Showing posts with label sun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sun. Show all posts

Saturday, May 23, 2015

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.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

BRIGHTNESS UNDER THE CLOUDS


The heaviness of dark, overhanging clouds
fittingly describes our world at present.
The light is at the end of tunnel
and
we are heading forward.

My joy is to take care
attend to
care for
help feel better

Daddy Jim's unexpected return of silent migraines
have made us stumble
but
we will survive this obstacle
with renewed vigour
for LIFE !

SOON!



Thursday, June 2, 2011

The Sun Shone!

 The other evening as we readied for supper, look what came streaming in the window!
 Now the magnolias can open up....
 The bloodgood maples leaves can glow in the evening sky...
 and I can check out the nursery beds for coffee grinds to eat...love me my grinds!
 See...there they are...all dark and smelling good!
This is between you and me,
cos I get shewed away every time I start devouring them.
 Still following me I hope...
this is a miniature hosta growing on a rock
with a clematis entwined on the wrought iron rail.
Cool colour, eh!
 This path leads me back to the house where I can sit and look out the window again.
Anytime of day you'll find me here in the side window
checking out the vet's visitors.
Today was special because no one was wet,
just drenched in the sun's rays!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Sunny Morning!


As I stood outside near the Weeping Mulberry
drenched in the morning sun,
word had it Marilyn, Jim's sis was coming for a visit 
and a walk on the beach!


The guys weren't pulling my leg...
There she was taking a tour through my garden.
Let me out there, please!
She needs a good sniff and lick ;-) !


Before I knew it,
we jumped into the car
and headed to the beach.
Now that's good decision making!


OK, Ron, is this posey enough!
It's cold and windy for Pete's sake! brr,brr


This was a beautiful walk this morning.
I had to round them up continually!
You may see some tails wagging in the grass
 as I mentioned in my last blog to Houndstooth.
(Look real hard and if you pretend you'll see them)


One important part of my walk this time of year is
the feast of rosehips.
I discovered I liked these last year.
The long growing season this year
has produced some mighty huge berries....yesss!


This part of the 'follow the leader' walk is my fave
and it captures the feeling of
'sunny, cold and windy'
...my kind of weather.
So refreshing!