Dear Neighbor . . .

 

MAY 1st, 2026

Estate Lane,

Nova Scotia

10*C/50*F

Overcast, light rain expected

Dear Neighbor,

I put up my hummingbird feeder yesterday. I noticed that one of my neighbors had theirs up and I went online to check and they have already been seen in Nova Scotia. With precious little in bloom I thought I best get it up. I had been going to put it up in early May anyways. There is not a lot of natural food out there for them to feed on at the moment.

My back feels a bit better, or am I just learning how to manage it. I am not sure which. If I don't sit still for any more than 10 minutes and choose where I sit very carefully I can cope. I walk a lot back and forth across my wee place. I have my father's indoor walker, which he never uses, and that helps as well. I am not too proud to use it indoors. Anything that helps.

 

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I am quite disappointed with the man who does my taxes each year.  Yesterday was the last day for filing. I had heard from him on Monday. He had a question and called me. I had expected that yesterday he would call and say they were ready. Nothing. I sent him a message. Nothing. I heard nothing. If I owe money I will now have to pay a late filing penalty, plus interest, etc. 

I think next year I will have to try to find someone else. I have never had this problem with him. I have been using him since 2021. It has made me somewhat anxious. I even dreamt about it last night. But what can I do. He has all of my receipts, T4's, etc. Hopefully I will hear from him today.

I hate tax season. I start feeling anxious about it in January. Life would be so much easier if I didn't have to work to keep a roof over my head. I never thought that at the age of 70 this would be the case, but here I am. It is what it is.

 

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Eileen has a busy day in front of her today. I have to drop her off for her Bible Study at 9 this morning.  After that she has one of her CSS visits and then tonight she is going to the Baptist church to some sort of African Choir concert. She is really looking forward to that.  I think she has seen them before. Her pastor is going to pick her up to take her.

She appears to be doing very well despite all that has happened. Everywhere we go people seem to know her and they are happy to see her. Its not hard to like her. She always has a smile on her face, and she is so polite to everyone. We should all be so happy.

My sister brought her some small diamond art keychains to do the other day. She had seen them somewhere in her travels and picked them up for her. Eileen was so pleased.  She has already finished them. I tried looking for some kits for her the last time I was out, but couldn't find any. I guess I am just not looking in the right places.  She really loves doing them. They keep her busy and distracted and she does a great job with them. I am a bit loathe to spend any money at all at the moment until I find out if I owe anything on my taxes and if so,  how much. I need to keep enough in my bank account to cover my rent, etc.

God will provide. He hasn't let me down yet.

How can it be that the calendar of the year has already turned it's pages to May.  The year is almost half over and I have hardly noticed it slipping away. It seems there has been one event after another to distract me from taking notice of the days in the way that I usually do. I was out on the porch hanging the hummingbird feeder yesterday and Glenna was out to check her mail. She popped over to say hello. She has a new calling at church. She is the secretary in the children's Sunday School now.  She will do well at that. When I first came back to Canada she was the Relief Society President. In charge of the care of the women in our small branch. I don't have a calling at the moment. I haven't had one really since Covid, not really. I have worn many hats in the church through the years

I noticed that dandelions are beginning to bloom in the yard across the way from my place. They get the most sunshine during the day.  When I was at my sister's the other day I could see the leaves of all the wild violets in her yard unfurling. She has so many . . . purple and white.  And wild thyme as well. I remember visiting mom and smelling it in the grass.  Plus lots of wild poppies. They always danced outside the window of the basement bedroom I slept in when I would come home.

I spent a lot of time with mom through the years. It was only in the last years of her life that I was unable to do so, living as far away as I did. My heart still aches at that thought. I let her down I suppose in not being here for her, probably when she needed me most of all.

 

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I really don't have a lot else to write about this morning. I need to get up and walk around a bit before I wake Eileen up. It will be soon time for that and then it will be all go until I take her for her bible study class.  I am hoping to go with Cindy this afternoon when she takes Dad out with his friend Maryann.  Again, I need to get some cat food. I am not planning anything too spectacular for supper tonight. Baked beans and cornbread. Something simple like that. 

A thought to carry with you  . . . 

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*Joy is the happiness that

doesn't depend on what happens.

In The English Kitchen today, an oldie but a goodie. Chicken Savoyarde. A chicken casserole. French Bistro style.

I hope your day is a happy one. I hope that soon I can get back to really writing to you without having to jump up every few minutes. In the mean time I am grateful you are still here and that you still visit. I feel your friendship and thank you for it.  Don't forget!

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And I do too!