Dear Neighbor . . .

 

FRIDAY, July 11th, 2025
Estate Lane, Nova Scotia
17*C/62*F  
a cloudy day in store

Dear Neighbor,

It's very quiet in here this morning after the busyness of the past few days. Doug and his family left for their camp yesterday afternoon, but we did have a wonderful 24 hours together.  They will be back for another day or so when the camp is finished and Doug has said he will pop into visit me periodically in the meantime. It is their anniversary on the 16th. If they are here I will get the boys to cook them a special anniversary supper.

A bit after they arrived Doug and Kayla had to go and book into the motel and they were making a quick trip into Greenwood for something so Jake and Josh stayed with me while they went. We made Cinnamon rolls to surprise them when they got back, just the TikTok kind and Josh and I played a couple games of Battleships.

Josh really enjoyed it. I won the first one, but he whooped me in the second one. Then yesterday he played a game of it with myself, with his dad and then with Jon!  So, this game was a real winner with him.  In the meantime, Jake was playing a Barrel of Monkeys.  I guess buying all of those simple games was not a waste of my money after all.

They also tried to teach me how to play MarioKart on the Switch.  Not successful.  Back in the day I used to be pretty good at playing video games, but not so much these days. It has been a long time since I have played such things and to be honest I don't really have a lot of time most days to be playing games.

A girl from my church happened to be in town having her mammogram done and decided to pop over and weed my garden for me. (I was most grateful!)  While she was doing it, we discovered this really amazing spider web.  It looked like a zipper.  We looked it up.

"Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider."

Apparently they will bite if disturbed and their bite is the equivalent of a bee sting but shouldn't kill you unless you are allergic. It also said that the young and the elderly should exercise caution.

Well, I won't be bothering it, but I did think it was quite an interesting find.

It was really nice of Jenny to come and do my garden like that. I really appreciated it. I will take her out for lunch sometime when the dust settles.

Yesterday morning for breakfast Doug and the boys made bacon and scrambled eggs. My place smelled so good afterwards. I love the smell of toast and bacon. Josh made himself his own fried egg with his own spices on it. He really likes spicy food.

I got lots of hugs and I love You's, which was great!  I loved every minute of it.  The boys took all my compost down to the compost bins and when they come back on Monday (I think it is Monday) they are going to wash down my garage door which is filthy. I haven't been able to do it because of my shoulder and I think they are also going to wash down the siding on the outside of the front of my house as well where all the exhaust and dirt collects from all of the traffic from that busy road that runs past. It is surprising how dirty it gets, or maybe not.  I remember a house I lived in, in London, Ontario, that I had to take the curtains off the windows and wash every couple of months because of the exhaust from the cars that travelled the road behind our house. A very busy main road.  

Kind of makes you wonder what goes into our lungs, doesn't it?

 

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The cats were quite exhausted by the time they left for the camp yesterday.  Over-stimulated I think from all of the commotion and the noise.  Nutmeg mostly.  They were really tired last night and spent most of it sleeping on the sofa next to me. Things are usually very quiet around here so while they find the extra company a bit exiting, it does get to be a bit much for them after a while and tires them out.

Jon stayed overnight with me on Thursday night, while the rest went to the Motel. I never heard a peep from him. He was in bed early and didn't get up until they were back from the Motel Friday morning. The cats kept going and peeking into the bedroom at him. I suppose they were wondering why he had not left with the rest of them.

Apparently, he is always in bed by 8 o'clock most nights. I am an early to bed person also, so it worked well. We are all creatures of habit.

 

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Oher than that there really hasn't been a lot else going on since we last spoke.  It's just been a busy couple of days of lovely chaos.  I have loved every minute of it.

Last night in bed I was listening to some hymns as I love to do.   

 

I was listening to Consider the Lilies of the Field, and it was just so beautiful that I wanted to share it with you. 

Consider the lilies of the field, 

How they grow, how they grow. 

Consider the birds in the sky, 

How they fly, how they fly. 

 He clothes the lilies of the field. 

He feeds the birds in the sky. 

And He will feed those who trust Him, 

And guide them with His eye. 

 Consider the sheep of His fold, 

How they follow where He leads. 

Though the path may wind across the mountains, 

He knows the meadows where they feed. 

 He clothes the lilies of the field. 

He feeds the birds in the sky, 

And He will feed those who trust Him, 

And guide them with His eye. 

 Consider the sweet, tender children 

Who must suffer on this earth. 

The pains of all of them He carried 

From the day of His birth. 

 He clothes the lilies of the field, 

He feeds the lambs in His fold, 

And He will heal those who trust Him, 

And make their hearts as gold. 

 He clothes the lilies of the field, 

He feeds the lambs in His fold,

 And He will heal those who trust Him, 

And make their hearts as gold.

Consider The Lilies of the Field

by Eva Timothy

It has been one of my favorite hymns for a while now and I love the scripture in the bible it relates to.  (Matthew 6: 28 - 30) I love it so much that I purchase that artwork from Eva Timothy to hang in my living room a couple of years ago now. It was a beautiful reminder to me that I am seen and cared for in a Divine way, and I never walk alone.

When we think of Lilies we tend to think of those large trumpet shaped blooms, but lilies in Israel are not at all like that and grow as fields of wild-flowers. I believe it is known as the crown Anemone. Quite common, plainish and not majestic in the least, which brings even deeper meaning to the words of the scripture and the hymn.  He does love the simple, plain and common things  . . .  wildflowers, sparrows, sheep, etc.

 

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I am not sure what I will get up to today. If my sister is taking dad and Maryann out I might see if I can go along with them for the ride.  I have missed seeing and talking to Cindy these past few days. I know she and Dan went to the Habitation earlier this week and I am wanting to hear how they enjoyed it. I need to pick up a bag of dry cat food as well.

Not much else to relate, so, I will end this now with a thought for you to carry with you.

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 *The magic thing about home is

that it feels good to leave, and

it feels even better to come back.

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In The English Kitchen today, Reuben Foldovers.  A delicious hot sandwich that is very simple to prepare and which makes a perfect simply lunch or supper for a hot summer's day!

I hope that you have a beautiful Friday. May your day be filled with light and with love. Stay safe, be happy.  Don't forget!

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