Monday 31 December 2012

Happy New Year Everyone.......

                                                                                                Canada Geese at the Lake March 2010..




                Happy New Year 2013...

            To all my blogger friends...

                Thanks for the ride...

                   More fun to come in 2013...

My boyfriend and I are having a sumptous dinner this evening...

             Starting with Bruschetta...and some sushi...

            Scallops....pan seared and heavily peppered...

                 Lobster tails...salad served on a crusty bread...

                   PEI Mussels...in a tomato garlic sauce...

                         And some Rosemary bread Pizza...

                            And a Toast to the New Year...

                                With a lovely bottle of Yellow Tail Merlot...


     Hope you all have a great evening...

         Wherever you are...

           Whoever you are with...

               It has been quite a year for us...welcoming wee Vivian..


           Cheers My Friends...

               Thanks for listening all year long...


                            linda  :o)



        

Sunday 30 December 2012

Vivian Tickles The Ivories...



 One of my thrifty buys...

A few weeks back...

Was this Xylophone...piano..for Vivian

She loves it...

Bangs away at it...

Even uses her feet...

Enjoy the pictures...   




Check out her Zebra pants!!!!!
















   Hope you all had a great day...

    Started out sunny....ended cloudy...

      Dinner this evening is Turkey Pot Pie...


               Enjoy your evening...


                     Cheers!  :o)
                        linda


Saturday 29 December 2012

Yesterday At The Snow Covered Cottage.....

  This was the view as we pulled up in front of the cottage yesterday

  We could not get into the driveway...

  As the snow plough pushed a big pile in front....

  Our gate swings inwards...so we could get in ok...

  Doesn't it just look awesome with no prints anywhere....

  Other than natures little creatures....rabbits, squirrels etc...

    







 The wind must have been howling from the North...

 There was a lot of drifting snow....

 My boyfriend had to sweep his way in!!!!




It was a cloudy day...

So no beautiful sparkly snow....

Perhaps next trip....

I have more pictures...

BUt I will save them for another post...

Enjoy the stroll thru the fresh crisp snow...   






  Hope you all had a good day...

 Did some grocery shopping....yuck..

 BUt then we watched Vivian for a few hours this afternoon...

 Hadn't seen her since CHristmas...

 She was even cuter than I remembered....  :o)


      On the menu this evening...

       Panko crusted cajun baked Ocean Perch..

        Homemade fried rice...

         Fresh yellow beans...and of course some Greek salad..

              Erika joined us for dinner...as well as Vivian... 




                 ENjoy your Saturday night....we got MORE snow today...

                        CHeers!       :o)
                          linda



 




Friday 28 December 2012

One Day Later.....




The morning after our big snowfall...

You can see that pesky "Red" scurrying up one of the cedars... 

See him on the bottom right... 


That "red" little scoundrel...

He never misses a trick!!!!

He must have sensed that the birds were heading to the feeders...

To....


Dig their way into the seeds...


Hidden....


Under a snow dome!!!!


I had not had Gold Finches for a few months...


I had put the Nyger seed away for the year...

So......

I was happy to see them..

And...........I got some great shots from the kitchen....

With my....

FANTASTIC new zoom lens.......

                                 ENJOY!!!!!!!!  










          I sure hope you all had a great day....

            We took a drive to the Lake....

               Lots of nice snowy pictures to share!!!

                On the menu for this Friday After Christmas...

                   Small roast pork seasoned with sea salt and freshly
                                ground black pepper

                         A few roasted onions and potatoes

                          Fresh asparagus that we picked up today  ...  

                                         Probably some tomato,avacado and goat cheese as well....

                                       If I feel so inclined.....:o)


                 Enjoy your evening...

                        Perhaps a late evening walk for my boyfriend and I...




                               Cheers!  :o)
                                  linda



  

Thursday 27 December 2012

Last Nights Snowfall....

 We had our first real big snowfall of the season, here in  Southern Ontario..

Wednesday evening it started around 6:30 pm...

And snowed all night...

I used my snappy new camera to take a few shots from inside...

Follow along with me.... 











You can see how tall the snow is getting on my bird feeders outside the kitchen..







Out the front door around 7pm...














Out the front door first thing this morning....


         Hope you all made it thru the storm...

                  We have had 2 nice snowy evening walks so far...

               Don't you just love walking thru the snow at night???

                   The Moon was visible behind the billowy clouds...

                                      Beautiful.......


                        Cheers! :o)
                            linda