Holiday Wishes

Today I am attempting to post our Christmas and seasonal blog. It is a challenge using my old laptop but iPad is not great since Google changed all again.

We used to have a daughter dance in the Nutcracker. We also went to the Canadian Ballet when Karen Kain was a top ballerina. It is via video this year as Covid has changed all even Christmas events and shopping online.
 

This is the only photo I could post.  P(Font change and would not let me fix it ugh)

Here's wishing you all a happy winter as it arrives tomorrow/

Follow that by a Merry Christmas and let us hope for a happy 2021. 

The year 2020 was truly a challenge as the globe tried hard to save lives due to  Covid19. Sadly the world had many other challenging events happen. Internet became a must have in many new ways. ,yet it did not make me happier as it remains visually tough.

MERRY CHRISTMAS  HAPPY HOLIDAYS  HAPPY NEW YEAR

Buddy send his love too.

Travel Restrictions Near and Far

Here we were at Peggy’s Cove and Halifax by the waterfront.

Covid has curbed how we use our retirement travels and family visits in a very big way.in Early September 2017  daughters and I were in Hannover as our aunt was passing away. She made it to 96 and was not sad to move on.

We miss the freedom to travel freely. Photos above ; our Halifax trip from 2017 when we attended a conference on the east coast of Nova Scotia. It was lovely warm late September weather and we enjoyed marine museums, pubs and coastal trips. We flew there and back. Next we had a trip to Vancouver in November that same year. It was also a conference. We got to enjoy some sites on the west coast  though it was rainy the whole time. We loved some pre Christmas shopping at small boutique shops and a city tour. So that year we managed to see Canada’s east and west coast.
We flew several times to Germany and UK to be with family during 2018 and 2019. We had a family trip booked for March 2020 but that was not to be. Oh how we miss these travels as our days are limited as we age more rapidly now. Buddy misses all this too.
We happy to be healthy most days and not in any financial stress like so many but we worked so hard for the retirement years it is really a blow to be so restricted.

Sadly this year travel between provinces is only for essentials and of course conferences are all postponed.All the activities that kept us moving like concerts , plays and operas are all not on.
We wonder if in our time it will be possible to safely travel even within our borders again. Some travel is resuming this fall but already COVID cases are up again. It is unsettling.
In our Ontario province there are travel restrictions and many lovely places have social distancing a must if they have reopened. Sadly many places deemed a possible threat are closed and fenced off.

We have a lake we love to visit and as we drive along, our usual places to enjoy are fenced up and police are looking for violators. We saw one young couple on a motor cycle stopped for driving in a cottage area for which they had no invitation nor residence papers..
I carry our papers with me as we own a property in the lake district and this Labour day weekend we are in the area. We are making an effort to enjoy a new way to keep finding purpose and joy by staying between our two houses, one our well appointed regular house , the other one year new property With very basics like air beds and lawn chairs around a small table where we enjoy home made meals and music from our iPhones as we have Wi-Fi and our iPads.We will eventually make this property our last residence. Covid makes down sizing and moving hard so we are just going forward slowly.
I am typing this from my lawn chair by the fireplace as the eve air is now cool. Enya  songs are playing at Buddy’s request. How we cope I guess varies for all of us but sadly all of us are in this together.

I have very poor vision now but still miss blogging so I will once in a while post and try to read your creative posts too.Stay well.

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CATS

Chillie Pepper came to live at our house full time almost two years ago. My daughter left her with us as she moved into a small country town for work. She can be very affectionate and drools when petted. She also likes to lo lick my skin if I am not careful. I do not want to be mean but I find her wet stuff scary since she has had her share of parasites. No we do know one cat parasite will transfer to humans and may be located at a brain level where it cab stay forever. Why? Maybe to ensure the human becomes part of the cat world?
I also have Ellie who was left behind over 8 years ago by my daughter who married moved to UK. Ellie is now 14 and is a rescue pet who just comes around for a feed, a brushing or a little petting. She is not into licks.  
 I think I am not a true cat lover  because I do not really enjoy cleaning their litter every other day. That is the what I dislike very much and I feel bad about it.
Are you fond of cats?
Have you seen the movie or the live production? 
Buddy loves both cats and we did manage to see the live show once but years ago. 
He is keen to join me to shop for food and litter and sometimes cat grass. He will feed them but litter is left for me to clean.
  OH OUR CATS are my dilemma.