SNAP - Thankful Thoughts

Linking in with the SNAP Community along with our hostess Helena at:  SNAP.    Have a peek at what everyone else has found as a two to four photo collection this week & then please join in. 

My collection this week is in keeping with many of my thoughts as we wind down 2016 &  to Helena for SNAP - Thankful.

  

 

Helena this final SNAP collection is for you, Thank You for creating & managing this delightful meme.  I hope that your trip to New Zealand is a wonderful time for you & I look forward to seeing all your photos as you share with us on your blog.  Safe & happy adventures!

Memorandum Monday - Dec 26th

Good Morning &  a wave to all that are about.  Hope Christmas was what you wanted it to be.  There is no link in today as our hostess, Sian, is taking a bit of a break.

New from the patio?  

Nothing much, Christmas is over in the blink of an eye.  Lots of leftovers in the frig, wrapping paper has been shredded by two happy kitties, & I am already anxious to start putting Christmas away.  Mr Man likes to leave all the decorations up for as long as possible, he is trying to convince me to leave the tree up until 12th night.  Maybe ... 

New push for New Year's Eve is on everywhere.  New day timers are being primed with important dates transferred over.  New journals, new gratitude journals all at the ready.  Even a new book for writing all the To Do's in the new year.  I am not a big New Year's Resolutions kind of person, but I do spend some time reflecting on the year as it is about to go into the history books.

 
The Fur Girls want to wish everyone a very happy Boxing Day.

 

Merry Merry

Merry Christmas / Joyeux Noel 

 

One Photo, 6 Words: Feast - Dec 23rd

The idea is to take one photo & write six words which include the word of the week.  Linking in with Miriam & the other short story tellers at:  Miriam.   This week's word is Feast.    

These ornaments, made with seeds hang on a tree made for a competition for best community design/idea.  A winner in my books.

 Santa's feast for the little birds 

 Side Note:  thank you all for your well wishes & concerns for Mr Man's eye.  We saw the surgeon yesterday & he is very pleased & happy with the progress of Mr Man's eye.  Drops for another week but only twice a day.  Next scheduled visit end of January.  (phew). Now to find my Christmas pause button & get on with the to do list.

SNAP - Take It Outside Ho Ho

Linking in with the SNAP Community along with our hostess Helena at:  SNAP.    Have a peek at what everyone else has found as a two to four photo collection this week & then please join in. After this week, we have only 1 SNAP left!

In continuation with my Christmas themed SNAP collections.  I give you the outdoors big guy, second in the Christmas hubbub.  
 

Flat - Wood Cut Out

Fabric

Blow Up

 

Real One ! (?)

Memorandum Monday - Dec 19th

Hello & good morning to everyone.  Linking in with our hostess, Sian at:  From High In The Sky

New from the patio this week?

The gorgeous crochet tree was made by my blogging coach & inspiration, Lady Ella.

Toronto skyline

At the scheduled 1 month Tuesday appointment for Mr Man's eye it was determined that further surgery was required immediately (immediate was a loose term).  When the gas bubble that was inserted into the eye after the last surgery, finally disappeared (Saturday) there was nothing holding back the over zealous healing from the 1st surgery & it pulled the retina away.  Mr Man did not previously have a detached retina but now he did.  Immediate surgery was scheduled for Thursday morning; we had to be there at the hospital for 7:00am & they would slot him in when they could.  Thankfully that was 9:00am.  This go around he does not have to keep his head down for 7 days because they put in a new stronger denser gas bubble to sit at the top of the eye where the detachment is.  Our drive home from Toronto (I was the driver) was during the start of the first of 2 storms that hit Thursday.  It was a scary horrible drive. So many white outs, which is like driving blinded by a bag of flour someone just dumped on your windscreen.  Anyway once home I gave many thanks for a safe passage.  We were up the next morning at 4am for another 7:00am appointment in Toronto.  The drive was less than great but not as bad as the day before.  So another 6-7 weeks off work to heal & recover.   The one week follow up appointment is Thursday, so another early rising & hopefully no more snow!

Speaking of new fresh fallen snow, on Saturday we got another 20cm of snow & it meant we needed to get the driveway cleared but Mr Man is not allowed to do this kind of activity & I certainly couldn't handle all of two storm's snow.  So new for us, we had to hire someone to push/blow the snow off the driveway & onto the lawn area.  A new type of entry into the accounting books. 

As a fund raiser our local cat rescue, Cats Anonymous,  offers in-home kitty nail clipping, which we gladly booked. The ladies make it look so easy to do.  While it does not hurt them, the idea of being held tightly by a stranger has Sooty & Smokey now spending the last two days spitting & growling at each other.  Tish & Julie brought them little cat nip stockings as an introduction & bribe.

To try & cheer up Mr Man, Sunday I made eggnog pancakes & cut them into stars ...

I hope everyone has a stress free week in the run up to Christmas Day.  Happy Christmas to all.

Source From The Internet

One Photo, 6 Words: Time - Dec. 16th

The idea is to take one photo & write six words which include the word of the week.  Linking in with Miriam & the other short story tellers at:  Miriam.   This week's word is Time.



 

It's time I used these papers

Today with this post I celebrate my 300th blog post!!!!!