Memorial Day

 

Happy Mother's Day

 

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and caregivers of human and animal children.  To my Mum, my sister, and my mother-in-law in heaven, and to all my friends near and far, have a lovely day and I hope you are spoiled. 

Remembering my Mum - everything I learned about love, respect, kindness, and compassion and a thousand other things, I learned from her. The pain of losing her will never go away, but the wonderful memories keep her in our hearts every day.

VE Day

Remembering those who served and came home, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

If this is Tuesday, it must be England #184

The Queen and Harrison Machin, 5, plant the final poppies in an installation at the Tower of London to mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War. This act of Remembrance saw Her Majesty representing all those who served the Nation, with Harrison planting his poppy on behalf of the younger generation.
 
‘The Tower Remembers’ installation recalls the sacrifice and resilience of the wartime generation and will stand as a reminder of the long-lasting impact of conflict.

The Tower, which was itself bombed during the Blitz, will display nearly 30,000 ceramic poppies on the lawn to mark the year of Remembrance.

If this is Tuesday, it must be England #183

Source:  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIvvG3LpmsN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Happy Easter

Life Last Week

 

Finally getting back to a regular blogging routine now that the sickness than ran through our house is gone.

The weather:::

A break from the rain until Friday but it's oh so cold out there!

On my reading pile:::

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

On my TV:::

Our January Rudolph Day movie was Once Upon a Christmas Miracle, inspired by a true story.

And also inspired by true events, The Last Rifleman starring Pierce Brosnan.  Have your tissues ready for the ending.

Checked off the list:::

• All the Christmas decor is finally put away!
• Vic is back at work full-time and no overtime right now, so he's been able to devote the weekends to the deck.
• I sorted through Vic's uniforms and got them ready to donate to the costume library at the local school district office.
• Not on the list but a new discovery - I joined the I Love My Aga! Facebook group.  Oh, my goodness, how to be dissatisfied with your range/stove set-up.  I grew up with an Aga, but we'd have to reinforce the kitchen floor and take out a second mortgage to put one in this house.  For now, I'll have to be content admiring the beautiful photos in the group.

And perhaps I'll pick up one of these.

Crafts roundup:::

The Christmas 2024 and Hallmark Cruise album came to a halt when I ran out of 8 1/2 x 11-page protectors - I use them to save family newsletters and other letter-size items I want to include.  They should be here tomorrow.  All of my photos are off of my phone and ready for me to sort, label, and print.

And in other news:::

Finally made it to IKEA to pick up a Raskog cart to organize my December Daily supplies.  I have been ruthless and just kept what fits in the cart.

Another failed tea - I had such high hopes for this one but no, too many faults.  I think I should be a tearoom judge!

Mismatched cups and saucers.  I guess it's supposed to be eclectic but there are so many places to pick up matching cups and saucers.

Another teapot fail - we drank the first pot and asked for a second whereupon the server just poured more hot water into the pot.  The result was tea that resembled dishwater.

Always a fail for me - afternoon tea that starts out with salad and/or soup - nice enough for a lunch but not for afternoon tea.

Sandwich tier - tomato ricotta tart, coronation chicken with crackers, ciabatta roll with prosciutto, open-face cucumber sandwich.  Tart was lukewarm; why oh why didn't they put the chicken between two slices of bread, cut the crusts off and serve it that way; prosciutto on ciabatta was awful, hard, stale, so bulky; cucumber sandwich was just ok.

Scones were the wrong texture with zero flavor.

They tried with the dessert tier, creme brulee was delicious, neither one of us cares for peppermint so we didn't eat the tarts, macarons were tasty but look at the ginger cookies.  How hard would it have been to cut them, so they were not so misshapen?  I know, picky, picky, picky.

$52 per person and a score of 4/10 from us.  Even Vic was more disappointed with this one.

On a happier note, this weekend brings Sophia's birthday, and I have been asked NOT to include her age on her birthday card!  I think she's at the stage where she is 29+ forever.

From this:

To this:

Finally, anyone else feel this way this month?