One large golden beet

golden beet

My friend S gave me a green cabbage, a purple cabbage and one large golden beet from her latest visit to her sister's farm. I decided to boil the beet in some salted boiling water for about 45 minutes. The skin stripped off easily and tasted as good as the steam roasted ones I have been doing. I saved the cabbages for another day!

He was ashamed

Apples are falling off the trees now

Last week the priest in his sermon addressed the issue of the recent scandals in the Catholic church. He said we don't come to church to visit the priest really, we come to receive Christ. He said he was ashamed at the scandals and that there should be no cover ups, they have been exposed and must be punished. He encouraged us to keep the faith.

Daily Minder

It was time to get my 2019 paper agenda, yes I still use a paper one. How about you?  I like the daily ones, a page per day.

Pesky fruit flies

We had a problem getting rid of some pesky fruit flies. There were some leaking soda pop cans in our laundry room that went undetected for awhile. We were wondering why we had so many fruit flies all of a sudden. Daughter L has used this fruit fly trap with a lot of success in the past. It is a simple solution. Fill a small open jar with a bit of apple cider vinegar and a couple of drops of dishwashing liquid (this 'glue' gets the flies stuck in the solution). Cover the jar with some plastic wrap and poke holes in the wrap so that the flies can enter the jar. As you can see it works well.

It is the long Labour Day holiday weekend in Canada, hope you are enjoying yours if you live in Canada!

And Michael has announced that he will be restarting Scribble Picnic September 12th,  he and Alexandra have moved to Kentucky!

Paint Party Friday - Doggy Furniture

It's time for Paint Party Friday! I saw some doggy furniture in a magazine and decided to do my piece based on one of the contemporary design beds. It is on brown cardstock (4 1/2" x 6 1/2") using my Sharpie white pen and permanent markers.

Lunch with my godmother

nature's garden

see the butterfly?

My godmother is in town for a few weeks, she called me up and we went to lunch.  Her  sister and her sister's daughter came with us.  It came up in conversation that the daughter is living with leukemia.  She might be in her forties.  She said her leukemia medication exacerbates her diabetes.  She has had 4 leukemia treatments so far and is in remission but whenever she stops treatment the cancer comes back.  We agreed the only thing she can do is take one day at a time.  Life is not easy.

For some reason my godmother told me the story of her wedding day all those years ago.  She would be in her late seventies now.  Her dad was late for the ceremony as he was coming from out of town.  It seems that one of my uncles ended up giving her away as he happened to be standing there in the church.

My godmother was very close friends with my departed mom so I am happy that we are keeping in touch.

An Uncommon Politeness

I was at my step (aerobic) class last week.  It wasn't as crowded as it can be sometimes.  We enter and position our steps where there is room.  This lady turned to ask if she was in my way.  I was taken aback by her politeness.  There are some who will position their steps wherever and you will have to adjust your step sometimes to accommodate them.  I assured her she wasn't in my way, it was not even crowded.  She might have been of Japanese heritage, I heard how polite they can be in that country.  It was a small gesture that added a lift to my day.