I Spy....WIth My Little Eye....

Wednesday morning...
As I putzed around the living room...
Cleaning up my Geraniums on my living room window shelf...
I noticed a lot of action in the front garden!
There were about 5 Robins...bobbing about! 
One in particular...was really enjoying the bird bath...
I ran to get my camera...as soon as I opened it...the battery died!!
Back to the kitchen...and grabbed my smaller camera from my purse...
Tried to zoom in, but it is not as powerful as the big one...
No time to go upstairs and get another battery...
SO...I went with the smaller one...
The pics aren't too bad...
It was still rather foggy and dull that morning...
the sun was taking its time to shine...
All in all...
I think he had a grand time...
Any Robins still hanging around in your yard?? 

 

Later that afternoon...

After a bike ride...

And a trip to the park...

I spied another visitor to my "forest"...

I spy Miss V!!

Hiding behind the golden Miscanthus grasses...

How cute is that?? 










Hope you are all having a great day....
Clouds are coming in...rain overnight...
Boyfriend home tonight...just in time for the rain!! :o( 

What a week this has been weather wise...I wish it would never end...
Enjoy your evening...

                         Cheers!  :o)
                            linda
 

Today.....

I have been on an unexpected leave of absence...
Last we spoke...
I was heading to our friends home on Clear Lake in Lakefield Ontario...
That went very well...had a lovely relaxing time...
Sat by the Lake...laughed...ate...drank...ate and laughed some more!
Their home is gorgeous...they tore down their summer home...
And built a year round home...all their design...beautiful!
I had prepared a post about our trip...but Thursday got in the way...
Miss V was here early...as she had been nursing a fever for almost a week...
She had been having diarrhea, and it was a school trip that day...
Better idea to stay with us...
All went well...shopping...lunch...nap...
After the nap, she began getting a wee bit on the warm side...
And then the vomiting started...YIKES!!! She was not well...at all...
After a few hours, things calmed down...she and her Mom went home after 6...
The Friday prior, she had been at emergency, with severe stomach pain...
Apparently your lymph nodes can become enlarged...
The Dr's thought this was what has happening...
I did not know there were lymph nodes in the tummy!!
If they become infected...they swell...and cause pain...
With the vomiting etc...they felt this may have been the lymph nodes again...
She was ok Thursday night...but Friday morning the fever was back...
Her Mom took her to a Childrens Hospital in Hamilton...
The Dr there felt, that this was a good thing...
And the infection...which may have been strep...would now subside...
After we heard the news...we felt it safe to go to the cottage...
SO...off we went Friday morning...
Several texts later...Miss V was just fine...phew...albeit, tired!!

The weather this weekend was incredible!!!
HOT***HOT***HOT***...did I mention Humid???
Unfortunately Saturday brought me the same symptons as our Miss V...
The day was up and down for me...I was fine on Sunday...so...
We stayed another night...and enjoyed a very relaxing day...
And a beautiful pink sky with a 3/4 Moon shining down on us...
We arrived home before noon...very HOT here again...so...
My boyfriend put our sprinkler out in the front garden...
I happened to look out the window...and...caught this baby Robin...
Enjoying a nice full bird bath...
Made my day!!

I took hundreds of photos on the weekend...
And I still have the pics of our trip to our friends home...
I am full of things to post about...and...it is going to be HOT all week...
Very high humidity...and humidex in the upper 30's!!

Hope you are all fine and dandy...
Betsy and Eddie were so nice to write and ask me where I was...
Thanks guys...I appreciate that...truly...♥️
You both give blogging a very good name... 

So...tonights dinner will be...grilled pork tenderloin medallions...
Toasty crispy grilled potatoes...and a side of...
Fresh peppers...all colours...mushrooms and onion...
                 Sound good??? I think so...

Enjoy the rest of your day...
Hot where you are?? Or rainy???
Have a great week...
    
                Cheers!  :o)
                  linda 
 

Can You Believe It!!!

So...

When I arrived at the cottage on Friday noon...

When taking my stuff in from the car...

I asked my boyfriend...

"Did you already bring in my bag with my camera, and my crochet?"

He said "No"..."I have not seen it"...

WHAT???

"Did you put it in the car?"

"I thought I did"...

OMG!!!

I felt sick to my stomach...then I worried if I had left it in the driveway!!

I called my SIL...who stopped by the house on his way home from work...

There it was....in the foyer...just waiting to be picked up and packed...

GEESH!!!

So...my friends...no pictures from the weekend!!!

Which...for the most part...was lovely...except for a chilly breeze off the water...

When we left yesterday...it was 15*c...by the time we got home...29*c!!!

SO...my Robin friends can tell you a short story...

Do you think it is a Parent and baby....or a couple???

Teaching the ins and outs of taking a bath!!

 
Hope you all had a great weekend...

Lots of pretty Daffodil at the cottage...I made a beautiful bouquet to bring home...

BUT....surprise...surprise....I forgot them! hahaha!

Will be picking up Miss V for the day...gonna hit the park before the rain...

WITH MY CAMERA!!!

Isn't this weather fabulous...my Bamboo has grown 6 inches over the weekend...

Perhaps I should get a picture of that!!! hahaha!!

Have a great day!!

How is your weather???

                        Cheers!  :o)
                           linda

  

Welcoming Miss September....

This past weekend brought many different things...

Will tell you all....in due time....

This was something I wanted to share....

This old birdbath at the cottage, has hosted many many bath times!

I am writing this from my IPad...so excuse the odd layout....

Captured this guy thru the window on Sunday morning.....

Just after this.....Mum and baby Grackle came in for a dip....

Very busy indeed!

The big finale!

How cute is that!

All clean...

All ready....

Bring it on!

Welcome Miss September...

Please be kind....more sun....more warmth....more summer♥️

Hope you are all having a great long weekend....

Kooky weather again!

Cloudy and humid today at home, we returned late yesterday afternoon....

The rumblings of thunder at the cottage were pretty scary.....and VERY high winds...

Enjoy your day...

            Cheers!

               linda :o)

the Birds & Bees.....

 

           What a great weekend we had....

                We hightailed it right after dinner on Thursday....

                     Arrived at the lake at 7:45.....awesome!

             We are very lucky, our drive time is 1hr and 15 minutes.....

                   The evening was hot and humid...settled in and sat on the sun porch....

                 The following morning...I got the birds in the bird bath....and drying out!

                    While having coffee on the sun porch....

                   The baby Orioles were squawking all weekend...pretty eh?

                            And...our friend the Bee.....he also loves chives♥️(right Martha?)

                   Hope you all had a great weekend....

           Beautiful and sunny at the cottage....except for some wierd dark clouds Friday night....

              Took lots of pictures...gotta sort thru them....but....

                        wanted to show you these first!

                   Enjoy your evening....

                         Hope to get around and see what you have all been up to.....

                                   Cheers!  :o)

                                           linda

Cottage Dreamin'.....On Such A Rainy Day

To drink in the beauty of the Tulips...

To almost hear the Miscanthus growing...

To enjoy even more and bigger Ferns...

To watch the wildlife enjoying the very old birdbath...

To remember the sweet Forget-Me-Nots....

To admire the Lily-of-the-Valley along with my old Gnome...

                          And of course...

                  Sit back...in the late day sun...and just...

                  Soak in the view...

                  I can hear the waves...and the Gulls...and the Cardinals...

                                          Heaven.......

                                           *********

                 Cannot wait much longer...

                 The rain is steady...and the chill is still in the air...

                 Not much energy today...feelin' kinda punky...

                                    BUT....

                 Gazing out at the Lake...

                  And being one with Nature....

                   Will certainly cure all that ails 'ya!

                                             ***********

                  Hope you all had a great day....

                  I have been bummy...trying to get going....must get going...

                  Probably make some Pizza for dinner...

                  Picked up a flat bread yesterday...

                 Thank Goodness I went out yeaterday...

                 Don't think I could have made it today....

                            Cheers!  :o)
                             linda