Blast from the past.... errr not soooo past.

This past late spring I had the opportunity to spend a while wandering the grounds of Hatley Castle, also known as Royal Roads University. The grounds are beautiful. Being late spring the gardens were bursting with new growth...and the green that IS spring.

Life is good!

The kids and I spent a wonderful day at the beach. The wind was blowing and the birds were loving flying in it. You could see their enjoyment in the way they caught it just right and would dip down, skimming along the water. Were spent three hours there and dug in the sand, played and just enjoyed lazing in the sunshine. Summer is winding down but this was one day that we slowed down and savoured it completely.

Some green

March is the month of green. We are very fortunate here to have a lot of green all year round. I know I would miss it if it was covered in snow for months. Even so, the soft green that comes in the spring along with the darker more "mature" green is so serene. I love how it makes you feel.

DO geese have teeth?

I always thought that geese did not have teeth. Perhaps they dont, but there is something in there! I was feeding some by hand, trying to coax the right pose for a picture and got bit everytime they took the bread. There is something in those mouths, because it really hurt, lol.

Distractions

Sometimes we need a distraction. Some things can't be changed and you just have to deal with them. This past week, was a case of that, for me. Being sick, with sick kids and a sick husband..... I just had to suck it up and let it run its course. I felt like going to bed and sleeping for a week....While others slept, I went to the beach and then picked Kristin up from school. We went to an old Artillery Fort that was built in the 1890's, and explored a bit. Sometimes distractions are fun :)
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A promise

It is far to early to be thinking of spring. These buds that I found in our yard hold out the promise though that it will be coming. How nice that we can always count on certain things.

The wild life

This adorable little guy was looking for something to eat. I threw him a few cashews and he let me take his picture :)
These squirrels are not native to here and are slowly taking over. Our native squirrel is a very dark color. Still, they are super cute! :)

Drizzly Days

Sunday was drizzly, misty wet day. Not really wet enough to call it rain but dismal all the same. If you live anywhere along the coast you know what I mean. It was a planned picture day and I did attempt but the day was pretty dark, not the promising sunny day the weather forecaster predicted. I still had fun. Fed some seals by hand at Fisherman's Wharf, got some fresh air and chats with a friend. I did get a few pictures too

Pieces of me

Today I was trying to take some new pics of me. I thought I would update my profile pic as it is a couple months old. So I took about 200 pictures (okay yes 3/4 of them was me making faces at the camera! ) and I only got a handlful that I don't hate and only because they are heavily cropped. :) Oh well better a piece than nothing, I guess.
I was going to write today about how I received a win that I was notified of yesterday. I won a Homebasics contest, "Monthly Clean Up and Win with Vim Draw", I won $1000. I was very excited to get the email. Frankly it couldn't of come at a better time! They did an email money transfer and I have alsready received the money. Gotta love contests!