107/365 Pease Lily (Spathiphyllum)

I was about 15 years old (almost 55 years ago) when my sister Tanis, who was very, very sick with cancer, asked me to buy a Christmas present for Mom. My Mom was her 24/7 caregiver for a few years thru her treatments and it was a very difficult time. Tanis wanted to have something special for Mom for Christmas but she was pretty much bedridden. She handed me some cash and I headed down to The Bay to find something and all I could really find in budget was this small Peace Lily.  Tanis was happy and my Mom very touched Christmas morning. Mom nurtured that plant and it grew to be a beautiful large plant that faithfully bloomed and I suppose served as a memory of the daughter she lost. That plant moved with Mom across Canada to Victoria and over the next 50 years, each of us surviving 6 siblings enjoyed pieces of it from time to time. I could never keep mine alive but I sure admired Mom's when visiting her in Victoria. 

This fall my brother arrived at our new home here in Oakbank with another piece of the original plant. This is probably a piece of a piece if a piece of the original bought in the basement of The Bay. I was nervous at first because I have killed a couple of these. However, I am no longer homeschooling 4 kids or working and I have time. Time to water it with filtered water and to carefully feed it. Time to figure out I need to keep it away from the heating vent or the cold window and protect it from my penchant to overwater. I am trying. 

And this week it bloomed! 

 106/365 Oreo Cookies

How do you eat your Oreo cookies??

 105/365 New Planter

Excited to get this new planter filled with tomatoes, herbs and a few other vegetables. 

 104/365  How can this be?

Yesterday I was back there in a sweater raking up leaves and cleaning out flower pots. This too shall pass.  

 103/365 Artist in the Making

 102/365 French Toast

Jesse made french toast for the gang for supper tonight. He said he felt like breakfast for supper so french toast it was. He cracked open 7 eggs and not one shell got in there. He was so proud! Me too! 

 101/365 Superfood

I am making home made yogurt with superfood probiotic L Gasseri today (and other probiotics to help it along). It will percolate in the cooker on "proof" ~ 100 F for 36 hours. It needs that long to really grow and do its thing. 

 100/365 Bowling

While the rest of the fam are watching the Artemis crew return to Earth! 

And here we are on the 100th day of 2026. 

 99/365 Painting

 98/365 Just Do It

Colonoscopy today. If you are over 60 it would be wise to make this an every five year event. :) Not a big deal. Snapped this with my iPhone just before they wheeled me away. Almost posted a snow photo (2 inches last night) but this was much more creative and I am rather done with snow!!