Swallows and Sunsets

Feathered friends and spectacular skies

 

 A chattering of swallows

 David and I both love taking pictures but David is my Sky Man.  From his first Brownie Camera decades ago and now with ipad and Canon in hand he continues to amass a really beautiful collection of sky photos.  Sunrises, sunsets, cloud bursts and sun dogs, aurora borealis and clear blue skies over winter white ...  One day we will gather the best of these together.  

For now; this collection of The Sky the Other Night. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Till next time ~ happy skies and thanks for dropping by.

Bird of the Year visits the meadow

You won't find us on Twitter, we don't tweet; but we do love birds and one of our favourite spring time visitors is the Evening Grosbeak .  We are all of us Finches after all.  

Evening Grosbeaks don't really have a definitive song apparently ~ instead they have conversations.  And they can't be nailed down ... no solid migration path.  Not much is known about their nesting behavior either.   They are this years ABA BOY ~ Bird of the Year with the American Birding Association.  Perhaps this BOY distinction will bring together more information about this delightful bird.

We live on the edge of the Boreal Forest ~ for more information about Boreal Songbirds you might enjoy visiting these websites.

 

 The Boreal Songbird Initiative

Conserving the Boreal Forest for our songbirds

and the Canadian Boreal Initiative

Oh deer. It must be July.

A trio of young bucks decided to come by for a visit the day before last.  Just around coffee time. There they were just outside our kitchen window. Wondering if the grass is indeed greener and curious about the newest span of stacked log zig zag fencing.  Our next half hour was full of exclamations of delight with our cameras clicking and whirring.

Delightful.  What a great planet!

 

 

 

July on the meadow. 

:-)

June 27th

 “Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.” 

Mary Oliver

With apple blossoms and wild roses

Flowers humming in the dappled sunlight

wood and water ...

 The green and cool of our 'mountain' meadow.

It's a gentle life.

David and I celebrate our anniversary today.

"Truly madly deeply"

And with gratitude.

A Good Morning in June

If you have written to us and there has been an unreasonable lag in my response time I do apologize.
David and I were away from home for two weeks (mostly without access to internet).

We were visiting our families and helping to celebrate some milestones.  It was my little sister's fiftieth birthday, Father's Day of course, my sister in law's birthday and, most delightfully our niece Rebecca's high school Graduation.  She graduated with honours, was awarded two scholarships and will attend her local University College in the fall.  Congratulations Rebecca Diane.  The world is already a better place because of you.

It was wonderful to visit both our families; from the littlest ones to the more vintage members of the tribe.  Good to see everyone and always so satisfying to enjoy those real hugs that are virtual for too much of the year.   We love you all.  Come visit us up here on the meadow sometime.  :)  

And home again. It is always good to be home again . . .

Grazing the interweb on Saturday morning at the kitchen table over a most excellent cup of Kicking Horse Coffee (Three Sisters blend is my favourite); I came across a site called Tiny House Talk and enjoyed reading some of the articles about living in small spaces, living sustainably and living off grid.

But for now ... it's back to my emails and again, sorry if I have left you waiting for a response.

I feel rejuvenated and ready to get things done and have some fun.

Thanks for your patience and here's to a wonderful summer!! Talk to you soon!