tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227231352024-03-13T15:54:04.082-03:00Cre8ive1Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.comBlogger953125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-1280208061299202672014-04-27T11:35:00.003-03:002014-04-27T11:39:19.988-03:00Spring It Is!
Even though I maintain other blogs, I admit to not updating here very often. This was my first blog but due to personal security issues I stopped posting here so often. I am still cre8ive1 and do some kind of art every day and work at a job I love.
It is finally spring after a very long winter in Atlantic Canada. The frogs started chirping in my pond yesterday and Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-88923777749209495632014-01-29T19:26:00.002-04:002014-01-29T19:31:28.669-04:00January Travels I am adding a couple of links to my sidebar that might interest a few people. The first is of a geography game that I have been hooked on for a while. I notice today there is 'Try the New Version Beta' in a button so this link is good for now. GeoGuessr is fabulous! If you like geography you will love it. If you don't like geography, you probably will not. You get to drive alongCuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-7980679010446671112013-11-01T17:24:00.003-03:002013-11-01T17:24:58.616-03:00
The first of November isn't too late for a fall update I hope. The above shot was taken this week so you can see that the leaves are mostly gone from the trees. With a huge wind occurring when they were at their peak, the leaves came and were gone very quickly this year. Before the wind the weather was just perfect for getting out with my camera on several occasions. I did not get to Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-65145673214373612352013-08-09T17:58:00.001-03:002013-08-09T18:42:59.195-03:00Mid Summer Update
I have an excuse this time for my lack of posts. I've been on vacation, had company for a week, and had an increase in hours at work. The summer has been flying by in other words and here it is 09 August. It is a special day itself in that these two new kittens are three months old today.
Here are Purrl and Ruby, sisters of Simon and Josie and daughters of Eekie.Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-26816487141050537392013-05-23T14:22:00.003-03:002013-05-25T08:13:30.356-03:00Blossoms in May
My daughter and her family visited over the May long weekend and what a wonderful and completely delightful weekend I had! My favorite age for babies is 9 months and that happens to be the age of my grandson right now; and who doesn't love a girl who is almost two and a half.
We took a trip to the pick-your-own tulip field on Monday and we really enjoyed that. It was Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-22110567603170246332013-04-28T19:18:00.001-03:002013-04-28T19:21:09.875-03:00Glorious Day of Greening
It has been a spectacular but chilly day on PEI. The sun has been shining all day and doing it's job but the cold north wind has kept the temperature down. My hometown, on the mainland, three and a half hours away by car, was to have a high of 20 degrees. We were expecting 6 - 8 here on the Island.
We woke to a bit of green in our lawns after days of cool rain and Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-68960329903462863712013-04-04T15:48:00.004-03:002013-04-04T15:51:43.194-03:00April Already
I have time for an update at long last. I had dental surgery today and
am supposed to take it easy. That is not easy for me but I will, at
least for the afternoon. The lovely Bella is helping with the
post. I was away for the weekend and she was not at all pleased. She
has been sitting with me ever since.
Last update, I promised pictures of the grandchildren and am Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-20932874668509048362012-12-31T19:08:00.001-04:002013-01-05T09:32:59.094-04:00End of Year Ramble
I've been working on a New Years Eve post for a week and have erased two day's drafts. They contained photos of my grandchildren and gloom about losing my 97 year old friend and neighbour of 29 years among other losses. I added then subtracted; deleted, started again, revised, added, subtracted, deleted again. Then I found this old draft that had never been published. I had Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-53726530934370748662012-11-11T16:32:00.003-04:002012-11-12T06:40:45.303-04:00Trans forming
Peek a boo
We are deep into autumn and winter is soon upon us. It is Remembrance Day and thankfully we had good weather. Churches changed the times of their services to accommodate those gathering at the cenotaph for Remembrance Day services at 11am. There was a huge turn-out, larger than ever before. We missed the usual bad weather associated with today by one Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-72275229537652772132012-09-20T11:49:00.001-03:002012-09-20T11:49:24.170-03:00
After a hot, dry and beautiful summer, the beginnings of autumn are upon us. From my back door I watched first one tree turn red, then a blush creep into a couple more. Suddenly there are orange trees and some of such a brilliant gold that it takes my breath away when the sun shines through them. My sunflowers are still providing beautiful bouquets and all of my pumpkins are ripe.
One thingCuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-30734366162437824332012-08-05T17:54:00.003-03:002012-08-05T18:27:51.578-03:00Any Rain To Spare?I am sending a plea for rain. I know folks in England who would gladly spare a few liters. I would trade a bit of the heat we are having to them as well; but for only a few days at a time. Even things out a bit. We are parched here in the eastern part of PEI. I spent a week in Nova Scotia and it was perfect - hot days and rainy nights and a rainy day. PEI got only a little of the rain from Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-29659403501071747622012-07-16T18:29:00.006-03:002012-07-16T19:41:03.730-03:00Summer FanciesIt's long past time for a summer update don't you think! I do apologize for my neglect in updating here but I've been as busy as the proverbial bee. I do maintain a daily presence on my Shutterchance blog where I get some feedback from the community that has formed there. I am nearing my 2000th post in that space.I've been having an outright great summer. The weather has been perfect for an Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-20237083116437540132012-05-16T18:24:00.001-03:002012-05-16T18:24:52.717-03:00
Spring is well underway here on Prince Edward Island and it's about time I gave a shout out. It seems that I catch up once per season. Life is rolling along well enough here in the hollow. The frogs are lulling me to sleep at night and the birds are singing me awake in the morning. I've had a grey heron visiting the pond. Islanders are used to seeing great blue Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-1083108241578657022012-02-11T20:14:00.008-04:002012-02-16T19:56:02.044-04:00Mid Winter ChatA short update in a winter that is hardly a winter at all. We've had a couple of snowfalls, a few cold nights and not very much ice at all. It has been good for commuting, except for the price of gas. It feels like spring is on it's way. Robins have returned. Foxes are roaming and filling up, getting ready to birth and the days are noticeably lengthening.Update: Started writhing this at the Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-63928085767803440942011-07-27T16:25:00.012-03:002011-07-27T18:50:31.585-03:00Summer StillsDan Hicks - I'm Sayin' HelloIt is about time I fulfill that promise of an update. I had waited for some new photos from a visit with my daughter and granddaughter but they left a week ago tomorrow. Summer is moving right along and I'm trying to cram every bit into it.Spring was cold and wet on Prince Edward Island this year and there was an extremely late start to the summer sunshine. We've hadCuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-31626774022734067232011-06-17T16:10:00.004-03:002011-06-17T16:27:14.652-03:00Spring UpdateI noticed that my last update was over three months ago. I promise to bring something soon. For now, know that I am very busy, but isn't everyone at this time of year.I live in a really beautiful place in the world and am pleased that I enjoy every day, cold and windy as many have been. In 1976, the year I moved here, it rained every day in June. I thought I'd ruined my life by moving to someCuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-43666704089395514092011-03-10T16:03:00.007-04:002011-03-10T16:32:57.961-04:00Miss HappynessIt's time to do my most important and vital job as a grandmother and show you some pictures of my granddaughter. I have not seen her in person since the week she was born but her mother regularly emails me pictures, video and makes Skype calls. Isn't she adorable? She smiled and smiled in the birthing room and has been smiling ever since. Quite unusual, I think.These shots were taken this Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-88952608078034648872011-01-27T17:45:00.010-04:002011-02-16T19:45:23.909-04:00A New GenerationI am a bit tardy with checking in as I said I would do, but I find the decision to end regular posting was the right one for the time being. I have a grueling work schedule and am okay with that but it does make a post here next to impossible.You may have guessed by now that I have an announcement, which is as good a reason as any to get back here with an update. I have recently had the Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-77769072865144834872010-11-23T13:41:00.003-04:002010-11-23T14:25:15.468-04:00Kate Poole - Gone But Never ForgottenA selection of songs that remind me of Kate.John Prine - Angel from MontgomeryNanci Griffith - Turn AroundMartin Sexton - Amazing GraceCuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-79872462371308549992010-09-26T16:25:00.002-03:002010-09-26T16:30:46.092-03:00My Lovelies are LovelyCuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-22788707338889199272010-09-12T18:44:00.010-03:002010-09-14T20:03:47.026-03:00It Comes Full CircleBetter In the End - ChangesI telephoned my sister on Thursday night saying that by reading my blog, especially now that I update so infrequently, she would never know what was really happening in my life if I did not call her. It made me think of how little of my real self is shared in this space. I've not talked very specifically about my jobs, my arts, my everyday family, or my social life.Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-59445315793869429572010-09-02T16:50:00.002-03:002010-09-02T18:46:25.010-03:00Weathering the WeatherThe weather is the main topic of conversation around the Maritimes these days. Not only are we in the midst of an intense heat wave but we are expecting to be directly hit by Hurricane Earl on Saturday. I've had two days off this week and made it a point to enjoy the summer weather because with my intense work schedule these last few months, I had basically missed the season. Today I went to Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-28794360234090727932010-08-26T20:07:00.010-03:002010-08-26T20:46:24.239-03:00To Look and ListenThe harvest is work for some.Hear it!I'm not harvesting but I'm working too. Too much, some would say.Hear It!I'm not complaining but I would like to come by here (and there) more often.Hear it!I hardly have time to listen to music but manage somehow.Hear it!I'm taking a few moments to share it with you.Hear it!Enjoy the end of August, folks.Hear it!Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-67776941797246756252010-08-14T16:22:00.011-03:002010-08-14T18:33:39.778-03:00Mid August in PEIWhat a glorious day off I am having; one that would make anyone glad to be alive! I slept in an hour this morning, getting up at 6:30. Both cats were standing over me willing me to wake up. Last time I'd had a day off they woke me when I hadn't set an alarm clock for 5:30. This morning I think they may have remembered my displeasure and tried telepathy instead of meows. John Mayall - WakeCuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22723135.post-56264193316034523302010-08-02T18:20:00.003-03:002010-08-02T18:58:18.454-03:00Quickly into AugustWould a few photos count as a post? Would I be forgiven? I hope so because that's all the energy I have left today.Reid Jamieson - Fields Of GoldThough it happened completely spontaneously, I picked blueberries on Saturday morning. My whole weekend was like that - doing unplanned activities and the planned activities never happening. For some reason the photo of blueberries is showing in Cuidadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470781467118311347noreply@blogger.com7