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Sick House

March 26, 2008 by Tricia

Chris came home from work yesterday with an upset stomach. He just felt off all evening. I had a feeling that he wouldn’t be feeling well today and as it turns out he went to work, but returned only two hours after he’d started.

It looks like he’s got the flu. He’s just crashed on the couch and our puppy is jumping on him like he’s a mini trampoline. Poor guy!

So far I don’t seem to have any symptoms, but my Crohn’s is acting up today (what else is new!) so I’m not feeling quite up to par either. I hope I don’t get the flu as that just makes my Crohn’s even worse.

This evening we’re supposed to go to our Intermediate dog training class at Petsmart, but at this point I don’t know if we’ll be going. I hate missing classes as it seems like a waste of money even though our dog trainer is more than happy to set aside some time after class to catch us up on what we’ve missed.

Anyone else have the flu running through their house?

Major case of cabin fever

March 23, 2008 by Tricia

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Spring arrived on Thursday, but so far you’d never know it wasn’t still winter here in Toronto. It’s been cold and it’s going to continue to be cold for at least another week. We’re even going to get some more snow tomorrow and later in the week – ice pellets.

Like many other cities this was the worst winter that we’ve experienced in years, with almost record setting snow falls! Oops. Perhaps I shouldn’t say that out loud as we only need 20 cm more to break our previous record and I think we’ve got until June to break it. Please please please don’t snow until June!

I think I’ve got a bad case of Cabin Fever. I’m just dying to see my garden again. Those first green sprouts coming up out of the ground are a joyful sign of better days to come.

The flowers I’m showing you today are Globe Flowers. They tend to bloom in Late May or in June and when they do bloom they flower for about three weeks at a time. They’ll even rebloom in August or early September if you cut down their flower stalks once they’ve finished blooming.

Globe flowers are very pretty and their bright yellow sure lights up the garden.

I grow mine in a small flower bed just at the end of my driveway.

Do you grow any flowers in your garden that just seem to really brighten everything up?

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Beautiful Chicago building

March 22, 2008 by Tricia

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In August of 2007 my husband and I drove to Chicago for a weekend visit with my brother-in-law. Given how long it takes to get to Chicago from Toronto we really only had one full day to see some of the great Chicago sites. I’d never been there before and I wanted to see as much as I could.

As we strolled downtown I noticed the Carson Pirie Scott department store.

The store had the most beautiful ornate metal filigree that I think I’ve ever seen on a building. It was just a gorgeous site to see.

Unfortunately the store was slated to close. I do hope that the city of Chicago managed to preserve this beautiful building.

I really enjoyed my visit to Chicago. I found that it’s quite a lot like Toronto and I hope to visit the great city again sometime soon, perhaps this summer. Of course if we drive that distance back and forth again I think we’ll either have to rent a vehicle or get a new car. I’m not sure ours will make that trip one more time! Oh that reminds me … I’ve to look up some rates for auto insurance online as I think it’s time to find better rates.

My favorite spring flowers

March 16, 2008 by Tricia

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I haven’t made any secret of the fact that I’m looking forward to spring more than ever this year. It’s been a long cold and snowy winter and I’m more than ready for it to end.

Over on my gardening blog I was just talking about which flowers and plants I expect to see emerge from the snow and ground first. Of course the crocus’ will likely come first. I think they’ve been the first to emerge just about every year that I’ve had a garden.

The muscari (grape hyacinth), hyacinths, hellebores and iris’ will quickly follow and before I know it my garden will be full of life again. Oh and I’ll have a heck of a lot of work to do to keep it looking nice too!

One of my favorite spring flowers are the hyacinths. I just love these coral ones. I must get more of those this fall.

Each year as the snow begins to disappear and my garden begins to peek out from under the snow I look at in excitement to see which plants are actually growing even though the ground is still quite cold. Almost always I’ll see that my many strawberry plants are green and often I’ll note that the heuchera’s have not only emerged but are growing leaves too!

Do you have plants that seem to begin to grow while still under the snow? Which ones?

It’s Easter this weekend. If you don’t grow your own flowers why not send some to someone you love?

They throw flour at each other in Greece

March 16, 2008 by Tricia

Clean Monday isn’t so clean after all.

It’s apparently the first day of Greek Orthodox Lent in Greece and how do they spend their day? Well in the town of Galaxida they spend their day throwing colored flour at each other.

That’s just too weird. Throwing tomatoes, although wasteful, like they do in Spain seems a whole lot more fun!

Sick House

Major case of cabin fever

Beautiful Chicago building

My favorite spring flowers

They throw flour at each other in Greece

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