Tales from the Bush in Quebec

I have a head cold. Bah! Humbug!! It will pass quickly, I hope. In the meantime my nose itches and is running like a faucet, I sneeze often and loudly and my parrot squawks each time. Not sure if it’s in sympathy or she’s telling me to keep it down. I’ve been cooking up a storm – Christmas is here... Sign in to see full entry.

LUV FROM THE BUSH IN QUEBEC. Sign in to see full entry.

We must also remember that life is for the living. How many of our living veterans are honored as we honor those who no longer need our help? Sign in to see full entry.

Already a week since I have posted – time just flying by and leaving me to wonder where it went, and what on earth have I done to fill that time. The answer right now is not much of anything. I seem to need to sleep a lot, and when I am awake, I’m thinking about when I can go back to bed and sleep... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday was to be a quiet day for the beasts and me, with Karen away for her sister’s birthday celebration, and just a little housework and baking planned here. Early morning I made the French loaves, cinnamon buns, some banana bread and more peanut butter/chocolate cookies, the latter just because... Sign in to see full entry.

My Elie is home now, with a huge cone around her neck and a list of medications meant to prevent infection, pain and, notably, indigestion from finally being able to eat after having starved for the ten days it took the ‘experts’ to get their act together. Am I upset? Definitely! That poor animal... Sign in to see full entry.

A bit of sanity is back in this house. It has been crazy here the last 10 days, with Elie being so sick, visits back and forth to the veterinary hospital (an hour’s drive each way), and finally her surgery yesterday to remove the obstruction in her stomach. By this time we were all exhausted, poor... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm not sure if I ever posted this picture in Blogit. This is my bro, Bird, already moved on 10 years ago, and me in the late '70's. We were such best friends! Whenever the nostalgie gets too strong, I look at this photo and I SMILE. Sending it out to you, folks, and I know he would share his too.... Sign in to see full entry.

Just have my hands full with Elie right now, trying to keep it all together and not freak out at the very expensive veternarians because they are not miracle workers. It still is very up and down, so not much sleep has been happening here since last Wednesday. At the same time I have discovered that... Sign in to see full entry.

I spoke/wrote too soon! Just as we were going back to bed on Friday night, poor Elie up-chucked her whole supper again, and again nothing had been digested. I waited until early Saturday morning to call the local veterinarian, who had no appointments available and advised me to contact the emergency... Sign in to see full entry.