Munchie's Birthday

I know - I'm a few months late with this post!  Munchie was 8 years old on October 10th.  We went down for a visit on the weekend he was celebrating.

Grandma was there visitng too.  |It was nice to see her, it had been a long time.  As you can see, she is looking well!  Curtis was happy to see Taffy and Squeegie and had to show them...........

...... his googly head bands.........

... then Munchie and Poppa got googly too....

......... of course then the boys wanted a picture of everyone!  Poppa had a little time..........

.... to play with Bam - they went outside and played ball .... I think they all had a good time.  Pretty soon we had to travel back home to beat the traffic and the dark on the highway.  The visit was short, but we all enjoyed it and Munchie was happy to see us.  The next day...........

.... Auntie Cecile turned up at the front door with a bag full of newspapers for Poppa to read and..........

......... way back then, this was my knitting project!  Hmmm!

Poppa's August Project

A long time ago, I teased you with a picture of Poppa in his garage.  Here is a series of pictures to show you that project.....

......... he took everything off the shelves at the end of the garage and set up a temporary table to use as a place to saw boards............

..... he did a lot of noisy sawing.............

........... he stopped for a few minutes for a quick survey of the situation...........

........... he made all the shelves more shallow so he would be able to find things, instead of them being hidden by the bins at the front.  This caused him to need more shelves............

...........so he busied himself on the side wall.............

.......... and soon had a whole new shelving unit there!  So............

........... he started loading stuff back onto his new and improved shelves - which took him quite a while.  I thought I had a picture of the finished and tidied project, but I can't find it right now???  I'll post it as soon as I discover where I hid it!  But............

...... I think this is the last picture I have of my dear Aunt Peggy.  It was taken in September, but she looked this good when we were leaving in December.  Just wanted to share it with you.

So Much Has Happened....

...... since I posted last - I'm not sure where to start.  We arrived safely in Florida and had a good trip down as well as a couple of nights on the Atlantic coast - then made our way to our final destination.  But, I already told you all that!  Everything was good.... until I got a phone call from home to tell me that Aunt Peggy had been taken to hospital with pneumonia - double pneumonia.  I knew that was not good for someone who was almost 102 years old (March 14th).  She got out of the hospital and seemed to be doing much better - for a couple of days.  At that point, she got worse again and deteriorated quickly.  We flew back to Canada on January 14th and arrived at the Atrium about 20 minutes before she drew her last labored breath, which was about 7 minutes (or so) after we each took a turn talking to her.  Following that we had a flurry of things to attend to, and having completed as much as we could, we flew back to Florida on the 19th.  It feels like there is a missing part in our lives.  God Bless Aunt Peggy!

Let Me Think!

It has been so long since I posted, I am trying to figure out where to start!  We are in Florida at our new location...........

..... this is a picture of the front of the house, but it isn't a very good one.... I'll go out tomorrow and try to get a better, more panoramic view for you, since this only shows  part of it!

This is the part you are missing, but it is hard to imagine how it really looks.  It is quite a lot larger than the other villa and we are just starting to get used to it!  In other news, we had visits from each of the little boys in November and then the whole family for Christmas dinner the first weekend in December.  Then we headed up north to pick up Aunt Muffy, who is staying at our place for the winter months.  Then we decided to leave for Florida a day early due to a weather forecast that sounded ominous for our scheduled departure date.  We had a nice visit with David and Alison for a couple of days before they headed back to the UK - and Robert was also here!  We've been really busy ever since then.  Denis and Liz are at their place here in Florida until the end of the month, and we seem to spend quite a bit of time over there!  Also, Aunt Peggy developed pneumonia in both lungs shortly after we arrived in Florida, so I've been somewhat worried about her.  After spending a few days in the hospital, she was finally returned to the Atrium and the reports have been slightly more favourable the last couple of days.  There will be photos of most of these events in blogs to follow  This is the best picture from the new villa............

..... David sent it to me - it is a lovely shot of the pool area.  We have been in the pool and Poppa has been enjoying the hot tub in the evenings!  The weather has been marvellous - hot!  However, today it cooled down considerably and when we returned from church and dinner with Liz and Denis, Poppa actually decided to turn on some heat!  Rats!  It is supposed to turn warm again on Monday - back to the A/C - hurray!  We have the most amazing kitchen here.........

......... this will give you an idea - but I'll get more pictures for you soon!  Good Night!