Author: nellyglass

What a weekend – not only did the weatherman get it all wrong and we had beautiful skies and 35 degrees – but Plan A turned into Plan B and Plan C and Plan D before it was all over.

Originally the plan was for Mon and me to go to Moncton Friday night with Lorna and Peter to see The Divorces play at Plan B on St. George Blvd. at 10:00.  Well they didn’t start until 1:15 which meant we had alot of time to kill before. That worked out well because just before leaving Saint John, my cousin whom I had not seen for over 30 years, called to say he was in Petitcodiac and would love to see me. At that very same moment Lorna and Peter called with a crisis – power outage at the cottage! No shower, no hair dryer, no internet connection. CRISIS! So, they would go on to Sussex ahead of us to rent a room and get ready for the evening.

Which meant I had time to go to Petitcodiac to see my cousin, Perry Norris from Ontario (visiting at my Aunt Vesta’s house). I traveled 30 years back in time. Perry and I are only 4 months apart so we spent alot of time together as kids. It was great to see him. Bonus, cousin Sharon came over to Aunt Vesta’s also and that provided the perfect opportunity for a photo. She’s like an elf next to me. Our parents are siblings Delbert, Royce and Joyce. Uncle Royce was tall so maybe that’s where I got the gene.

Then, on to Moncton to see The Divorces. They are very good musicians. Country Music. ‘Nuf said. Lorna really enjoyed them – she is a groupie 🙂 and we enjoyed watching her in her glory. We got home to Saint John at 4:15 a.m. Slept until 10:00 the next morning. I haven’t done that for 30 years either.

Saturday was a lovely day at Haynes Lake for SeaFood Festival (oh, we eat so well at Haynes Lake!!!) and then Sunday I was off to Havelock to visit Dad for the day.

35 degrees in Havelock, not a cloud in the sky, air conditioning in Dad’s house still broken, Toyota Camry saves the day. Road Trip to St. Martins to see the Fundy Trail. Beautiful drive. Scenic views, fish burgers and onion rings, and Dad for company.

A perfect day. Topped off when I got home and Monica had Cobb salad ready for supper. Life is good and I am thankful.

Dad’s home air conditioning broke in 34 degree weather. So the survival plan was; spend the evening with Sis at Grand Lake and then the next afternoon with me in the car (with air conditioning) driving through the country.

Exploring to find a short cut through the woods from Harper Settlement to Portage Vale, we nearly got stuck a couple of times, bad roads, mud holes, branches scraping, muffler scraping – it was like off roading… repairs to torn splash guard later in the evening. All in all, a nice day.Great to spend it with Dad.

A little rain on the road to cool things down a bit and then home to BBQ chicken with chipolte mango sauce… mmmm delicious.

…and, we have a new peony open today – the single pink one, Very lovely.

Happy Canada Day everyone. Foggy and calm here in Saint John but mild and a lovely morning to see the garden. Take a minute and step around with me to see Monica’s peonies. They are all in bud and ready to open, if we would just get a little sunshine 🙂

I worked most of the morning on finishing the grinding for the last 2 panels of the Peony Lamp. All done and now ready for foiling.

I finished just before Maneau and Jake arrived for a visit to celebrate Jake’s birthday. We enjoyed a lovely afternoon on the deck with a pitchure of Sangria and nibblies. Then off to Taste of Egypt for dinner.

Great food. Lots of fun and laughs.

After we came home to watch the Black Hawks trounce the Bruins! Since I was the only Black Hawks fan in the room, I had to Hi-5 myself.

Visiting Ron last night and enjoyed the walk in the woods to see the lady slippers blooming. We came across a patch with dozens of them…white and pink. The light rain softened the forest sounds and the slippers loved it. So did the trout lilies. Very nice to see them.

Hard Rain. Lots of it. Must remember to take extra umbrellas to Havelock today for Uncle Bill’s 90th birthday (born 1923) reception at the Community Hall and Dad’s 87th birthday actually on today June 8th. He is 87 years old today (Born 1926). Sis and I can’t wait to see all the Family. Many photos will be taken today.

I’m planning to do a little stained glass work this morning but in the meantime, just fooling around with the camera in the bathroom. Come on a little tour with me and let’s step into the seaside.

Really had a great time cutting up fallen trees at Dad’s. Thankfully, no accidents! Monica worked right along beside me like a trooper. We were very sore at the end of the day but it wasn’t until next day that we really felt the achy muscles.

Went to Moncton and picked up some green opal glass with a glitter sparkle for the background color of the Peony shade. Monica returned a couple of pillows (living room) and we took dad to McDonalds for fish burgers (I had a double – ever good!). The lamp shade is started (cutting and grinding) and the first row of border is in position as I write this. I will work away some more and get the second row pinned on before quitting for the day.

Tonight (Monday – Victoria Day) I’m going back to Havelock to take Dad to Masonic Lodge in Moncton. Looking forward to that too.

My first chainsaw and I am psyched… going to Dad’s house tomorrow to do some yard work. A few old spruce trees fell down over the winter and they’ve got my name on them. Can’t wait … so long as my next post is not from the hospital.

We have had a beautiful spring stretch of weather making a day’s fishing trip an extremely enjoyable event. Ron and I went to Perley Brook but I didn’t get a photo of the big one that got away! There were some blackflies but they weren’t biting. Neither were the fish, much. Too bright and sunny!

We stopped at Westfield Falls on the way. This is a stunning local attraction that has gained popularity by hikers and tour groups.

Sarah is home visiting us from Red Deer, Alberta. Thursday was her 25th birthday and we celebrated with Maneau and Jake at Splash Restaurant in Saint John. Had a wonderful evening with excellent food and lots of laughs. It is great to have her home.

No, sorry, still only Tuesday. Got the doldrums, eh? Well nothing beats the blues better than a good garage cleaning. I hauled two car loads to the recycle depot on the Dever Road (3 streets over). Hallelujah. Now if I can just get rid of the old living room furniture set out in the garage, then I could have my man-space back again 🙂

What a great day – up early, did stained glass for the morning, finished box #6, went grocery shopping with Monica, bought an antique table at Serendipity, watched Taylor win the synchronized swimming competition at Aquatic Center, had beautiful supper of hot chicken salad, watched Gray’s Anatomy with Mom, and played with pictures on WordPress. Tomorrow, off to Havelock to visit Dad. Ron Nelson is coming with me. Should be an interesting visit. I expect a hunting story…or two.

What a great project this has been. Intensive right from the start. Lots of straight line work so cutting and foiling were a lot easier. Soldering is a little trickier as straight lines don’t hide your mistakes like curves do. Working on  weekends and some week evenings, the whole project took about two weeks. I’d guess about 5-6 hours per box. I saved a bit of time with the first four as I waited and gave them all a patina application at the same time. The others I patinaed as I finished them.

I am very happy with the finished pieces. I hope six special ladies will use them and keep some old memories here just for the sake of keeping them.