Easter 2017

We weren't home very long - and it was time for Easter.  Poppa and I had a quiet Easter and went for turkey dinner at Hill's - a local restaurant owned by the children of people we went to school with - now staffed by the fourth generation of that family!  It was yummy!  Before we went, Taffy.....

 ........ tried on the new outfit she had bought in Florida - added her bunny slippers since it was still a little chilly in Canada - and wanted me to take a picture of her doing the splits like Mommy taught her years ago! Of course, things were more busy at Munchie's house!  Munchie had written a note.....

.... in anticipation of a visit from the Easter Bunny, which apparently pleased that entity, since....

the boys had an Easter egg hunt early in the morning and it appears that they were quite successful at finding lots of eggs!

And Home Again!

We spent the next three days on a pleasant drive northward to  Canada.  We stopped briefly to visit the boys for a couple of hours - they were so excited when they got off the school bus and found us waiting there for them!  Then we headed to our place for a sleep in our own beds.  But............

......... when I looked out the front door the next day, I was horrified to see the beautiful snow everywhere!  There was quite a bit too.....

...... the hedge at the back was loaded - kind of pretty, but a far cry from a few days earlier when I took the pictures in Florida!  Back to the real world!  A shout-out to David and Allison for letting us spend the winter in their new villa!  Thank you!!! 

Last Day

Yes, it's me again - finally! We've been really busy lately.  Auntie Denise bought a condo up the road from ours - which is nice for her - but it needs a lot of work.  Poppa has been over there A LOT!  So let's get back to where we left off!  Our last day in Florida....

Poppa spent some time playing with Oliver - which made him miss Munchie and Curtie even more, so........

..... Allison and I took Ollie for a walk in his new stroller, as you can see he enjoyed the stroll and fell sound asleep!  But, I managed to get the whole family together - L to R - David, Allison, Robert, Joe and Clair.  Front row - Oliver.  Then, after a good nights sleep, we were ready to head home the following day.

The Yellow Sweater

Before we left for Florida in December of 2016, Aunt Peggy asked me if I could make her two sweaters while I was in Florida.  Of course, I readily agreed.  Once we were settled in, I bought some nice yellow yarn and started the sweater. But, before I got it finished, I received the news of her illness, which was followed by our trip to Canada and arrival just in time to say Good-bye.  When we got back to Florida I didn't really feel like working on it at all.  Eventually, however, I finished up and put it away to bring home with me.  So, when we arrived back home in April, I pressed it and got it ready.

It looked like this.  After thinking long and hard about what I should do with it, I decided to give it to a wonderful lady named Delores, who lives at the Atrium, where Aunt Peggy lived for the last 4 years of her life.  Delores donates a lot her time helping other residents there, who are unable to perform some of the everyday things, that most of us take for granted.  She even helps out the staff in the dining room.  Thus, she often did nice things for Aunt Peggy, who often mentioned to me that she would like to give Delores something nice to say "Thank you".   I delivered it about two weeks ago and every time I see Delores, she says "thank you" to me.  She tells me it fits perfectly.  I am so glad!

It's Clean!

When Poppa got all that cleaning done at the villa in Florida............

....... it was time for a visit with the Preece family before we left for Canada!  As you can see, Allison shares my passion!  We had a great time sitting knitting and chatting.  Bob was doing his usual thing - any electronic!  This time he has a computer, but he has the most amazing camera too - which he took with him on his frequent visits to the amusement parks!

Somehow... Poppa still found some chores to do!

A few days later Joe and Claire arrived, and....

........ they brought Oliver - commonly known as Ollie - who has changed dramatically since last time I saw him when he was still and infant.  He is so cute...........

.......... and he loves his Grandma a lot..................but.............

.......... I think Grandpa became his favourite, when Ollie got to enjoy the spa - he absolutely loved it!  Poppa and Grandpa did get to go golfing a couple of times too, which made both of them smile, though not quite such a huge smile as Ollie in this picture!

Finally

Poppa and I are feeling better after working our way through a vicious cold that lasted for approximately a month.  Poppa is golfing again and there will be new posts starting again soon!  Thank you for  your patience!

Behind Again!

Hello from Canada!  Yes - we are back home.... but I've got some catching up to do!  We've been really busy and we both got nasty colds with even nastier coughs - and haven't been performing at our best!  Obviously, it even affected my blogging!  So.....back in Florida..........

.... Taffy and Squeegie were hanging out in the palm tree at the front of the house, just enjoying the nice Florida weather, while....

.......... Poppa was doing some of the same, in between....

.... replacing the batteries in the smoke detectors, and....

.... finishing up the light fixtures, including....

......... the light fixtures in the lanai.....

........ and the lawn furniture.  After a while.....

...... it got too hot outside, so he came back in and wiped down the kitchen cupboards, while.....

......... I freshened up the paint on two of Liz's garden critters,

....... Squeegie ate Poppa's dessert and drank his tea!

I finished these and called them Silly Browns.  Yep - I'm working on using up odds and ends of skeins again.  I dropped all the brown bits into a plastic baggie, then got Poppa to grab randomly from the bag, and that is the colour I used until it ran out, then he grabbed another one - the picture shows you the results!  I also,

....started packing up some of our stuff in anticipation of the drive home, which was becoming more imminent with each passing hour!  Back at home........

.... Aunt Muffy had another visitor.  They played some games at the kitchen table....

...... took a break so Mommy could get a photograph for me!  This is Munchie and Muffy!