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Colleen Green
Jun 2, 20224 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
What a week! We were so blessed out here not to receive too much damage other than loss of power, but even that was minor compared to...
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Colleen Green
May 19, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
The heat is on, at least for awhile. This may very well happen for some time yet, this back and forth and as anxious as I am to get all...
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Colleen Green
May 13, 20224 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Happy belated Mothers Day to all Mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, step-grandmothers, aunts, great aunts etc. It was certainly a...
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Colleen Green
May 4, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
May Day! Help! Not the May Day we wanted, to be sure, after such a beautiful day on Saturday. It gets you all excited about what you are...
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Colleen Green
Apr 28, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another week and April will be almost finished. There certainly is truth to the saying that getting old is like a roll of toilet paper-...
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Colleen Green
Apr 21, 20224 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Is it over? Will there be any more? Are we there yet? All questions I am sure many are asking about our weather after having snow fall on...
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Colleen Green
Apr 14, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Psalm 104, verse 12 reads, “The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.” Despite the hail and the snow that...
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Colleen Green
Apr 7, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Here is a little poem about April, on the mark, called April Moods! April changed her sweet mind every other second, With many moods and...
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Colleen Green
Mar 31, 20224 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Back to winter! After discovering I have some spring flowers that could soon bloom now, they may be covered with snow again. However,...
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Colleen Green
Mar 24, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another dramatic week! The war in Ukraine keeps getting worse! Hopefully, the pandemic for us is getting better. For many, “masks off” is...
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Colleen Green
Mar 17, 20224 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
With all the terrible things happening, I want to start with a few happier notes. The redwing blackbirds have arrived! Not just the...
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Colleen Green
Mar 10, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Sometimes it feels like you should just go into your room and close the door! So much is happening around the world and the country, it’s...
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Colleen Green
Mar 3, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another week of turmoil! While not in our country, many Canadians are affected by it as Russia invades Ukraine. Many Canadians have...
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Colleen Green
Feb 24, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
We are still in this yoyo weather mode. We got several nice days with warmer temperatures earlier last week, and much of the snow piled...
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Colleen Green
Feb 17, 20224 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Here is a bit of different take on Valentine Day. It is a story in a poem, from a son as his mother develops dementia: “When your tears...
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Colleen Green
Feb 10, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Sunday morning, I listen to more than one local church service since Sandford and Zephyr have not yet resumed in-person services. During...
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Colleen Green
Feb 3, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
What an exciting winter it has been so far! First, we get a record-breaking snowstorm, with days of digging out from under, then more...
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Colleen Green
Jan 27, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR/SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Robert Frost wrote a famous poem entitled “Stopping by Woods On A Snowy Evening.” The last stanza read: The woods are lovely, dark and...
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Colleen Green
Jan 20, 20223 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
We are halfway through January, already at the same point as before, although many more people are sick, in hospital and ICU. Our Carol...
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Colleen Green
Jan 6, 20224 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Here we are in a brand spanking new year. Presently it bears far too great a resemblance to the last two years, but my friend Gwen Layton...
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