Golden World!

Our world turned golden the other afternoon.

Daddy Jim became fixated on the scene behind me

and for crying out loud

wouldn't you too!

Just look at those colours, textures and natural designs.

(check out Daddy Jim's blog header for the results)

It appears to be a warm wind blowing over my face

but in reality because we are heading towards winter, 

the sweet warm winds are but a memory.

This is the sunset behind me,

so you can see why the colours are so vibrant

on the beach shoreline....

~~~

I might add....I think this is the same sunset that drenched the Colorado area

very recently as well....

check out Louise's blog>>Standing into Danger and you'll see an amazing sunset there too,

as well as Terry's blog>>Moondance Ranch ....truly unbelieveable skies in the west!

thus magnificent possibilities with one's camera.

Even our stones seem to catch the smallest glimpses of sunset gold scattered haphazardly

over the grey sands.

I follow Daddy Jim off the beach

and into the dune grasses.

I have a habit of  'rounding up' just like a Border Collie.

Keeping everyone together,

however this time I just

slowly turned and checked out

Ron's positioning and was satisfied

that he was close.

Ambling along after a short sprint on the beach,

I could feel the slight hint of sunset warmth

brush over my body.

I wonder if Daddy Jim feels the same way.

For some reason I think not.

The clouds, dune grasses and sun seem to be dancing together.

See the rays of sun reaching upwards.

So long beautiful sunset,

thank you for capturing us

once again.

Peace!

Sniff Patrol

I know my place in the scheme of things.

I know I have to be vigilant

I have to be alert

I have to be clever

I have to be adept

and 

I have to have fun!

Sniffing everything in sight

satisfies my inquiring mind

and

the safety of my guys!

Peek- a- boo!

I see you!

See what I mean!

Hemlock Trail Revisited....

Our one hour drives to the canal

always take me off guard

because I'm always surprised

and very grateful.

So come along and walk with us...

the video below will give you

an idea of the quiet,

~~~the forest quiet~~~

with a stream flowing

under a power dam

in the depths of the woods.

Here I am below the power dam with Jim.

He's picking up Mr. Orangie...

to throw him in the water,

rather shallow water

but sometimes one can get dunked

if one slips on the rocks...

DON"T LAUGH!

The hemlocks are so very tall and provide a shade canopy,

that we love to walk under.

Notice something special in the tops of the trees?
A design...!
We only saw it when we got home
and
sorted out all our photos.

Peace!

1 Month to Xmas

Just ONE month to go 

and 

I HAVE to listen

to my Daddy Ron's 

sense of humour.

HELP ME 

PLEASE!

OWEN..an English Setter

I met Owen last week when I visited

Country Critter Sitters,

my doggy daycare.

He belongs to Mary, the owner and is

12 weeks old.

Being such  a sweetheart, I thought you might like to meet him.

Daddy Ron seems to have taken a shining to him

and wants me to hug and sniff Owen.

I did all that last week,

Ron forgets so quickly.

So I oblige again,

but only for a short moment

because Owen stuck his tongue out at me...

what's that all about?

 The video shows you how cute Owen is and how he likes

to play with his squeeky chicken and rocking horse.

Owen did plenty of sniffing 

because Ron's boots brought in new smells.

All this activity can be mighty exhausting for a puppy

as all you doggy owners know.

Eyelids get, oh so heavy and send Owen off to dreamland.

 So please come back and visit him

when he's wide awake and full of beans.

I'll give you head's up

when that'll be...

until then

SnoozeVille!

PS...if you want to see what we had for supper
click > this link
and get ready for some mouth watering Thai Food!

MORE New Discoveries with Maggie...Pt 2

Here is my surprise for you...!

I know

We are swimming, 

well this little beach

is at the other end of this inlet 

with Point Pleasant Park 

down by that little island 

on the horizon.

Maggie and I spent so much time fetching and swimming.
Did I tell you that I slept like a baby that night.

This 2 minutes video will show you how good
Maggie and I get along and how much we love to swim!

Maggie is fast!

Super fast.

With all this exercise under our belts

we decided to continue our stroll.

Along the seawall we ventured,

I was a bit concerned about Daddy Jim

falling in...what do you think?

Close to the edge he was!

We made it around that corner

and Maggie grabbed a stick.

Hey, I'm going to get you!

What is this tower?

I'm thinking 

Tower of London

or something mighty scary

for dogs and humans alike.

This is the Dingle Tower

These grounds were donated

by Sir Sandford Fleming

(the creator of universal standard time)

to the city in the 1880's.

The tower was designated a national historic site

only 3 years ago.

With all this historic information making my head spin

we headed off down another path and ran into a lady

with her short haired Collie who happened to be the same

person we met a couple days earlier at Point Pleasant Park.

Small world!

We were getting closer to the end of this exciting new adventure.

With a teasing nudge and a 'tag your it'

we ran down the last path.

Now that was the best walk in a very long time.
Oh yeah, did I happen to mention I slept very well that night.
I guess I am repeating myself.

Thanks for coming along.
I hope you had a great time.

New Discoveries with Maggie! Pt 1

Big surprise invitation today

from Mim (Daddy Jim's sis)and Maggie

(you'll see me playing with Maggie in my new header!)

  

We are going on a long walk of discovery

and we want you to come along too.

We passed this view of the North West Arm and 

the Armdale Yacht Squadron.

This view is located at the north end of the inlet 

with Point Pleasant Park 

at the far south end.

Before we reached the entrance to this new "to us" park

called The Dingle

we had to walk a very long distance along the city streets.

I am very used to this and Maggie is getting much better at it.

We reached one of the accesses and after Maggie gave it an OK sniff...

We sat dutifully while we were unleashed

Notice me checking out Maggie and

 Daddy Jim using his hand signal

which I didn't even see....lol!

 We are in

  seventh heaven!

This is the Frog Pond 

which is home to much wildlife

and a perfect skating rink 

come winter.

This fellow was checking out the ducks

as we drifted by 

and

 'yes'

 the place is as serene as you see here.

Every once in awhile Mim tested us on

being obedient. She knows her stuff because she used to have

a number of Pitbulls....long story and a good one.

Up the hills we trekked with us scouting out ahead.

Long paths in front of us covered in fallen oak leaves, in this case.

Maggie and I sniffed and you can just imagine the new scents we encountered.

Come on Maggie!

Let's show them what we found.

This narrow road on a steep hill with this churchy looking building

and family homes up above.

But what was ahead of us was the

piece de resistance!

We can't believe our eyes and

we can't stop running!

~~~full speed ahead~~~

Come Back Next Time 

and 

I'll show you what we found!