Puzzle Done

 Completed on Wednesday of this week. This one took 2 1/2 weeks to complete with no help from anyone.  It's one a granddaughter picked out for me.  And it does glow in the dark sort of.

I have an assortment to choose from for the next one. Can't be out gardening yet so if I'm not reading I'm doing a puzzle for relaxation.

Good for a Laugh or Two

 Contemplations of Seniors...

▪	My tolerance for idiots is extremely low today.  I used to have some immunity built up,  but obviously there is a new strain out there.
▪	As I watch this generation try and rewrite our history,  one thing I'm sure of …  it will be misspelled and have no punctuation.
▪	Me: Sobbing my heart out,  "I can't see you anymore …  I'm not going to let you hurt me again.” Trainer: "It was one sit-up. ”
▪	Sorry I haven't gotten anything done today.  I've been in the Produce Department  trying to open this stupid plastic bag.
▪	Turns out that being a “senior”  is mostly just googling how to do stuff.
▪	Do you ever get up in the morning,  look in the mirror and think  "That can't be accurate."
▪	I want to be 14 again and ruin my life differently.  I have new ideas.
▪	Teacher:  Give me a sentence which includes  the words: defense, defeat, detail. Student:  When a horse jumps over defense,  defeat go first and then detail.
▪	God promised men that good and obedient wives  would be found in all corners of the world.  Then he made the earth round… and laughed and laughed and laughed.
▪	I'm on two diets.  I wasn't getting enough food on one.
▪	Apparently RSVPing to a wedding invitation  "Maybe next time," isn't the correct response.
▪	I put my scale in the bathroom corner  and that's where the little liar  will stay until it apologizes.
▪	Felt uncomfortable driving into the cemetery.  The GPS blurted out  "You have reached your final destination."
▪	My mind is like an internet browser.  At least 19 open tabs,  3 of them are frozen  and I have no clue where  the music is coming from.
▪	Hard to believe I once had a phone  attached to a wall, and when it rang,  I picked it up without knowing  who was calling, and I'm still alive.

Does This Happen to You?

 I use Shutterfly to create yearly albums and make prints of photos I want enlarged.  Periodically they will send me photos from the past reminding me of a time gone by.

These photos came recently from 2011. The Philadelphia Flower Show!  I took my mother there from Maryland on a bus trip sponsored by Dan's employer.  My mother was 92! We did a lot of walking but she was quite a trooper.

Don't ask me what the other three photos are.   Must be some exhibits at the show.

Mom died 2 1/2 years later.

Winter Not Letting Go Here

 

I'm envious of bloggers living south of me showing photos of spring blooms.

This was the scene last Wednesday afternoon. Only a couple of inches but letting me know it's still winter here in New Hampshire.

Here's the scene Monday morning after it snowed all day on Saturday and never got above freezing on Sunday.

It will be a wait before I see any green shoots from bulbs I planted last fall.

In the meantime the small red squirrel that chatters at us from the hemlock trees bordering the driveway has found the bird feeder. If it empties it there will not be another filling because I have to take it down at the end of the month because of bears coming out of hibernation.

The squirrel is a cute thing and we enjoy his/her antics.

The new puppy is adjusting admirably at daughter's house. Granddaughter #2 is an early riser so she takes Maple out in the morning. Maple sleeps in a crate and the word is she sleeps through the night!