Garden, Flowers and Life Stuff

Bleeding Hearts are such delicate 

visual treasures.

Several days of rain this week. Planted more pole beans and peas on Saturday. Grass is growing too :)  

Sunday - heavy rainfall, wind and hail. Plants were ok. Whew. Then in the evening the sun made things golden.

I think the sunshine on the plant above helped change my thinking from fear and sadness to hope and looking at life, as it is right now, differently.

Did a full cart full of grocery/household/pharmacy shopping Monday (something I very rarely do) but it has been several weeks with 'small shopping' and we were running out of the basics.

I am grateful for what I can do. There will be tomorrow if work isn't finished today.

I feel like I am taking back a new type of control for our lives.

I called, from my side deck, over to the neighbours across the street, asked what they were planting (they called back - this year pole beans both yellow and green and sweet peas).

Then the lady over our back fence from her back deck called over when I was on my back deck and asked how we were doing, a lot of hand movement (thumbs up stuff) and sharing (without planning to) with anyone within hearing that we were ok, getting better, stuff like that.

I have started driving alone when I pick up groceries. Makes me happy and gives me some alone time. Speeds up my shopping time too, I park where I like to walk from the car to the Bruce's Market and back with the groceries.

Had another good walk over at the PM Hall huge empty parking lot Wednesday afternoon in the sunshine. Walked until my knee got too sore but I enjoyed every step.

Flower bed in front of the PM Hall.

Our new reality continues for us, keeping a 6 feet distance or more from others, washing hands with soap and water for 20 seconds frequently, using Lysol wipes when out and about, staying at home as much as possible, no one in the family leaves home if they have ANY health issues and now adding - if possible wear a home made mask when going shopping (more and more people are doing this and it keeps the sneezes or coughs or talking-spit behind that little barrier). Stay away from any groups and crowds, leave if you are near a group, immediately.

So, at 10 pm last night I decided to make my first mask - went downstairs, found a turquoise napkin and a white piece of flannel and a piece of elastic. Hauled out my dear Mom's 1950's sewing machine and an iron and made one.

These are pretty warm when you are breathing and wearing. Lots on online patterns. I will try a different style next time.

Thank you Dear Friends for visiting today.

Be Kind

Be Calm

Stay Safe

Hugs

Joy

Sharing with:

Angie of Letting Go of the Bay Leaf
Tarah of Grandma's House DIY
Sam of Raggety Bits
Roseanne of Created Homemade
Angie of The Cottage Market
Beverly of How Sweet the Sound
Michelle of The Painted Hinge
Suzanne of Pieced Pastimes
Jen of A Fireman's Wife
Debra of Common Ground