365 Project - August 6 - 12

365 Project - July 9 - 20

July 20 - Cherry Tomatoes July 19 - Family Dinner

July 18 - Pear

July 17 - Poison

July 16 - Cone Flowers

July 16 - Leaf in the Pond

July 15 - Pool Feet

July 14 - Bean Bounty

July 12 - Sepia Daisies

July 11 - Night Light Fish

July 10 - Jerk Chicken

July 9 - Cool Clouds

Lazy Days of Summer

June 15 - "someday" self portrait -
Last year I was wondering around Chapters and came across this beautiful book, about mothers and daughters, and fell in love. It is called Someday by Alison Meghee I originally bought it as a gift for the kid, but I have kept it for myself. So with my daughter away on her first big adventure by herself, I cracked it out, had a few tears, and got on with my day. This is a great book for new moms. Highly recommended.

June 16 - Roses in the Rain
Today I had not a lot time to take my 365 but did manage to shoot this quickie - but I LOVE the way it turned out. Funny how some days I will spend time getting the perfect image, which turns out to be so-so and other days one quick snap shot makes my heart so happy. I think its the faded colours and soft glow that has done it for me. See? One more reason not to clean my windows.


June 17 - Cheese-tastic!
mmm, plastic cheese on toast, another guilty pleasure - add it to the list.

June 9 - 11

June 9 - Beat it
For real. I get me a little sad for my hubby because he doesn't have time for his hobby, drumming. If and when Hubby gets free time it is usually after the kids are in bed - not the ideal time for banging out a beat. poor guy.
June 10 - Funky Fungi
We have had so much rain in the last few days, that these Funky Fun Guys showed up on an old stump in the back yard.

June 11 - Suck it up Buttercup

Okay so I realize that it is not a buttercup, but the colour is right. The day lilies are so much happier since I removed some of the huge hostas from my garden, ( which, I just learned are another type of lily.) -now the lilies and cone flowers have room to stretch out and grow.

May 31 - June 3 - Life is Pretty Good

June 3 - Feel the Rain

"Reaching for something in the distance, so close you can almost taste it,
Release your inhibitions - Feel the rain on your skin,
no one else can feel it for you.
Only you can let it in" - Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten

June 2 - Life is a bowl full of cherries...

Yup, and at $10.00 a bag enjoy them to the fullest, before they rot.

June 1 - Welcome to the Jungle

When I was taking this picture of the boy's toy story Lego I couldn't help thinking of Ernie from Sesame Street, looking down into his flower box at the Doodle Bugs.

May 31 - Peony

The worker ants did their job and ate away at the outer part of the peony bud, now the flower is free to bloom. I would love to cut these and put them on my table, but every time I do, I end up with a house full of ants. I will just enjoy the image.

My 365's this week look pretty optimistic - kinda a mirror to how I am feeling. I am taking care of the crapped out knee and going to physio, planning a birthday party for the little man ( arrgh, a pirate theme! ) and I finished planting the vegetable garden. This weekend brings a return to the Saturday morning coffee date, and some much needed house keeping. Looking forward to some nesting.

Ugh, still more catching up to do

May 25 - didn't get around to my 365 today, this is a picture from Mother's Day @ the zoo. Self Portrait Thursday - May 27

May 26- Worker Ants -

May 24 - a great end to the long weekend.

Mom invited us to her place for a BBQ on the Monday of the long weekend. Mom's friend Paul was the chef cooking up burgers, onion rings and fries. Hubby had pulled out a steak for the night before, but got "called out" just before dinner. He brought it to Mom's and finally got to eat his steak that he had been dreaming of for days. This is a picture of Mom and her cousin Pat. I really like cousin Pat, she is warm, interesting, and interested. The kind of person who doesn't pass judgement on anyone she comes across. Great Lady. I had a very relaxing time. A nice way to top off a busy weekend. My sweet boys- best of buds, fresh out of the hot tub.
I love the contrast of the hydro lines and the weeds in this one.

One of the things that The Kid always likes to do at Gramma's place, is go for a walk in the field.

This picture of the poppy and the iris is one of my new favorite pictures.

Has It Been That Long?

Wow, has it been that long? I didn't realize how long it had been since I last posted. Here are some recent 365's.


May 23 - Fireworks
May 21 - Sassy self portrait

May 20 - Contemplation

May 19 - Legacy

April 25 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

It was rainy and chilly today, which is a good thing because so far this spring it has been dry and warm, and the gardens needed some water. I am having a hard time resisting the spring floral pictures. Today I got a shot of these tulips, they remind me of soldiers, tall straight and proud.

The second picture is of a Bleeding Heart bush that I saved from a friends garden. Of course when I dug this little bush up and moved it I wasn't sure of what it was. I am pleasantly surprised, the heart shaped blooms amuse me.

This week I was pretty busy in the garden. I widend a side garden, and added another bed - this one in front of the deck to camofloge the junk we hide under there. Other plans for the garden this year include veggies at the side door and dare I say it removal of the enormus dead poplar trees. ( keeping my fingers crossed - hoping that my BIL, can hook me up with some of his connections )