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14 Months on

There has been a lot happen in the last 14 months, husbands birthday, 50th wedding anniversary, Christmas and New Year and the anniversary of my husbands passing. All these occasions were difficult, but I took them one at a time and planned ahead of time. On my husbands birthday I went out with a friend for a meal so I would not be on my own . Our 50th anniversary was hard because we were…

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HOW DO YOU COPE WITH THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A PARTNER ?

HOW DO YOU COPE WITH THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A PARTNER ?

Our view from our balcony This is hard for me to write my husband of 49 years died suddenly on the 11th February 2021. As much as I am grieving I want this to be a positive post , with comments and suggestions on how others are coping so we can share experiences. At the very beginning I was traumatised, my husband was walking with me and my friend when he collapsed and died, he had not been ill…

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Exercise

At this moment in time it is essential to get some form of exercise to help with stress and anxiety. These are the exercises I found

Youtube -Leslie Sansone walking exercises

Youtube – Lee Holden Gigong

Youtube – Don Fiore Tai Chi

Youtube – Joe Wicks work out for seniors

All these exercises I found easy to do, I have issues with my back so have to be careful, all are done standing up.

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Flower of the Day Challenge This is my entry for today it is a cactus flower.

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Free recipe book (pdf)

Free recipe book (pdf)

During this lock down I decided I would try to learn something new, and as I had already written a recipe book(hard copy) I decided I would like to learn how to make an ebook, so it could be available to anyone.

I went on you tube and looked at some videos, Canva came up on a few so as I had used it before, went with this it has a free version which is what I used.

The recipes in the book have…

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Making masks for volunteers.

Hi how is everybody ? This has been a mad month in fact it has been a crazy time for all the world.

I live in Tenerife and we have been on lock down for a month now. Trying to keep busy.

I noticed on facebook that a local charity were looking for people to make masks for their volunteers who deliver food and essentials to the needy.

So I started sewing with what material I had, I did not…

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Mini trip to El Hierro

My friend and I celebrate our birthday on the same day 13th January this year we decided to celebrate it in El Hierro.

El Hierro is the second smallest Canary Island. La Graciosa being the smallest.

As residents we get a 75 percent discount on travel, we traveled with Canaryfly from the North airport, it cost us 15 euros return each, a bargain.

I booked the…

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Replace plastic bags with these reusable net bags. I made these net bags out of a dress I bought at a local shop for 1 euro. They are light and washable. My contribution to helping get rid of plastic.

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Homemade pesto

Been busy lately trying to make the most of the fresh food I have a bought and the herbs I have grown.

This is my version of oregano pesto.

A handful of hazel nuts, or nuts of your choice.

A bunch of baby celery leaves

2 tablespoons of good olive oil

1 tablespoon of grated Parmesan

1 chopped clove of garlic

1 cup of fresh oregano leaves

2 sun dried tomatoes,(I use jar ones in garlic oil )

Method

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Love this homemade flaxseed gel

Love this homemade flaxseed gel

  I found this recipe on the internet for hair gel but it has many more uses. It is a great as a moisturizer, especially for your feet and hands, really good as an aftersun and if you add water it is a good hairspray which you can just brush out.

Flaxseeds or linseeds are they sometimes called contain omega 3 fatty acids.

Recipe

1/4 flaxseeds

2 cups distilled water

Bring to the boil, stir now…

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Love making bags out of old materials. Bought this pair of denim shorts for 1 euro. Took a little while working out what I was going to do because I did not have a pattern, but did figure it out, very pleased with the result.

Rucksack made out of denim shorts Love making bags out of old materials. Bought this pair of denim shorts for 1 euro. Took a little while working out what I was going to do because I did not have a pattern, but did figure it out, very pleased with the result.

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Today I made this reusable washable grocery bag. I got this free pattern from ShabbyFabrics.com  which was on facebook.

Really pleased with the result, for a while I have been looking for a sturdy bag that you can roll up and put in your handbag, just in case you need to buy something and don’t want to buy a flimsy plastic bag.

Looking forward to trying it out, all seams are reinforced so should be able to hold all my fruit and veg from the organic farm.

Reusable grocery bag Today I made this reusable washable grocery bag. I got this free pattern from ShabbyFabrics.com  which was on facebook.

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Spring Clear Out 2

Spring Clear Out 2

The next thing I wanted to change was the way I eat, although at the moment I think I have a good healthy diet there is room for improvement. My task is to try and make my kitchen as eco friendly as possible. Firstly I would like to get rid of my plastic containers and use glass, I had some mason jars already , so I got rid of some plastic and used them for to store some of my cupboard…

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Spring Clear Out. Recently I have been thinking about changing things in my life, now that I am retired I have plenty time to tackle the issues that I would like to change.

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Wheat free carrot cake

Wheat free carrot cake

This recipe works really well, even people who can eat wheat like it. This is the recipe. 2 large eggs 60 g sugar 110 ml vegetable oil 130 g rice flour 10 g baking powder 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp mixed spice 1 tsp vanilla essence 3 large carrots grated pinch salt Put eggs, sugar, vanilla essence and oil in a bowl, beat well. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, mixed spice and fold into egg mixture.…

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Lovely easy walk, beautiful countryside not unlike Scotland or England. Unfortunately these are parts of Tenerife that most tourists do not see.

Walk from Erjos. Tenerife Lovely easy walk, beautiful countryside not unlike Scotland or England. Unfortunately these are parts of Tenerife that most tourists do not see.