Sunsleeper — Taffy loves nothing better than to stretch out and snooze on the windowshelf in my office on a sunny afternoon.

Into the Clouds — Ever since I was a child, I have been obsessed with looking at clouds.

I have been so busy in the garden I have not been writing. If I spend two or three hours doing light garden tasks, I have to lie down and rest for several hours to recover. Unfortunately, even after a rest, I have little energy left to write. This lovely, Fall flowering Dahlia was so gorgeous I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy!

Adventures in the Auditorium — 1 — My first morning in ward they called The Auditorium, I got to meet the day staff. The main nurse came around to introduce herself. Her name was Joti, and she was a super energetic, bouncy and fun person. Joti was from the Punjab, and I nicknamed her the Punjabi Princess. …

Shadow and Taffy — Sorry for the fuzzy photos, but the iPad was all we had handy, and the cats were not being really cooperative. Taffy and Shadow are getting more friendly to each other recently. They both show up at mealtimes and buzz around looking for attention.

How Sweet It is — Since my stroke in early June, people have been bringing me cut flowers and plants to help boost my mood. Well, it surely has done that.

1999–2023 — Cats we have had, and two we still have.

Where do we go now? *Destination Uncertain — After hanging around in Emerge for a day, and after I first got fully booked into hospital, they couldn’t decide where to put me. This was because they needed more tests to find out what was wrong. So I was first placed in a non-specific, small ward they called The…

Hanging out in Emerge… — The ambulance delivered me to the emergency department at Trillium Health Centre at around 6:00AM. That is one crazy busy place. Once my two paramedics had got me off the ambulance, they chased down a hospital wheel chair so they could free up their own gurney. They did not leave…