Category Archives: family

Cake around the corner !

Posted on October 12, 2019 by dfolstad58

A few days ago I posted a post called Pass The Muffin ! with photos which could have been confusing, because the pictures from my 60th birthday in 2018 as in last year. 🙂 What a different situation it was … Continue reading →

Posted in family, health, travel | Tagged BC Ferries, birthday, Dialysis, family, friends, Juan de Fuca, sooke, Sookepoint, Transplant, travel, Vancouver Island | 15 Comments

Pass the Muffin!

Posted on October 7, 2019 by dfolstad58

A year ago I celebrated my birthday surrounded by kind family and friends who joined together to make my 60th birthday special despite being forced by my kidney transplant failure to return to dialysis. Wow, it was so amazing that … Continue reading →

Posted in family | Tagged 60, birthday, happy, muffin, year | 29 Comments

Sashay on by

Posted on July 29, 2019 by dfolstad58

I was inspired by another blogger today to post some photos. Thank you https://yeahanotherblogger.com A recent post of his made me chuckle and he posted some pictures from his neighborhood walk, you may want to visit and check it out. … Continue reading →

Posted in family, okanagan related, South Okanagan Restaurants and Other Jewels | Tagged happy, Okanagan, plant, red, sunflower, yellow | 9 Comments

Just Standing There – Part Two

Posted on July 9, 2019 by dfolstad58

This is part two, see part one by clicking here. In the movies, couples destined to be together have no obstacles, but real life wasn’t that way, or at least not for Alan and Mary. After that first glance, Alan … Continue reading →

Posted in family, Just being creative | Tagged Alan, believer, campfire, destiny, Mary, stranger, water skiing | 4 Comments

Just Standing there, and I’m a believer

Posted on July 1, 2019 by dfolstad58

Allan wasn’t old enough to really complain of a broken heart. He wasn’t feeling hopeless, and he had happy memories with the girlfriends he had had. The funk he was feeling possibly was because he was a romantic and expected … Continue reading →

Posted in family, Just being creative, music related | Tagged believer, first date, Love, monkees, no expectations, saw her standing there, true story | 7 Comments

Love You and Leave You

Posted on June 15, 2018 by dfolstad58

My Mom, Lillian, connected to everyone in her life in different ways. She talked regularly on the phone with her many friends, and her family and her way of ending the call was to say “I’m going to love and … Continue reading →