ANNE MURRAY

ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON MY FRIEND NATALIE AND I WENT TO SPRINGHILL. IT IS A LITTLE TOWN ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY AND IS THE HOMETOWN OF SINGER ANNE MURRAY. SHE HAS JUST WRITTEN AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY CALLED "ALL OF ME". WE WENT AND HAD HER SIGN OUR BOOKS, HAD A LITTLE CHAT AMD OUR PIC TAKEN. SHE IS NOW 65 AND RETIRED. SHE LOOKS GREAT FOR 65. IN THE PIC THERE IS A PIC OF HER FROM HER YOUNGER DAYS. SHE DOES NOT LOOK THAT MUCH DIFFERENT. SPRINGHILL HAS THE ANNE MURRAY MUSEUM AND IT IS VERY WELL DONE. THERE IS ALSO THE ARENA WHICH IS NAMED AFTER HER PARENTS. THEY WERE PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. ANNE MAINTAINS STRONG TIES WITH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TO THIS DAY. SHE OWNS A COTTAGE ( LOOSE WORD FOR WHAT SHE HAS BUT IT IS NOT A MANSION IT STILL RESEMBLES A COTTAGE) AT A NEARBY BEACH. SHE SPENDS ALL OF THE SUMMER MONTHS THERE.
I HAVE BEEN KEEPING BUSY WITH HUBBY GONE. YESTERDAY I SPENT AT NATALIE'S HELPING HER PUT IN A NEW FRONT GARDEN. SHE NEEDS HELP WITH HER GARDENS BECAUSE WITH HER BP SHE HAS NOT BEEN LOOKING AFTER THEM AND THEY ARE IN SHAMBLES/BRAMBLES. SHE WANTS THEM TO LOOK NICE BUT HAS DIFFICULTY ORGANIZING THE TASKS TO BE DONE. SHE ALSO FLITS FROM ONE PROJECT TO ANOTHER AND SPENDS A LOT OF TIME BUT NOTHING LOOKS DONE AND SHE BECOMES DISHEARTENED. I AM KEEPING HER ON TRACK. WE ARE GETTING RID OF SOME BEDS AND MOVING FLOWERS INTO LARGER BEDS AND PROPERLY MULCHING AND PUTTING UP EITHER A STONE BARRIER OR DEEP TRENCHES TO SEPARATE THEM FROM THE LAWN. I WILL BE TAKING SOME OF THE PLANTS. I AM GOING THERE SHORTLY AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE FRONT GARDEN UNDER HER WINDOW.
I AM PUTTING IN ANOTHER GARDEN MYSELF. YEAH, JUST WHAT I NEED!! IT IS GOING TO BE FILLED WITH HOSTAS UNDER A MAPLE TREE. I'LL SEND PICS. I AM GETTING THE HOSTAS FROM NAT AS SHE HAS WAY....TOO MANY.
WELL, I MUST GO AND FINISH GETTING READY TO GO.
CATCH EVERYONE LATER AND I WILL RESPOND TO JOURNALS. NAOMI, I WILL GET YOU THE VINEGRETTE RECIPE...I PROMISE.
OH, AND SNUFFLES THANKS FOR THE COFFEE DATE AND THE LOVELY FLOWERS!!!
BYE, DEBBIE