What's outside of your picture window today?

Posted by John, Volunteer Mentor @johnbishop, Nov 25, 2020

As we get ready for the real winter to show up and COVID-19 still playing a major part in our lives I like to spend moments of my day de-stressing about what's going on in the world today. All I have to do is look out the window and observe some of natures beautiful creatures, how they interact and ponder how small it makes my troubles seem. Sometimes I may even get the opportunity to take a photo or two. How about you? Anything going on outside of your window(s) that you want to share?

For those members that have the ability to size your photos before you upload them to the discussion, may I suggest using the following sizes:
– 500 x 335 pixels (landscape)
– 210 x 210 pixels (square)

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Jul 22, 2021

In reply to @lizzier "When my grandchildren come for our luncheon I'll learn how to do it." + (show)

Perfect. Make them have you do it and write down each step for you so you can remember how.

Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Jul 22, 2021

In reply to @lizzier "When I was first diagnosed with my disease my friend sent me a get well card,..." + (show)

That's awesome. Pictures please m

lizzier | @lizzier | Jul 22, 2021

In reply to @sueinmn "Perfect. Make them have you do it and write down each step for you so you..." + (show)

I'm just not a tekkie. I'll try.

ess77 - Elizabeth | @ess77 | Jul 23, 2021

In reply to @lizzier "You are a girl after my own heart. We have a long border along our side..." + (show)

@sueinmn Please, please send pictures of that wonderful fence and barrels. Sounds fantastic and i'd love to see it. You and your fun projects....blessings, elizabeth

lizzier | @lizzier | Jul 23, 2021

I believe that we are meant to have fun in this world. Very simple recyclable fun. My husband paints very crude birds, so we have painted birds in some of our trees. Up close...not so much ... but from a distance they are very cool. So we are probably the only people in Maine with parrots in our trees, a bed fence, and some birds even nest and fly among our plants on tall, almost invisible stakes. its just fun. We are not the crazies in the neighborhood. It just looks playful. and colorful. Not overdone. It makes me smile. At one point we considered taking down our bed fence because I saw some amazing bicycle fences on the internet (google bicycle fences), and my neighbors begged us to not take down our bed fence. They are sort of a landmark in our little town. We live on a main road and tourists stop and ask if they can walk through our gardens, and of course we allow it. I also had a Little Free Library but Covid ended that. Children and adults came and took free books. I saw a man who built chicken coops, and I bought one (they delivered it). My dear hubby painted it (Little Lulu and Tubby are on the door fronts), and we stocked it with free books and Goodwill finds. Even at our sickest we tried to keep things going. The gardens got over run, but now that I'm feeling much better I roll myself down to the garden, and together we tried this summer to refurbish them, and they are looking pretty good. I'll keep going as long as I have a breath left, and so will he. We have to create. It's in our blood. So we do funky, fun product. Not everything at once, because then we would be crazy, but we choose what to do each year. One year we had a "Pot Head" couple sitting out front in lawn chairs. They had flower pot heads. She had petunias for hair and he donned curly Garlic. She wore a floral dress and he wore farmer jeans). Both had clod hopper shoes. We store things in our barn or give them away when we're done with them. We live in an old farmhouse with attached buildings typical to Maine. We have the house, connected to the porch connected to the woodshed and outhouse...a three seater (not used) connected to a barn. It's freezing cold out in that barn in the winter. But that's how farmers continued to work in the winter in cold climates. So we refused to let these illness get us down. We try to create something most days. When I was at my sickest I did designs in my head. Most days in spring, summer and fall he's in the barn, and we do projects together. I design and he carries out the project. We are novices, but together we have fun. In the winter he paints birds, outrageous woodpeckers, and crows that we give to friends, and family, and I do needle and thread projects, that I give to same. My eyes are failing, so I use magnification when necessary, and we're Both a bit hunched over. Too funny. Our kids just shake their heads and roll their eyes and smile, but they don't try to stop us. Way too funny. We would put up a fight. ha ha, but we do truly enjoy life. I think they are secretly glad that we stay out of their hair.

Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Jul 23, 2021

In reply to @ess77 "@sueinmn Please, please send pictures of that wonderful fence and barrels. Sounds fantastic and i'd love..." + (show)

I was not the author of that post, Elizabeth - it was @lizzier. She has promised pics after her grandkids teach her how.
Sue

Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Jul 23, 2021

Quick! Before the deer find these little tidbits on their daily prowl around the yard! I swear the garden is a buffet table!

Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Jul 23, 2021

In reply to @loribmt "Quick! Before the deer find these little tidbits on their daily prowl around the yard! I..." + (show)

Beautiful! I love the African daisies - they do not survive in my gardens.
Off to visit my flowers this morning - I heard the darned 'possum out there last night - he loves to dig up the marigolds to find the bugs hiding in the tree stump planter.
Sue