Senior Golden Sneakers
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Bye.......see you later!!
Sandy
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Bye Sandy.0
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Bye-bye Sandy, have a wonderful break.... missing you already!
Isn't that an American saying? LOL
Jackie0 -
Anne ~ I'm off to visit a local nursery now to pick up some bedding and tomato plants so will see if I can come up with some ideas for planting under your apple trees that won't give too much extra work.
Sunshine here and a gentle breeze.... perfect except a neighbour is building something and the knock, knock, knock is becoming a bit like Chinese torture!!!
Back later.
Jackie0 -
Bye SANDY!
JACKIE, I'm all gung ho, and once the general chores are done I'm going out to dig up the sparse weedy grass. Lady's mantle grows here, and I've loads so I'll put some near the border front edge. I want to get going before the humid heat arrives and the Mosquitos, I get eaten alive by them! And also swell, ugh. Anyway, I'm thinking maybe a low lying bush near the tree. I have a huge bed of lily of the valley down the side of the house which do TOO well in the shade, but are just starting to bloom and smell gorgeous, and the hostas do very well. I'm in zone 6 if that counts in the UK. My garden is very small really, but a bit of "landscaping" might create an illusion of size. Wish I was coming with you to the garden centre! Have fun. Oh I planted two weedy tomatoes in a long planter yesterday! Not for me though, for the family IF they survive!
Anne (with the E).0 -
HI Gang! The posts are jumpy again! Wonder what causes that? It is cloudy and a bit rainy today. This is my grown grandson's birthday. I have been trying to get in touch but, as you might imagine, he has other things to do! Ha! It is quite interesting how gardening has set our brains aflame with ideas for the garden. It is a special time of year. I am full of grand ideas, but I am aware that I tire of my projects about mid-summer.
Yesterday was not a great food day for me. I didn't have huge amounts but the food I did eat was way too high in calories. John and I decided to half a turkey sandwitch and a lotte while out on errands. Then Friday is pizza night. Even though I fixed a veggie pizza and only one piece, I fear I blew the works, so to speak. Back to a more modest fare now. I didn't weigh this AM. I didn't want to know how badly I did.
Anne: is that a picture of your dear Tabitha Daisy? She looks to be happy and comfy in her own chair?
Jackie: we are enjoying your videos. I am going to share the animal ones with our vet. I know he will enjoy them.
Lin: your words about clutter hit home! We call it "messy mind disease." My art dungeon has gained family fame as what can happen when things are left too long. They multiply and...well you can only imagine!
Have a lovely weekend sneakers!
Patsy
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Me again and a very worn out me! I spent most of the day digging out the grass for the new plants when I finally get them! As you can see in the photo it isn't a very big border I've cut out BUT it took me HOURS. I'm not the gal I used to be alas.
Yes PATSY that's dear old Tabitha Daisy, who's in better shape than me at the moment and I guess in cat years about the same age. ALL of the chairs belong to Tabitha Daisy, I'm occasionally allowed to sit in one. Her ladyship doesn't believe in gardening preferring to wash her paws for her days exercise.
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Sandy, enjoy, enjoy!
Anne, your soil looks dark and well amended. I wanted to get one large bag of potting soil, but I couldn't lift it. I dont think I need it after all.
Its been a day. I save all my errands and do them in one day. So I wont have to leave home any more than necessary.
Marie are you busy with Alice today? Hopefully your computer is still working.
Have a great evening
Phoebe0 -
This is the Pacific Ocean south of Crescent City, California
The Heceta Head lighthouse in my earlier picture opened originally in 1894
I love being home with my dogs and cat and my familiar neighborhood and routines.
This has been a busy day.....got up early, walked the dogs, went to an early meeting then to the grocery story....later I walked with my favorite walking friend and came home to lunch prepared by Jake..I got some work done in the yard and walked the dogs some more and now I'm sitting and relaxing with all of you. Later I'll ride the exercise bike and watch TV with Jake.
I love all the photos. Thank you for taking the time to share them with us. Barbie 0 -
Good evening - busy doing chores around the house again today and some corresponding with one of my cousins. Now I'm tired and will likely wrap things up early tonight. Tomorrow I need to get up early and get ready for a long day at church. I have no idea when I'll be home so I may not catch up with my favorite people---you---until Monday. Hugs to all.
Love the pictures. Keep them coming. They are wonderful.
Hugs.
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Just enjoyed a light lunch of marinated salmon and salad sandwich and am now planning to get into the garden before promised rain arrives. Had a lovely walk in the woods again and the bluebells are still sitting up and smelling glorious!
Anne ~ Your flower bed looks wonderful and ready to welcome a variety of plants. Since you are able to grow hostas you're obviously not plagued with slugs so how about Lupins for a bit of height or a low slung azalea. Another grand plant to give height and late colour is Angelica gigas that would look lovely at the back of your border and perrenials such as Dicentra and Penstemon as well as Astilbi do well in my garden that you can imagine can get very cold weather in the winter months being so high on the moors. My trip to the nursery was most enjoyable as I wandered through the poly tunnels and chatted to the brothers that run it. I came home with a variety of 4 tomato plants, and a Cotinus royal purple shrub that probably won't grow to full height in my lifetime and Monarda that I'm sure is something the bees love.
Halfway home I had some fun when I met a huge green steam engine with the roller on the front and brightly polished brass parts that filled the whole of the single lane road and trundled along at about 3 mph so I had to reverse a few hundred yards to find a gateway to get out of its way as there was no way he was going to reverse! I assume it was heading for a steam rally, something that's often held in these parts. Ah, the good old days!! Tabitha Daisy is looking very cute in her one of many chairs!
Hello to everyone else but I must get on as clouds are rolling in.
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JACKIE, thank you for the tips, duly written down for the next time I can get to a nursery. I love going to them too. Azaleas ARE lovely, I'm not sure about our winters though. I'll have to ask. I'm surprised honeysuckle can tolerate temps as low as minus 20, so maybe. You won't believe this but I have a working model of a steam engine made by my dad who's hobby it was crafting models and ships. People have offered to buy it, but of course I would never sell.
I'm about to go out in the garden again and try and move my stone bird bath which is heavy, and a very large old carved stone urn that was thrown out years ago by the folks opposite but I think beautiful. However it is REALLY heavy and comes on an equally heavy pedestal so I probably won't manage it. See how you've inspired me!
I was so whacked yesterday, I had a bath, and toddled off to bed missing my favourite detective programme. Today though, up with the lark, revitalised and rarin' to go again. Everything I planted last week is flourishing including the two tomato plants which surprised me.
PHOEBE, the soil IS good. When I buy potting soil, I can only manage small packs in my shopping trolley.
Hi everybody, promise, I'll mainly shut up about gardens from now on, unless YOU bring them up.
Nice to have you home again BARBIE. Beautiful seascape.
LIN, don't work TOO hard.
Hi MARIE and EVERYBODY!!!!!!
Anne (with the E, Jackie)
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Happy Sunday! My daughter went to Church ( I went to 5:00 yesterday) and I am sitting on the patio having coffee. It is so beautiful here and if you are on Facebook you saw within an hour of arriving I was in the pool.I had a little friend join me for coffee, something I don't see where I live.
After Mass yesterday my daughter picked me up and we went to a great restaurant for dinner, came home and watched a movie. Life is good!
Today is her husbands birthday but he won't return from Minnesota until around 6:00. He was there for the weekend videoing dance recitals which is a side job he does once a year. Kristy is surprising him with some friends for a birthday celebration.
This is where you will find me for the next week.
Wish you were here!
Sandy
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Oh, Sandy, a shady pool is perfect on a warm day! What a wonderful way to relax. Has Kristy suggested you move yet?
I know you won't but I wish you could stay longer or visit more often. I love lizards. I'll never forget the little one that was so thirsty during our droughts a few years ago. I was watering a shrub in a large pot, the little lizard walked from under the shrub to drink the water. I had to put a little dish of water in the pot. ♥
I just ordered one of those triangular sailclothes for patios. I talked myself back into shade but no umbrellas. We'll see how it works.
Anne, I think those heavy things require at least two people. I almost let the bowl of the birdbath slip onto my foot. Take care.
Jackie, i can see you trekking backwards on your lane. Was George with you? My husband loves all things engines. He and his father enjoyed the annual 'Big Iron Crank Up'. Lots of old,working engines.
No need to stop talking gardens, I enjoy it. I see lovely things but stop myself until dh finishes the 'shed project', which can't begin until the removal of a large wild cherry tree. I hate to cut it down, but it is gradually dying upwards. Large branches die then fall. It's a bit scary, a hazard to humans and critters. Storms bring down more branches.
Lin, you get more done in one day than me in a month! Lol, I wish I were exaggerating. I'm a true procrastinator. Enjoy your Sunday! ♥
Marie, hope to hear from you today ♡
Im not letting this day be wasted, so im gonna make myself busy.
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P.S., should have said that I Try to stop myself from buying plants. I couldn't resist a rose bush in the color I saw at the rose garden during my trip to my cousins college graduation. The name of the rose is 'Live Anna's Promise'. I ordered it from Zulily.com. Hope it isn't a disappointment, but how could a rose ever be that?0
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PHOEBE, I haven't seen any after 42 years in Canada, but in the UK we had little green lizards (like the one in Alice in Wonderland) living in the cotoneaster that grew up the house wall. Lovely little things. Like little jewels. Well folks, I've been thwarted in my gardening efforts because family have decided to visit. Cinders, the wonder pup is coming over to show me how much she has grown, now she's about 4 months old. She was like a large mouse when Mike and Sandy adopted her, so she'll probably be about the size of a large rat now! This means I will have to lock Tabitha Daisy in a bedroom as she's a cat with attitude when it comes to other animals. I can't garden tomorrow either because we are promised rain. I also won't be able to attempt to move the large stone urn on my own, which as you say, is probably a good thing. They've just arrived!
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Just letting JACKIE know, Mike, Sandy and Cinders took me to the gardening centre and I bought your suggested plants. All now planted before tomorrow's forecasted rain, broke, but happy!
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This female red panda and her sister were born a few years ago at the zoo in Eureka, California that I visited on my trip last week. I love the garden and pool pictures...perfect spring enjoyment
26,000 steps today thanks to an extra long dog walk in the morning and a long walk with a friend after lunch.....time now to relax Barbie 0 -
Phoeb I am having so much problems with my computer thar ijust manage to log in nrx but fillld you in on my Saturday
Alice and ki going out to buy me
Now computer. I hate this I pad can, read anything or see what I type
Here is what I Been up to. I am eating lots of beans fruit,veggies on a plant protein plan this is my fourth day on it.my blood sugar has improved so much better. Stay in 100 at every testing yesterday. Than ever had that before.
Going to close for now before I lose this post love you guys bare with me till I get a new conputer
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Hello Sneakers....
Better late than never as they say. I have been enjoying everyones messages as well as the delightful pictures and videos that you all have put on here. I can totally relate to all of this as I have been spending time in both our back and front yards planting plants, moving bark and trying to do something with the backyard that was totally out of control when we bought the house last year. Well be so glad when it is all finally done. With our lack of rain issues here everything must be on drip systems allowing us to water just 2 times a week. I am hoping things stay alive. Thankfully no grass to worry about at this house.
Also wanted to remark that so many of you people are so talented. The art work that you have done is amazing. Some how I was bypassed when this talent was dished out. LOL
Marie mentioned something about having to get a new computer. Well I am currently on our new laptop, which we had to get yesterday. One day the old one worked and the next day all I got was a black screen. Mentioned to dh that Marie turned hers back on after being off with a dark screen for a week and it came on. Shall see if that happens with us also. The grandkids can always use a computer in their house. This Microsoft 8 is something different for sure, but my dh has it so it is almost set up like my old one.....thank goodness because I am not much of a techie as they say.
We took off for 4 days to a local casino with our RV. It is getting very hard to find a place we like to go to as everyone else (baby boomers) has decided to join in the fun owning an RV. As usual we had a fun few days, but very little luck. Came home right after the biggest thunderstorm I have been in kept us awake all night long. Loved hearing the rain however.
And Jackie.... you are not the lone wolf in the weight gain issues these days. I am getting pretty discouraged about what I have put back on. Guess I was getting real tired of eating just healthy meals though I haven't deviated much. Do need to get back on track and start walking again. Frustrating trying to be so good and the wt goes up. I can blame it on the salt.... the soy marinade on my steak was so good. Back to reality again.
Well my dh wants to work some more on this so I will end for now. Take care everyone.
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Good evening - I just scanned through today's posts. Sorry for the computer problems Marie---I hope you get a new one soon. Diane, I'm glad you did get a new one! I've been interested in the gardening advice going from continent to continent. You are all more experienced with flowers and perennials than I could ever hope to be! I'll just say that it gets quite cold her with winter wind chills at 30 - 40 below zero. And we have thriving honeysuckles. Of course anything can, in a given year, winter kill. Good luck on all the new plants everyone.
I did spend all day at church---got home about 4:30pm and then started to do a bit of cooking and finally got something to eat. I have beans soaking for tomorrow, have things lined up to make my weekly mushroom/onion/garlic water sautee. Need to pick up some groceries in the morning and then start packing for my working trip up North. I'll be there a couple of days so will not be around much this coming week.
Phoebe - I hope your new rose bush is spectacular.
Sandy - happy vacation.
Barbie - so glad you are home and all is well.
Diane - better luck next time at the casino.
Jackie - Astilbe! That brings back memories. Many many years ago a friend grew spectacular and colorful plants. I hadn't thought of those for a long time. I saw in the paper that she died this year just a couple of weeks after my dad. I heard although she was living with a niece that she still owned her home and I wondered if all her wonderful perennials were still there.
Hugs and love all the pictures. Thanks for posting everyone.
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a busy morning with a visit to the vet with Boris just for an annual check up which although expensive is mandatory because he's coming up to 17 years young so it's best to keep an eye on him. For all that he's eating, drinking, has a glossy coat and like ANNE's Tabitha Daisy, plenty of attitude. Here's a short video I've just recorded as he sat by the door that George wanted to go out of.... you can see who won that confrontation!!
https://youtu.be/nKmujM4ORoI
We've had overnight rain and heavy showers and I'm now waiting for it to dry out before going outside for yet more gardening.
Anne (with an 'E') ~ So good to read you managed not only to purchase a few plants but also get them planted up before your rain. Hopefully that heavy bird bath of yours was also moved to its new home with a little help rather than on your own. Like you I have ideas in my head of what I want to do and am then amazed that my body refuses!! Had Cinders grown at all and did she help you with the digging, something George insists on doing when I'm outside!
Sandy ~ What a beautiful spot you have there by the pool and knowing how much you've been looking forward to some sunshine and warmth I'm so pleased you can relax and yes, get that tan!! Your little lizard is beautiful too.
Phoebe ~ Why am I not at all surprised you would place a little bowl of water out for your lizard? I doubt there's one creature you wouldn't help if needed. George stayed home when I went to the nursery for some plants because it was a warm day and he would have had to stay in the car while I looked around because they have a daily visitor... a neighbour's cat that sits in the poly tunnel or snoozes under the plants and George might have scared it. I love the title Big Iron Crank Up and will smile every time I see a steam engine trundling up the road towards me from now on! LOL My time in the garden always starts with a bit of procrastinating, usually with a cup of coffee as I decide where to begin and what to do and sometimes a 2nd cup of coffee is poured before a choice is made!! A rose with such a beautiful name will have to be glorious so I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
Barbie ~ I'm in love! That red panda is delightful. So many steps but you do seem to enjoy walking so that's a great way to exercise. I've never thought to count mine and won't be going near a fitbit because I don't like anything telling me what I should be doing! LOL
Marie ~ I had been missing you and am just pleased it was nothing more than computer woes, as frustrating as it is for you. Never mind, you'll soon be up and running with a new one and Alice will know exactly what you need.
Diane ~ Lovely to see you checking in with us and what great news.... you had rain at last! Hopefully it didn't run off the dry ground but managed to do some good. My new laptop had Windows 8 installed but I couldn't get on with it at all so my neighbour took it in to her IT whiz kid at work and he replaced it with Windows 7 and I can't begin to say how much better it is for me. All these Aps are foreign to me and not something I think I'll ever want to know about... there again I never thought I'd bother with a mobile phone but in the end joined the crowd!! LOL I'm beginning to accept my weight creeps up every winter and I then spend the summer months losing a few before the cool weather arrives again, it's just one of those things and I'm happy not to be going back to the weight I was when I first joined MFP. I'm happy enough with healthy food and avoiding sodium and sugar but think it must be the occasional peanut butter on a cracker that lets me down!
Lin ~ I agree that sometimes the cold will get to a plant whatever and others you think should be killed off survive the most extreme of weather. On top of the moor here I've experienced minus 15 winds that have frozen pipes but still all the plants survived and hopefully some of those that ANNE purchased will be ok because they die right back and a bit of mulch will protect them. Have a safe journey as you head north yet again and try not to overdo things.
Battery pinging so I'm away before it cuts off.
Enjoy your Monday.
Jackcie
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JACKIE, thanks for the laugh of the day. That's my Tabitha Daisy, she wouldn't let any dog past either! Cinders enjoyed the garden AND the garden centre as well. She was allowed in being all of 4lbs at 4 months. We stayed outside back home, because Tabitha being the owner of my place stayed in! Queen of the castle. Also It was 27C, perfect for outside chatting and coffee drinking. I didn't buy the lupins because they don't do very well in my garden, nor did I buy the Angelica gigas because the owner of the small family business said they had discontinued them because they rarely survived our winter. Everything else, yes, and more, including a very pretty pink azalea called Northern Lights. All now planted and well watered because "they" are now saying it MIGHT rain tonight.
MARIE I was getting worried about you like everybody else, and it's so good you'll soon be back full force with a new computer.
I can't believe the subjects we've touched on in the last 6 months! Now, it's gardening, swimming, sailing etc, and come autumn out will come the knitting needles, the quilting, the book reading etc. and then all year round we have the babies and the pets.
Well, must get started on the chores, happy Victoria Day everybody, enjoy the fireworks, if they weren't all let off last night!
Anne with the E, and why not just call me Annie!
p.s, I've just remembered, when the dog next door put its nose under the fence and was barking at Tabitha she just went calmly over and stuck her claws in his huge nose! He yelped, and pulling back, hit his head on the fence causing more yelps. Owner rushed out, decided it was "Charlie's" own fault, but also blocked the bottom of the fence.
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Hi All
We are doing good keeping very busy as usual. Enjoying the videos.
I've been able to increase my walking but it is easy to overdo it which I did yesterday.0 -
Annie- Where in Canada are you from I can't remember. What a great cottage.
Patsy - Lovely flowers in your yard so colorful.
I just cruised through the posts I had 46 to read but today is laundry day so I just went through quickly.
Everyone's pictures are amazing and all the lovely lush greenry. I took a picture of our front house too.
I took it on my tablet so I will have to post from that.
Yesterday was staying at the boat for the day, it was cooler than we expected and we needed a jacket to
sit in the cockpit. So we got our chairs out and sat on the bow of the boat in the sun and it was glorious.
We did come home for dinner and ate out the patio it was much warmer at our house. I did go up into
town and bought another chime for the patio and it was busy with tourists. Dave is getting the boat
ready for put the new auto pilot on which will be so nice when crossing the lake to Toronto on Lake
Ontario.
Today was Yoga class and I practiced meditating on a meditation bench and I loved it! No pressure points
or sore hip from sitting cross legged like I usually do and could stay in the moment for longer.
Lin - Looks like a productive day for you yesterday and you are getting things accomplished it must feel good.
Sandy - Happy flying, I saw your pictures on FB of the pool and it looks inviting. Come back well rested.
All the flower pictures are amazing and your water scene, Barbie looks great! Sounds like you had a wonderful
trip.
HAPPY VICTORIA DAY !! to all my Canadian friends.
Shirley
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Yesterday was my oldest sons birthday 36 years old. His wife is expecting their first baby in Sept. They are sure an excited couple. Since Cheese cake is his favorite, his wife nada I attempted to make one for him. It was fun working together on the project. It tasted good too but didn't turn out as beautiful as the ones in the stores that cost an arm and a leg. I hadn't eaten sugar for weeks and my tummy was sure churning last night after we got home. Needless to say I didn't lose a pound either but I've been a very good girl today and stayed within my calories.
I've organized the letters that I wrote to my mom again today. I have letters from 1968 to 1998 in one binder. A fat one too. It is so fun to read what I wrote back in those days that I was raising my kids. Wonder if anyone else will ever read them in the future. If so they are all organized by year.
13 more days will I travel to the states!!!!!
Phyljen
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Shirley, everything in all of the photos is so tidy! I should photograph my yards to provide comic relief. Im serious! Lol.
Jim is back from race weekend, they had a great time and no rain
he has been telling me about a house 4 sale near his sister 
. I'm not sure if I want to move. I like it here. Most things are a bit less expensive there, but not that much.
I didn't get enough sleep, and I'm fighting napping. So that means i need to move around. Im waiting for the call to pick up Honey from the vet. I'll Always have plenty to do, so I don't have any excuses.
Jackie, we've passed a phrase across the globe and who knows when we'll hear it from someone else from somewhere else! I'll let you know if i hear anyone Ever say 'Big Iron Crank Up ' other than the aforementioned. Re: your video, poor Georgie. He should get lessons from Honey, she just steps on anyone in her path! Very 1 track minded, and cats barely exist until they are getting treats and breakfast, in case I drop something.
Anne, you are a smart one, you didn't say, but I think you had help with the planting, didn't you? I mean, they wouldn't want you to do all of the work!
I'll likely take your advice and get some small packs of soil. Dh will be working this week and I don't want to ask him to make a special trip. Fingers crossed, that my new rose will thrive in the spot I have for it. I planted a special ordered rhododendron in this spot and it died.
Jeri, great to hear from you, i completely understand about over doing. Saturday was my day for that. My old fashioned orthopedist said 'whatever makes it worse, don't do it! ' that worked for me Never! Long slow stretching seems to do the most good.
Lin, be safe on your trips to get things sorted. Hopefully it will all move quickly. Closure can be a great relief.
Phyllis, you sem excited about coming to the US, hope you enjoy every minute.
Barbie, the red panda is amazing, such a Face!
Marie, hugs♥
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