Visit with Auntie Mary today

Well, well, it was a beautiful day today as Joyce and I drove up to Nakusp for a little visit with our sweet Auntie Mary. She was waiting at the door...saying to us just that: "I was waiting and waiting for you to come! " She was so happy the tears were streaming ,not just down her face,
but ours, as well. We had big hugs and then it was time for tea and muffins and fresh strawberries that Joyce and I brought up to her. She put the bean soup and the apple pie in the fridge for a snack later, and then we chatted,ate and drank tea ,and she showed us her knitting.
She made 17 pairs of mittens this fall for all the kids! If we are half as spry as her at that age, we will all be blessed!
Unfortunately, she took a fall out of bed the other night and still had bandages on her shins where she spilt the skin open. Poor Aunty... she is lucky she didn't break a bone!

She took us on a big tour of Halcyon place,where she stays,and it looks like a clean and roomy facility with lots of spaces for visitors and residents. They are up to 18 0r 19 residents now,where they were talking closure. The need is so great that residents come from as far as Grand-Forks, due to lack of space in their area.

Auntie, in her new Valentine's sweater that Laura and Ed brought her.













After we said our goodbyes, Joyce drove me up to the Nakusp Hot-springs and we both headed to the hot pools for a nice long soak! Did that ever feel wonderful! There were few people in the pool, but as we were leaving, more people began arriving. It was a good form of relaxation on Valentines day!

This is the hot pool...and it was around 110* I think...it cooked me in a few minutes!


By the time that we were well pruned, we were also quite starved. Nakusp has a great little Organic restaurant on a side street(2nd?)..can't recall the name...but the food there is terrific for a light lunch. We had a beautiful Chanterelle Mushroom Curry soup and a procuito & cheese and red pepper whole wheat panini... oh- yum yum! Generous servings, fresh, brightly garnished and served all in quick order. Filled us up enough that we had to by-pass the case of amazing looking cakes and deserts!

The drive home was pleasant, the daylight lasted and now it is back to reality...I've done a load of wash, cleaned up and sorted out things, took chicken wings out for tomorrow and ate a nice bowl of the bean soup that I took up to Auntie.
Joyce and I had a great day and it reminds me that I should go up more often, as Auntie was sooooo happy to have us visit. That's our last Auntie, so we should learn a little more from her while we can.
"The Creator"

Joyce and Morgan's new kitty, Boots

Look at those big goldie eyes...isn't she cute?. Joyce brought her home a couple of days ago.

Examining the new toy...Note the manx tail..ooops no tail...

New location for toy...is it a mouse, a bird, or a plane?

Sunny Sunday view...from the beach.


"The Creator"

The Canada Revenue Agency warns Canadians of mail scam

The Canada Revenue Agency warns Canadians of mail scam
Beware anyone posing as Rev Canada and askiang for personal information. A lady in Castlegar gave away all of her personal identification in one bogus email. No-one who is legit will ask for any personal data by email . If in doubt, phone the agency ( using the phone book number for it) and check it out!
beware ,beware!

"The Creator"

Spirograph by Anu Garg

Here is something to keep you amused...play with the sliders for different effects on the spirograph.

What is a Spirograph?
A Spirograph is a curve formed by rolling a circle inside or outside of another circle. The pen is placed at any point on the rolling circle. If the radius of fixed circle is R, the radius of moving circle is r, and the offset of the pen point in the moving circle is O, then the equations of the resulting curve is defined by:
x = (R+r)*cos(t) - O*cos(((R+r)/r)*t)y = (R+r)*sin(t) - O*sin(((R+r)/r)*t)(moving circle outside the fixed circle)
x = (R-r)*cos(t) + O*cos(((R-r)/r)*t)y = (R-r)*sin(t) - O*sin(((R-r)/r)*t)(moving circle inside the fixed circle)

http://wordsmith.org/anu/java/spirograph.html

Beautiful Sunday

The neighbours ice rink...before it started to melt...


Note how low the water is...



Silky rolling aaround in circles..a.fter her bath...

Our house, our snow. The good part is that we could walk on top of it without falling thru.

A week ago, the neighbours were iceskating down here at the lagoon on the rink they created. Now you can see that the ice is seriously melting...
Emil and I took a nice walk in the sunshinetdown to the beach today.

Here you can note the melting edges... and the big crack where the water dropped suddenly.

I bathed Silky today and she looks all fresh and clipped and clean..l She loved being able to romp thru the snow today.

Its a yawner after being groomed for 2 hours...
Hope you got out and enjoyed the sunshine today as well!

The week-end went by so fast that I can hardly believe it will be Monday again when I wake up tomorrow! We had Deb and Ashley over for dinner on Saturday night, but Ashley didn't feel well after dinner... maybe food poisoning aye? He had to go home to bed. Deb stayed and we desert and a few laughs and before we knew it, it was 11:00pm. I must be getting very old as time seems to be flying these days! Today, after I bathed and clipped Silky, Emil and I took a walk on top of the snow, down to the beach, then back around and up to Mike and Lisa's place. We invited them over for a wine and so they came and we yapped away the rest of the afternoon. hey are a nice couple, and good to have as newish neighbours in our"hood." Marlene, our other neighour invited us over for a Post Christmas turkey dinner on the 21st, so I am looking forward to that. love turkey!

Okey, my eyes are going down for the count, so I think I will tootle off to bed...and finish watching ET at the Grammy awards...from my bed and my new flannelette sheets from LLBean. The sheets are supremely warm and cozy...makes one WANT to go to bed. They can be ordered online too and they arrive in no time at all without any duty charges.

ok...nighty night all...have a great week and be good!
"The Creator"