Thank you to the folks who replied to my previous post asking for help in commenting. My husband told me this morning he'd just found out that the browser I normally use, Microsoft Edge, has added some updates and these updates have some new security tags. Apparently, the updates are making things hard for everyone (Hal wasn't able to do his online banking) and our bank is working to fix this. The updates must have affected Blogger, too. What a nuisance. Thank you also for your kind comments on the loss of my uncle. Honestly, I still can't believe he's gone. In that post, I mentioned that we were at the beach house when we got the bad news. On Sunday, May 22nd, we returned to the beach for another week spent with Hal's parents and our son, Will. It was so nice to be there with family, and we had a great time.
Hello to my Blogger/Blogspot friends out there. We've been out of town for a week, and I'm just now trying to catch up on the blog. I wanted to leave comments for some of you on your blog posts, and surprise, surprise, Google has made another change. The commenting format is different, including the comment format on my own blog, and I can't seem to leave comments on anyone's blog. I'm signed into Google, which it's instructing me to do, and still can't get to a comment box. Is anyone else having difficulty with this besides me? I love blogging, but I seriously question why I keep bothering with Google. I've been to the Help section, and my husband has tried to figure it out, and we're at a loss. Would appreciate any wisdom you guys have on this! 
Hello Friends. I've been really irregular about posting so far this year, and I apologize. I try to visit you and leave comments when I can, but this has been a year of change. We are transitioning to Hal's retirement, and a lot of the time, we have trouble remembering what day of the week and what month it is. Southport Harbor at sunset
Hi all -- are you glad to welcome the merry month of May? This is always a busy month for us what with planting spring flowers, strawberry season, celebrating Mother's Day and our wedding anniversary, and last but not least, Memorial Day. Whew -- I feel like I'm behind already. 😜 Today, I want to share a few things that I've discovered in hopes that you might find them interesting, too.
I just cannot believe that it's almost the end of April 2022. Once again, I have fallen behind in my posting here. If there are still any of you who look forward to reading House at Forest Manor, I do apologize for being so lax. Part of the problem is that I've had a hard time deciding what to write about. We're still having a beautiful spring here, so much so that allergies have hit hard -- for everyone. I've had a persistent sore throat and so have re-discovered the pleasures of hot tea in the morning (in place of my normal coffee). Hot tea with honey and lemon are so soothing to the throat, and I'm currently favoring Twinings' Lady Grey tea. Such a civilized custom is the taking of tea -- wouldn't you agree?
Today was actually a really nice day for me. The weather was beautiful, albeit a little warm for April. I got a lot done, including photos for this post, and I got Wordle in three guesses today. Woohoo!! 😀
Hi everyone. We've had radio silence over here at Forest Manor since the first week of February. I'm very glad that Mr. Forest Manor was able to retire last October, but -- it's harder for me to find uninterrupted periods of time to work on my blog these days. Often, just as I'm in the middle of doing something, my hubby asks if I want to go to the bookstore or go for a walk. He's a little more restless at home than I am. Have any of you experienced this same thing? 😉 We have certainly been busy, which is a good thing. I mentioned in an earlier post some things we were hoping to get done to our house this year, but with inflation the worst in 40 years, we will have to put off our bathroom updates until next year(?) and hope things are better then. However, the project which we can do ourselves is to turn our third bedroom into a home office/hobby room for the two of us. Since I last posted here, we have moved the bed, nightstand, dresser, and standing floor mirror to my mom's attic space for storage. This was the bedroom suite my parents bought for me when I was ten years old, and I have always loved it. When I moved into my first apartment, that bedroom suite went with me, and we've had it everywhere we've lived since Hal and I married.
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