MAGPIE'S MUMBLINGS

A blog about my interests, which include fabric landscapes and various and assorted other artsy pursuits and sometimes known to contain mumblings of a random nature.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Home again, jiggidy jig

 We are home but still getting back into the groove of things.  While away #1 son helped me purchase a new Samsung Galaxy A17 phone and now there's a huge learning curve once again.  I was ever-so-proud of myself that I managed to figure out how to connect with our home Wi-Fi, but then returned to earth with a thump when I attempted to move some photos from the phone to the computer.  Still haven't figured that one out and finally gave it up for a bad job and I will try again another day.

While we were visiting our family we had many really great meals (including a wonderful risotto/steak dish that our chef son made for us).  We saw the live theatre production of 'The Hobbit' which was loved by all of us, and went to a fun outdoor Art In The Park, along with their local farmer's market.  We also had an epic crokinole tournament one afternoon.  It's been years since the RC and I have played so it was fun taking on our grandson.  (if you aren't familiar with crokinole, you can read more HERE).

I haven't had time to search out any links for you this time but will return to the regular mumblings on Friday, along with a reveal of the latest landscape.

18 comments:

  1. Welcome back 🙏 ☺️
    It sounds like you had a lovely visit.

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    1. We did indeed! Glad to be home, but wish our kids lived closer so we could see them more often.

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  2. I'm glad you enjoyed your brief time with family. I know that means a lot to you.

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    1. You're right, it does. We don't see them half often enough.

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  3. Welcome home;))) hugs, Julierose

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  4. Welcome home and how wonderful that you and RC enjoyed such a wonderful visit with family.

    God bless.

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    1. We're glad to be home, but had a great time with our family.

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  5. Welcome back -- so great to hear your trip was enjoyable.

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    1. Had a great time but glad to be home - now just have to get back into the groove.

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  6. glad you had a lovely trip. Always good to see the family. Like you I am having a hard time getting back into the swing of things!!

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    1. I agree that it's always good to visit with family. We only see them maybe once a year so it's always amazing to see how much our grandson has grown.

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  7. Welcome home! That sounds like a wonderful time together with your family. Congratulations on your new A17! I have the A25 and it's way too much for me to learn, I don't have patience either.

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    1. I've never had much use for cell phones and normally it's not even turned on. I suppose I need to use this one more to figure out all the features. For now, I think I might use it more as a camera because the picture quality seems better than my older camera.

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  8. Anonymous12:00 AM

    I"m pretty simple minded with my iPhone even though I've been using one for 24 years. :) I email my photos from the iPhone to myself so I can get them on the desktop. :) Linda

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    1. That's exactly what I ended up having to do. Seems an unnecessary step but I haven't been able to figure out another way.

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  9. I hope you had a wonderful visit with your family xxx

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    1. We did. It was great fun to see them and we enjoyed the play, the crokinole games, and a nice walk through an Art In The Park.

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