It's a real gift to have a passion for something, unfortunately for me my passion is for a garden hose. I hate it with a passion. Deanie purchased the hose a few years ago, I didn't like it right from the get go. I went out to put it on yesterday and things went bad. First of all it's quite heavy and fairly long, it coils like a snake, a big snake, you know like one of those boa constrictors. So I'm struggling to fasten it to the spigot and the damn thing coils around my ankles and trips me up. I'm laying on my back on the patio fighting with this thing and it starts to wrap around my neck. I'll admit I got a bit carried away, I guess the neighbors heard a number of cuss words and something about cutting her up and burying her in the back yard. Next thing I know Regina's own Swat team pounds through my gate.
"Sir! Sir! What's the problem here?" Really polite to call me sir.
"Shoot this damn thing, will you!" I yell out.
They remain calm. "This situation doesn't justify the discharge of a firearm, sir. "
"How about dropping one of those guns and I'll shoot it myself."
"Yeah, that's not going to happen either ,sir."
Right about then is when Deanie comes out.
"What the hell is going on?" Oops, I've heard that tone before.
"Does this guy belong to you, ma'am?"
"Yeah, no wait, maybe, what's he done?"
"Well, the neighbors called, what we've figured is he was threatening the hose and they thought it was a couples dispute?"
"Oh, there's going to be a couple's dispute alright but you guys are good to go."
"Have a good day ma'am."
Loved
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LOL, Loved,
Yet another reason for me not to take up gardening as a hobby. My main reason is that I don't like to get my hands dirty, but I see there are worse things that can happen in a yard. I sure enjoyed your encounter with the hose, though.
Love, BJ
Oh My! I am laughing so hard, I am crying. This one is just too funny, Ed!
Thank you for the laughter (and the tears)!!!
Love, (-:hristine
๐As always, Edward, you create vivid word pictures๐ฎ๐ผ♂️ and end with a great punch line๐ฅ. For us, what’s funniest here is the image of Deanie๐ฉ❤️๐จ delivering a punch line of her own๐๐ฝ.
๐๐คฃLouise and Dave
๐คท♀️Sorry - that is my deletion. I misspelled Lenni Bea’s name. ๐ถ
Let me try again .... Louise๐
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๐ฉ❤️๐จHAPPY ANNIVERSARY, KYLA AND CAMPBELL!๐
๐ฅCongratulations! Our Book of Days suggests a gift of PAPER to mark a first anniversary๐. Maybe you could bind it into a note book๐ and write about your first year together as a married couple๐ฉ❤️๐จ. You will have quite a story to tell little Lenni Bea๐ถ when she grows up.
๐We have already greeted you on Facebook where you have posted a picture of your unique wedding celebration at Our Spot๐ฐ๐ป๐คต๐ป a year ago today. Even in this time of social distancing๐ง๐ป๐ป, you are keeping your dream alive☕️ and are serving your loyal customers from home๐. Well done๐! You are an inspiration to those of us who are doing the only thing we can for our world right now๐ by staying at home๐ก. You are being especially creative๐ช and industrious๐.
๐ฉ❤️๐จMay this first anniversary day bring plenty of memories๐, moments ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ and miracles๐ฎ your way. We’ll drink to that. Cheers!๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEPHEN!๐
๐Greetings from us in Peachland! We hope you are feeling great at 68๐ถ♂️. Your mid-week celebration will likely be the quiet, at-home kind of event๐ก that has become typical for celebrants in Year 2020๐.
๐คท๐ป♂️Wherever you are, we are eager to add our happy birthday wishes to those of other family members ๐ and good friends๐. We join Louise๐ง๐ป๐ฆฐ in making this day as special as it can be for you.๐ We are already looking forward to raising one of our celebratory toasts๐ฅ in honour of you๐.
๐ฎHere’s to another very good year on life’s long and winding road๐ฃ. Cheers.๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MELISSA!๐
❤️Congratulations on your RUBY birthday. ๐ฃForty is considered to be one of life’s milestones. ๐♀️You’ve probably even heard people say that “life begins at 40!๐” and that “the best is yet to come”.๐ฎ
๐Here in Peachland, we have wakened to a rainy morning๐ฆ that is not going to dampen our spirits as we celebrate YOU๐ฉ๐ป๐ค on this special day. ๐ Across the miles๐, we join Alan, Bjorn and Sarafina ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ in gratitude for your presence in their lives๐ก and in celebrating your determination to make every minute count.๐ฅ
๐May today be a time of remembering the first 40 years๐, staying in the present moment๐ and believing that even better times lie ahead๐. We’ll drink to that!๐ท๐ท
๐Love you lots,
Louise and David
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๐คท♀️Sorry.. again, that is my deletion. ❌ May is proving to be a month of mistakes for me.๐
I’ll keep trying.๐ Louise๐
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JORDON!๐ถ♀️
๐ต๐งWe have already greeted you on Facebook where you are featured in a collage of pictures๐ธ with friends and family.๐ We like the way your mom posts a variety of photos ๐ฉ๐ป that invite us to celebrate such special family occasions from afar๐.
๐When you’re twenty-one, life’s full of fun. ๐กEven during these times of social distancing, you are probably able to make happy birthday connections using the technology that is so readily available to all of us๐ฑ. Thank goodness for instant communication๐. Please include our blog wishes๐ among the special touches๐ฅ that are making this day special for you๐.
๐ฎMay today’s celebrations also hold the promise of many happy, healthy returns of this occasion in your life. We’ll drink to that.๐ท๐ท
๐Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!๐
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAMPBELL!๐
๐Hi from us in Peachland on your thirty-fourth birthday. ๐Greetings are pouring in for you over on Facebook. ๐The focus is on you๐ง๐ป๐ฆฑ and on your friendly service to others ๐ even in pandemic times๐. You’re making quite a name for yourself and your family at Our Spot๐จ๐ฉ๐ง.
๐♀️We’d sure like to drop in at your coffee shop ourselves some day๐ฎ. For now though, we join Kyla and Lenni๐คฑ in their efforts to make this day special for you๐. How can it be otherwise with the two of them celebrating with you in your family home?๐ก Here in our home, we will raise a toast in honour of you๐ฅ. We’ll make it a double-double with extra cream ☕️☕️and a chocolate chip cookie on the side๐ช. Cheers!๐ฉ
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐ฉ❤️๐จHAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HOLLY AND JAMIE๐!
๐♀️๐๐ป♂️Congratulations on this twenty-second anniversary of your wedding day๐ฐ๐ป๐คต๐ป. Right there in your own home๐ก, you have all the elements for putting together a party that includes fun for the whole family๐ - creativity๐จ, music๐ฅ, entertainment๐ง, food ๐ฟ and drink๐ฅค. Enjoy this happy occasion together๐
๐Here in Peachland, we have been asked to remain close to home on this long weekend๐. We’ve been promised that if we keep our distance๐, some of BC’s social restrictions will be eased on Tuesday⛳️. For us, then, it’s a party of two๐ฉ❤️๐จ In celebration of your anniversary day๐. Across the miles, we join Eddie๐ง๐ผ♂️, Mia๐ง♀️, Ellie๐ง♀️, Lui๐ง๐ผ♂️ and Beata๐ง♀️ in giving thanks for the love that brought the two of you together๐๐ผ and for the gift of life that is theirs because of you๐.
Here’s to the 22 years already gone by ๐ฅ and to the promise of many more yet to be shared๐ฎ. Cheers!๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐ฉ❤️๐จHAPPY ANNIVERSARY, CHRISTINE AND JAMES๐!
๐Greetings from us in Peachland on your wedding anniversary๐. We hope all is well in your Regina home๐ก after the May long weekend In Saskatchewan๐. Enjoy today’s celebration, too๐ฉ❤️๐จ.
๐Here in British Columbia, we are experiencing the first day of easing up on COVID-19 provincial restrictions. ๐คท♀️Our hard-earned freedoms bring us extra cause for celebration๐คธ๐ฝ♂️ on this day that is so special for you and your family๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ. We join Presley and Corson๐ซ in giving thanks for your love for one another๐ and for your team-approach to family life๐ถ๐ป๐ถ♀️๐๐ป♀️๐๐ฝ. Hip-hip-hooray!๐
๐ฅCongratulations and best wishes now⏳ and long into the future๐ฎ. Cheers!๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐HAPPY. BIRTHDAY, PATRICK๐!
☀️Your mid-week birthday is off to a sunny start here in beautiful British Columbia๐. We hope the province “next door” to us ๐ is being just as good to you on your special day.๐
๐ฅNews has it that your part of Alberta๐ is taking careful steps towards easing COVID-19 restrictions๐. That definitely calls for a celebration๐. Couple that with your birthday plans๐ฐ, and your fifty-third birthday should be a day to remember๐. We join Lindsey๐ฉ❤️๐จ, Carter๐ง๐ผ♂️, the rest of your family๐ and your close friends๐ in wishing you as good a birthday as is possible in these uncertain times๐.
Here’s to even better days ahead๐ฎ! Cheers.๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and Dave
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DIANE๐ฉ๐ป๐ฆฑ!
๐Congratulations! You are sixty-five years old today.๐ That used to be the retirement milestone ๐ถ♀️and it can still mean you’ve arrived at a moment of freedom and reward in your life๐. Your time continues to be your own to fill and enjoy.๐
๐Here in Peachland, the days all seem much the same during this period of social distancing๐ก. We are happy to change things up a bit and join in on your birthday celebration๐. We know you will get loving greetings from family๐ฉ❤️๐จ and friends๐ and we really hope this Thursday in May is special for you๐ฅ. Before this day is through, we’ll be toasting life and YOU♥️. Cheers!๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐Just for today... A POTENT LIFE, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas ๐จ
๐ฅ”What is wonderful is that we get to choose what our canvas will look like, regardless of the life circumstances that surround us.” (Tricia Antonini - A Visual Celebration of Life Moments 2018)
Thank you Louise and David, it was a difficult day yesterday without her but we had a toast to life as she would have wanted. We will continue on into the future knowing things will get back to a new normal once the worst of the pandemic has passed. Love to everyone!!
Lui and Marie
๐You are welcome, Marie and Lui๐ฉ❤️๐จ. It was good for us to find inspiration in Tricia’s own words๐ on the forty-sixth anniversary of the day she was born๐คฑ. It also seemed right for us to raise a toast to LIFE๐ฅ at the end of that special day๐ท๐ท.
๐Love you lots,
Louise and David
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHANNON๐!
๐Congratulations! This is a milestone birthday for you๐ฃ. It is also one that you will remember well๐♀️, coming as it does while we are all taking our first tentative steps ๐ถ♀️towards the “new normal” that society is anticipating๐ฎ.
๐We would not be surprised if you were to find personal meaning In the saying that “life begins at 40“.๐ช In fact, we hope today is like a new and promising beginning for you๐ฅ after the restrictions of the first part of Year 2020๐. We happily join Luke๐ฉ❤️๐จ, family and friends๐ in wishing you the best possible birthday celebration today ๐ and an abundance of good health, happiness and prosperity๐ก in the days, weeks and months ahead of you⏳.
We’ll drink to that. Cheers!๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐กHAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANN-MARIE๐!
๐Your Sunday birthday is off to a bright start here in BC๐บ. We hope the same is true for you, one province away in Alberta๐. Dave and Paul even managed to get an early morning tee time at a local golf course⛳️. They’re glad that that golf, albeit with restrictions, is once again an option for them๐๐ป♂️.
๐Let’s hope you are also having fun on this day that you turn fifty-one๐ง๐ป๐ฆฐ. We like to think that ‘social distancing won’t stop close family๐ฉ❤️๐จ and good friends๐ from being part of your special day, one way or another๐. May all the greetings you receive be upbeat, forward looking and promising๐ฎ as we slowly return to familiar places๐ and friendly circles๐ฅฐ..
Have a fifty-first birthday to enjoy in the moment ๐ and to remember in better times๐. Cheers!๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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Thanks Louise.
Bob & I went out to Ann and Mike's place yesterday and visited from a distance. Mike had set up a table on the lawn for Bob and I. They were up on the deck so we were able to be with them all. It made my day. It was Ann's birthday and it was my birthing day (as my Martin always says ). He texted Ann a Happy Birthday and me a Happy Birthing Day. LOL
Yep I've been a Mom for 51 years now. Yikes!
Ann and family seem to be doing quite well during this challenging time. Ann is working from home for now. I know she will enjoy your birthday greetings. We all do.
Love to all,
Mary Ellen
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๐ฅฐYou’re welcome, Mary Ellen. I just knew that you and Bob๐ฉ❤️๐จ would find a way to be part of Ann’s birthday celebration๐. She and Mike sure made it special for you, too⛱. I like Martin’s birthing day greeting as well๐คฑ. Thanks for telling us about family fun at 51.๐
๐Love you lots,
Louise and Dave
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CURTIS!๐
๐๐ป♂️Hi from us on your fifty-third birthday.๐ Even in pandemic times, we can imagine a household of people with personal greetings just for you๐ก. Let the party begin!๐
๐ง๐ป๐ฆฑOur grandson, Bjorn, is also celebrating a birthday today๐๐ป♂️. During an on-line lesson with him๐ป, I told him how he just happens to share this May 27 birthday with you๐ฅ. Right away, he wanted to Google your name๐ฒ. He was thrilled to see examples of your impressive artworks ๐จand he quickly claimed you as one of his cool relatives๐. He’s a happy 14-year-old.๐
๐Across the miles, we are eager to join in on the celebration of you on your special day๐. We hope the artist in you has not been hampered by social distancing and other COVID -19 restrictions๐ท. Here’s to inspiration and creativity! ๐ฅ
๐May you continue to create wonderful works of art in the days, weeks and months ahead of you๐จ๐ป๐จ. Cheers!๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BJORN๐๐ป♂️!
๐ปWe have already greeted you on SKYPE and have even sung the birthday song to you๐ถ -(with a lit candle which we helped you blow out across the miles๐ฅ). That was the next-best thing to being there with you on your birthday๐.
๐F rom Peachland,
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๐N ow 14 years old.
๐Love you lots,
Grandma and Gramps
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I'm a bit early, so I'll just have to come up with something else in a few days to open the June thread. You see, I'm sitting here eating a piece of Deanie's matrimonial cake and it is just delicious, as good as it gets, but, it got me thinking...I prefer Mary Ellen's, because if I'm eating Mary Ellen's... I'm at, Mary Ellen's. It's like eating fish and chips at Butler's or... with Dave and Louise, ANYWHERE in Scotland. Like having brunch at Vic and Don's. Gnocchi at Lou and Marie's. A birthday cake that may or may not be just icing on a balloon, at Bob and Betty Jo's. Is it any wonder eating is so enjoyable and memorable.
Have a great day
Loved
๐Thanks for the memories, Edward. I know exactly what you mean in most cases๐ช☕️. In fact, Dave and I might have been sharing fish and chips in Newport-on-Tay with Deanie, Heather and you in mid-June๐ค๐.
The reference to an iced birthday balloon๐ escapes me but the connection between ‘eating’ ๐ดand ‘meeting’ ๐ rings, oh, so very true๐ถ.
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๐BIRTHDAY GREETINGS, GHIE๐!
๐We have already wished you the best possible birthday during pandemic times๐. We know that you would love to be with your family in Manila right now✈️. Thanks to technology๐ป, they can stay in close touch with you across the miles๐ฒ, sharing memories of your dear mother๐๐ผ.
๐It is especially nice that this particular birthday is on a Friday.๐ Soon Paul will arrive home from his week on the road๐ก and the two of you will be able to spend the weekend together๐ฉ❤️๐จ. We hope good weather will allow you to get out ๐ to feel the healing warmth of the sun๐ and experience the beauty all around you๐ฒ๐บ๐.
๐We are content to be among family celebrating with you as you mark your forty-eighth birthday.๐
๐Lots of love,
Mom Louise and Dad Dave
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Thanks for the memories, Loved. Ahh yes, I remember the balloon cake. A perfectly legitimate round cake, and not a balloon with icing that would explode the minute you cut it. They did like to mess with your mind.
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