Birds, Thrifting & Catalina Chicken

It has been a very busy week of cleaning, shopping, laundry, care giving, and cooking. I also had an important meeting while here in Kamloops & I must escort my elderly relative to the doctor's office on Thursday so my trip home has been delayed by a week and a half.

My mom has been looking for a new doctor for well over a year as there is a terrible shortage of doctors, especially those willing to take new patients. So when we got the call from a doctor's office where mom has been on a waiting list for several months we jumped at the opportunity to see the doctor as soon as possible.

The winter here is still dull and since I go out every other day or so, it isn't much fun to snap photos. I did however enjoy capturing some photos of bare trees. The sun was out bright and early this morning for the first time in over a week so. The brilliance of the sun made me realize that it won't be long before this city enjoys the beautiful Spring weather they always get. It won't be long before the trees in the photos below are wearing leaves.


One thing I love about the bare trees is you get to see the bird's nests and they always make a wonderful picture don't you think?

I had a treat today as the birds in the tree below were singing so loudly. I later realized that they were happily feeding at a bird feeder and most of the birds were not visible to me. I did manage to capture one or two in a photo. Can you spot one?

While I was out and about I went thrifting and was quite pleased with my finds. One of the things I purchased was a lovely needlepoint cushion. I was so delighted with it though upon closer inspection, I see that the needlepoint is factory done. I only paid $1.99 Canadian and so I think it was a good buy.

I also purchased a nice bohemian bag for sauntering down the street with in the summer when I don't want to carry a larger bag. I also bought a beautiful plum coloured chenille scarf. The bag was a $1.99 and the scarf was 99 cents.

I decided to treat my mom to a new dish today. It is called Catalina Chicken and it only requires 4 ingredients (chicken, cranberry sauce, onion soup mix and catalina salad dressing). The chicken was delicious. I must thank Katy my new blogging friend and you can find her recipe here. Mom and I enjoyed the dish a lot!


After dinner, I watched the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver. I was deeply saddened to hear that the young Georgian athlete, Nodar Kumaritashvili, died while training on the luge run. I was touched that he was not forgotten in the comments made by Olympic officials and participated in the minute of silence in this young man's honour. If there is any comfort at all for his family, it is that this young man died living out his dream and he was so happy to be at the Olympics. His hard work and dedication were not in vain. May he be an inspiration to all who challenge themselves over the coming two weeks of Olympic sport.