Saturday, April 6, 2019

Busy Busy


It has been one of those busy weeks that makes wish you were retired.......damn it, I am!
 For the start of spring break MeMa surprised the two youngest granddaughters with tickets to the stage play, Aladdin. I stayed home with the canary.  MeMa treats each of the grandchildren to an individual night out, beginning with dinner out. An event that would enlighten that particular grandchild. Then due to the late night out, a sleepover, in the morning a hardy breakfast. Then take the excited child home for the parents to deal with.

 In the early morn we roused the sleepy headed little darlings from their slumber treated them to breakfast on the road to the lovely coastal town of Manzanita. Mom and Dad were there waiting to spend the last few days of their spring break with some fun in the sand. We had a lovely time enjoying the fresh salt air and lunch before heading back to Portland.

 The next morning we got up early and headed to the cabin, as with the heavy snow the gutters needed some repair.They are plastic and very lightweight, probably not a good product choice for a home that gets locked up and unattended for the entire winter. I have had to rehang them every spring.

 This is how I found them, either off or nearly off or twisted on their brackets.
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This is one of  the brackets damaged by the snow, it is supposed to be U shaped.

I have installed new brackets, but then on either side of plastic bracket I attached metal L brackets for more stability.

Back home we busied ourselves decorating for Easter. MeMa decorates for every Holiday, but Easter is one of her favorites. I found these lovely "Fairy Primroses" at a local nursery that add a great splash of color to the front porch.
And of course spring just isn't spring without the bright cheerful yellow of my Oxlip. A fond memory of my home in England. Happy Easter my friends. 

10 comments:

  1. We are surrounded by wild Cowslips at the moment. Much the same as Oxlips. Always a good sign that Spring has arrived.

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    1. Yes your Cowslips flowers are richer in color to the pale yellow of the Oxlip but both populate Europe and part of England. A sure sign of spring and a new beginning.

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  2. You have been busy. The extra supports on the gutter look a great idea. I had not realised you were from England originally. (Or perhaps I got it wrong and you lived there at some stage).

    We often say it will be good when we retire and then realise we are retired. How did we get time to go to work?

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    1. Not from there, just lived there a good long while.

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  3. I just read the saying in your sidebar. Thank you.

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  4. We often find ourselves busier now that we are retired, than we were when he worked.
    I think the L brackets are a great idea. Hope they do the trick!
    God bless!

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    1. We will have to see if they work after next winter.

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  5. Hoping the new brackets will fix your gutter dilemma, today we had so much rain the gutters weren't even helping...
    Beautiful Oxlip, the color is perfect for Easter !
    ~Jo

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  6. I love that you make these special memories with your Granddaughters. These will be the ties that truly bind you all together in the years ahead.

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