Pigeon

The pigeon has now laid an egg. Hugh says it wasn't there this morning. The last meeting of Pathfinders. We had a potluck dinner and then presentations. No more meetings till next Sept.

Pigeon

We have just found a pigeon nesting in the flower container beside our front door. That's the floor container which is attached to the wall!!! Now we will have cooing sounds reverberating through the house. How long does it take for bird eggs to hatch and fly away?

Plus a raccoon slipped in to the garage. We don't know if it is still there. Hopefully it has left!! Wishful thinking!!

Apron

I was at Joyce Hancock's Sewing Studio today. I bought some material I saw on their website, it was also 35% off. I want to sew an apron which will be all little squares. I will need to ask to my sister, Katherine to help me cut the material. It will look really cute. I am hoping there will also be enough material to make a knitting bag for my leftover needles.

School Projects

I can't believe the school projects. Hugh and I are helping Miles finish his Medieval project. Detta is finishing her lunch box project with Jaclyn but with all the laughter I am not so sure how much is actually getting done. Detta also has some project which she needs to put on bristol board.

I wanted to log on to Ravelry but their site seems to be done. I don't think I will be able to do any knitting tonight.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day went off well. I received lots of new plants from the children. Hugh bought me this beautiful cookie bouquet. It looks so pretty.

We had lots of people through. Kath, Andrew, Joan and Tom came for breakfast. We had blueberry pancakes and bacon made by Hugh which were delicious. Anne, Al and Lizzie then dropped by so Hugh started a second round of breakfast which was also delicious. In fact Lizzie assisted with the pancake cooking. Al's arm is doing better after his fail on Wednesday, he need surgery to put two pins in.

I am still knitting the baby blanket but it is not quite done yet. I needed a change though so I started knitting a cute hat for Al's great niece. It is in brown with two tones of pink. It looks so nice, in fact I am nearly done but because it is in stripes I have lots of ends to sew in. I might also knit this one for Donovan's teacher but in light brown so it looks like a teddy bear.

I had my hair cut yesterday. It looks terrible. I will see how it looks tomorrow but I think it will need rescued.

Hugh has been working very hard all afternoon. He has been helping Miles make the knight costume for his medieval project which is due on Tuesday. Now we just have to do the diorama. I love the plumage!

In Two Days

Wow so much has happened in two days. I had my interview at the Canadian Information for Health Information (CIHI) on Thursday afternoon. It went really well. In fact when I got back from London last night, there was a phone message and email waiting for me. I have been asked back for a second interview next Thursday!!

I had a great visit with Margot. Her garden is beautiful. So green and lots of spring flowers. In my picture you can even see the fiddleheads. I also visited her garden centre. It's called Trillium Gardens Perennials. It is lovely. In fact I had to buy a bunch of plants for my garden.I went to the memorial service for Heather's Dad, Brian Moore. There were lots of people there including Kim and Pete, Karen and Ross, Lynda and Tim. It was a very nice service. Heather, her brother, Andrew and sister, Sarah all spoke. Also Brian's cousin spoke. It was nice to hear about Brian as a child. We all ended up going back to Lynda's house for dinner. Lynda is such a good cook. It was so nice getting together. Hugh and I will have to see them again. They all missed Hugh.

What a Week!

What a week this has been. On Monday, I found out that the memorial service for my friend Heather's father is on Friday. Then we hear about Auntie Maud being ill and passing away. Anne's boyfriend, Al is hurt and broke his arm. Then Olga is moved to a retirement home and put into quarantine, though this is a common practice. And I have a job interview this afternoon.

But I have had lots of visitors this week. Joan and Tom popped by on the weekend though I missed her. She was riding her motorcycle. Then Anne came by on Monday night for a visit. Katherine and Andrew came on Tuesday night, they stayed for dinner. I made curried chicken, curried rice and Saag Aloo (spinach with potatoes). We knitted also. I have made huge progress on the baby blanket. It is certainly very colourful. Katherine also brought over the baby sweator for the student. It is so cute. Then last night we had a surprise visit from Lizzie. The children were so happy to see her. Lizzie also went and saw Donovan at gymnastics.

I have finally completed four baby hats. I already gave one to a lady at Scrambles, her son and wife had their first baby, also the first grandchild for both sides. Katherine has some teachers at school who are having babies so the other hats can find homes. I love the little pompoms, they are so cute.

Me and my hats!

Auntie Maud

Our Auntie Maud passed away this morning. Auntie Maud had been in the hospital for the past few months but the past days, she really had not been well. We are all very sad and will miss her.

Home

Finally home after a weekend with Pathfinders. All in all it went well. I did the adventure tasks with the girls. The best one was saving the vase from the toxic waste. It took the girls the longest. The boxes with keys, well they didn't need the compass and co-ordinates because they saw the boxes and grabbed them. But I mixed the boxes with the wrong keys so it took a bit longer. Everyone was excited about the keys and it was a very big free for all. I am exhausted!!!

We also did tie-dying. It was fun and the girls did some very interesting items of clothes. Detta only did her t-shirt and a pair of socks.

Camp Weekend

Detta and I are off camping this weekend with Pathfinders. I am all packed and ready to go though I am sure there is something I have forgotten. I have the adventure tasks all ready - my nephew, Andrew gave them to me. He has done them with Navy cadets in the past. It will be nice to sleep indoors, as I said before, with my Guide unit we have been rained our for the past two years. Hopefully I won't have to do too much, the older girls can do the first 3 adventure tasks with girls. I only have to go and set up the orientation.

I am going to bring my knitting with me. I want to try and finish the baby blanket.