Towel Time...I'm Shy!

 Front end/Back end...you decide!

 After a good dunk...I always get toweled off.

 Did you guess it right...?

Towel humiliation is rampant 

in my neck of the woods!

I refuse to give up

Mr. Orangie 

until the toweling is complete.

There now...all dry and fluffy!

I guess it ain't so bad,

but when you are under that 

big scary towel

you just never know 

what's going to happen.

Inukshuks Galore!

We decided to jump in the car on Sunday

and tour down the coast--the South Shore

dropping in on 

Jim's sister, JoJo 

and 

partner Milan.

We visited and then decided to go further along 

the Blandford Peninsula to Bayswater Beach

for a walk and a swim.

Unbeknownst to us...we were to discover

a family, 

a very large family

of

Inukshuks.

(just have a look)

Inukshuks 

(click)

have been popping up in our travels

more than you can imagination.

 Down below me I saw one....!

 Over on the right...I've seen many!

and just recently I saw one

over there 

in the direction of my nose!

To find so many creations in one place

means someone or more

have taken a lot of time and energy

to construct some very interesting

and imaginative outdoor pieces of art.

Thank you!

Who ever you are!

PS: I found this one!

~~~~ winky wink!

Just Moseying Around!

 Our spring this year has been very kind to us,

(unlike 2011 with rain, fog and clouds...ad infinitum)

And another aspect of pleasure...

I thought would be of major interest is

the lack of flies and marauding blood sucking insects.

With this is mind we are able to appreciate our flowers...

plain and simple!

 Cotton Candy Rhodo blossom....mmmm!

 Stalwart Chives

 Bachelor Button

(purple variety...pink is on its way)

 Fothergilla

 Teddy Bear Rhodo Blossom

(near the end of its show)

 That's me, in case you didn't know, pretending to be either

a carpet of blue forget-me-nots or

a mugo pine or

a miniature fir...you pick!

 another pink variety of early rhodo...

a PJM variety of Rhodo

and our flowering weeping crabapple...

so soft and deliciously scented

so this is one of my meandering times

early evening 

as the sun  decides to sink 

ever so slowly 

into the west.

I hope you enjoyed viewing my flora as much as

I enjoy showing you.

Must check out the rhubarb

...need some for a recipe!

Early...YES, Early!

My wishes have been answered!

You ask what could I ever want, need or even wish for....well!

 An early morning cruise of the beach...

is what I really look forward to...

because....uhm...do you see anyone on the beach?

Nope...not this time,

so I can sniff until my heart's content.

 With this warm, slight breezy morning

I checked out the further end of the beach

from the boardwalk steps...

 nothing but beach...beach...and more beach

not a lot of sand but that will appear as if by magic

very soon....it always does!

OK...Ron...throw that ball and

I don't even care which one you toss...

really this is such a magical morning.

I feel so alive...

Now, you see why I'm so over the top

~~~happy~~~

with my surprise early morning walk.  

Garden Stroll

Hi there,

Take a moment and follow me

through my spring garden.

(Please bare with the convorting

print dancing on the screen...trying to add text to a video

then stabilize it....the video stabilzed but the text decided

to live its own life...

such is the learning process)

This is a sampling of my garden life.

Hope you may have learned something

about plants, nature and my world.

I am staring down my neighbour's doggys

so until next time....

Licks and more Licks!

Garden Chimes

Our garden 

 a month or so ago,

was just waking up from a long winter's nap.

A light breeze was catching the chimes

leaving a sweet sound

throughout this end of the garden.

It just adds to the calmness of our little place

and

it makes me feel so good inside.

Now the grasses are growing,

the trees are in leaf

and forget-me-nots are spilling over 

everywhere.

I hope you find peace and contentment in your

wee space on this planet

because this is what 

I have found here

and I want to share it with you.

~~~Namaste~~~

Surprise Trip to Martinique Beach!

Unbeknownst to me the guys surprised me

with a trip to Martinique Beach.

You can walk for miles(kms)

on this beach or swim all the way down to the end

if you feel like it.

 I listen very well when I'm happy...really I do my best!

 Oh come on Jim....please please please may I....have the stick?

 I'll bring it back to you...I, so, promise!

 A perfect catch and turn on the 3rd wave.

and as I promised you, Jim...

The Creature from the Black Lagoon (click)

is returning for another fetch ...

just as I promised!

When the sun shines and fog is far off shore,

Martinique Beach 

is a walkers, surfers, sun worshipers

paradise....

and I must add runners and fetchers

paradise as well!

Flyby On MacDonald Hill

.....and this is what I saw!

I was standing here minding

my own "beeswax"

when

The Flying Doctor

flew so close to me

that I know if I stood on

my 2 hind legs

I could have touched him...

seriously!

Listen the next time you helicopter peeps buzz me

(NOT a haircut pun, either)

give me a head's up...

so Ron can get his

video camera ready for

a real cool capture.

And with the unsuccessful capture

of The Flying Doctor's flyby

Ron put this short montage together

with my new favourite music again...!

here are

my doggy teasing rollovers 

with overhead birds 

and wind surfers!

Enjoy!

Early Morning FogMist

"Refreshing" 

is just about all I can say 

about my early morning walk today!

  Jim is always good for an "A Ha" moment....

 and he re-assures Ron that the session worked out well.

 Back to the boardwalk for us...

 I zeroed in on Ron on the grass slope....

 while Jim continued to take photos...

 of a surfer in this case!

 My attention was alerted to something in the grass...

 and a little munchkin appeared.

 We played noses for a split second and...

I tore off down the beach to search for

Mr. Orangie who was being

dragged into the surf

right in front of my eyes!

~~~Later that day on top of the hill in the last picture

Ron and I hiked. I'll show you what we saw in the next post!~~~

Until then......!