….thanks to Xingfu Mama for hosting Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge
This is my granddaughter with her older cousin from her father’s side of the family. Thanks to my daughter for sending me this photo.
…today was a beautifully warm day and before dinner I needed to make up some steps to reach my goal
No wind, the setting sun and temperatures hovering around 10 degrees Celsius were ideal conditions for an evening walk through the neighbourhood. I headed west and entered Col. Sam Smith Park where I opted to walk through the naturalized area and over to the marina. Here are a few of the sites I encountered along the way.
Can you guess what that lump in the pond is?
When I returned home I prepared a simple supper of eggs, avocado and tomatoes.
….thanks to Amanda for hosting the Friendly Friday Photo Challenge
I adore photos of raindrops. Since we’ve only just seen the last of our snow I had to dig into the archives for these photos.
….had to buy these when I saw them at the fruit market
….thanks to Fandango for hosting FOWC
Since January I’ve experienced the death of 7 friends and family members. It’s only April and more people that I know have passed in the last three months than I’ve experienced in the last 10 years. Is that natural? Probably.
Is it natural to feel sorrow or surprise when you haven’t had contact with people for over 20 years and then find out that they’ve passed? Probably.
Is it natural to take pleasure from fond memories of people recently deceased? Probably.
People say that we’re at that age when this will happen more often. I suppose that is probably true but I’d rather not think about it. I still think of myself as being only in my 30s or 40s. Is that natural? Well for me it is.
As I look around I see beauty in the most unusual places, especially in nature. I love the look of dried leaves and isolated berries. For many it signifies ‘death’ but it’s just the natural part of the circle of life. I suppose it signifies that new growth or rebirth will soon happen.
Signs that new life is about to rise up:
…thanks to Snow from The Snow Melts Somewhere for hosting Friendly Friday
My photo walk takes place on Sunday. Friday and Saturday were exceptionally busy and I didn’t get out for my long walk. Today I made sure to get out before noon.
I left my house and walked toward the park that edges onto the lake.
I continued along Lakeshore Drive and turned onto 4th St. which ends in a dead end but the property on the east side is abandoned so I walked toward the lake again.
I noticed that a large flock of swans were swimming together at the foot of Prince of Wales Park so I continued east.
After taking a dozen or more photos I decided to continue on my walk along the shores of Lake Ontario before the swans decided they had enough of this intruder with her iPhone camera. You can see from one of the following photos that there’s still a little bit of ice hanging onto the shoreline.
As I left the park I continued through the neighbourhood until I reached a tiny parkette on Sand Beach Road.
I then turned north and walked towards the busy street of Lakeshore Blvd. and headed home.
…thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting A Photo a Week Challenge
It seems like we haven’t seen too much sunshine as of late but between blizzards last Wednesday the sun did come out for a brief spell.
…..at the Women’s Art Association of Canada
As of yesterday WAAC is hosting a series of parties called BASH. Each party has a slightly different theme but they all celebrate the wonderful work of its members who are octogenarians or older. Last night’s theme was a Mai-Tai party.
The evening featured a pianist and the Ukulele Ladies (who were about to turn 80 or already there). The silent auction was revealed and of course the featured drink was the Mai Tai (lovingly made by one of the co-chairs of WAAC, Dale B.) The art on display in the main gallery was created by the members who were 80 years old and older. The work was beautiful and one of the members in attendance last night sold her piece. She was delighted.
There are four more parties. Not sure I will make them all but the money raised will go to building a much needed ramp to make the building accessible to all.
….good-bye March
I know that if March comes in like a lamb it’s suppose to go out like a lion. I’m not sure that this qualifies as a lion but before I went to bed just after midnight I saw this:
….this morning I woke up to this and it’s still snowing.
I don’t know why I’m surprised by this. We get snow in April sometimes. Luckily this won’t last long and it will probably be gone later today.
….thanks to Xingfu Mama for hosting the Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge’
During our trip to the vineyards in the Niagara Region I noticed that a lot of the wineries were preparing for the good weather by bringing out their garden furniture. Unfortunately it’s not quite warm enough to ‘pull up a seat’ and enjoy the great outdoors.
It was quite another story over a Icellars where the seats were indoors and very comfy for wine tasting.
Between the Lines had some nice chairs inside as well but they seemed more ornamental than practical.
