Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.
Exploring is something Ric and I love to do. He will pour over the web for hours researching points of interest, and I happily follow along. Some places do not meet our expectations and others exceed them, soon becoming favourites. After driving along the beaches of Mustang Island we have come to The Packery Channel […]
Base Ingredients: 2 weather-weary and travel worn Canadians1 extra long motor homea site by the water Add: 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Anhinga 1 Great Egret and a Kingfisher Let set for several days until dust has settledand birds have become accustomed to featherless. Enjoy! (Submitted for my weekly challenge: recipe. All images are from […]
The Canadian Shield,where rugged pines stretch,reach for endless skies,taking root in rocky shores. We set boulders in our gardensto anchor us against untimely storms,or perhaps to remind us of endurancewhen everything else falls away. Even the satisfying crunch of stones on our pathfascinates – the varied hues and forms, like art,incite searches for undiscovered treasures […]
Spring to me is daffodils – bright harbingers of sunnier days. Summer is the vibrant pop of lilies lining gardens and roadways. Â In autumn, flowers adapt the colour of the changing trees Winter blankets all in white, except of course, for these: (This seasonal floral tour is inspired by Lens-Artists Challenge: seasonal.)
A victorious screech greeted our arrival at South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center. Â Overhead an Osprey toting his catch flew by landing on the rail of the nearby water tower. Â In the centre of parking lot a small garden played host to a number of different butterflies. Â Last year, they were just planting […]