Sunday Morning October 18, 2026
What a beautiful fall Sunday morning I woke up to today.After my walk this morning, I stopped up at my fish pond and encountered an unexpected visitor to my pond, a squirrel. That's the first squirrel...
View ArticlePat's Returned To His Home In Canada
Pats back at his home in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada now as I type this blog entry.He left early this morning (3:30 AM) for the eleven hour trip back to his home. I couldn't sleep so I saw him off as he...
View ArticleJust A Perfect Day!
Pat and me at The Summer House restaurant in Rehoboth Beach todayWhat a wonderful day Pat and I had today! We started out early taking a load of household hazardous waste materials down to the...
View ArticleThe Week That Was
Pat and I having a left over pizza dinner last night hare at Casa Tipton-KellyWow! Pat's been here a week already. Last Sunday is when he arrived. He will leave this Friday. As always, his visits are...
View ArticleRunning Ragged
Pat and I taking advantage of the Wednesday Early Bird Special at Touch Of Italy this afternoon at 4 PM, just as the doors opened.Pat's here but I've been running myself ragged. When Pat is here I try...
View ArticlePat's On His Way!
Pat left his house in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada very early this morning about 3:15 AM. Right now he is in upstate Pennsylvania. He should be here at Casa Tipton-Kelly about 3 PM this afternoon. YEA!
View ArticleGuess Who's Coming For Dinner (for the next two weeks)?
Rolling out the red carpet for my Canadian husband!That special time is here again folks! Pat, my Canadian husband of almost a year, is coming for a visit! He will be here two weeks. I already have a...
View ArticleMy World Is Shrinking
Me at eleven years old without a worry in the world. Year 1953. My world has been shrinking this past year.Yesterday I woke up with a mild case of vertigo. Have you ever had vertigo? It's awful. The...
View ArticleHow The Sausage Is Made
Today I will take you behind the scenes to show all my faithful followers where my blogging emanates from. My home office!I finally have a tripod on which I can place my iPhone camera without breaking...
View ArticleThoughts On A September Sunday Evening
Pat was surprised that I have this original Duane Eddy album from the early SixtiesWell folks, I've been in the dumps lately. I don't know exactly but perhaps a lot of it has to do with the current...
View ArticleRandom Thought On A Rainy September Sunday
This morning I woke up to the usual rain and humidity we've been having here at Casa Tipton-Kelly for the last few months of summer. No dry summer this year. I recently began a regular walking routine...
View ArticleLabor Day Weekend
Photo of the back of my home here in southern Delaware taken at 1:26 PM today - I may not have access to the boardwalk or a view of the ocean but I am perfectly happy here.Another Labor Day Weekend...
View ArticleSeptember In The Rain
Ah yes, here we are in September and as the album cover states "September In The Rain."Dinah Washington is one of my favorite vocalists. I have this album of hers. I started to collect her albums...
View ArticleMy Home
At 84 years old, this is where I will end my days.My peaceful, almost one acre paradise here in southern coastal Delaware. Great neighborhood, wonderful neighbors, privacy, quiet, low taxes, mild...
View ArticleVisit To My Cardiologist
Bill at our late friend Bob Mc's home outside Georgetown December 23, 2014 - we both miss Bob so much! This week I had my annual visit to my cardiologist.The visit went well. My blood pressure was 124...
View ArticleThe Dreamboats Band in Palm Springs, California
Pat and I used to visit Palm Springs every February for Modernism Week. Sadly this annual holiday came to an end with both COVID and me taking care of Bill after he had his two strokes. Now that Bill...
View ArticleThe Road I Chose
In a few months I will be eighty-five years old. Something I never would have believed if you had asked me twenty years ago when I retired from a full-time job. But here I am, approaching my nineties....
View ArticleWalking Those Streets
I lived in center city Philadelphia from 1969 to 1980. I loved walking to work during the day. Walking to the gay bars at night. Only problem was avoiding getting mugged. So I had a path. Thus I only...
View ArticleLiving Out Of My Car?
Every day I thank the Heavens above that I have a home that is bought and paid for.This is something I worked my whole life for. To own my own home, mortgage free.It took many years and there were a...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary Pat!
Pat and me at the Purple Parrot in Rehoboth Beach, DEThirteen years ago I met this goofy little Canadian in the Hotel Blue parking lot in Lewes Delaware.Today he is my husband.He always makes me...
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