XMAS DAY BEACH WALK

Seriously!

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day weather-wise.

It felt like spring had arrived and winter was just a sweet memory.

I even went in for a swim.

 Mr. Orangie was in rare form,

so I figured that he needed reigning in / taming down

so I was super focused in rescue mode!

Daddy Jim was sporting his new down Arcteryx hoodie jacket

which he says will definitely take care of the Jan/Feb/Mar cold wind and snows.

After last winter's onslaught (the worst in recent memory)

I heard him mumbling "....just bring it on Old Man Winter, now just bring it on!!"

I ran into mucho furry friends like these 2 Leonbergers and a mini-poodle.

Oh yes, super friendly for sure.

 Lookee here!

Our tails match, not planned in the least.

Very short video (less than one minute) will show you how great a day we had.

Even this Queen of Hearts was holding court high on the rocks!

Come back again soon,

since the New Year 2016

is looming on the horizon!

CHEERS!!

HAPPYDOODLEHOLIDAYS

Sheer 

JOY and LOVE

spreading slowly over the land

to all my 

DOODLEFOLLOWERS

~

I hope that you have a 

PEACEFUL

JOYOUS

SNUGGLE

with all you favourites

all those peeps, puppies and kitties

that make you 

HAPPY & CONTENT

inside.

~

All the best from little ol' moi

and

my DADS!!!

BRIEF REPREIVE

High on the hill 

(my favourite spot in the whole Doodle World)

I search for the never-ending answer.

To what?

You may ask.

Well, solitude for one thing

a singular moment in time.

Peace for all of you and the world

yes the entire world.

The snows are beginning to paint out landscape.

You can see my cherry tree buoying the soft white flakes

so precariously yet firmly.

These singular flakes come together

making a strong union

of beauty and strength.

We are like the snowflakes ~~~

(enjoy a moment of Gordon Lightfoot's - Song For A Winter's Night)

PLEASE MAY I 'AVE SOME MORE!!

1st snow has covered our world! 

On my deck 

where breakfast and supper

is served to HRD 

(Her Royal Doodle)

the wide open spaces

fresh air

and 

a dish full of my 

FULL MEAL DEAL

seems to illicit
this response

"Please may I 'ave some more"

with sweet apologies to
Oliver from Charles Dickens.

"FEELGOOD DAY"

It's Sunday morning

SPRINGLIKE 

and 

I have just dropped Daddy Jim off at his shop.

The beach is over the hill,

so

Daddy Ron and I decided a trek along the shore 

would start the day off perfectly.

I was stopped in my tracks immediately

because I saw a person sitting on the rocks.

~ in my DOODLEHEAD ~

"people mean treats"

As I approached the figure ~~~

Not fair!

I realized that I was totally wrong,

maybe it was the mirage effect

or

DOODLETREATSFOREVEREFFECT

that came over me,

so I moseyed on ~~~

looking for Mr. Orangie 

Do you see him?

I don't!

Again, Mr. Orangie just blends in.

Maybe a good inhale of this seaweed will

improve my GPS skills!

Maybe not!

If you see him in this picture then you have better eyes than me.

I saw these hearts on the beach

and

felt pretty good all over.

We galloped back home for a break  

and then ~~

 returned around 4:30 

to pick up Daddy Jim.

This fellow was just hanging around

gliding on the currents

up and down

the hillside.

He saw me 

because he waved.

I flipped my tail at him

and

he slipped up the slope again.

 The sun had almost disappeared on the horizon

signifying that another day had come and gone.

This was quite a special day

nothing extraordinary

just a 

"feelgood day"!

~~

I hope your day was a 

"feelgood day" 

too

~

Hey!

if it wasn't then re-read this post

and

maybe you'll feel a bit better.

NAMASTE!!!

DADDY RON'S NEW SCARF

Look down!

I am 'way down here.

Do you see the new creation of Daddy Ron's?

It took him a very, very long time to pick up his needles again.

Fine motor skills and brain cognition

go hand in hand ~

so from out of the blue

these factors seemed to be working much more smoothly again.

I usually sit nearby

watching his creations being formed ~

and for some reason

this knitting ball 

keeps creeping up on me!

I suggested that Daddy Ron

should lay the beginnings of his 6 foot scarf

on the glass plate sitting on his mother's

cedar chest ~

he noticed the wooden caster he found 

while on a trek one day

placed it square in the middle 

and

clicked

he tells me 

"It feels so good to be using my hands again

along with my brain.

Colours, shapes and textures

make me whole again

and

by just picking up on a hobby

taught to me by my grandmother and mother,

once so engrained

really gives one hope 

that there can be more around the corner"

CHEERS!!!

(many thanks to Cindy for the petrified wood

to the mystery sea glass maker on the beach

and

the owner of the wooden caster 

from long ago)

COME ALONG WITH ME

When the skies are blue, 

the air is fresh and clear,

when the green grasses go to sleep

smothering the ancient driftwood

you'll find me slipping through the dense mass

heading directly to the water's edge

bouncing back so very speedily

because the cooler temps just make your toes shiver

so a return to sleeping dune grasses

leads us gingerly along the undulating paths

directly to Daddy Jim's shop

in MacDonald House

so very far away 

on that hill.

~

COME ALONG WITH ME!!!

ANYTIME!!

TWITCHY KITTY, KITTY !!

I heard a MEOW,

over there ~~

Did you?

~ under the dripping ornamental crabapple ~

I'll just slowly slip quietly along the deck.

 Guess what?

I was whisked away 

over the bridge to Halifax

to the park.

Listen!

Did you hear that?

 THAT must be what I heard !

~ a quiet, solitary kitty

lounging on the back of a comfy chair 

checking out everyone 

that meanders by ~

This kitty looks zonked or something!

But I assure you,

my house is 30 kms away

and

I know for a fact

that this kitty was using ESP

to let me know that

s/he wanted me to know that ~

this little American Goldfinch was making s/he real twitchy!

Real Twitchy!!