tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post5605489432769121971..comments2024-03-28T15:22:23.142-04:00Comments on Blue House Journal: In My Home This Week: Slow Fallterricheneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-76388115624419658302021-09-14T17:01:26.607-04:002021-09-14T17:01:26.607-04:00Rhonda, thank you, I will look for that brand and ...Rhonda, thank you, I will look for that brand and see if it's available in our area. <br /><br />Sarah, I knew you'd be quiet lately and wondered why but had no idea you all were dealing with house issues. Glad to know you're back home once more.<br />I think when the new copy John ordered for me arrives I shall do as you say Sarah and compost it and let it go into my land. <br /><br />Karen I'd be sure and schedule porch time if I had a season or two in which I couldn't use it! Our own weather can be mild in the last season of the year, but when the wind blows from the northwest the front porch is my refuge as it gets sun which the back porch does not until late afternoon. Last year, John and I took chairs to the step end of the back porch which faces west and sat there in the afternoons if the wind wasn't blowing too much. It was lovely.<br /><br />Mable, Is autumn in your part of the state very cold? I remember my cousin saying it was freezing most mornings in September when she lived there but the area where my son was stationed was about like Seattle for the most part, cooler than here but mild overall.<br /><br />I think once Labor Day is well past everyone begins to look to the next season here in North America. It just comes natural to us.terricheneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-32834844662327341032021-09-13T21:23:40.968-04:002021-09-13T21:23:40.968-04:00A friend and I were walking this morning in a cons...A friend and I were walking this morning in a conservation area down by Lake Ontario and the leaves turning colour already was very noticeable and we also saw a lot of different coloured berries - the birds were having a feast! We will still have some really hot days as September temps seem to fluctuate a lot but the nights are getting much cooler.<br /><br />I also started a bit of Fall decorating this past weekend. I put the heavier quilt on my bed and changed out the bedroom cushions and then I changed the cushion covers in the living room and looked out a couple of throws. I didn't have to actually look for them as I stumbled across them while switching out some clothes - if I'd actually thought about it I might not have remembered! <br /><br />I've been using up a lot of bits & pieces from the freezer as well - mostly meat that I've already cooked and then I just add some veggies. I also made my first pot of soup in months so Fall is definitely in the air. I'm thinking of looking out all the bits & pieces of dried fruit that I have hanging about and making a few fruit cakes this weekend - I'll soak the fruit in either some whisky or some sherry (the alcohol burns off) - I may make a few small ones and get them into tins - that way they will keep for ages.<br /><br />Fall cleaning is on the agenda for this week - in between office work. I will probably go into the office only twice this week - three times if I can organize a couple of friends to meet for coffee on one trip. If I'm going to travel on the subway then I like to make it worthwhile. <br /><br />Hope you get all your gardening done this week.Margie from Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103835021764804099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-57156939404041701772021-09-13T05:33:49.807-04:002021-09-13T05:33:49.807-04:00I feel as if I just realized that summer was over ...I feel as if I just realized that summer was over the past few days. I noticed that it was getting darker out much earlier when the sun was going down at one of our son’s soccer games. We were visiting my father at his cottage on Green Bay when he mentioned that we couldn’t go to the local ice cream stand as it closed after Labor Day. Didn’t know what took me so long, but yes the tops of some trees are indeed turning color!<br /><br />This week I need to clean our front porch and then start to clean our windows. All the dust from getting our siding cut has made a mess of them and I am glad I waited to do that job until the house was finished. I have lots of fragments and fresh produce to use up. The weather is making me feel like spending a whole day baking, but we shall see. I really need to make soap so that will come first.<br /><br />I want to sit on the front porch and read. I love autumn so very much and I know that my porch sitting time is limited with w_____ coming. We try not to say the W word in these parts until we have to. I intend to live in the present lovely season! <br /><br />Have a lovely Monday, Terri! Karen in WInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-76801645502220907172021-09-12T23:34:17.449-04:002021-09-12T23:34:17.449-04:00I had a copy of a much loved classic book. It too...I had a copy of a much loved classic book. It too lost about each page.or parts of it as I read it. Silly as it sounds I put that book page after page in my compost pile. It was compostable paper and now it is a part of here. Why not? Otherwise it would have been in the city dump. I have also composted jeans and old linen napkins. things that seem to others odd but do compost cause they are natural fabrics. Sarah. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-17386331649894812612021-09-12T21:04:17.782-04:002021-09-12T21:04:17.782-04:00 Oh yes…. I have forgotten where I put things aw... Oh yes…. I have forgotten where I put things away “safely”. We were away from our home recently when we had a water pipe break in it. For 4months we lived and cooked at a hotel. When we got back home it was astonishing the things we were doing every before then. Like how to use the tv remote ! It felt so strange. Or even where we packed some things. We have been home almost a month and are still unpacking and looking for things !! SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-34345767988520114032021-09-12T20:12:29.817-04:002021-09-12T20:12:29.817-04:00I’m wondering how that long curved bar stays suppo...I’m wondering how that long curved bar stays supported? I’m sure you know how people ( young sons especially) can lean on a bar. <br /><br />The milk we get at Dollar Tree is Gossner Farms, made in Utah I think. I’ve served to some very picky grandchildren and other guests and everyone thinks it’s good. Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898829593961271218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-15651445863334749602021-09-12T19:09:00.593-04:002021-09-12T19:09:00.593-04:00Lana, I most surely will add him to my prayer list...Lana, I most surely will add him to my prayer list!<br /><br />Mikemax, teaccheney@gmail.com<br />terricheneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-79764050358312949142021-09-12T16:55:05.233-04:002021-09-12T16:55:05.233-04:00OK, now I know that comments aren't moderated....OK, now I know that comments aren't moderated. Is there a way to contact you directly? It's about a comment you left at Annabel's blog and I would prefer my response to be private. Thanks!mikemaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569666073239903588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-23998470953258949912021-09-12T16:53:17.757-04:002021-09-12T16:53:17.757-04:00Testing 1-2-3.
Testing 1-2-3.<br /><br />mikemaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569666073239903588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-71013047510758334932021-09-12T15:14:21.927-04:002021-09-12T15:14:21.927-04:00I was surprised to really like the blue and green ...I was surprised to really like the blue and green together in that kitchen but I think with children it would not take long for them to just break that bar right off. My children always thought their bellies belonged on the table if they were reaching for something and the grandchildren do it, too.<br /><br />This week I want to get a meal over to our next door neighbors. We found out yesterday that he has cancer. We are just sick about it. She was such a great help to me when my husband was in the heart center because she is a nurse there. If you think of him please pray for him to start eating again. His name is Oscar and he has always been just such a big, jolly man that it is hard to imagine him so sick and not willing to eat. <br /><br />Some painting was done last week but there is still a good bit to do. I would love to go out for sit down breakfast since it has been several weeks.<br /><br />I have menus made through October. I tried to get everything that needs to get used from the freezer on those menus but more keeps showing up so I will need to add to it. I'm sure there are more lurkers in the back but it is a good start to get those foods on the menu.<br /><br />This morning our pastor said that right now is just a snapshot in a big, long movie of which Christ is the director. That comforted me. <br /><br />Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.com