Wonder
After three months of drought, forest fires and extreme heat,
The weather has finally turned cool and rainy.
It sure looks good!
For more cool perspectives, please visit: Our World.
Peaceful in pink
I’m going away to Montenegro and Croatia with the kids for a week —
To see new horizons and sights.
In the meantime, I leave you with
A pretty, pink sunset down at the lake.
(I won’t be around to comment on your blogs for about ten days.
But don’t worry, Our World will be up and running as normal!)
For more peace, please go to: Skywatch.
And, of course, Our World!
Burnished gold
Another golden sunset:
Trees marching across the horizon;
The burnished copper of the lake
Is still.
I gaze at the scene
In wonder.
For more fiery skies, please go to: Skywatch.
Frozen
I haven’t been walking down to the lake that often
As the path is treacherously icy;
But when we do make it down there, Ruby is Queen of all she can see.
Splashes of purple
Look like frozen ribbons
Declaring ‘It’s not spring yet.’
No matter how much we pine (get the pun?)
For warmer times, we just have to appreciate what we have.
For more moments in time, please visit: Our World.
Still winter
We’re having a lovely winter this spring,
But the dogs don’t mind.
With the return of the light,
The colour is coming back —
Sometimes gradually,
And sometimes in a bright flash of pink.
Only posting once this week due to work.
For more feel-good moments, please visit: Our World and at the end of the week, Skywatch.
Year of the Dog
In honour of the Chinese New Year – it’s Year of the Dog –
I’m featuring some of my favourite furry friends.
Those of you who have followed me for a while will recognize my very best fuzzy friend, Oscar.
My dear departed Oscar
When he died,
Two more furry friends, Ruby and Simmie, came into my life.
(It’s not often I get them both in the same picture.)
Ruby and Simmie at dawn
I love the way dogs embrace life –
And make the most of what they have:
Ruby in the snow
Whether it’s a snowstorm
Or a large stick.
We can learn a lot from dogs.
Simmie enjoying a stick
For more furry friends or otherwise, please visit: Our World.
The golden path
The equinox has been and gone,
Which means it’s getting dark so early on in the evenings.
We have to chase the light —
Or perhaps the light is chasing us.
(This is Simmie, who turned four this weekend.)
But when the sun comes out,
The woods are filled with gold.
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Hay up there!
It was a cool morning —
And a mist was rising up from the hay bales in the field.
As always, my favourite model poses for me against the rising sun.
“Hay down there!” she seems to say.
She was pretty pleased with herself
For jumping up so high.
“I’ve got to bale now!” she says, and then jumps down
To go home.
(Hope these bad puns aren’t the last straw.)
For more bale-ful jokes, please visit: Our World.
Dandelion nose
Take a lovely, golden evening,
A dog and some water.
Walk home through a field
Full of dandelions.
Admire the doggie nose
Covered in dandelion fluff.
For more sweet stories, please visit: Our World.
Hollywood calling
Ruby turned 8 last week. As many of you long-time followers know, she is very good at posing for photos.
Perhaps Hollywood is calling her name…
Here she is as the Snow Queen:
She makes a good character
in Dame of Thrones, don’t you think?
And, of course, her ears flapping in a storm
Make her a great favourite to play Yoda.
“So, Ruby – what do you think of your mum always taking photos of you?”
No, surely that’s not you sticking your tongue out at me!
For more un-retrievable jokes, please visit: Our World.
Who says what?