Wednesday, 28 March 2018

A tail of a handsome boy !

I am going to start out with a very easy post and hopefully get better as time goes on 😄
One of my favorite subjects- Duncan !!!

( I know many of you have seen these already, sorry about that ) We all love animals,
feel free to share pictures of the pets you have loved in your life, either currently or a 
happy memory!



                                    

          

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Time to Share... Your Newest Favorite Recipe!

We haven't talked food in a while.  Have you found a delicious new recipe that you could share?

I found this one recently on SmittenKitchen.com, and have already made it a number of times.  It's Pear Breada take-off from the old stand-by, Banana Bread, and it's so good.  I've added ginger (sold fresh in a tube from Gourmet Garden) to the recipe, but think that crystallized ginger would be more flavorful.


So how about it, WTIOC-ers, let's hear what you're cooking these days!


Monday, 26 March 2018

Today is Monday



There were no volunteers to become bloggers so far... Come on, peeps, it's easy and a lot of fun! 

Sunday, 25 March 2018

Bloggers galore!

You may have noticed that there are posts signed by Q and GrannyJ. I'm inviting all regulars to become bloggers. It's easy!

Step 1: create an mail account containing your Disqus username. Eg pallottine@gmail.com then send me an email from it. 

Step 2: I'll send you an invitation to join me and the others two as an author.

Step3: click on the Blogger logo on the top left of the page, choose "new post" and have fun with it. Write, edit, add photos, learn how to use everything. When you know how to use the tools, save a post you want to publish as draft, get rid of any useless drafts and contact me for further instructions on how to schedule the posts.

If we get enough authors, we could share the load, assigning one day of the week to each person. Do give it a try, folks. We could see Amy's garden in full glory, follow Cody's adventures, meet all Annette's cats, TW's cats, get healthy tips from 1smartcanerican, go travelling with PGFan, look at Roxie's delicious food on her beautiful plates, dream over shapeshifterbelly's photos, hear some tales from Manxmamma, from our elusive Marie and her hostas... the blog would have more variety and would become a real sharing place. 

What time is o'clock? Time to share...




Saturday, 24 March 2018

March For Our Lives

March For Our Lives

Today millions of people all over the globe will rally in the March For Our Lives. As a teacher and a mother I have felt so many emotions watching these amazing young survivors show all of us how powerful social activism can be. They refused to be victims and in the process gave all of us hope. May this march be the first step toward meaningful gun control. 


Never again.




Friday, 23 March 2018

Friday, it's so great to see you.

Here's to us... WTIOC'ers, the best group of peeps around!! I'm so glad we're together again.

I had a quick trip to Cape Cod this week. Luckily the nor'easter went out to sea and we only got rain and high winds. Here's a photo of Nauset Light, which I find beautiful in any kind of weather.




Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Peter

Readers who haven't learned my bad news, here goes: my beloved Peter left us in mid-December. It was sudden, very quick and he didn't suffer. 

I miss him terribly, but I'm very lucky to have 37 years of memories, filled with far more ups than downs. Peter was a very special person: gentle, generous, honest, funny, incredibly loving, very very very patient, all the things that made him a fantastic companion to me, a wonderful father to our boys, and a welcome friend to anybody who knew him. He was a hard worker and his main priority was the family. Peter always put us ahead of himself. I'm still having a very hard time accepting his absence and can't really believe he's gone. I will try to not be miserable, he wouldn't like that, but I need to go through the grieving process at my own pace, there's no point in trying to rush it.

Well my friends, one day at a time it will be, and sharing the load with you is a first step. Let's have our silly parties, the banter, the never failing support and affection always present, in sum, all the things that made WTIOC a special place. Peter was an avid reader of comments, but didn't say much. He loved the blog and I'm sure he would be more than happy to see us all together again.

Saying goodbye to the love of my life is very hard, but I will keep him in my heart, always.















Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Saturday, 23 September 2017

There's one more goodbye to be said

I have been trying to get news of our friend View for a few weeks. I sent emails that went unanswered, which worried me. After a lot of detective work, I found his friend Arturo on Facebook and sent him a message asking about View. Today he replied, unfortunately with sad news. Eduardo passed away on September 3. I can't simply close the blog without paying tribute to our gentle friend, Edward Whitcomb. I will forever remember his love of animals, his birds, his adopted family, all the lovely, interesting videos he forwarded from his YouTube account, with the handle of Edward Feliz. Yes, he was a happy man, fond of a good joke and excruciating puns. Goodbye, Ed, we'll miss you.

                         Ed Whitcomb - View_From_Here (March 18, 1937 - September 3, 2017)

Friday, 22 September 2017

Time to say goodbye

We had many years together, meeting almost on a daily basis, but I feel now it's time to move on. I'm immensely grateful for your friendship and generosity over the years and will hold each one of you in my heart forever. I'm also very proud of this little blog because of all the lifetime friendships that were formed here and for all the help and support you gave each other in times of need.

We shared, laughed, cried, vented, travelled and did many other things together, and that's what made What Time so special, but it's time to consign it to the memory department...

If anybody wishes to stay in touch outside the blog, either via email or Facebook, drop me a line with your requests and I'll take care of it. The blog will remain as it is, so you can still search for old posts.

Here are some clocks that I think reflect the blog and its friends. Take your pick...