Eclectic Tastes

Another singer/songwriter died this past week.

His name was Robin Gibb...one of the Bee Gees.

He is the one on the left in the video-picture below.

They, the Bee Gees, really helped define a generation back in the 70's. We liked and still like their music. This is one of our favourites. And don't just sit their, grab someone nearby (careful) and move along with the music!

Have a great Sunday! 

Retro Saturday

Now this will take a few of you back! It does me! But  I can't actually remember watching any of these shows in their entirety.

I remember the characters and some are still around!

How about you? Which was your favourite?

Friday's Fronds

A 'frond' refers to the leaves of a fern and some 'palm' species.

I absolutely love this time of year in the garden.

and ferns I feel are at their best when just developing and 'finding their way'.

Some people love to eat ferns just as they are popping up out of the ground in spring!

They are curled up and look somewhat like a 'g-clef'.

Around here we call that stage of the fern's development the 'fiddlehead' stage.

Here in the Maritimes (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island) they are considered a delicacy.

I tried them a few times and let's just say I prefer ferns at the stage you see here in these photos!

They are at their best....colourful, tender and full of vitality!

But weren't we all, at that stage?!

Thinking Out Loud

I saw this 'sand dollar' on the beach Monday.

It was down there looking up at me.

An amazing creature this 'sand dollar'.....a perfectly shaped, symmetrical disc.

I wonder what it's journey has been to bring it here?

Love Is Just A Four Letter Word

On the weekend we went to the 'valley' to visit Ron's mother's grave site (it was her birthday) and to take Sophie to her  favourite 'swimming hole'....the canal.

On the way back through the beautiful Gasperaux Valley, I looked up the hill and instantly was 'flashed' back to a hot summer's day in 1970.


At the top in the middle is a clearing filled with dandelions. Back in 1970 it was filled with youth listening to a Joan Baez concert. It was one year after 'Woodstock'.


I was there and unbeknownst to me at the time, so was Ron. 


Oh, and he was with a group which included my brother, Dennis. Go figure.

Life Is A Highway

Since I drove to the valley on Sunday, on the way home I had the luxury to be a passenger.

So with camera in hand I was ready for anything!

With just a lot of highway and trees in all directions for miles/kilometres,

I looked up and noticed these cloud formations.

I immediately started 'seeing things' up there!

There was a whale up there....honestly! And an albino Humpback at that!

See it's head and mouth at the top? 

So with the image of  a whale in my head,

I nodded off.........

Contemplative Monday

RESPECT FOR WHAT WE SEE

"Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness

can be just mean.

From the very beginning to the very end,

pointing to our own hearts to discover what is true

isn't just a matter of honesty

but also of compassion and respect for what we see."

The above quote was written by Pema Chodron and was taken from her Heart Advice: Weekly Quotes from Pema Chodron

The photos of a 'wind chime disc' were taken last evening as the sun was setting and shining through the red disc and splashing colour onto the Yew bush.