Musings on a Small Life

My time off went quickly, as vacation days and long weekends do.   Below: Sunrise on May 21st. Cellphone snapshot, not enhanced.     I got my little garden done over the time off, with five new perennials to replace those that didn't survive our winter, plus a few annuals as filler. I also put down 12+ bags of mulch, which makes everything look so much nicer. As small as the garden is, it still took three trips to garden centres, two courtesy of a friend and their car.   I will admit publicly that I do not like gardening. I love flowers, my soul craves flowers, and I love the end result, but the actual work? Weeding? Not so much. I don't mind getting dirty, that's not it....I'd rather be out in a barn, cleaning stalls. (At least in my mind I would. I'm not sure my 60+ year old body would agree with me on that one.)   We had a few hot days during the time I was off and that made all the cherry and apple blossoms pop, along with the lilacs.      ...

My new "smart" TV came the next day and set up was easy, though a bit tedious as I opted to do it manually.       I don't know why I waited so long to get one! I love tuning in to quiet jazz during work days, and while the images are AI (which I am not keen on), I admit I look at those pics and think, I could live there. I wish I did live there!    And I love streaming (that's you, BritBox*). At some point I'll probably end up cancelling cable altogether, though not in the foreseeable future.   (*If you're a fan of Jane Austen type productions, I recommend "The Other Bennett Sister," now finally streaming on BritBox. There's nothing like Regency-era yearning. Swoon . And no, I don't yet have Netflix, in part because I think "Bridgerton" would take over my mental and emotional life. I've seen enough of season 4's "Benophie" on social media to know I'd become obsessed. Iykyk!)   Anyway, we're still waiting ...

Well, my 2011 32-inch Sony Bravia TV bit the dust today. 😒     I didn't realize it was that old until I googled the model number to see what might be wrong. (I'd already unplugged and rebooted everything, in case the problem was at my cable company's end. And yes, I have my internet and TV via our cable company, though the WiFi router is my own, because their router was crappy.)   Soooo...I've just ordered a 43-inch open-box 2025 Sony Bravia from Best Buy Canada, with delivery in a couple of days. A totally unexpected and definitely unwanted expense. I know most people have gigantic TVs today, but my space is small and I don't need one wall taken up entirely by a television. As it is, I'm sure the new one will seem quite large in comparison. At least it will be a "smart" TV, so I'll be able to stream my BritBox and PBS programs on something larger than my phone. If I can figure out how to set things up....😬     Aside from that, I'm hanging in...

Thanks to you all for your comments on my last post. It did help just to "vent," to get things out there. It doesn't change how I feel about work--I think many of us of a certain age, especially women, are just tired . On so many levels and about so many things. But I know we all have our own challenges, some more dire than others, and my stuff is small potatoes. Not unimportant to me, but not important in the grand scheme of things. Best to just keep breathing, practice kindness and compassion to All Beings...including our Selves...and give ourselves Grace when we need it.     Anyway...I took last Friday off (it was my birthday and I refuse to work on that day) and had a lovely day with yummy food and great shopping, plus lots of texting/video chatting/phone chatting. If it had been a nice day (it was chilly and rainy) I'd have taken a day trip or at least gone somewhere with my camera, but plan B suited me just fine.     Muck boots for the rain! I went back to The ...

I took last week off as vacation (the four days after the Victoria Day Monday). Ha! Mostly it was cold and rainy, and I heard on the news last Friday that we're having the coldest May in 10 years. I believe it!   Below: May 16 sunrise, a very brief burst of colour in the otherwise grey and gloom.     All was not lost for the time off, though, as I had a couple of appointments and spent every morning out anyway, in spite of the weather. I also had lots of cosy tea and reading time in the afternoons.   Below: I swung by campus on the holiday Monday (May 19), to get a few pics of the cherry blossoms before they were all gone. OMC, it was COLD! I didn't linger!     I also had taken Monday May 12th off, as friends had kindly come up to help me in the little garden. We dug up the invasive stuff, as well as the two hostas by the fence that got too much light and fried to a crisp by June/July every year. (I shouldn't have split the original ones and put them there ...

Just a few "funnies" for a smile today. There's nothing of note here, it's the usual work, errands, life stuff. 🙃 Have a great day! (Bonus recent blooms below.)