An older mommy, a former OR nurse, now stays home and is quickly becoming addicted to blogging and social media! Blogs about ~ Life ~ Recipes ~ Staying Healthy ~ Living Green.
~ Wordless Wednesday ~ This is Nurse's Week so I thought I would share a collage of the three "Kelly girls"; we are all nurses, that is me on the left with my sister's Kathy and Pat. We were all "mature" students when we each decided to become nurses and we worked together at the same hospital, but in different units, for many years. Wishing my sisters and all my fellow nurses a Happy Nurse's Week! … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ I would like to introduce, Harper Leigh, we just adopted this sweet little girl from a cat rescue organization. She had been horribly abused, but she is a little trooper and is settling in with our family nicely! … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ For the last two springs we have had a pair of ducks show up on our street, rest for a few days and then fly away; and this year they are back. I am not sure if they are the same pair of ducks each year, but I like to think they are. … [Read more...]
Not entirely Wordless Wednesday ~ While driving to Ontario last week, my daughter snapped this beautiful photo {taken through the window of our fast moving car} of a Quebec farm with the St. Lawrence River and some Laurentian ski hills in the background. … [Read more...]
{Not so...} Wordless Wednesday ~ I usually make carrot cake to have with Easter dinner, this year I decided to switch things up a bit and made carrot cupcakes instead. They are delicious and just the right size after a big dinner! … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ Even though we are forecast to receive 20 cm of snow overnight, I am taking some comfort in this display at our local supermarket and believing Spring must surely be on the way! … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday - My daughter has been looking for a way to organize her plethora of necklaces; this idea has been circulating the web lately, so she decided to give it a try. All she did was go to the hardware/building supplies (or craft) store and bought a pre-cut and styled board. Sanded it to clean up any imperfections and applied her stain of choice. She choose a Circa 1850 Stain'n'Varnish, which is both a wood stain and a varnish finish in one. (One less step!) She also picked up … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ I snapped these photos the same day I took the pictures of last weeks WW post of the Ice Fishing Village. … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ One of several ice fishing villages that sprout up every winter on the frozen Kennebecasis River. Have you ever been ice fishing? {I haven't, don't see the appeal of sitting in a 6 x 6 building with no heat in minus 20 degree weather...lol} Do you have any ice fishing villages such as this in your neighbourhood? … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ Oddly enough, we have had blizzards the past three weekends; this is a photo of the latest...it's all the fault of that darn groundhog! … [Read more...]
Our kitty, Kashmir was sleeping soundly in her little pod by the heater, until curiosity got the better of her; she just had to find out...is that the snow plow? … [Read more...]
~ Wordless Wednesday ~ One of the many candles we had burning during our recent 50 hour stint with no power, telephone, internet or (for many hours) water. … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday - for some time now we had been wondering why our bird feeder was empty every morning, this explains a lot! … [Read more...]
For this week's Wordless Wednesday post, my daughter and I are all bundled up and ready to brave the cold and head out for a chilly winters walk! … [Read more...]
Hi and welcome! My name is Monica, I live in Atlantic Canada and I hope you will join me as I embark upon yet another fun adventure! Just click on the image to learn more about this Older Mommy & how my blog got it's name!
