Rain, rain go away

Dark, dismal and wet is the order of the day today.  

 We must have had some heavy showers overnight as there are a lot of leaves on the ground, the forecast for tomorrow and the balance of the week is sunny skies and warmer temps, so Hubby will be able to pick them up when they dry out.

Hubby does not appear to be in a very happy mood this morning, he took his sugar reading and the number was not to his liking.   My late husband had serious diabetic issues, he was over weight, so I found it easy to cut down the carbs, he was also on four injections a day, so his numbers were acceptable.   Hubby, however, is not overweight, I would say, underweight if anything, so cutting back the carbs awhile ago caused him to loose too much weight and he felt awful.  He does takes pills to help with diabetes.   What do you do?  I am at a loss, I do what I know but obviously it is not working well for him, he will not take control of the situation and see a dietician to help him.   The Dr. did not seem too concerned with the numbers at his last visit.   I do believe when a person reaches a certain age, the medical community only does what is necessary to help older individuals.  I understand, our health care providers have had and still having issues with shortages and overworked staff, I am not complaining about that, just the point older people with mostly age related issues are not getting the attention they deserve. 

The rain is not making it an ideal evening for the kids who are going out today for Halloween.  However, maybe it is perfect, cold with leaves falling, dark and scary. 

Dinner tonight will be a duplicate of last nights, minus the cake and ice cream, may even skip dessert to see if it does anything for the Hubby's sugar reading.

Have a great day.

Cheers.

Frost

On Friday night we had our first frost, all the plants I wanted to bring in the house to over winter were in, so none of them were damaged.   

About a month ago I brought my Christmas cactus in for the winter lots of magenta blooms opening up, some pale pink ones are starting to show some colour.   I guess they don't know it's not Christmas yet.  The poinsettia is clocking up it's steps, from the dark of the cold cellar in the morning to the light of the day, then the reverse in the evening.  I do see some colour changes in some of the leaves.   

 So far this Autumn we have taken three trailer loads of leaves to the recycle depot.  This trailer is about four feet wide, eight feet long and four feet deep, so to can imagine how many leaves  we have moved.  The trees at the back of the garden and one in the front haven't even started to fall yet, so lots of work to be done before all is said and done.

Had a nice visit with GD's on Friday evening, they are now both back in their respective cities until Christmas.   C had a cross country flight recently, it was a four hour trip there and back with a brief touchdown and up again.   K explained to us all she does while studying in the lab doing experiments on her plants, sounds very complicated.   She is also teaching and marking papers for 25 students.  They were both very happy with their gift.  I am starting a box of miscellaneous bits and pieces for each of them for Christmas. 

Sunshine again today but it is cold, people walking their dogs this morning had winter hats, coats and gloves on.  It is not expected to get above 13*C today, with showers tomorrow.

Went for a nice walk yesterday, saw some butterflies, the crickets were still chirping and lots of bugs and flies about taking advantage of the sunshine.

Hubby was introduced to the computer world about four years ago.   We both took some introductory courses at the time, however, he does not use it a lot for e-mails, so finds it difficult when he wants to send or reply a message.   I am not a very good teacher, but try to help, he gets very impatient with the whole process.   He is a reader, so he just wishes there was an instruction manual to help him.  We replied, sent and moved message to a folder.  Whew.

Plan on doing another walk this afternoon and some sewing.  

Dinner tonight, potato casserole, ham, squash, cake and ice cream for dessert.

Have a great day,

Cheers

Busy Day

 The rain and high winds from yesterday have come and gone, both brought down a lot of leaves that had changed colour,.  Just waiting now for the green ones to change and fall, which could be a long wait sometimes.  So you know what Hubby is doing now, yes....picking up leaves, and will be at it for a long time today.

The sun is trying to shine and the forecast indicates it will, however, it is a bit nippy out there this morning.

I am off to the dentist this morning, then Hubby has an appointment with the chriopractor this afternoon and then I go to my guild meeting this evening.

My two grand daughters who came home for a few days are busy catching up with their home work and  visiting their friends here, so did not get over for a visit.   We are going to see them tomorrow evening, and I will be giving them either money or gift cards that can be used at a grocery store.  The prices of food here is going up and up, I know they must be feeling the pinch when they get their groceries, so I am more than willing to help out.  The youngest has a part time job, however, the tuition for her courses are expensive they include the cost of fuel for the planes when she flies.  The other GD is being paid while she pursues her PhD, but her rent for the apartment she is in is a lot of money, especially near a university in the capital city of Canada.  You can't study if your belly is empty.

Not much else going  on here,

Have a great day.

Cheers.

Wet

Today was forecast...rain.. and that is what we have at the present time.  It is not cold, so a pleasant day, if you want to go outside and get wet.   Me...I am inside today.

 Yesterday, Hubby had an appointment at the hospital to get his legs checked, he has a blockage, which causes him pain as not enough blood is reaching his muscles.  No surgery as it is not that serious, however, Dr. informed him to walk, which will encourage other blood vessels to do the job of the main one blocked.

Small steps, we walked to the mail boxes and back yesterday, not very far but a start.  No matter what the weather we will be doing that and increasing the length of the walk each week.   It will also get me out and do that also, every bit of exercise at this age will do me good.

He also used the tractor to pick up leaves that had fallen, the lawn was pristine, not a leaf in sight, until this morning, they are falling fast and furious today.   A job for tomorrow if they are dry.

My two youngest grand daughters are home for a few days, trying to get a short visit in while they are here.   Having a bit of a problem with that as we are busy and so are they visiting friends and shopping.

Cooking a roast of beef for dinner today, so that we will have leftovers for tomorrow's dinner as I am going to my guild meeting in the evening. 

Not much else happening on the estate today.

Have a great day.

Cheers. 

Are the lights on?

We have sunshine again today.

Some of the leaves on the trees around the house are turning golden yellow and with the bright sun shining on them rooms in the house appear to have the lights on, as it is casting a yellow hue on everything in the room.

During the past couple of days Hubby as had a few minutes to pick up the leaves that have fallen, filling up our trailer, so after the recycle depot opened yesterday we took them there.   In the afternoon we both worked in the garden cleaning up the flower beds and the hedge, getting ready for Winter.   The temp got up to 23*C such a lovely day.  As I had not been in the kitchen to make a proper dinner, we had what my Mother would have called a "snatch and grab it" dinner.   Which in our case was left over meat, a can of brown beans, left over salad, some cheese and a slice of bread.  All of the food groups, so not too unhealthy.  

Today, is voting day, we need a new mayor, councilors and school trustees, so after lunch we will do our civic duty and vote.

Then I should get out and finish the flower bed that did not get done yesterday,  as tomorrow Hubby has another Dr. appointment and we need to buy some groceries.  Wednesday, there is a possibility of rain.

 This week for a lot of university and college students is "reading week", when they should be catching up on some of the reading that did not get done and generally catching up with their studies.  
Students that are able usually head for home for a few days and I do believe my two grand daughters are doing that.  If that is the case, I hope to see them both sometime this week.

Well, should get moving,

Have a great day.

Cheers.

Lovely

 Lovely ...weather,  we have wall to wall sunshine and decent temps, don't need all those coats, hats, gloves and umbrellas we used last week.

Lovely...Imagine Van Gogh ...Hubby's family gave us tickets to see this presentation for our birthdays.   As we entered, there were hanging information signs, explaining Van Gogh and his life.  He was a very troubled man.  We were then directed to a huge room where lovely music was playing coordinated to the  presentation of his paintings. The entire room was covered with huge screens on which his paintings were projected.  Some were enlarged so you could see the brush strokes, others  were enlarged enough that they reached ceiling to floor.  The paintings were also shown on the floor too.    Quite impressed with the display, so we stayed and watched it go through a couple of cycles.  You could walk around or sit on seats scattered around the room, I am sure they were put there for us older folks or for people who were unable to stand for a length of time.  Thoroughly enjoyed it, but did not buy anything from the shop when we left.  

Lovely.... In the afternoon, I went to the quilt show in which I submitted a couple of my wall hangings, lots of quilts in all shapes and sizes.   I arrived late in the afternoon, so that I could make only one trip to see the show and then wait until all the quilts were taken down and I could take mine home with me along with two that a friend asked me to get for her.  As I waited for mine I was asked to help sort out the quilts and make sure they were given to the rightful owner when they were all picked up. which I had no problem doing.  It was fun actually, handling all the fabric sewn into beautiful quilts.  

Lovely....Day

Another sunny warm day, so should get out and do some work in the garden.  The housework will wait for a cooler wetter day.

Not sure what we will have for dinner tonight, have some meat from last night that needs to be finished so looks like left overs.   Fine with me.

Have a great day,

Cheers.

It's gone.....for now

 Over the past few days we have had a lot of rain, two inches were emptied out of the rain gauge this morning.   Yesterday, we had rain and sleet, the day previous it looked more like snow than either of those two.  However, today everything has changed the rain is gone and we have sunshine and warmer temps for the next seven days.   Was not liking that cold damp windy weather at all, much too early for that.

With the sunshine though, it means we must get out and finish up some of the garden work that needs to be done and Hubby can start picking up the leaves that have fallen.   

Talking about the leaves, on the news recently the reporter was saying the leaves were so vibrant this year due to the perfect balance of cold, cloud and sun.   I must admit they are beautiful this year.

We both had our eyes checked yesterday with two good reports, Hubby goes back in 6 months, me 12 months.   We had a lovely visit with Hubby's sister "A": and her husband afterwards.

So disappointed in Hubby's children and grands, none of them, called him to wish him a Happy Birthday, his brother from B.C. called, however, we were not at home, so Hubby will likely do a Facetime with him later today.  

Hubby has an appointment at the hospital this afternoon, for a check up on his neck.   

Tomorrow we go to see a immersive display of Van Gough's paintings, not sure what to expect but, looking forward to it just the same.   In the afternoon I go to a quilt show and pick up the quilts I submitted.   Another busy day.

 Another of my hobbies is taking photo's, I do not have a fancy camera with a  lens that is about  a foot long but, I do have one that has a zoom feature on it.  A couple of years ago a wren built a next in a nesting box under our balcony and I took a photo of the female bringing a green grasshopper in her beak to feed her young.  My insurance broker asked their clients to submit photo's for a 2023 calendar they have printed each year.  My wren photo was chosen, don't know what month, pleased to know and look forward to seeing it on the calendar.

Well, I guess I should get moving, done nothing in the house for days as we have been coming and gong all the time.  Oh well, the dust etc. will still be there when I am ready to clean it up, not that I have a lot anyway.

Dinner tonight salmon, no sure what else, but should certainly think about it.

Have a great day,

Cheers.