A few good things

And here we are at the end of June.

I was weeding in the backyard one morning and saw this canary orange finch at the other end of the yard. It was a lovely day and this finch going about his business in the quiet of the morning added to the magic.

Later on, I started  baking this no knead 100% whole wheat bread, courtesy of a youtube video by retired English cook John Kirkwood.  Every time the dough doubled in size, 3 rises in fact, it brought me such delight and a feeling of success! Then the dough baked up perfectly. Whole Wheat is a lot healthier than white bread.

 It wasn't a perfect day, but a few good things did happen!

Covid Times

Son K needed a prescription refill.  The pharmacy is happy to fax refill requests into the doctor's office.  This time the doctor asked if K could book a phone call appointment.  It was a lot easier than going in to see the doctor.  She told him she would email a requisition for some routine blood work that he could get done within a month.  The refill would be sent along to the pharmacy.  We are adapting to Covid times.

Wary

Daughter L baked us a lovely cake for my birthday and for Father's Day on the 21st of June.  She is so thoughtful.

The following Tuesday, my hairdresser called to say he would be opening up the next day so I could now set up an appointment.  I thanked him and said I would call.  However I am not ready to go back too soon.  Hopefully, his business can get started  up again, despite wary customers like me. 

A celebration nonetheless

A friend's daughter is emailing all her mom's friends in confidence, collecting tributes to share on the lady's upcoming 60th birthday.  A large celebration party is not possible at this time.  I had met this friend some 40 years ago when I met her sister.  It was a pleasure digging up some short memories to put in my email.  Her daughter thanked me for my note and promised an update on how it all went.

Paint Party Friday - Red Eyed Tree Frog

Welcome to Paint Party Friday! I did this red eyed tree frog for a pattern challenge on Instagram that @alexandrasillos was running. I am sharing it here on the blog today.

Rain's Thursday Art Date - Heat Wave

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art Date! Her theme is 'Heat Wave'. I did an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") of a sweaty face. It is what heat waves make me think of, that horrible sticky, sweaty feeling that makes winter time seem so far away and unbelievably appealing.

Finally a visit

peeking through

I had a call from my uncle's partner recently.  My uncle lives in a long term care home and suffers from Alzheimer's.  It seems she was finally able to visit him after about 3 months (since the covid lockdown started).  She was required to make an appointment for the 45 minute visit through plexiglass and all masked up.  It was difficult she said, not being able to even hold his hand or touch him.  We spoke about the horrible problems in the long term care homes that have been highlighted during the covid outbreak.  They simply have to do something about the conditions there.  Meanwhile we all hope we die before we have to go live in one.