Surprise I am Participating in A July Photo Challenge

 

 

I knew I would have some time this July to give some attention to participating in Eileen's Monthly Photo Challenge. July's theme was Numbers.  Eileen's Blog

Guidelines are a minimum of five photos, taken during the month (no archival photos), etc., she had also added a challenge that the photos of numbers had to be from different sources, although the same number could be repeated (provided they were from different sources).  

These are some of my Number finds:

1) number on hydro (electricity) box 

 

2) surveyor's painted number on the road

 

3) A visit to McDonald's receipt

 

4) stair location 

 

5)  elevator floor buttons & parking fee notification 

  

6) Truck type

 

 

 

True North Strong & Free

 Happy Canada Day!

10 Provinces, 3 Territories

A Strong Sovereign Nation

  

 

East to West Provinces

Newfoundland & Labrador

Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia

New  Brunswick

Quebec

Ontario

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

Alberta

British Columbia 

East To West Territories

Nunavut, The Northwest Territories, The Yukon

 

Seasonal Wishes

 

Merry Christmas

 

2024 SPSH - 3rd & Final Link In

Today is the 4th & final link in for the 2024 SPSH, hosted by;  This West London Life - 2024 SPSH

For this final link in, these are my finds:

#1 Family Pet or Cute Animal; of course it would be one of my chipmunks. They definitely make me happy to see them about my garden.  Right now they are busy gathering as many peanuts as I feed for their long winter snooze. 

#12 A Place of Worship; the beginning of June I switched churches, this is my previous church.

#15 Something You've Repurposed; A friend gave me this years ago, it's for your dresser or table to put jewelry into the little cup. I use on the patio to hold bird seed or peanuts.

Alternate A: Something misspelt or grammatically incorrect;   I found  this recipe years ago in a magazine - the recipe & photo are for a chicken crescent ring, the ingredient list is for the chicken ring, but the instructions talk about adding pudding, bananas, coconut & whipping cream to the shell.  I've kept because it makes me chuckle.

Alternate B: Stamping; a card that I made for a friend's upcoming birthday.

And that is a wrap for the 2024 SPSH - thank you Ruth for hosting the search.

2024 SPSH - 2nd Link In

 Good Morning.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer.  Today is the second of 3 link ins for the 2024 SPSH, hosted by Ruth & her Best Friend over at This West London Life; the list can be found at: This West London Life - 2024 SPSH

For this link in, these are my finds:

#3 - A Colourful Front Door; this one has a colourful past.  I like how the scales of justice are the keystone.  

We crossed an item off my bucket list by walking the reformatory (prison) grounds.  This reformatory closed in 2002 as has been under much discussion as what to do with it.  Overall the main buildings are in good shape. There's about 1000 acres which link in with trails along a river & the university. Difference between a prison & reformatory is that one is governed controlled by the federal government (prison) & the other is controlled provincially. Reformatories are for non-violent crimes.

#4 - What's On Your Feet; my new this season red running shoes (or as some would call them, sneakers or joggers) (trust me no jogging will be done in this shoes).  They are very comfortable & I can wear them with several outfits.  They debuted on Canada Day.

#5 Favourite Summer Food/Meal; hands down or should I say spoons down & I should more often, is Chapman's frozen yoghurt - Black Jack. Oh so good.

#7 Favourite Summer Reading Nook/Space; this is also a favourite winter, autumn & spring space. The floral case is for my bible.

#8 Something Colourful In Your Garden/Neighbourhood; I grew these annuals from seed.  Silver Cup Lavatera (Lavatera trimestris) (aka Tree Mallows)

#11 A Kitchen Utensil You Hardly Ever Use; we rarely have mashed potatoes, usually just at Thanksgiving & Christmas, so my potato masher does not see a lot of action.

See you on Wednesday October 2nd,  for the final link in of the 2024 SPSH.

 

Wisdom

 

No one else is supposed to understand your calling.

It wasn't a conference call.

                                Source: Internet

2024 SPSH - First Link In

 Good Morning.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer.  Today is the first link in for the 2024 SPSH, hosted by Ruth & her Best Friend over at This West London Life; the list can be found at: This West London Life - 2024 SPSH

For this link in, these are my first finds

#2. Look up to the sky; took this photo while waiting at one of Mr Man's many eye appointments.  It's my angel in the sky.

#6 Something With Wings; for the first time ever, we have (that we noticed) Blue Jay fledglings in our garden. Just as noisy & squawky as their parents.

#9 Moving Water; I treated myself to a new solar birdbath fountain, it has several different fountain heads & I really like the sound & sight of the moving water.

#10 Something that casts a shadow; this year the ferns have been massive & plentiful

#13 Mark the passage of time; this treatment for our two Ash Trees happens every two years, it's to give them a fighting chance against the destructive & invasive Emerald Ash Borer, when we see this ring of injection tubes, we know two years have past;

#14 Your nation's flag, hanging proudly in our back garden; 

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• “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”  – Dorothea Lange
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•         “A camera is a SAVE button for the mind's eye.”

Me On A Monday

 

Happy Canada Day!

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

🍁

Happy 157 years Canada

Me On A Monday - June 3rd

 

To everything, there is a season and a time for every purpose under  heaven ... (Ecclesiastes 3. 1)

The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things ... (Lewis Carroll)

From The First Me On A Monday, June 8 2015

It was on this day in 2015 that I made my first blog post ... and now the time has come for my last blog post ... of course never say never.  I may post some Wisdom over the summer, just to keep the blog open & current, in case I pick up this thread again.

And before I forget, Ruth & her Best Friend are hosting this year's Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt (SPSH).  Ruth's link for the list can be found at: This West London Life - 2024 SPSH

Thank you all, for your support & fellowship over the last 9 years, it's been interesting. 💝

From The Last Me On A Monday - June 3rd 2024

Wisdom

 

Source: Internet

People want you to tip toe around their feelings, while they tap dance over yours.  

                                        ... The Internet

Me On A Monday - May 27th

Good Morning. I trust all is well in your part of the world.

Currently Reading: Just finished Robert Hardman's book, King Charles III.  It was a big book & Robert writes well, although for me his attention to facts & details can be a little dry at times in any of his books.  But over all I enjoyed.

Also on my reading watchlist is the Summer's Insider Report.  This is a paper magazine produced & given out by the local grocery chain. It's a very popular read in Ontario.  Lots of new summer products introduced; new tastes from all around the world.  

Currently TV Watching: We finished Mary Land & for us the ending was a little abrupt & not a satisfying ending at all, too many loose items, in our opinion.  We have started to watch on Brit Box, After The Flood.  

Currently Watching Nature : I'm waiting for arrival of the returning Hummingbirds. I've put out my specific Hummingbird feeder with a fresh batch of sugar water. The yellow Finches have returned & we have been getting quite a few Flickers in the garden.  The Woodpecker has given up trying to drill in our house (thankfully) & I can hear "him" off in the farmer's wood lot.  I do chuckle at myself because if you told me in my 20's I'd be a bird watcher one day, I would have laughed & said you were quite mad, but here we are.  Life does take us on some interesting paths. Oh yes & we bought a new bird bath. We have been searching for a few years now & I'm glad we waited for this one.  It is exactly what I wanted for the garden.  We have two batches of baby black squirrels, one nest in the front garden, one in the back garden.  We also have a new batch of baby chipmunks, 3 little ones at the front of the house.  Oh my they are tiny.

Currently Doing: I attended a card class, the first in 4 long years with this demonstrator. It was chaotic but good fun.  Met lots of new "neighbours". I got three birthday cards made in a style & stamp selection that I wouldn't have tried on my own at home.  

I've signed up for a free journaling workshop at the beginning of June. It is being hosted by a newly formed group "The Real Housewives".  Just their group name is interesting & the workshop is listed as "Juice & Journaling" so I'm going to assume that we will be provided with some juice during the workshop.  

Wishing my British friends & American friends a happy holiday Monday. 

Wisdom

 

Source: Internet

They muddy the waters so it seems deep.

                                                  ... Friedrich Nietzsche

Wisdom

 

Sunshine all the time, makes a desert.

                                    ... Arab Proverb

Me On A Monday - May 13th

Good Morning. I am in a post Mother's Day glow.  I celebrated with a Parish Brunch after church service, home to putter a little in my gardens & then an afternoon of a few at home "spa" treatments. Ah the bliss of it only marred by the hissing & growling of the fur girls to each other.  Thursday & Friday the painters were here so not only was there chaos of things removed (hushed) from three areas of the house, they, the fur girls, had to endure people in the house.  Individually they are their sweet self, but together, they become hissing growling menacing beasts. There's no physical contact, just lots of threats.  Cats!

Currently Reading:  I've just finished Twenty Seven Minutes, a debt novel by Canadian author, Ashley Tate. Not remembering who recommended or if it was one I found myself, but I did enjoy.  Even some of the troubled characters I felt for.  

"For the last ten years, the small, claustrophobic town of West Wilmer has been struggling to understand one thing: Why did it take young Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call for help on the fateful night of the car accident that took the life of his beloved sister, Phoebe?  Someone knows what really happened the night Phoebe died. Someone who is ready to tell the truth."

Currently Watching: Not a lot. We are one episode into Mary Land on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre.  Anticipating the finale of the TV show, Young Sheldon, this Thursday.  While we all knew the ending, when the show started, the death of the father, George, it still cut a little hard to watch.  The writers have promised us that we won't be left with tears on Thursday when the show wraps up.

Currently Enjoying: the fabulous display of the Crabapple trees at the university.  While most were in full bloom, there were a few on the "alley of bloom" that were just beginning to bloom.  It was a glorious sight to behold.  When we were there, they were just beginning to cut the grass; Two swipes later of the lawn mowers & all the yellow dandelions underneath the trees were gone.

Currently Wrapping Up: two bible studies.  One was the study of all 40 chapters of Exodus.  Some of it was a little dry (no pun to the desert ...) but overall I really enjoyed the study, especially our break out group. We were a lively group & we had some great discussions.  The running joke was ... it wasn't like that in the movie!  (The Ten Commendations movie with Charlton Heston) The 2nd bible study was an online group.  I really wish there was a "summer school" bible study.  

Currently Making It Official:  I am not putting together a Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt this year.  I believe the SPSH time has come to an end, for me at least.  

And next Monday, May 20th is a stat holiday for us (Victoria Day or to some Two Four weekend), so there won't be a Me On Monday post.  I'll see you for Wednesday's Wisdom this week & next.

Wisdom

 

If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished.

                                                                            .... Rumi

Me On A Monday - May 6th

Good Morning. 

For many of us, spring has us thinking about our gardens, which could include planting annual flowers, vegetables & fruits.  

I came across this guideline that I thought was quite interesting:

Wait for apple trees to bloom before planting bush beans

When apple blossoms fall, plant pole beans & cucumbers

By the time the lilacs are in full bloom, it will be safe to plant tender annual flowers & squash

Transfer tomato transplants to the garden when lily of the valley is in full flower

Full sized maple leaves signal time to plant morning glory seeds.

Peppers & eggplant can be transplanted when the bearded irises are blooming

When peonies blossom, it is safe to plant heat loving melons, such as cantaloupe.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Wisdom

 

Let Go

or

Be Dragged

... Zen Proverb

Me On Monday - April 29th

 To round off my month of Wisdom quotes about decluttering .. I've linked in two articles that I received in my news feed from Joshua Becker at Becoming Minimalist.  I will say upfront, I am not a minimalist & I don't agree with everything in either article, but like any information given to us, we take what we want or need, & ignore what doesn't sit with us. 

The first article was written by Myquilyn Smith of The Nesting Place. I posted her article about hushing a home.

5 House Rules To Make Minimalizing Work For Any Style

And the 2nd article, also from Joshua Becker at Becoming Minimalist, was also written by him,  is about wants & needs.  I like that he has not made this versus between wants & needs, he's not setting up a battle.

How-to-distinguish-between-wants-and-needs

Hope everyone has a good week.

PS: in case anyone is wondering why I am either not commenting on their posts or making short comments ... Blogger is not being very friendly to me & it seems any comment beyond one line is rejected.  I have no idea why ...

Wisdom

 

Creating space, decluttering, & evaluating our beliefs about what is enough helps us restore our homes to their original purpose - refuge.

                ... Lisa Avellan