Sunday, June 02, 2019

Sunday Smatterings

Grandgirl is here with me. Loving that. She cooked us supper tonight. A delicious pasta with zucchini and chicken and cremini mushrooms and garlic and asiago in a creamy rose sauce. To die. Though admittedly it's an odd feeling her taking care of me. I entertained her while she cooked with stories of my checkered career as a corporate controller in a man's world. The stories have me shaking my head and she is flabbergasted. Sexism and harassment ran rampant then. She now has her masters in economics and is poised, I would think, on the brink of a brilliant career.

This is a picture of me on the right, my friend Rosaleen on the left and my tiny daughter (who is now 52!) on the verge of our descent
to go UNDER Niagara Falls, back in the day. With gear supplied by the tour company. Spring 1969. I think that adventure has long been abandoned. It was scary I remember - the noise alone!


February 2009 I was driving by this church and stopped to take a picture. Somewhere near Portugal Cove South, I believe.


Grandgirl and Ansa Summer 2010, they loved running on the beach together.


And view from my front deck at the old house, also in 2010, I took so many pictures of sunsets there.



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  1. Love your smatterings. Bliss and heart balm in each and every one.
    Hooray for your grandgirl stepping up to the caring role. An early lesson I have no doubt, which has taken well.
    Have a wonderful week.

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    1. Thank you EC, it's such a pleasure hanging with her and having such a history behind us. Watching her grow up has been one of the greatest gifts of my life.

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  2. We sailed on the Canadian part of Niagara Falls. I didn't know you could ever walk under the falls. I like the starkness of the church photo and warmth in the photo of your grand and Ansa.

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    1. That walk has long been discontinued due to the danger. I mean you had to strip and put on the clothing they gave you. The father of my child refused to go down so he cared for our daughter as us 2 adventurers went. No photos down there due to the soaking we all got.

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  3. How wonderful to have your granddaughter there to cook for you. I'm hopeful that this can be me in the future.

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    1. She is pretty special and I hope you have this wonderful pleasure in time too :)

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  4. I used to wish I could stand under a waterfall and Niagara seems a good choice, but I hadn't considered the noise which you mention here. I would have to be sure to wear earplugs if I ever got the chance to go. nice that your granddaughter is such a good cook.

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    1. And we were soaked too River, the reason why we had to put on the clothing supplied (see the glamour pants underneath the oil cloth coats!). Only for the hardy.

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  5. Beautiful photos and memories.
    Someone cooking for you ...makes it taste all the more delicious.

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    1. So true Gemma, I feel quite spoiled. Tho interestingly in her Toronto life her partner does all the cooking.

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  6. Very sweet of your granddaughter to visit you and cook a fine dinner, too. Blessings.

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  7. Lovely photographs, WWW - thank you for sharing. The pasta feast sounds delish!

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  8. Yes, it was scrumptious, she is quite talented with very little practice too :)

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  9. Life is really good
    and love it when our children and grandchildren visit us.
    The pasta dish sounds wonderful. Love good food, but now want it
    at home :)

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    1. It's not all gourmet cooking Ernestine, we had pizza tonight. Loads of fun with her.

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  10. I love looking at old photos- reminders of days gone past. Good ones as well as not so good. I'm sure now she's old your granddaughter will see the magic in them also

    The style and colouring of the church is very similar to one we saw on Fogo Island (2013) it really stood out against the background of the sea (not snow thank goodness) and blue was the colour of our macs and sou'wester hats when we did the Maid of the Mist boat ride back in 1998.. Got soaked just the same :)

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    1. I know the one in Fogo too Cathy. I have a good shot of it. I remember a Maid of the Mist with my brothers and sister back in the day. A rough ride but worth it.

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  11. Wow! You were something back then WWW! I wish that I had been around!

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    1. So they say, Ramana, but racked with internal insecurities.

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    2. We have gotten to see her recently in her video and she is still a looker.

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    3. Aw you're sweet Gamma. Warms up these old bones.

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  12. I'm certainly glad I wasn't a female employee when I started work. I didn't see much overt harassment myself but by all accounts it was rife in workplaces generally.

    That's a great picture of grand-daughter and Ansa. I bet they had a lot of fun together.

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    1. It was awful Nick and constant, dirty jokes, evaluations, leering suggestions. I am staggered that we had to ignore so much of it. It was so devaluing. I am so glad that the #metoo is changing everything. Far too slowly but still.....

      They did, we were talking about it and all the fun trips with her.

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  13. What a great set of pictures. I love the one of you and your daughter and your friend.

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