bird+window=ouch

This ruffled little cutie flew straight into one of the windows on the back of our house.  It was almost like a cartoon, bonk ~ plunk.  He landed on the seat of my Adirondack chair and laid there on his side for quite a while.  Sweetie wanted to pick him up but I manged to talk him out of that. I think the little guy would have had a heart attack on top of the trauma he had just endured.  It took almost an hour but he eventually sat up then flew into the maples at the edge of the property.  He looked so small and defenseless I really felt bad for him. I hope he's okay.

wine+sunset+prism=wow

I was putting a lovely decorator pillow (sigh) in the window that was allowing far too much sunlight to breach optimum TV viewing for Sweetie when I noticed the reflection of the trees through my hanging prisms.   This one in particular is broken (while cleaning I have managed to knock them from their hangers~repeatedly) and gives an interesting slant on things.

What an lovely way to enjoy a Vancouver Island sunset.
I should admit the first couple of photo's I took here were of my wine glass with a scant amount :) of viognier in the bottom.  Unfortunately the finger prints all over the glass really detracted from the look.  I will try again at a later date!

beach day - yes beach day!

Yup, that's right... a trip to the beach.  Wow, what a blustery gustery day!  Sweetie and I almost got blown away.  The guy who never wants to leave his castle suggested a chai tea and a beach walk so there was no way I was going to miss this.

We parked at the mouth of the river then ventured forth to take a couple of pictures and generally get blow away.

I never noticed before that seagulls don't actually fly in this strong wind, they just sort of float.

A couple of pictures of raindrops on the window might make a great background for something one day...

Then we were on to Miracle beach, where the sand goes for ever and the trees are dripping with moss.

All in all, a wonderful little excursion.

What a difference one day makes

I just love the quote by Kin Hubbard "Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while."   How true is that.  

It's snowing ~  quite unexpected, mostly because I haven't watched the weather report for the last few nights.  It chased the roofers home for the day. Not that I mind really, it's nice to have some quiet.

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.  ~Author Unknown

There's one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's.  ~Clyde Moore

The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches.  ~e.e. cummings

What, for me?

Imagine my surprise when a knock at the door brings a flower delivery guy.  Not something that happens to me everyday!  We're not exactly living in a metropolis here.  I am such a lucky gal.  The girls at work missed me so that they thought to show it with a gorgeous bouquet of spring flowers.  Get a load of this :)

bored, bored, bored

I may have developed a case of compulsive blog tinkering. The more time I have on my hands (pun intended) the more incarnations it’s undergone. I’m not sure how many different templates & colors I have used since the inception of this little enterprise. The current pick might just stick around for a while ~ mostly because I love the flexibility it gives me to use extra large photos.

Today I took my new and improved right hand out for a test drive. With a staedtler triplus gel-liner in gold and a couple of photos I took of tea pots I played around outlining shapes and following contour lines. I think this might become a bit habit forming. I even used my sharpie fine points to color out some background items I didn’t care for.

And because there is just no way I can take just a couple of pictures I snapped a few vignettes around the house. The gorgeous sunflower doll was made by my friend Gladys. She never fails to make me smile.

I find it odd that some photos are more interesting when they aren’t in focus. What’s that about?

mini daf's pop art

This is what I did today, took about 80 photos trying out various settings on my camera.  This one was a favorite of the day and once rendered in Picasa it's pretty cool.

I love the lichen that grows on the crabapple tree.  I'm not so sure that the tree loves it.

These cute little bulbs just popped up from no where.  Maybe they are from last years fund raiser my niece hit me up for.... Isn't it that time again? 

Moss magnified to the extend of my camera's ability is just amazingly delicate.