life in sunshine

It has been far too long since I visited my little blog here.
But life... oh life...you know. It has a way of filling up with other things.

 Time has been spent outside, in warm temperatures with sunshine on our faces. It seemed a long time coming, with a very early winter starting last October, and a late Spring this year. Too much white for too long. So this green wonderland we have now is almost dreamlike. You won't want to close your eyes for fear it might vanish.

We're enjoying the blue lake as well. The water is chilly still, but we're Canadian.
At the first sign of a melted ice we get in the water. 

But I prefer to stay dry and warm in a canoe personally.
But alas... I've already tipped twice, proving just how cold that water is.

And puppies have grown. Here is Rocky watching J's baseball game the other night.
He loves that boy.

 He's a rascal (one of the nicer terms I could use) but we love him.
I never knew how much work it was to raise a puppy from such a young age.
And this Friday, we get another one. Yes... he will have a little sister to romp around in the sunshine with him.

Even the fish are happy with the warmer weather. Or happy with something...

I hope you are enjoying your life in sunshine too. 

sky

"I saw a star. I reached for it. I missed, so I accepted the sky”
Scott Foritino

connectedness

as above, so below...

I saw this for the first time last year, but it is a good one to watch every now and again. It makes me feel happy... peaceful.

off leash afternoon

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. 
Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.
George Eliot

A Sunday afternoon spent at the off leash park...
I can't possibly think of a better way to spend this Easter day.

wonder junkie

"She was a wonder junkie. In her mind, she was a hill tribesman standing slack-jawed before the real Ishtar Gate of ancient Babylon; Dorothy catching her first glimpse of the vaulted spires of the Emerald City of Oz...she was Pocohontas sailing up the Thames estuary with London spread out before her from horizon to horizon."
Carl Sagan, Contact

spring has arrived

What a truly beautiful day the first day of Spring was.
Yesterday saw us with a great melting... and every puddle told a story of the sky above it.

Streams of water ran down the street and around every corner.
If you closed your eyes, your ears may have been tricked into believing
you were standing beside a brook run from the mountains. 

  

And the sky shown blue and white,
seen through branched not quite ready to bud yet.
Soon. 

We stayed out until the sun slipped behind the houses and trees.
After months of white and cold, this first of Spring days was too good to let go.

 I hope your Spring started off in the best way.

live in each season

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink,
taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
Henry David Thoreau

Sometimes I wish so much for Spring, that I forget about right now.
And what beauty 'right now' does hold.

say hello to rocky

This is Rocky... our new puppy. We adopted him from AARCS (Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society)
just over a week ago. He turned 12 weeks old on Saturday and we love him. 

He's a Collie mix of some type, maybe a little Shepherd or Husky in there.
We're not sure yet. But we know he loves being outside and exploring the beautiful world out there.

   

We took him to Fish Creek Park for the first time on Saturday. He loved it there! So many new smells to smell. And new people to greet. He walked around for quite a long time for such a little guy.

But by the end of the day, he was pooped.
All he wanted to do was lay on his bed and chew something. 

I can't wait to share all of our adventures with you guys.

cold... so very cold

Every time it gets super cold outside, I find myself longing to go out. The sun is shining so bright right now and looking out the window you would think it was a perfect winter day. But not so much... it's minus 22C right now (in the middle of the day). Bitter cold. I shovelled earlier and my legs almost fell off.

But I won't complain too much because we have had a very mild winter for the most part. It was on the plus side yesterday, and will be again by Friday. Crazy Calgary weather... I feel a cold coming on.

So instead of complaining about cold, I'll write about a few days ago when the sun was also shining but the temperatures were much nicer. They hovered around zero, which for us is perfect. Warm enough to be comfortable in the sun, but cold enough to keep the ice and snow in good condition.

The frozen lake was filled with skaters, enjoying the sunshine and playing hockey.  I love the way everyone just joins into the games. The teams can go from three on three to twelve on twelve pretty fast. Little ones and big ones playing together. I love watching how careful those teenage boys can be around the little kids. See... they can pay attention when they want too.

As for us... we stayed on the hill for the most part. We did some exploring and a lot of sledding.

The boys refused to look at the camera without closing their eyes...

...but we fed them anyway

Evidently I take too many photos. 

Hope those of you around here are keeping warm today. I'm trying...
but I think it may be time to visit some friends down south.
Like Australia south. I could use a little Summer right now.