THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY

My "1/2 cup full" philos'

has been on full speed ahead 

over the passed couple of weeks.

With a smile and Mr. Orangie 

in tow ~

allow me to introduce Harley

my very young companion

and

Mr. Orangie filcher

(that is a word right ~ 

click the yellow word!?!)

Nothing but good energy here 😍!!! 

The sand is returning to my favourite beach again.

It is always so soul-refreshing to inhale the salty

Atlantic Ocean

chase for Mr. Orangie

and

feel so Doodle~complete.

On an entirely different note:

Look here!

This is a Baltimore Oriole

frolicking and rollicking 

in our azalea and cherry trees.

1st time seeing this beauty.

Happy Camper, indeed.

The Merry Month of May brings rain

and in this case

gazillions of droplets

covering everything insight.

This is a very very close up view of the beauty of an azalea blossom.

Enjoy!

Back to the beach again!

Fetching and swimming

helps me lose the 10 pounds

that my vet decided was necessary.

So, drum roll

I lost 7 pounds

and

I am overjoyed

and

continuing with my new diet.

This raindrop sparkle

truly helps me see life easier.

Even the wild strawberries appear joyful.

What is it about all this anyway?

Cedar waxwing Joy!

Six lovelies landed on my cherry tree

and

proceeded to eat the cherry blossoms.

They visited for a few minutes 

and

swoosh

they were gone

but not before my Daddy Ron captured this beauty.

Re-acquainting our lives with a salt marsh pond along the trail

has been upper most on my walks with Daddy Ron.

When one has the trail and a backyard

full of nature

the light and shadow

just stops one in their tracks ~

just like me below!

So are you coming or not ? 

😉💖🐶🐩🐵

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!!

JUST LAZING AROUND

The spring warmth has spread across our backyard.

So when I heard our neighbour's doggy yipping it up,

I just had to slip under the rhododendrons

and check out the fuss.

Nothing came of that so I helped Daddy Jim lay another row of pavers

circling near the corkscrew witch hazel.

He loves to spend his time doing this kind of thing

and

I supervise.

We have been having soft spring rains

throughout this week

which has forced the magnolias 

to show us what they are made of.

Almost like silver I'd say!

Many speckled violas were saturated in fine droplets

of rain and Daddy Ron was in his element.

I supervised.

The yarn placed in the Japanese Maple was covered in raindrops as well.

These strands are for the birds if they want them.

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

On my deck the yews are growing leaps and bounds

so the new hedge clippers

(a find at a yard sale.....YAY!)

are snip snip snipping away.

I supervise!

That's tiring work I must say.

Time for a snooze, a slight zephyr of wind zipping across, wind chimes

and 

a morning's work well-done.

I supervised.

THIS IS MY WATER WORLD

With spring fully entrenched

and

 the ice-packed winter roads gone

"fully disappearing in the rear view mirror.....thank you so very much",

we decided to go swimming at the lake.

I love water! 

 When you are a DOODLE

both sides of your lineage are water-logged

so  I've been known to flop into a puddle or a swamp.

Yes, the guys do keep an eye on me.

Lighten up, Guys!

I was out sniffing some flowers this morning in the garden

and there they were 

"the water droplets on the cowslips"

I have a keen eye when there is any form of water nearby.

 "Tidal Meanderings" 

perfectly describes the beach this evening 

as we captured the last rays of light 

along this stretch of land.

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The soft spring rains smothered 'the sanguinaria ~ blood root' in droplets as well.

(Normally the bloodroot is white 

but creative licence played upon my soul

so it is now pink.)

Neapolitan ice cream cone

that's what it looks like to me.

The sanquinaria petals spread their wings

as the sun broke through the layers of clouds

evaporating the last of the rain droplets.

I'll be dreaming tonight, no doubt water will be featured.

So looking forward to tomorrow

so I can practice my dog paddle and fetch Mr. Orangie.