a summer hot spell. Incapacitated, on the patio,
placed between two Adirondack chairs pushed
together with a pillow for comfort.Not surprising
I have been discombobulated during our
recent heat wave!
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| Before the smoke returned from the wildfires. Two weeks ago. |
Bothersome for breathing I was in somewhat
of a state of Zombism for several weeks as
I tried to stay hydrated!! Attempting to rework
older canvases in the evenings. The weather has
cooled and cleared. I 'm now pushing myself
out of complacency in hopes of accomplishing
more!!
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| This is the afternoon sun, hazed over with smoke two weeks ago. |
reason I wasn't comfortable posting it as is! So I'm
revisiting it to post today!
As a former Jill of all trades I often took for
granted my personal variety of gifts. Such
as practicality, intuition, frugality and cooking.
Assuming everyone was capable of the
same skills as me if they only put their mind
to it! I was so wrong! I'm learning we all have
our own aptitude for certain things! I'm pretty
much a math and geometry idiot except when
it comes to money!! So I can't really expect
others to be able to time a meal as
perfectly as I could from the age
of thirteen!
granted my personal variety of gifts. Such
as practicality, intuition, frugality and cooking.
Assuming everyone was capable of the
same skills as me if they only put their mind
to it! I was so wrong! I'm learning we all have
our own aptitude for certain things! I'm pretty
much a math and geometry idiot except when
it comes to money!! So I can't really expect
others to be able to time a meal as
perfectly as I could from the age
of thirteen!
Always a kind fair man, it was unusually to hear
dad jokingly refer to out neighbour as a dumb smart
person. Highly educated, with a great job, she did some
very unwise things! Dad would shake his head in
disbelief! Especially when it came to her son who
was my brothers childhood best friend!
My fathers observation proved accurate too many times!
She even boasted to neighbors that for only twenty five
cents an hour they could hire me as a babysitter and
get a house cleaner too!!
She even boasted to neighbors that for only twenty five
cents an hour they could hire me as a babysitter and
get a house cleaner too!!
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| Still sharing more pages from the book I made for my friend!! |
I did her dishes, tidied up, swept, fold laundry, played with
her children like I was taught! Sitters rates were fifty cents
per hour. Underpaying me, then belittling my kindness was
unfair and not very smart either! I never babysat for her again
I remember feeling betrayed and hurt when I learned that
difficult embarrassing childhood lesson! A few of her kids
were unruly and her place was notably sticky and harder
to clean than most! It was her loss!
Albeit very capable of absorbing grandiose amounts of text
she was lacking in some social norms.... gratitude for one!
The ability to multitask, organize or give proper direction
was lacking too! I have known so many people so much
smarter and more educated yet so lacking in other areas
of their life! I'm flummoxed when a middle aged person
lives on only ramen noodles during a fiscal down turn.
Oblivious that it takes four minutes in a microwave
to cook a potato! Or that you can create a healthy
cheap soup for pennies that fills bellies for days!
Some skills we are gifted with, some are passed on
through generations, others are resourced as a means of
necessity. We definitely are a sum of our influences,
inspirations as well as good and bad experiences!
There's so much to learn between the lines. It still
surprises me those who miss the most cost effective
ideas along the way! I guess it's like couponing, we
don't all grasp the concept, if we do, it's a gift!
through generations, others are resourced as a means of
necessity. We definitely are a sum of our influences,
inspirations as well as good and bad experiences!
There's so much to learn between the lines. It still
surprises me those who miss the most cost effective
ideas along the way! I guess it's like couponing, we
don't all grasp the concept, if we do, it's a gift!
Long before google was our indoor library, I'd research
the best way to do things. Today the need for a good
cookbook is nearing extinction. One has only to put
"best" in front of any desired recipe to get an amazing
selection. I still have my tried and true books that
Cupcake now uses but they are barely necessary!
You tube is a sensation for learning how to fix almost
anything in your home!
the best way to do things. Today the need for a good
cookbook is nearing extinction. One has only to put
"best" in front of any desired recipe to get an amazing
selection. I still have my tried and true books that
Cupcake now uses but they are barely necessary!
You tube is a sensation for learning how to fix almost
anything in your home!
Credit cards jammed up, business degree, making
a six figure salary, unable to save even a dime,
it's perplexing to read them comment on
provincial finances as though they're qualified!
Do middle schools need to teach more basic
living skills?
Lately I've noticed some of the most successful
twenty and thirty something crowd were not
necessarily the most educated. However
they are well rounded kids, diverse and prudent.
They work tirelessly at a skill, have a great
sense of purpose no matter the adversity!
a six figure salary, unable to save even a dime,
it's perplexing to read them comment on
provincial finances as though they're qualified!
Do middle schools need to teach more basic
living skills?
Lately I've noticed some of the most successful
twenty and thirty something crowd were not
necessarily the most educated. However
they are well rounded kids, diverse and prudent.
They work tirelessly at a skill, have a great
sense of purpose no matter the adversity!
It amazes me when a person has ten or more years of
education but can't hang a curtain, Or a person with a
masters degree in Marine biology facilitating an
environmental program yet ignores blatant
unsafe disrepair of their home!
education but can't hang a curtain, Or a person with a
masters degree in Marine biology facilitating an
environmental program yet ignores blatant
unsafe disrepair of their home!
It's not always those with the best skills that are the most
successful either. Sometimes it's the ones who have the
tenacity to see things through, use their common
sense and give it a plain old try!
Dad wasn't far off, albeit crass, when he
said there are a lot of dumb smart people
out there!! I've met several along the way that
left me shaking my head too! We have a vessel
of skills we may not yet have requisitioned.
Some things we may be completely inept at!
However digging in, helping others, looking
around for new things to do, and reading
was my way of learning to improve my life!
successful either. Sometimes it's the ones who have the
tenacity to see things through, use their common
sense and give it a plain old try!
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| Stanley Park, my childhood stomping grounds was a bus ride from home!! |
said there are a lot of dumb smart people
out there!! I've met several along the way that
left me shaking my head too! We have a vessel
of skills we may not yet have requisitioned.
Some things we may be completely inept at!
However digging in, helping others, looking
around for new things to do, and reading
was my way of learning to improve my life!
I've never been the smartest, and I haven't
always made the best choices. However
I do have a lot of common sense...
and sometimes I use it!
However it seems,
"Common sense is a flower
that does not grow in everyone's garden!"
Does it grow in your garden and do
you always heed it?
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| Enjoying a Fleetfoxes concert at Stanley park Sept 13th 2017 |
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| Concert in Stanley park photo credit Cupcake... |
