SPSH - The Final Link In, The Wrap Up, The End

 Thank you to all that stuck with the list for the 2022 Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt.  Link in with:

Karen's 365photos

Ruth - This West London Life

Deb's World

Bless - My Two Cents

Susanne Snaps & Snippets

Karen's Random Reflections

Eileen's Bracelet of Days

I must admit it was a real challenge for me this year.  We did not get out & about as much as I had hoped we would have, so most of my finds had to be very close to home, which in turn, kind of dulled my enthusiasm for the search.

So without further excuse, my final entries:

#4 Faceless Selfie: Me & Smoke just chilling at home. What's more me than cats & horses ...

#5 Something That Looks Like a Letter or Number: the letter j which is really a lucky happenstance - the bird feeder shepherd's hook lying on the ground as we change location of the feeder.

 #7 A Leaf Vein:

#10 OMG The Shoes:  These are all mine at the patio door! Yikes time for a tidy up - summer shoes go away & the boots come out.

 #15 Wind Power: To get any sound out of the chimes, the wind must be blowing & in this location, the wind must really be blowing. Next year we'll find a spot where the tail of the chimes doesn't get caught in a plant, which silences the chimes.

#16 Oh So Colourful: The peonies at Terry Fox Park - a beautiful find of a park when visiting another eye clinic for Mr Man.

 #18 In The Distance: the woods at the back of my friend's pool - this is still her property, it ends up at the river, just out of sight.

#20 You Grew It/Made It:  A card I made for my best friend's birthday in October. The butterfly is outlined in a white glitter & the body is 3 clear jewels.

#21 Invokes A Childhood Memory: This jade horse was in my step-mother's home for many years & when my Dad passed away, she gave it to me. I remember making up stories about this wild beast, that I could tame & ride.  It's about 8" high.

Alt A:  Recent Purchase: yes it's my new toilet in the upgraded ensuite bathroom, sitting on the new Plan C floor of the ensuite bathroom. It's really not that closed in ...

Alt C: Free Choice.  I met with one of my good friends that moved away last year, in this new to me park, yesterday, which is almost half way for her. It will be a definite return visit for me with Mr Man in tow.

 

Well that's a wrap & thank you again for playing along.  Who knows maybe with a winter break I'll come up with a new 2023 list for the SPSH.

Wisdom

 

SOURCE: Internet

You cannot get mad at people around you sucking the life out of you, if you keep handing them a straw.

                    ... Grown Up Dish

Me On A Monday - September 26th

 

Source: Internet

Currently - Heroes: this week two of my heroes are Hilary Fordwich & Daisy Cousens.  I like for different reasons ... Ladies, thank you for talking sense.

Currently - Reading: I've gone through several books of late, none that make me want to stand up & shout "you must read this".  I've read: Your Pelvic Floor Health, Should I Stay A Christain (this for an online workshop); more of the Doctor Ruth Galloway series; Lessons in Chemistry ( liked this one); 

Currently - Shedding: I use to tape & watch after work a Canadian women's talk show.  After countless moments of being annoyed beyond comfort, I've decided that my power was in the ability to stop recording, stop watching, stop reading their Insta posts ... I've shed what seems like too much time invested in being outraged (which by the way I think is their aim). I must say the calm is SO empowering.  

Currently - Baffled: by my own SPSH list.  This Friday the 30th is the final check in.  I think I'm going to be shedding scavenger searches.

Currently - Evaluating: my plant successes for 2022.  I did not do as many annual pots as I have in years before.  The cost of annuals this year was rather daunting to my planting wants ...

Extra White Impatients

There were two rain barrels like this

My Favourites 2022

There were some epic failures too. There were two pots of New Guinea impatiens.  Both died off late July - they were fine until one afternoon they both just collapsed. 

 

The white & pink impatiens I purchased from Costco.  The other plants that I bought from the nursery were utter failures.  I was very disappointed in this year's blue & white lobelia in the water pump barrel - the entire planting died off in July. The same planting the year before was fantastic.  That's gardening!  I try not to take it personally.

Wisdom

 

You cannot see your reflection in boiling water.  

Similarly you cannot see the truth in a state of anger.

When the  waters calm, the clarity comes.

 

Me On A Monday - But It Is A Tuesday September 20th

 

Source: Internet

Good Morning.  I hope all is well in your corner of the world. What an emotional day yesterday - beautifully done, Her Majesty would have been proud.

Over the last few weeks, I've read on a number of blogs, people are feeling that September, or Autumn, is a time of change in their personal lives ... a new year of sorts.  

This week I listened to this uTube video from Joshua Becker:  Change Your Life.  It is a similar message from a post I wrote several weeks ago ... nothing changes if nothing changes or as Joshua says, Change Your Life To Change Your Life.   

When I announced one morning at breakfast to Mr Man, the statement of nothing changes if nothing changes, it opened up several larger & ongoing conversations.  At first Mr Man did not understand, but after talking about it, I think, I hope, Mr Man now "gets it".  

For me, September has always been the start of something new. Usually it was school either as a student or as an instructor,  but mostly September has & continues to trigger other changes or new starts, and in some cases a returning to.  I feel that vibe of a new year.  Several companies I have worked with have had their new financial years begin in September.  

This September I've got not only that vibe of new, but a vibe of not fitting into my life, much the way we feel after a holiday of indulges, when we don't fit into those favourite jeans afterwards.  To get back to that fit, we have to shed a few pounds. That's how I feel in the middle of September 2022, I need to shed a few things.  

On my blog & on others, we have talked about shedding or dealing with those life annoyances that crop up, the silent (nagging) to do lists.  Normally I love lists, but when I see my list of life annoyances and/or silent to dos creeping in more & more, I know, I feel it is time for a change.  Nothing changes, if nothing changes.

I've got my big flip chart out where I am making a list of things to keep or things to shed, new habits that need developing or revisiting, lists of I would like to, lists of I am tired of this ... the pros & the cons.  I am sure that there are even nations going through this type of evaluation right now, but that's a topic for another day.

Are you going through any shifts, feelings or mindset changes this September?  Any tips or wisdom to share?

So now my big decision is, scented markers or regular but I'll leave you with this thought ... life has no remote, if you want to change the channel, you will have to get up & do it yourself.  

Source: Internet

 

Me On A Monday - September 19th

 

Source: Internet

 Today I am, via television coverage, attending the funeral of our Queen.  I'll be back tomorrow with a regular type of blog post.

 

Source: Internet

 
I've read that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will lead The Queen’s funeral procession in London on Monday.  Queen Elizabeth as our Queen, was also the Commissioner-in-Chief of the RCMP.

 

Source: Internet

 

Wisdom

 

Diamonds are created under immense pressure.

Bread dough rises when you let it rest.

The same boiling water will soften the potato but harden the egg.

Just remember what may motive you, may be the element that crushes someone else. Be kind.