PRE-BREAKFAST BEACH WALK

Just a few minutes of exercise on the beach ~
Then home for breakfast!
Come on along!

HELP ~~ ONE OF MY DADS NEEDS HELP

I'm centered and focused as usual,

minding my own DOODLE BUSINESS when ~~~

Daddy Jim opens his mouth and shows me two fingers ~~~ huh!?! 

 One for the right knee ~~

 One for the left knee ~~~

I guess he thinks he accomplished something ~~

All I can say is,

"Get me outta here!

He has gone nutso!"

Oh, I guess I'll be good to him

afterall he does feed me!

INHALE & EXHALE

Come stroll with me

Come along

Take a moment for yourself

I do every morning

My front yard has paths and shrubs

and

more paths and shrubs.

It's a feast for the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and paws.

So inhale & exhale.

Your Welcome!!

FOCUS ~ SO ESSENTIAL

Focus #1

~ Postcard perfection ~

Focus #2

Slithering through north or south 

Focus #3

On Guard sitting / standing

Focus #4

Tacking beyond the Evergreens

Focus #5

Double the Pleasure

Focus #6

Satisfaction Always Guaranteed

IN MY HUMBLE OPINION

This morning Ron took me for a much needed early morning beach walk ~~~

so that I could get my beach legs back in order again.

Look ~ you can see 2 sea gooseberries in front of me.

As I mentioned HERE these blobs are out in numbers this year it seems.

This video made up of 2 walks today 

AM & PM 

will show you the drama  in the sky

but that doesn't stop me.

In the afternoon, 

1/2 way down the rocky outcrop 

the sun broke through the clouds and 

lit up my my NATURALLY BLOND 'COILS' !!

The skies were heavy with thick ominous clouds

only permitting a moment of sunshine to slip through.

You could feel the clouds pressing down 

as we followed the path.

But as I said,

Mother Nature just doesn't scare me

in the slightest.

She is just too beautiful in my humble DOODLE opinion.

MY KIND OF BATH

Winter, the long winter has come and gone and not soon enough!

My "lady parts" issues kept me from dipping myself

in every pond, lake or puddle for a few weeks/months now.

But I'm feeling almost 100%,

so the canal was such a welcome surprise

for me and Mr. Orangie.

Clean , fresh, flowing lake water 

is the 'sweetest feeling' water

as it rinses over me

over and over again!

Automatically eliciting my massive DOODLE SHAKES ~~

while nibbling copious amounts of salad as I drip dry, sort of 

I'm ready for another dive into the water guys!

I'm ready!

Spring has arrived!

I've had my first bath 'au naturel' as

Jim covers up from the bugs 

that unfortunately for him

LOVE HIM

and 

NOT RON SO MUCH!!

GRASS & A MAGNOLIA BLOSSOM

I'm always on the move.

Surprise, eh!

But do you see the green stuff under my feet?

This makes me very HAPPY

much more than you know!

I swear I have a SMILE on my face as I trot through all these fledgling shoots of grass.

They are spreading across my world 

just like a Monet painting.

Deciding to stay out of my path

because they know we'll just trample them down ~~

not intentionally of course.

I'm dodging the blades of grass 

as I scramble along this soft path 

of last year's grasses ~~

as I try to find my favourite type of grass

even in amongst the wild strawberries

but I know the perfect clump of green sweetness

is in my backyard 

hiding quietly and unobtrusively

under the bows of my Star Magnolia tree.

CLAM HARBOUR BEACH PT 2

Oh HI there!

You finally caught up to me

just a moment while I dig this hole to New Zealand !!

Winks for Jean!
(go check her out my friends!!!)

Yes, we are continuing our stroll on Clam Harbour Beach ~

 not Crab Harbour Beach in the least.

Jim has me exercising like a fool,

must be because it's so flat and I really need a workout.

 Mr. Orangie will never get lost in the fog

while I have my DOODLE EYES on him.

Jim seems to be in good humour

no doubt Ron said something so funny

Jim just couldn't contain himself ..... or NOT!!

These little fellers were strewn all over the sand.

Sea Gooseberries are a familiar sight 

on the beaches this time of year.

Click to read info about these amazing creatures

Not only do we find those little gems 

looking like jellied diamonds all over the beach but ~~

as I discovered very unexpectedly that life can turn the other way very quickly

Daddy Jim is pointing at a carcass behind him

and which I am heading over to sniff.

YIKES!!
A seal offered up by the ocean

and without a moment's thought we scooped each other up

and departed from this area.

I know folks what you are thinking

but guess what I did not sniff it,

I left it alone.

Aren't you proud of me?

Such is the way of life and death on a beach.

I have witnessed so many things as I saunter along our sandy beaches,

but today was a milestone

because I left the beach without a whiff of a scent of seal on my coat.

Years ago I would have dove onto it.

Does that mean I'm growing up?

Me thinks so!