Journey & Adventure

Well, now that summer has come to an end, I thought I better get cleaning up my summer stuff that's been lying around the house - patiently waiting for the next trip to the beach.  *sigh*   This past weekend, away went the sunscreen, hat, sandals, beach bag, etc.  In the beach bag sat my camera.  The same camera I carried around all summer - most times it just sat in the bag, but there were a few photos that captured a few summer highlights...    First Trip to the Beach - Early May, 2013     Some of My Garden Flowers - June, 2013 Day on the Lake with Friends - July, 2013  Beach Finds - July, 2013  CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario Canada - August, 2013   My Boys @ Fan Expo Canada - August, 2013 March of the Storm Troopers @ Fan Expo Canada - August, 2013 Pretty Beach Find Treasure - September, 2013 I'm sad to see summer go, but at least the memories will last ...

When I was last with you, it was Thursday and now it is Wednesday.   Where did the week go?     So our weather here in Canada is still hit and miss – it’s been colder and wetter than usual and we seem to only be averaging 2 days of sunshine per week and these days usually occur during the week when I happen to be working.   Even with the poor weather, its lilac season here in the great white north.   Lilacs are one of my favorite flowers and the bonus – they grow wild all over the place, which allows me to pick bunches and bunches of them.   Unfortunately, they don’t last long but while they do, I enjoy every minute of their beautifulness.   There is a garter snake living in my flower garden.   I’m not enthused with this new resident, but I can’t seem to convince J to relocate him for me before he turns into a man eater.    So now, I’m forced to stomp, clomp and swing my shovel around like a wild woman before ...

Spring is upon us and this is what I've found in my garden yesterday.   Have a great weekend!  I'm super stoked - it's a long weekend here in Canada...whooo hooo! 

Yellow Calla Lily

Trendy Tree House is hosting a photo theme meme - Shutter Love Tuesday.  This weeks theme is pink. Pink Passion

As fall is quickly approaching, I thought I would share a few photos that were taken by J in our backyard this past weekend. I love my gardens this time of year and need these photos of a reminder in order to get me through the cold, dark days of winter... Monarch & Butterfly Bush (hmmm, I wonder why it's called that?) Toad Lily Grasshopper

As today is a holiday in Canada, I've been busy doing summer holiday stuff, so I haven't had time to create a complete blog post. The weather this weekend has finally turned around and I've actually been able to spend some time with my good friend - the sun. I've missed it so, but when we spend time together, it's like we've never been apart. While I was busy enjoying the summer sun, my husband was busy photographing some of the flowers in our backyard. Here is one of them: