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Hello friends, Spring has sprung. It feels more and more like Spring weather though we are still getting cooler temperatures and more rain than usual. The weather turned out to be better than the forecast on the weather news last night. I had a good run of Spring cleaning accomplished last week in the garden and front room. Today I'm tackling my closets and chest of drawers. I can't believe how many clothes I've got.  This is even though I try hard to be mindful of not purchasing "willy nilly".  I also cull my things on a regular basis. All the clothing from my dresser drawers is piled on my bed. My tops have already been culled and put away in the drawers.  Another bag of clothing items has been put in a giveaway bag.  Now I have to try and make some sense of the remaining pile because this is really too much to keep and to wear.  I will need to try everything on first and see what I still like or what fits and what doesn't. Some of these items I&#

I've been spending too much time in the kitchen again in an attempt to get my blood sugar level lowered. I don't know why but it seems I have to work so much harder than anyone else I know with diabetes just to drop my glucose levels even slightly. Alas, that means getting back on the food kick. It takes so much time to manage diabetes properly but I'm learning it is oh so necessary. I've read along the way that dandelion leaves are good for you so I purchased some this week and decided to make a salad.  It thought it was quite good and plan to make it again. Dandelion-Beet-Romaine Salad Ingredients: washed and shredded or torn romaine lettuce leaves washed and torn dandelion leaves washed, peeled and chopped baby beets washed and shredded green cabbage washed and shredded pear raw pumpkin seeds Dressing:  few spoonfuls of hot mustard few splashes of apple cider vinegar a few drops of honey  Place all vegetables in a large bowl. Use as much

Hi friends, Rain was in the forecast today.  Though it did indeed rain it was for a pleasantly short spurt. I had to go to the doctor today for check up. And so, I stopped and photographed more beautiful tree blossoms.  There were other photographers out doing the same thing.  You might make one out in the first mosaic. I didn't get a photo of the 2nd person, a young mom pushing her baby stroller. I'm in love with tree blossoms. *sigh Happy Skywatch Friday !

I haven't been up to my usual schedule for the past few months so I've just been trying to take things slowly.  There is always time for reading. I like many different types of books. Always too many books to try and read. I do love to read but can't keep up to what I'd like to read! ...and for a good cup of java or two. I started practicing knitting on smaller needles. I was making good progress on this baby sweater for my great nephew/niece who will be born in June.  Then I noticed a dropped stitch and had to do some "frogging" (rip it, rip it). Some day I will learn to pick up dropped stitches rather than rip everything out but for now I find the frogging too finicky.  I'll need to learn this helpful skill before I ever start on a  much larger project! The national taxes are due at the end of the month and I've prepared 4 sets of taxes as a favour to a friend and family members.  I do them on line each year so it is much faster.

Hello friends, It is a special weekend for Christendom when we mark the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, otherwise known as Easter by most people. The month of April was actually set aside to worship the Anglo Saxon goddess, Eastre, the goddess of birth and fertility. Eastre was symbolized by the rabbit.  Eggs and rabbits symbolize birth and fertility in many cultures but I am not sure how the eggs and rabbits came together to be associated with Easter since rabbits do not lay eggs. Emperor Constantine gave the edict of the Easter rule in 325 AD whereby Easter had to be celebrated on a Sunday between March 22nd and April 25th. These days many Christians celebrate Resurrection Sunday rather than the early pagan worship of the goddess Eastre. This is a special time for me when I remember the sacrifice that God and his son Jesus gave for all mankind that we might have the gift of eternal life. This year, the holiday weekend has an added significance for me. A y

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Bluer skies are now returning. Linking up with Skywatch Friday

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Most of my friends know I am quite an avid reader. I always thought of myself as an avid reader anyway until I started keeping track of what I read and realized I am not such an avid reader after all. If I read 20-24 books a year that is a lot for me. Reading this amount of books is not so challenging that all you are doing is reading. In fact you can take long breaks between books and still read that many in a year. I do like to do other things with my time besides reading so 20-24 books each year is enough. This year I set a goal of 24 books and have already read 22 of them. I hadn't planned on it but the weather has been inclement and I haven't felt much like doing the things I normally spend my time on. So I've made more progress than usual. I will have to increase my reading goal but need to make sure I don't continue to neglect my Bible readings. I got out of the rhythm of the Bible readings when I had to deal with some family matters and then I didn't g

It poured heavy rain today. This is the weather forecast for the week. While it appears we have rain for the next two days, I am pleased to see sunshine in the forecast for over a week! This is better than the forecast I saw yesterday which saw very little sunshine in the next week.  I was so pleased to see beautiful skies earlier this week. It must be getting close to warmer temperatures and more frequent sunny days. I am hoping to get to the new movie "Noah" tomorrow if my friend doesn't have to go in to work.  Another friend and I will try out a new to us Indian restaurant on Saturday.  I can't wait to taste the food. I hope you are all enjoying your weather wherever you are. Skywatch Friday