Musings on a Small Life

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 ...

I saw Magnus (Bernese x Saint Bernard) and his human last week while out walking, had first met them in January, when he was 4 months old. He's 10 months now, and 140 pounds! He's great with humans, fortunately, but gets excited (to play) around other dogs and loves to chase squirrels. She has not taken him to obedience training and admitted she can lose control of him, which considering she's a very slight older woman, is unfortunate and dangerous for her. For them both, IMO. Anyway, I'm off this week, bad timing with our cold weather and rain, but still, a week away from work is good regardless.  I've had a few things on the go, in particular a reworking of the garden (in progress) and multiple Ikea bookcase assembly, and I'll do an update post soon. 😊 Take care, all!

George a couple of days ago, snapped through the screen. This was after his Fancy Feast and separate Greenies. I did not succumb to his appeal for yet more and he left, probably in a huff. Bonus: Jake yesterday, after his morning Fancy Feast.

I got up this morning to find Finn (another of the neighbourhood cats) by my door and Jake at the bottom of the stairs. Neither was moving on and neither was getting too close to the other. They weren't aggressive, just...wary of each other. I don't know why Finn was hanging about; Jake was waiting for a bit of Fancy Feast, though.     So Finn, above, got far more Greenies than he needed just to keep him away from Jake's food, while Jake (below) was eating his breakfast.     Of course this means I'll probably have Finn on my doorstep now, looking for treats, along with Jake. Finn already gets spoiled by others, not hard to tell by the look of him (ha!) and doesn't need more from me.  Oh, I saw Carla the other day, for the first time in ages. She must be at least 15 now. (She was on her own doorstep.)     She and Nicki hated each other and Nicki would fly into a rage when she would hang around the outside of the fence. I think she spends most of her tim...

Snapped on Saturday at a traffic light, while I was cabbing from an appointment. It was refreshing to see the dog secured properly in the back seat. Handsome fellow!

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.) 

I spied these daffodils downtown this morning, just in time for Easter. Below, the middle set of doors to St Mary's Cathedral, downtown. On either side were the leftover dead greenery displays (in tall planters) from Christmas. Completely brown. I didn't want to include those. Lol. Maybe they wanted the juxtaposition of the end and the beginning...or maybe it's an ongoing internal political feud. Either is possible! Happy Easter to all, or happy Chocolate Bunny Day if you prefer! 🐰🐣

I met Jasper at Lake Ontario Park yesterday, a gloriously sunny morning for a change. He's a two-year old barn "adoptee," and his humans trained him to harness when he was a kitten. Don't be fooled by his intense expression; he was the sweetest boy, came trotting right over to say hi as soon as I stopped. I couldn't get a good pic of him because he really wouldn't hold still long enough, between rubbing against my legs and being eager to explore. He was totally chill about all the dogs being walked (the sunshine brought everyone out!) Seeing him totally made my day!

It was gloriously sunny yesterday, albeit cool, and I took a lunchtime walk in search of crocuses. I didn't see as many as I'd hoped, but one house had a carpet of yellow crocuses on their front lawn. They do this annually, always yellow, and always a joy to see! I'm glad I went yesterday, because today we have snow flurries and bitterly cold temps. Those poor crocuses will be toast! Have a great day and week!

With apologies if I've posted these before. Have a great day and weekend!

We've had freezing rain all weekend. There were/are lots of power outages around the city, but we have been lucky in the immediate neighbourhood and kept power. I went out for a walk a bit earlier, as I could see that the road was clear. I meant to just walk around the complex, but ended up doing an hour and a half around the larger neighbourhood. It didn't feel like it was that long, though! There are lots of small tree limbs down, but nothing major.  It's pretty to look at, but....  We're supposed to have a warm up tomorrow, with lots of rain, so hopefully that takes care of the ice. It's hard to believe that parts of southwestern Ontario had 20C weather, while we got this! 

  If you're in the swath of freezing rain tonight and through the weekend, please stay home and stay safe. If you're somewhere warm and sunny, for the love of heaven, send us real Spring, not the false, terrible tease of Spring we had a week or two ago!