My Thanksgiving weekend

My Thanksgiving weekend was actually a boring one. I was babysitting a Jack Russell female, yes a dog.  My nephew and his wife and son went to Calgary to have Thanksgiving with Lori’s family. They had no one to take care of the dog but they could not take the dog with them, so I volunteered to do the boring task of babysitting.  I could not go anyware because the dog has terrible separation anxiety. She is partially deaf from birth and is a little spoiled, but she is a sweet little dog, that loves to cuddle  and sleep with you in bed. I had to throw this dog out of my bed twice at night. I don’t like dogs sleeping in my bed. ;-)  no time to wonder around and take photos in the countryside. I was able to take a few photos of this old farm windmill ( I have photographed it before but not in autumn). So here is the windmill that I have put a painterly affect on. I hope you like it.

          

                                 I took a few different formats, so here it is vertical as well .

                                                     

                                       These were photographed through the kitchen window.

The month of Thanksgiving and Halloween

well I don’t have too much to say other than Happy Thanksgiving. I was playing around with photoshop CS3.  I really didn’t know what to post as not to much has changed in my life so far and I am a little bored so I put a few things together in photoshop , so here it is the photo I was working on.

 

     Some of you have seen the main photo already but I couldn’t resist playing with it.

I hope you enjoy the photo as much as I have.

My visit to Hawrelack Park

Went out to the park today to take in the beautiful weather we have been having. Last Sunday we hit a record for this time of year 32.5 Celsius.  It wasn’t that nice today but was very pleasant in the sun. I almost got a sunburn. I took a few photos so everyone could see how beautiful it was. I met an older couple that was also enjoying the beautiful weather, they were having lunch in the park, I had a wonderful chat with them, for about an hour, nice couple. I fed the geese but the Gulls were steeling the bread most of the time, there were so many juvenile Gulls and they were very aggressive. As well there were a lot of Crows gathered in the park, I assume that they are collecting to go on their trip south, I could be wrong. The colors of Autumn are showing everywhere now. Just beautiful. Here are some photos for you to  enjoy.

 

           

           Geese at my feet after feeding them a loaf of bread. They even took the bread from my hands. I enjoyed feeding them very much.

     They were in the shade before I started feeding them, they saw my bag and came a runnin.

     A view of Downtown Edmonton from the park. The city crews were maintaining the park and getting the park ready for winter. 

     This crow was chortling a low song kind of weird like , not sure what it was all about, seemed weird to me. He would just stand there,  there were a few more crows a few feet away watching.    

Last night I backed a French Country loaf of bread, first time with this recipe. Can’t wait to sink my teeth into it. Will let you know how it is. Next time I think I will set the timer on the darkest setting, sure smells good. Today was a great day. I hope everyone had a great day as well.

Today was a great day

Well I went out into the garden today just to get out of the house. I was outside for at least 4 hours. I did a little weeding only my planters as I can’t bend more that 90 degrees, and I did some watering. I cleaned and filled all the bird feeders and pulled out the birdbath, cleaned it and filled it with water. Tomorrow morning I will have a look to see if the birds will use it to bathe and drink from it. One of my neighbors even came over to see how I was doing. We talked for at least half an hour. The plant the really makes me proud as all the others are slowly dying or getting ready for the winter, but my Geranium is blooming like crazy, I took a photo so I can show it to you. These 2 Geranium plants are from cuttings I took of last years plants, I think I will take about 4 or 5 cuttings this year and nurse them through the winter.  This is a photo straight out of the camera. So here it is, I hope you like it.

 

          

Not a great day to day

My last heavy duty pain med was on Sunday night. I have not been feeling so well since Monday morning, but today , so far has been the worst. I’m not sure if I am having  withdrawal from the pain meds or what. I have had to go to the bathroom 5 times today, and now I have no want for food. Almost like the Admiral from Admiral Hestorb’s blog. Sorry to here that our well loved little kitty is feeling so poorly. I have also been feeling depressed, which is not good for me right now. Lets hope that I am feeling much better tomorrow. I am also feeling all kinds of different  pains that I have not felt before. I am still on some pain meds but they are not that powerful. I am still on blood thinners untill the 26th of this month. Well I guess I should go now, I needed to talk to someone and I guess you all are as good as any to talk with. Bye for now.

Hello Blogger Friends

I am finally back home from surgery on my left hip. I got back home last Friday around 2:30 pm The time I spent in hospital seemed to go very fast. Basically I got up in the morning around seven a.m. washed up at the side of the bed. Around 8 a.m. we had to do our physio, about 30 minutes . Then it was time to rest about 30 minutes and then get ready for breakfast. After breakfast it was time to rest up for lunch, around 11:30 a.m. we went for lunch had a good visit with our other hip & knee patients.

After lunch we had a quick rest and it was time to have afternoon physio,  30 minutes later it was time for a nice long rest. Then it was time for supper, more time to visit with the friends we have made in hospital.  Around seven p.m. it was time to wash up for the evening and having a good night sleep. Everyday I noticed  that I was getting stronger, it is funny how quickly we weaken from the injuries, when we go in for surgery. I was glad that I did some weight lifting 2 months before surgery until I went in . Other wise I would have had way more problems, moving around in bed and from stretcher to bed.  In physio they tested me to see if I was able to do stairs, well with all the workout I did at home, I was able to do stairs with flying colors. Well I am so glad that I am home and getting stronger all the time. I thought that I would have more pain from my hip but thank God,  the only pain so far is from the large cut that was made to get at my hip bones. I am still on some heavy duty pain meds, duing the day I only use half of what I need at night. They will soon be gone and I will have to do with some light pain meds. I hope that soon I will not need and pain meds at all. Enough for now. I will talk with all of you later. Have a great week.

More Photos from Last Spring

Hello everyone, I haven’t been posting much stuff lately. I am getting ready for a hip replacement. I have been doing things like cleaning my house, well, with a heck of a lot of help. My good friend Yvonne, has cleaned my very dirty kitchen, and did a very fantastic job of it. Also my nephews wife, Lori has cleaned all of my upstairs, awesome job of cleaning. I have cleaned a little of my living room, still a little bit to go. Most of my time has gone to running around and doing different appointments and then getting things like my hip kit, and a thingy to raise my toilet seat, also a kind of railing around my toilet. Then I also had to get crutches. a walker, 4 inch high cushions to raise my chair height. I won’t be able to use chairs with wheels on them. I also had to raise my bed. Now all I have to do is pay my bills, and then I am ready to go. Well enough chatter,  here is a few photos for you to look at.