A-Z Challenge -- -"P"

  For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. -  How they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.
With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

To learn more about these terms check here.


                   "P" is for Parsley

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A-Z Challenge---"O"

Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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    For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. - About how they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.

With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

Learn more about these terms

     "O" is for Oregano

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A-Z Blogging Challenge --"N" is for Nutmeg

A-Z Blogging Challenge -- "N"

 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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  For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. -  How they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.
With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

                                                              

Learn more about these terms 

                                                         "N" is for Nutmeg

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A-Z Blogging Challenge--"M"

Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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  For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. -  How they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.
With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

                                                           
Learn more about these terms 

                                                                    "M"  is for Marjoram

                  

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A-Z Challenge -- "L"

 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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  For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. -  How they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.
With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

To learn more about these terms check here.

                  "L"  is for Lavender

A- Z Challenge ---"K"

Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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    For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. - About how they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.

With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

Learn more about these terms


                                                      "K" is for Kaffir Lime Leaves

A-Z Blogging Challenge --"J"

 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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    For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. - About how they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.

With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

Learn more about these terms;


                                                  "J" is  for Juniper Berries      

A-Z Blogging -- "I"

 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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    For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. - About how they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.

With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

Learn more about these terms.

Now for today's letter!  "I" is for Indonesian Bay Leaf

A-Z Blogging --"H" is for Horseradish

 For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. - About how they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.

With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

   Learn more about these terms.


                           "H" is for Horseradish  

A-Z Blogging --"G"

 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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    For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. - About how they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.
With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

Learn more about these terms.

                                 "G" is for  Ginger                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A-Z Blogging --"F"

                                                  
 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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                                                          "F" is for Fennel
                                                         
    For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. - About how they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.
With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.
Learn more about these terms


                                             "F" is for Fennel
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A-Z Blogging - "E"

 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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    For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. - About how they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.
With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.
Learn more about these terms.


                                           "E" is for Epazote
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A-Z Blogging --"D"

 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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  For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. -  How they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.
With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.
Learn more about these terms.
                                                         

                                "D" is for Dill
                                                                                                                                                       

A - Z Blogging -- "C"

 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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  For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. -  How they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.
With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

                                                           
Learn more about these terms.       

               "C" is for Cinnamon                              
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A-Z Blogging Challenge -- "B"

 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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  For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. -  How they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.
With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

                                                             
Learn more about these terms 

                                "B" is for Basil

A-Z Blogging Challenge ---"A"

                                                     
                                                   
 Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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    For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. - About how they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.

With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

Learn more about these terms.

And..... we're off!!

           "A" is for Allspice

Intro to A-Z Blogging

Well, Hello there!!! I am so pleased that you stopped by  to visit!
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    For the past many years I have had an interest...no, make that a fascination with herbs, spices and seasonings. - About how they were used by our ancestors centuries ago for a variety of ailments, and how they are used today to enhance your favorite recipe.

With this in mind I am attempting to present a different herb, spice or seasoning  for each day of the  A-Z Challenge. Please drop by often and perhaps we both will learn something new.

Easter

                           Happy Easter to all. 

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Wordless Wednesday-- Daffodils

March 27,2013

Where do the days go?? Can't believe it is Wednesday already.  It is finally time to start enjoying the benefits of spring..... well some of the early ones, anyway!
Thanks to Create With Joy for the Linky

Wordless Wednesday

March 20,2013


With spring officially starting tomorrow and the weather forecast is for 20+ cm of snow, I am consoling myself with pictures from last summer.... and live in hope of better weather to come.
Many thanks to Older Mommy Still Yummy for the Linky

Wordless Wednesday

 March 13,2013


March is the month, that in this part of Canada we start to see the signs of spring. Snow receding, robins singing and ice breaking up.

Wordless Wednesday

March 06,2013

Living in Canada one has to know what the national pass time is. --- As this a family friendly blog I will tell you right away before your mind starts to wander!!!!--- Hockey!!

Friday Photo Share- "H" is for Hiking

March 1,2013 

Week #8 of ABC Friday Photo Share. Here it is the first of March already and with  another huge dumping of snow upon us we can safely say March came "in like a lion"!  Thanks to Maple Leaf Mommy and Mom vs.the Boys for being our vehicle on this journey.

Wordless Wednesday

February 27,2013


It is an absolutely beautiful sunny day in this part of Eastern Canada. We have all been sun deprived for so long that we almost forget how to be joyful.

Wellness

February 26,2013

As this short month of February enters its final days I would be terribly remiss if I did not dedicate at least one post to what February is all about..... at least from a health perspective. That,  my friends, is a discussion about Heart and Stroke Month.

ABC Friday Photo Share "G" is for ---Grain

February 22,2013


Well, I have to admit that I had a hard time, and with a letter that so many words start with one would think that there would be lots of choices....not  so!

Wordless Wednesday

Feb.20,2013


I recently celebrated a birthday and a dear friend, who was out of the country at that time, dropped in to say hello.

Wordless Wednesday

February 13,2013

While trying to pick a photo for this post I just thought about the date

ABC Photo Photo Share " E" is for... Epipen

For this weeks photo  I am being rather uncharacteristically  serious.  It is actually sometimes a matter of life and death.

Wordless Wednesday

February 5,2013

The fact that it is February and the groundhog  has deemed we have another 6 weeks of winter, I thought this guy is  way too comfortable here.

ABC Friday --D is for Dog

              Thanks to Mom vs the Boys for the ABC Friday Photo Share.







This  Friday I seemed to have misplaced my "thinking cap"  or it has blown away in the unusually high winds of this week.

Blogathon Week End Wrap Up.

Well, fellow bloggers it has been a fast, furious and fantastic  72 hours or so.   Today I have not been able to fan the flames of activity that were present in the first two days, but I'm trying to cut myself some slack.  The goal of this, at least for me, was to meet and interact with other bloggers and  that was accomplished!   Speaking of goals, I will show you my list and how it looks now.

My "to do list for this, my second blogathon...
~Take part in some mini challenges --don't know how many yet-
~Check out abt. 35 sites per day.
~Sample my box lunch and assess my hydration*                                      
~Put my posts in appropriate 'files'
~Learn more about "Linkedin" and other sites
~Get up and walk around to stretch my legs and relieve my derriere*
~Respond to any posts on my site
~Have fun learning 


I still have not worked on the housekeeping aspect of my blog, but like other housekeeping tasks this one will still be there when I have time to get back to it.
It has been a joy meeting all the new and not so new bloggers and interacting with you.  This was the first "twitter party" I have ever participated in,and my comment to that was a resounding WOW!  It will surely be on my list of "must do" activities for next time. All in all I spent about 18 hours, which is short of the ideal 24 hours, but a good chunk of week-end was absorbed with the blogathon fun.

Many thanks again to Kathleen Garber and "the team" for their tireless efforts and patience with people like me who do not share their experience or expertise.   It has been great!

Blogathon WeekEnd -Day 2 Mini Challenge

As part of the blogathon, there are several mini challenges that have been posted. The contributors of these challenges are incredibly smart techi-types, but in their kindness they are helping people like me to learn new aspects of blogging.  One of  these is  challenge #8- Photo Editing Tools for Bloggers @ Geek With Style   Here is my entry.

After reading  your pros and cons re different types of Photo Editing tools available, I feel I should give it some thought before investing. I now use a simple but effective site called picmonkey  to edit most of the photos I use. I must state here, however, that I do not know how to put a watermark on my pictures ( I realize there is a challenge for this.... have not attempted it .....Yet). This site crops, resizes, and all the basic tools for free (now).  I have a Windows 7 operating system,and am cautious. If Aeryn Lynne is having difficulty I am not even attempting it!!

I picked this picture of a lonely picnic table in the winter snow because it has a sad kind of beauty to it.
The only things I did was enhance the color and add my blog name to it. I would appreciate any help or advice.

Blogathon Week End -Day #2

Back at it for another day, well, actually it will be only a part of a day as I have a previous engagement..... sounds like I have a life, when in fact it is just that happens to coincide with  a "Family Day".

Blogathon Week End

I am so pumped..... I know, I know, those of you who have been doing this for a long time are sitting there politely stifling a yawn, but I am excited

Blogathon Week-end

You can  join in the fun

Greetings to All on this Blogathon Weekend!     

I am so excited to be part of this fun, entertaining and learning experience. Right off the top I would be remiss if I did not say "thanks for hanging in there" to Kathleen Garber  and her team for all the hard work in pulling the Biannual Blogathon Bash together.
Hopefully I will  meet a lot of new..... at least to me... fantastic bloggers!!.

Friday Photo Share --"C" is for Chairs

January 25,2013
For my Friday Photo Share, I had to go back to the summer....and who wouldn't like that..??

Wordless Wednesday

I thought we could use a break from these long, dark, cold days of winter

Book Review

January 22,2013

I recently was given the privilege of reviewing  a novel  that was sent to me. Although I have been an avid reader for many, many years, and have belonged to a lively and lovely Book Club, this is my first attempt at posting a review. So, Patrick Thibeault, take a deep breath ..... and here we go!!

Friday Photo Share - "B" is for Birthday Cake

For this week's ABC Friday Photo Share, "B" is for ..... Birthday Cake....

Wordless Wednesday

January 16,2013



I have never been a fan of the ever popular children's building blocks called Lego. I certainly purchased them for my son...... many, many years ago, but never actually put a complete toy together before this month!!

Wellness

January 15,2013

Note: This post originally appeared on October 16,2012, but given the changes in our weather,both with temperature fluctuations and precipitation changes.... aka, snow, rain, fog... I thought it would be timely and hopefully preventative to rerun it at this time.





                                                     Tis the season for sneezin'


 If you,  like many of us, either have children, or are around children, or in my case grandchildren, then this is for you!!

Wordless Wednesday

~~~Happy New Year to All ~~~



Wishing you peace, contentment and of course

2nd Annual Christmas Tree Link Up

What a great idea this is. Thanks to Older Mommy Still Yummy for starting this.

-- Christmas Magic--

December 9,2012                             

Many times the highlight of my Christmas has been an experience that was totally unpredictable.  These experiences  were not, in and of themselves, earth shattering or remarkable in any way.  They were simple events that because of their timing and meaningfulness to me made them part of what I refer to as Christmas Magic.

Wordless Wednesday

November 28,2012


There's a ship out in the harbour....

Wellness -- K.I.S.S. ( Keep It So Simple)

November 27,2012

With Thanksgiving 2012 an event in the past, we now are moving full tilt with our preparations for the  next big event for this year, Christmas!  The stores are, or in some cases have been, stocked with decorations , gift ideas and the commercials that are inundating  us with what the simply "have" to buy to be happy, to be like  our neighbors, to be able to relate to our co- workers, and others that are encountered, even by chance.  This time of "peace on earth" can quite rapidly become a "stress on earth" that is so unnecessary. We all want to celebrate, but it is how we celebrate that is important.

Wellness - Decorations

November 20,2012

 Hard to believe it is that time of the year again. I'm not talking about the weather, it's the "decorating the house" time.   You would think that after all these years of marriage we would have the whole dig-out-the boxes, pick out what you want, check that the lights still work thing down to a science. But in reality......NOT!!

Frivolous Friday-- Grammar Is Important. #3 of a series.

November 16,2012
Note: I am in the process of renewing my home page. It is a task intensive and frustrating ordeal, so please bear with me until the final edition is ready. In the meantime .....enjoy



This  is a series that  will appear on the Frivolous Friday slot for the next little while, in bi-weekly increments ( for fortnightly if you are from Britain). Although it is very basic grammar, most of it I learned while in junior high school.... now called middle school and the presentation reflects that age group.

 I am not a teacher, not do I have any idea what is or is not taught in the system today. It is just an idea that presented itself when I came across a grammar text ( see Oct.5/12) that was used in the schools "in my day".  I am hoping to refresh my memory and maybe even relearn a few things, but mostly I am going to make the effort to keep it, light, informative and above all, fun and humorous.  Hope you enjoy.

Wordless Wednesday

November14,2012


One of the last reminders of the season and the wonderful country that we live in.....

Frivolous Friday-- My Confused Garden

November 9,2012



For those of  us whose habitat is in the area of the 45 parallel  we experience 4 distinct seasons. Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall. Each season has a plant growth specific to that season.

Wellness--- Effects of Time Change.

November 6,2012                                                              

                                                           

   It's that "Fall Back" time of year again, when the clocks in thousands of homes are turned back by one hour  so that  daylight starts an hour earlier....actually it follows that night also starts an hour earlier, but that's not the point!!  The bottom line is that we experience more darkness in our normal work day.

This  is a series that  will appear on the Frivolous Friday slot for the next little while, in bi-weekly increments ( or fortnightly if you are from Britain). Although it is very basic grammar, most of it  I learned while in junior high school.... now called middle school and the presentation reflects that age group.

This is a first for me. Saw this post for a cook book.... my weakness... and then after checking it out I was hooked!!

Wellness - Senses and Sensibility

October 23,2012


Ever have one of those days when everything is going along in a calm and predictable manner and you feel that all is right with the world..... well , at least all is  tolerable in your own little world. You actually feel that your day is progressing and accomplishments are... well, being accomplished.

Frivolous Friday -- Grammar 101

October 19,2012

This  is a series that  will appear on the Frivolous Friday slot for the next little while, in bi-weekly increments ( for fortnightly if you are from Britain). Although it is very basic grammar, most of it I learned while in junior high school.... now called middle school and the presentation reflects that age group.

Wellness --

October 16,201



                                                     Tis the season for sneezin'


 If you,  like many of us, either have children, or are around children, or in my case grandchildren, then this is for you!!

Frivolous Friday

October 11/12

Gourds

When contemplating something "frivolous" for this Friday's post, I was standing in my kitchen talking to  one of my granddaughters when she asked what was in the bowl on the table. My answer was "Oh, honey, they are gourds".  A  conversation ensued but the Readers Digest  version is something like this.

Gourds are pretty much useless pieces of fruit/vegetable that are primarily used for display . I checked them out on "Google".

Wordless Wednesday.

After the Rain

 A Sunday Drive on Thanksgiving Weekend.

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Wellness --- Snoring

October 9,2012


                                                                Snoring        zzzzzzz    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz   zzzzzzzzzzz!!

While mulling ideas around in my head  what topic to address for the Wellness post today and heading to the medicine cabinet to get a pain killer for the headache I woke up with, I realized that the cause of my discomfort was in fact ....snoring.

Happy Thanksgiving

October 7,2012



To all the Canadian families and friends who  pop by and see the Sugar & Spice & All Things ?Nice blog this is my wish for you and yours.

Frivolous Friday--- Grammar

October 5,2012


As this post has no specific theme... hence the name, Frivolous Friday... I have decided to attempt to  have a short string of continuity for a while ... or  is that awhile ?? This is the quandary I have found myself in on occasion.

Wordless Wednesday

 About to change... from lovely to spectacular!

Wellness -- S.A.D.

October 2,2012

  With the onset of October we can pretty much bid a fond "Adieu" to  Lovely Lady Summer. The nip in the air during the afternoon and downright cold mornings and nights signal the arrival of Autumn. In this part of the Northern Hemisphere it also means each day is shorter than the last by about 3 minutes.

Frivolous Friday

September  28,2012

Reflections 

Well, here it is  the end of  September already, and we in this part of Canada are wondering where our summer went and how did it get away so quickly.

Wordless Wednesday

September 2,2012 

Learning about some of the sea creatures @ the Touch Pool at the Aquarium in St. Andrews,N.B.

 Another interesting fellow.......

Wellness

September 25,2012

-Benefits of Having Pets-

Many of us have, or had pets at one time or another. Our reasons for getting them are as varied as the people and pets, but for this post I am referring to the rather generic form of pets and that is cats and dogs.

Wordless Wednesday

September 19,2012

New sculpture for Saint John Park.

Wellness

September  18,2012

The All Too Common, Common Cold

As I sit here thinking about what would be a suitable "Wellness" post for this week's blog, I am also attending to my husband's very infrequent illness. The symptoms are "common", the effects are "common" and the treatment is also "common".

Wordless Wednesday

Q.       What does this spider and Google have in common?  

Wellness

Tempus fugit sed vita bonum est *

The annual ceremony surrounding the "first day of school and  "back to school" tradition continued again this year.

Frivolous Friday

Lying on my back gazing skyward through out Maple tree.

Hello!  Well, how was your summer?  Did you get time to do all the things that you planned? You know,  when "summer" is in the near future and we are eagerly anticipating a time of  childlike freedom and endless hours at a setting of our choice..ie, beach, camp site, travelling etc., or just not doing what were usually do, every single other day of the year??

Walking on a beach with Grand daughters.

Do you know that I would have to answer "YES" to that question.( sorry, but felt compelled to use "shouty capitals" here).  I enjoyed more freedom, restful sky gazing, and countless meals outside than I have had in my entire adult life. I kept waiting for  sky to fall, or to wake up and find that I was just having a great dream, but you see, that never happened.   The truth of the matter is  that I am thoroughly and completely enjoying a "pre retirement"!

There is still part of me that has some guilt feelings about not dragging my weary self out of  bed in the am and frantically  rushing off to work, but I am putting serious effort into ignoring that part and replacing it with peace and quiet....... so far so good.!!~

Enjoyed many beautiful sunsets with my husband.

I am, however, hoping to return to some semblance of a  schedule with my blogging, so I plan on continuing to blog on Tuesday about health issues with a focus on  mental health and on Fridays.... like today, about what ever happens to tickle my fancy!!!! Humour is an important aspect of  my life and I try to convey that in whatever I do. Life is serious enough so a little levity now and again is needed!