Swimming with the Sailboats!!

 Come along, 

~~~Quickly~~~

 I have had a grand time today

~~~floating and swimming~~~ 

with the sailboats.....seriously!

There's one...

just one of many more...

 Now there's two...

they come from "out of the blue" it seems!

 Let's jump to four, right away...

I think everyone seems to know what they are doing...

~~~as if by magic~~~

they zip across in front of me and then zip back...

they call this tacking!

 Now this one caught my eye immediately,

because it appeared 

to be heading straight for me.

Feel the power!

 See what I mean...

then a quick veer to their right,

whatever the nautical term is for that!

I could almost touch them....

I bet you could have reached out and jumped on board.

 Notice them sitting on the edge of the deck...

they are counter balancing the total weight on board

otherwise...over they would all go.

 They appear to be relaxed enjoying this ritual...

the nautical life of these Haligonians! <click

(you learned a new word today)

They are all heading out and around

Point Pleasant Park

 into deeper waters,

then around to the 

city side where the tourists

are gathered.

We love sailboats and today

we lucked out with seeing so many.

In this picture you can see a cargo ship

on the horizon...slightly outnumbered today. 

~~~

The next post will show you exactly 

what we saw on the boardwalk

on the harbour front.

~~~

Check it out next time!

Towel Time...I'm Shy!

 Front end/Back end...you decide!

 After a good dunk...I always get toweled off.

 Did you guess it right...?

Towel humiliation is rampant 

in my neck of the woods!

I refuse to give up

Mr. Orangie 

until the toweling is complete.

There now...all dry and fluffy!

I guess it ain't so bad,

but when you are under that 

big scary towel

you just never know 

what's going to happen.

Inukshuks Galore!

We decided to jump in the car on Sunday

and tour down the coast--the South Shore

dropping in on 

Jim's sister, JoJo 

and 

partner Milan.

We visited and then decided to go further along 

the Blandford Peninsula to Bayswater Beach

for a walk and a swim.

Unbeknownst to us...we were to discover

a family, 

a very large family

of

Inukshuks.

(just have a look)

Inukshuks 

(click)

have been popping up in our travels

more than you can imagination.

 Down below me I saw one....!

 Over on the right...I've seen many!

and just recently I saw one

over there 

in the direction of my nose!

To find so many creations in one place

means someone or more

have taken a lot of time and energy

to construct some very interesting

and imaginative outdoor pieces of art.

Thank you!

Who ever you are!

PS: I found this one!

~~~~ winky wink!

Just Moseying Around!

 Our spring this year has been very kind to us,

(unlike 2011 with rain, fog and clouds...ad infinitum)

And another aspect of pleasure...

I thought would be of major interest is

the lack of flies and marauding blood sucking insects.

With this is mind we are able to appreciate our flowers...

plain and simple!

 Cotton Candy Rhodo blossom....mmmm!

 Stalwart Chives

 Bachelor Button

(purple variety...pink is on its way)

 Fothergilla

 Teddy Bear Rhodo Blossom

(near the end of its show)

 That's me, in case you didn't know, pretending to be either

a carpet of blue forget-me-nots or

a mugo pine or

a miniature fir...you pick!

 another pink variety of early rhodo...

a PJM variety of Rhodo

and our flowering weeping crabapple...

so soft and deliciously scented

so this is one of my meandering times

early evening 

as the sun  decides to sink 

ever so slowly 

into the west.

I hope you enjoyed viewing my flora as much as

I enjoy showing you.

Must check out the rhubarb

...need some for a recipe!

Early...YES, Early!

My wishes have been answered!

You ask what could I ever want, need or even wish for....well!

 An early morning cruise of the beach...

is what I really look forward to...

because....uhm...do you see anyone on the beach?

Nope...not this time,

so I can sniff until my heart's content.

 With this warm, slight breezy morning

I checked out the further end of the beach

from the boardwalk steps...

 nothing but beach...beach...and more beach

not a lot of sand but that will appear as if by magic

very soon....it always does!

OK...Ron...throw that ball and

I don't even care which one you toss...

really this is such a magical morning.

I feel so alive...

Now, you see why I'm so over the top

~~~happy~~~

with my surprise early morning walk.  

Garden Stroll

Hi there,

Take a moment and follow me

through my spring garden.

(Please bare with the convorting

print dancing on the screen...trying to add text to a video

then stabilize it....the video stabilzed but the text decided

to live its own life...

such is the learning process)

This is a sampling of my garden life.

Hope you may have learned something

about plants, nature and my world.

I am staring down my neighbour's doggys

so until next time....

Licks and more Licks!

Garden Chimes

Our garden 

 a month or so ago,

was just waking up from a long winter's nap.

A light breeze was catching the chimes

leaving a sweet sound

throughout this end of the garden.

It just adds to the calmness of our little place

and

it makes me feel so good inside.

Now the grasses are growing,

the trees are in leaf

and forget-me-nots are spilling over 

everywhere.

I hope you find peace and contentment in your

wee space on this planet

because this is what 

I have found here

and I want to share it with you.

~~~Namaste~~~