Sad News

Eva is gone. My husband found her underneath some ground cover at the back of our yard on Tuesday afternoon. We do not know how long she was there. We heard a terrible cat fight that woke us from a sound sleep on Saturday evening about 1 a.m. We could not tell if she was involved. She had been missing since Sunday morning but sometimes cats do that when they spend most of their time outside. We are very sad.

Love Always,

Kim

Our Drive to London

Last week we had to drive to London, Ontario. My father had an appointment at one of the hospitals. It took us just over 3 hours to get there. The drive is long and through an unusually flat expanse of farm land. There were fields of corn, canola and soya beans. On the way we were treated to the sight of a Doe and her fawn. They were standing on a patch of grass at the side of the highway in a small clearing. It was a beautiful sight and the Doe was so graceful as she and the fawn headed toward the safety of the trees.

The next thing I spotted was a Kingfisher. He was so pretty with his blue and white chest and his blue head comb. On the way back home I saw another one. He was on a wire over a small stream and I am sure he was waiting for a fish.

We were almost home when we spotted a young Wild Turkey. He wasn't very big. He was standing all alone which is unusual. We usually see large numbers of them in the farmer's fields looking for something to eat.  I once had to stop on the highway to let a whole flock of them cross the road.

You never know what you will see if you keep yours eyes open. Have a good weekend all.

Love Always,

Kim

My Favourite Place

 

This is a picture that we took of the sunset at our beach a couple of years ago. This is my favourite place to be. We are off to the beach today. There is going to be a high temperature of 32 degrees with a humidex of 38. It is going to be very hot. We are taking our lunch and lots of water. I think that I will sit my beach chair right in the water to keep my feet cool. It is supposed to be hotter tomorrow. So we may have to repeat this again on Thursday. I am glad that summer is here and we have such a lovely beach where we can spend our time. Where every you are today I hope that you are comfortable.

Love Always,

Kim

Free Dishes

I guess you can say I was in the right place at the right time. I have always managed to purchase things that I wanted second-hand at a very reasonable price but this was just amazing. There was a whole box of dishes for free. I could hardly believe my eyes. Pretty dishes with pink roses and they were all mine. I hurried back to the car with my treasure. All the way home I kept thinking how lucky I was. I had only taken a quick look at the contents before I put the box safely in my car. I arrived home and unloaded everything else. Then later when I had a few minutes I brought the box in to inspect the contents. The dishes are made by Johnson Brothers in England and the pattern is called "Rose Chintz". They have an ivory background and I have two dinner plates, three bread and butter plates, 2 creamers, a covered sugar bowl, a cereal bowl, a small oval plate, one complete cup and saucer and 6 saucers and a fruit nappy. I washed them all and put them away.

Then I got out my laptop and went to http://www.replacements.com to see if I could get more pieces. They have everything that you could think of in this pattern. So if I really want more and want to pay for them I could place an order. I have purchased china and silver from them in the past. I am satisfied to use what I have at the moment. I love mixing different sets so I will come up with something that pleases me. Perhaps my pink Depression glass will look nice with it. If I only have two place settings I will be happy. You never know what might make your day.

Love Always,

Kim

Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day

Wherever you are I hope you have

a wonderful weekend

Love Always,

Kim 

Kittens and Refinishing Furniture

Here is one of our new kittens. He decided one morning that he would hop up on my tea tray and sit a while. I quickly grabbed the camera from the desk and took a few pictures. Isn't he cute? He has the quietest little meow I have every heard. It is not actually a meow it is just a soft little squeak. He loves to sit on the ottoman when I have my tea in the morning or on the back of my chair nestled against my neck. Every once in a while he makes his little noise.

We seem to be getting our share of grey skies and rain. Today the sun is shining and I intend to take full advantage of it. I have been busy refinishing my dining suite that sits in our breakfast room. I have managed to sand all of the chairs; there are four. Next is the table. It is a lovely little table, almost square and it folds in half and looks like a desk. We eat most of our meals in the breakfast room when it is just the two of us. 

Oh how I have agonized over what colour I will make it. I have so many pictures in my inspiration file. My favourite colour is blue; I love how white and soft pink go so nicely with it. I want the breakfast room to be a place that is bright and cheerful. Our stereo sits in the breakfast room and I can listen to my classical cd's while I work.

I decided to paint my furniture so that even when the table is not set with a tablecloth it will still look pretty. I love to set the table with pretty linens and flowers and my grandmother's silverware. I have many beautiful things that she gave me. I have a corner china cabinet that is part of the dining suite and it houses my collection of tea cups. I have been collecting tea cups for many years. I use my china cups every day to have my tea. My husband, bless him, makes my tea every morning for me and serves it on one of our silver trays. Most of my tea cups have roses on them. My favourite tea is Estate Mim Darjeeling. It is truly the best tea I have ever had.

Well I am off to start sanding again. I hope that you enjoy your day whatever you are doing.

Love Always,

Kim

My Favourite Smoothie

It is that time again. The warm weather is here and I get to make my favourite smoothie for breakfast or lunch. I freeze by bananas when they are ripe and keep them in the freezer in a ziploc bag. I buy frozen fruit in a large bag. It has blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries as a combination. Here is the recipe and it makes two servings. I drink it all. 

Fruit Smoothie

1 frozen banana cut in chunks

1 cup of frozen fruit (you can use any fruit you like)

1 cup of Balkan style yogurt (use whatever yogurt you like best)

1 cup of fresh orange juice

Place all ingredients in the blender, cover and blend until smooth. Pour into a tall glass and enjoy.

I am off to make mine now. Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you try my recipe.

Love Always,

Kim