42FE-9E03-8E59075EDBCC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0Ezqe14DO859NluTbMShLVsr0MzPtab1zlTimNj9eVaFJsqdXlfyO6YObVqMuo9VBAWFN0yYfoOgK_Bonw3m3Nh3kUutbd89SwZwhLrMDHNtvbCRVFewxiZdz5_uWesqRaiGiM7vzLis/w480-h640/61B1D48C-74D2-4627-9EBE-E31C92248354.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>The view, in the other direction.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>"Les Trois Soeurs" and lodgings for the tourists.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEPlg6Emy46sf5hYaFdUcw5LSxQInrWswD65-x5IwUQ97rj84DjRNlROSsvLYEiPIC-fD40crT6VlP_oo7mXTCl7HAPC88K4zaiykHLIFvAmCJQDWLQAmav_36aV1yYIO1nWe8dmlErx4/s5184/EC302B35-068F-4AD2-A96E-693CE4103247.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">On their way back.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Some people were having a picnic</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220);"><i>on the rocks....😔<br /></i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JsHs0tO7topJLv_Uy55dz-yj-mQV7XWBHTWb3Z1agpmGI6-LXwSZRaMWi58dKxf6f_Ao2z81w7UrUeB9A2cnigYQCp_ipEzNXRktPBaNs1AWp0Jd5onM_RIxtawKmdHaLFxJis8Mbd2D/s5184/3E760C61-62E0-437E-94F4-5DFE7929B5FC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JsHs0tO7topJLv_Uy55dz-yj-mQV7XWBHTWb3Z1agpmGI6-LXwSZRaMWi58dKxf6f_Ao2z81w7UrUeB9A2cnigYQCp_ipEzNXRktPBaNs1AWp0Jd5onM_RIxtawKmdHaLFxJis8Mbd2D/w640-h480/3E760C61-62E0-437E-94F4-5DFE7929B5FC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">They didn't make it to the hole,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">the tide was coming in and it was</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> too dangerous on the mossy rocks.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesN3WXwe_iw6w-k8KygH2gB68vdqA7OF4WjMkMhj6EsBY6u0onZYDSbHiQEw_ePZpk5a4QB7YWr4Qasxo0GHvwP2kzC4p8_ssNOXdRjL8JM3S92MXqehfXP6PQAfh2-hbinILy80hB3kG/s5184/AFCC92BC-264D-4FAC-B301-8C5619A07FF2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesN3WXwe_iw6w-k8KygH2gB68vdqA7OF4WjMkMhj6EsBY6u0onZYDSbHiQEw_ePZpk5a4QB7YWr4Qasxo0GHvwP2kzC4p8_ssNOXdRjL8JM3S92MXqehfXP6PQAfh2-hbinILy80hB3kG/w640-h480/AFCC92BC-264D-4FAC-B301-8C5619A07FF2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>Sara searching for seaglass</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPQQxQMHpuIGBXVAD6pvl71e59MHny-RNCdLGDs1SroGLm0mQL9y0qvo_w-wUh0-OmsSoFMWKw8YlOPzv1Q2wipBHv1wFX_1n1kTomWntSRSGFI69R3WTnerYutHXww-UoFxjOkSFNxbO/s1125/592C9153-CCDA-4190-9298-5225684C5BEB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1125" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPQQxQMHpuIGBXVAD6pvl71e59MHny-RNCdLGDs1SroGLm0mQL9y0qvo_w-wUh0-OmsSoFMWKw8YlOPzv1Q2wipBHv1wFX_1n1kTomWntSRSGFI69R3WTnerYutHXww-UoFxjOkSFNxbO/w640-h480/592C9153-CCDA-4190-9298-5225684C5BEB.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGG27r9ooP_MtDwzZXEEeYpexjwudS9bEIRQsLWgrsMVyIb7AfPasJ_o3MlkfIvpPPI32nUjQnF0iCyXfD2OYkM3CJMW931_0LHwKJ4D79zdZJFNIeL8CoH1tq_cSQs8LnYIagQQNVOey/s5184/8F722A82-21F3-4B58-988A-007C35C010FD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGG27r9ooP_MtDwzZXEEeYpexjwudS9bEIRQsLWgrsMVyIb7AfPasJ_o3MlkfIvpPPI32nUjQnF0iCyXfD2OYkM3CJMW931_0LHwKJ4D79zdZJFNIeL8CoH1tq_cSQs8LnYIagQQNVOey/w640-h480/8F722A82-21F3-4B58-988A-007C35C010FD.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpYFPjKQao0RRTFSxkbkFU4cwG3BrQN8c47vQahyxfLTd1IBRP9Wbwmv4PYGcqH-ajS9ZnQUlMIa7geWjOwbMCwDm3lGS1S_j3EYOwlueXVkuZBKMvVFVWvRBhTM8XqTaaKxJsFvdO3VK/s5184/96774254-4B86-4171-A0CC-7D251543EE46.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpYFPjKQao0RRTFSxkbkFU4cwG3BrQN8c47vQahyxfLTd1IBRP9Wbwmv4PYGcqH-ajS9ZnQUlMIa7geWjOwbMCwDm3lGS1S_j3EYOwlueXVkuZBKMvVFVWvRBhTM8XqTaaKxJsFvdO3VK/w640-h480/96774254-4B86-4171-A0CC-7D251543EE46.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Annie found a treasure.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">A fisherman's buoy to add to our collection.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">It's lobster fishing season here in Eastern Canada.</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcS2cKSEhJZFNfWgRT6SHwgnqIQN1dgMbl3Zjm5aLRdcl57YiVb_uvAyveo9W7Ar2s_OthxQF5QleOtZWaCGitpPZlZXwXTLDQwIZ6XrvyRnjhkWcVlNSad41HISosScXcXArdJHG84Mj/s5184/7EC79128-E453-4B22-BEBE-824B8580AC29.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcS2cKSEhJZFNfWgRT6SHwgnqIQN1dgMbl3Zjm5aLRdcl57YiVb_uvAyveo9W7Ar2s_OthxQF5QleOtZWaCGitpPZlZXwXTLDQwIZ6XrvyRnjhkWcVlNSad41HISosScXcXArdJHG84Mj/w640-h480/7EC79128-E453-4B22-BEBE-824B8580AC29.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">I added the buoy to our collection</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> of rescued buoys, in the Jungle,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">(part of my wild woodland</span></i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220);"><i> garden). </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220);"><i>Fishermen use buoys to mark</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220);"><i> their territory in the ocean.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220);"><i>Some break away and float to shore.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MpxFPaXIMY9w5YK23HUvRN6fMNK2yiZ-BU1n7fvxQjE7NyIfaG14R6oD3IviE5eAYJW4pwX91UXQLbnJgE8IYSB1d8ksZGEPXjiYKLdwBPRpwvoNCVak1B5b7fy7JkMC1xGPj4rDUUPT/s3456/20210612_073557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MpxFPaXIMY9w5YK23HUvRN6fMNK2yiZ-BU1n7fvxQjE7NyIfaG14R6oD3IviE5eAYJW4pwX91UXQLbnJgE8IYSB1d8ksZGEPXjiYKLdwBPRpwvoNCVak1B5b7fy7JkMC1xGPj4rDUUPT/w640-h640/20210612_073557.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220); color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hang them under a tree. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKfQnhdAXQfW_0GgZIXLiiGCxh_1gM8BsFpHRz_W8ZQKw8kEWmYMRX21CNiNWUODia8KjmyAsROgsWtm1NvS3gSVBa7D5UAEddzUVNO-px-7etfjtGRiY_ss-ccAAndcHHM-yGK-sRaUU/s3456/20210612_073630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKfQnhdAXQfW_0GgZIXLiiGCxh_1gM8BsFpHRz_W8ZQKw8kEWmYMRX21CNiNWUODia8KjmyAsROgsWtm1NvS3gSVBa7D5UAEddzUVNO-px-7etfjtGRiY_ss-ccAAndcHHM-yGK-sRaUU/w640-h640/20210612_073630.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Sara, Annie (forgot to remove her mask,) and Suzanne.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Most of the restaurants were closed and will open </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">during tourist season sometime this month, June.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>Sara, is the voice of "Covid-19" commercials. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>Along with other commercials like "Ford" etc. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWzVYffFltbChFW4Dy_TCvhbd7buQ1U_nGycFGK8erWtJJ8iKfdaqx1rnO6CC4Yp5xEs6RdBmSwNYjCGfjb46xXaorSJiEBiGdKRBSZ_nSytDa8BWHvZnbvC-M7j1Gd4QVAG9iGEsnEIV/s3456/20210528_133816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWzVYffFltbChFW4Dy_TCvhbd7buQ1U_nGycFGK8erWtJJ8iKfdaqx1rnO6CC4Yp5xEs6RdBmSwNYjCGfjb46xXaorSJiEBiGdKRBSZ_nSytDa8BWHvZnbvC-M7j1Gd4QVAG9iGEsnEIV/w640-h640/20210528_133816.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>A view of Percé with the rock and </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>Bonaventure Island in the distance.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJzhWUIGKNmnzEUGbDrenlmlzpDn6lb8QikeaSJt2i2oV05eZP-0cEPoE6lRRv4rKuOX2HYr95m4f8FO4F2E1o09k9FQAC3_zakg6QF7gtLK3q227Ny1LYpLDUYN-IcYilhpIG2f9CD0y/s3456/20210528_155637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1765" data-original-width="3456" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJzhWUIGKNmnzEUGbDrenlmlzpDn6lb8QikeaSJt2i2oV05eZP-0cEPoE6lRRv4rKuOX2HYr95m4f8FO4F2E1o09k9FQAC3_zakg6QF7gtLK3q227Ny1LYpLDUYN-IcYilhpIG2f9CD0y/w640-h326/20210528_155637.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>This is a photo of the local fishing dock in Paspebiac.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>Taken my Suzanne.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0-7pczxtNi6sCCZz4TPqdX2A-alt7bNA1fdBGnT9b1Ntgd0ONRz-wooxLRVdb0CaX4uaAose-6P94mI2ezIQM0qB8ZLQ0a0hHMb7Ul19Ke_3T2XSHLWbWVQvCV3Dh8bsXz-ooepN9XWr/s2048/45BAE720-D017-4982-973D-AFA92FF592BE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0-7pczxtNi6sCCZz4TPqdX2A-alt7bNA1fdBGnT9b1Ntgd0ONRz-wooxLRVdb0CaX4uaAose-6P94mI2ezIQM0qB8ZLQ0a0hHMb7Ul19Ke_3T2XSHLWbWVQvCV3Dh8bsXz-ooepN9XWr/w640-h640/45BAE720-D017-4982-973D-AFA92FF592BE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>A lobster meal to celebrate our birthdays.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4akeHeA6bI7PRF-fUFTJSXyuIOvpUJGlCjGosklc3gp5kuS-7we-LLxpHHemQ8yPIfHtJ5yxI0ht63yh-NWd6TmV5Xo1jso6_M6RNbVIc505QFgXKnZQUk0BhyphenhyphentK4B1QGezUkSGbmud1/s3456/20210526_174158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4akeHeA6bI7PRF-fUFTJSXyuIOvpUJGlCjGosklc3gp5kuS-7we-LLxpHHemQ8yPIfHtJ5yxI0ht63yh-NWd6TmV5Xo1jso6_M6RNbVIc505QFgXKnZQUk0BhyphenhyphentK4B1QGezUkSGbmud1/w640-h640/20210526_174158.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>In front of home on The Baie des Chaleur</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>fishermen fishing in the early hours of the morning.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><i>(Zoomed in photo)</i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbU5RMhNutOGrPJaNx-z8Z8wwRma6et4z7dH-hJeq81FEwv0bxL_7YCYH9ukisGOwkCLnYtHGm7dtLxy4Ok-SQggaaT4sfCSfQfU_K2W_zNSiqryjm7jBGslq0_qM6XCnavIcPLx9SEH2/s5184/681A8071-D32B-4A80-9092-CE496C7CBB55.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbU5RMhNutOGrPJaNx-z8Z8wwRma6et4z7dH-hJeq81FEwv0bxL_7YCYH9ukisGOwkCLnYtHGm7dtLxy4Ok-SQggaaT4sfCSfQfU_K2W_zNSiqryjm7jBGslq0_qM6XCnavIcPLx9SEH2/w640-h480/681A8071-D32B-4A80-9092-CE496C7CBB55.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">💚💛💜💙</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>For more on Percé Rock and the </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>Villa at the top of the hill, also</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>another attempt to get to the hole in the rock, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>visit my previous blog <a href="https://thelma-day.blogspot.com/2018/08/perce-rock-2018.html">Perce Rock 2018</a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><i>Thanks for your visit xo</i></span></div>Thelma http://www.blogger.com/profile/06890910194070238597noreply@blogger.com8