THROUGH MY WINDOWS

  Hello dear bloggy friends! It’s a lovely SPRING like day here so I thought it time I changed my blog wallpaper from snow to flowers. Lilacs no less. I need color! I am hopeful that we will see something popping up through the ground soon. Crocuses usually show their faces in March here.  So, what’s new with you? I must admit I am finding life a bit stressful these days. Heartbreakingly so when I think about the Ukrainian people. There are no words I can think of to express the fear, despair, and loss those poor people must be feeling. So, if you have it in your heart to pray, now is the time to do it. 💗 It seems like reality is impossible to handle these days. What else is on our horizon…first Covid and now war. Staying close to God is the only way forward, at least that is the way I choose to deal with it.  What else can we do but hope and pray? Hitler is not dead, just reincarnated. I guess you can tell I am out of patience. More on that later…in the meantime I am ...

  Hello dear bloggy friends! It's been awhile, hasn't it, but I am well and hope you are also. It's a sunny day here but only 23 degrees. We've had it bitter cold this winter. And, according to my weekly heating bills so has the island in Maine at my house that I inherited from my mother last year.. The price of gas heat is exorbitant!  Here in Pennsylvania there's not much going on. I continue to hibernate unless we meet up with my daughter and her family at a restaurant but the Poconos where she lives is even more Arctic so that doesn't happen often. She has lung issues so has to stay inside when it's bitter cold. We do have snow but with our sunny days it has diminished somewhat from the 6 inches we received less than a week ago. Frozen snow now. I was talking to my daughter, Judi, yesterday and she asked me if I was bored. I answered, BORED? No. I'm not bored. I have this big ole house and lots of hobbies. And both Roger aka Himself and I are Winter ...

 Hello everyone! It's a cold but sunny day here, temps in single digits. 8:45 AM. Tomorrow I dig out of hibernation to visit my orthopedic doctor for an injection in my knee. I had my last one about a year ago and it's time.  THOUGHTS  I read an interesting blog post this morning from THE LOW CARB DIABETIC about getting enough vitamin D in winter. Funnily, (I think I just made that word up), I haven't thought much about it.  We have a cupboard full of vitamins. Roger is a collector.  Especially if there's a 2 for 1 sale going on at the pharmacy.  I take an individual packet of 5 vitamins everyday if I think about it. My daughter sent me a parcel of get well goodies when I was sick and a box of vitamins in packets was included. Remembering is the problem. So I have a candy dish filled with them on my hobby table beside my comfy chair in the living room. I labeled my post "Pie in the sky" because another blogger who is struggling with  heart issues talke...

OUR STAG   Our neighbor's stag Hello from sunny PA, 29 degrees F. It’s 8:30 in the morning. This afternoon some time we are expecting an Arctic 🥶 blast continuing for several days with high winds and possible snow. Wow, what a forecast! I shall continue to hibernate. Since being sick with one thing and another for two months I am extremely reluctant to go anywhere. Roger, of course, being “himself” loves to be out and about running errands and enjoying meeting up with his friends for breakfast at their favorite diner.  I am very content being a homebody. It’s times like this that I am thankful for our large rambling house and my many hobbies and our pets. I feel so blessed! I finally feel good and humbled not to take my health for granted. I am eating better, taking vitamins, and try to get at least six hours sleep. Insomnia has been the thorn in my side for many years. Himself is asleep the moment his head hits his pillow and keeps saying when I marvel at his ability to do s...

  Hello again! I hope you and those you love are well and reasonably content, even happy! However, I realize that may not be the case for many. Just because some love the season and all that it entails doesn’t mean that if you don’t feel that joy you need to feel guilty or you should beat yourself up over those feelings that you have. There may be reasons why Christmas is not a happy time for you. Whatever the reason it is valid and okay to feel the way you do. I remember times gone by when the death of loved ones made it impossible for me to enjoy December for several years in a row. There may be obligations and expectations that ruin it for you. Not all families enjoy each other’s company. The reasons are many. It’s okay to feel the way you do. You are not alone.❤️ I am still coughing and feeling under the weather. I’m not sure getting together with family for Christmas Day is going to happen. We shall see. One can hope and pray.  Himself, aka Roger, is out of the house and ...

So cute! Hello lovely readers! As usual my blog is a bit of a mish mash but here goes anyway. I am still fighting bronchitis. It keeps me humble that’s for sure. Himself, aka Roger, is  a bit poorly. He just has a cold I think and a bad cough. He goes out and about even though I try to get him to stay at home and work on his puzzles. We spend our time in our pjs trying to get with the program of wrapping, etc but mainly we just listen to each other coughing. I spend my days either in bed or in my easy chair reading or sleeping. As Sod’s law would have it, my easy chair, electric, died yesterday. We had a wild storm, the power went out and my chair gave up the ghost. LUCYBELLE and I will miss it. When I am able I will have to shop for a replacement. Life goes on, and all things considered, I am grateful for all our blessings. My daughter calls almost daily, bless her, and sends us homeopathic meds in the mail. As for me I have found that red wine helps. This, too, shall pass. What s...