My Take on the Subject — Every year, the complaining begins in December. Everybody starts to worry about the fact that they have not completed their Christmas shopping. I like the idea of planning well in advance. When I was still out in the working world, I would begin searching for gifts whenever I saw a…

The Stroke Ward — 2 — My first couple of days in the Stroke Ward were interesting. I was able to move around a bit more, actually able to sit on the end of the bed with my legs hanging down. I got to meet my next-door neighbor, Cindy, and my roommate, Doreen, and also her…

Neighbour and friend dogs — I have been honoured to have many dog friends over the last few years. During the ’90s, our neighbour across the road, a very busy road, I might add, had two dogs that became close buddies. The first one was Abby. Abby was a Shepherd-cross and, for some reason, figured…

Or Where has all the Laughter gone — Inspired by my friend Deborah Camps’ recent piece on the lack of laughter these days read her story here, I felt I needed to weigh in here. At our home, we do not really appreciate so-called modern humour, which is trying too hard and where the timing is usually off. …

Winding things up … — Note: I have been quite ill for the past few weeks and got muddled. I managed to submit out of sequence. My bad. This one should have preceded the Nov 16–18. Sorry about that. My last Walking the garden covered from November 4 to 7. …

Winding things up … — My last Walking the Garden ended with the period of Nov 9—Nov 14. I was sure this series would be done by early November, but there is still so much colour, I decided to split this November group up so as not to overwhelm readers. In the first shot, I…

“Really annoying” is the Top One — For the past week and a bit, I have been immobilized by a really nasty virus. It hit me hard and sudden. Really irritating since we are so careful not to go to crowded places, and we always masks. Go figure. Because it is a virus, it basically has to…

Twelve months with Shadow — Some of you may recall that we adopted the very scared and shut-down Shadow last November. I have been lax in keeping up with monthly progress reports on Shadow, so I thought I would compile a photo record of her time with us. Sadly, many of the shots are a…

Winding things up … — My last Walking the Garden ended with the period of Oct 25 — til Oct 31. Honestly, with the cold weather rapidly approaching, I didn’t think there would be much to talk about in November, but I was wrong. I decided to lead off with the French Marigolds planted on…