The Ukraine/Russia war drags on; Israel continues to “defend itself” against its enemies; floods, tornadoes and fires are taking lives and destroying homes; postal and dock workers are striking; inflation is hitting everyone hard; and, to top it off, the disgruntled voters in the US have elected a wild card. The world is a mess and we can’t do a thing about it. But here in central Alberta things are looking good! The first skiff of snow lies on our wee lake, the winter prep work was done in time, and the only canning job left is the tomato crop in the freezer. I’m counting my blessings.
I walk my dogs each morning down our driveway and back. It gives me about a half mile of exercise and energizes me to tackle whatever projects I have planned for the day. There’s a tiny gnome home on the way where I always pause to see if I’ll get a chance to wave at one of the little fellows, but they are terribly shy and I’ve yet to spot one. Maybe some day.
It’s November, past Remembrance Day, and my mind is travelling to Christmas. For a few years I’ve gotten into making Christmas decorations for my family and friends. This year I hit on a project that uses all my old saved Christmas cards. This decoration requires 20 two inch circles per ornament. So far, using a scissors and a tomato paste can for a template I managed to cut 100 circles, but I need 400! If I had nothing else to do, if my fingers weren’t cramping up and my eyes weren’t getting blurry I might have continued on this way…but… I gave up and went to Michaels to buy a 2” circle cutter. Wow, what a difference a tool can make! I might manage to finish these on time. Then I can move on to making caramel popcorn and cookies. I’m even considering putting up a tree this year, haven’t done that for awhile.
So I’ll say Merry Christmas to all my readers and all the best in 2025. Gotta get a move on, things to do, Christmas is in the air.
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