Another Year Gone By

It's hard to fathom how fast time is passing, it seems

only a few short months ago I was celebrating my 50th...

today it's 51! 

I set out yesterday with my DSLR in hand as well as my

tripod as I wanted to capture a final shot of me at 50, 

it's no easy feat to take a self portrait but I pulled it off...

sort of! lol  Thanks to each of you who have been here

commenting on my photos, for the friendships, 

and for the kind words you have all shared with me,

I hope to be back here a bit more often during these summer months,

I miss all of you and sharing our lives with one another, all one

photo at a time. 

Cheers! 

It's been a while

I haven't visited my blog in some time now, life is busy with

my practicum in full swing and studies on the side, this and 

I'm getting my lawn all fixed up for the few beautiful months

I'll get to enjoy it. I also get out when I can, for sanity's sake

more than anything, I'm far from being a confined person

and need to do things which stimulate my senses. 

One thing I love to do is to be out on a bike,

a Harley to be more precise and I had the opportunity

to do just this last weekend. I rode with a friend and 

it was utterly exhilarating! 

I've had my beautiful princess over for an evening

and we're always finding creative things to do, 

this time it was color my sidewalks and what

fun this was! I had to dig deep into my memory

bank to remember how to play hopscotch,

but it came back to me. 

I love this time of year, the buds are blooming, color

is transpiring in my world and it's time to get out

in the world and do more of what makes my heart dance,

whatever it might be in the moment. 

Happy Spring!

The Christening

I was invited yesterday to a christening and birthday celebration, 

this young fella turned one, he's so adorable! 

I rather like this next shot, the actual christening. 

Yup, start them young and pray for the best...

Elyssa's 4th Birthday

Yesterday we celebrated Elyssa's 4th birthday, it's so hard to

believe she's already 4!  We were at a place called The Treehouse

and what a fun place. They have a massive indoor playground, one

which even adults can play in if they'd like, naturally I was right in there

sliding down the slides. My daughter, middle son and myself even

had a race going down the three slides. What a fun way to celebrate

turning four! 

The children all had an abundance of energy,

when we first got there, I'm sure there were

some exhausted children after the party though. 

Happy 4th Birthday sweetheart, 

Grammy loves you immensely and

looks forward to going back to play

at the Treehouse. What a novel idea! 

Sarah Smith

Last night I went to listen to Sarah Smith,  this lady has one 
of the most remarkable voices I have ever heard, I even
 got people bumps. ;-)  Sarah's not only a talented singer,

she's personality plus and vibrantly alive! 

It was a joy and honor to meet such a talented lady and I hope 
to  see her when she's back this way in August performing at one 
of our festivals. 

Here's a link into one of her fantastic songs:
Shining Bright

Sarah suggested I bring my camera next time,

I'm going to be all over that! 

Busy and Blessed Weekend

I sit here tonight tired, but not too tired to post. I've been

missing my blog and all of you wonderful people, but 
sometimes life is just like that.  

This weekend it's been a fantastic fun filled 
weekend.  Friday night I went to listen to one of my

favorite entertainers...

Jimmy Whiffen

After a late night and some fantastic music I was

still up early Saturday morning, I wanted to bake a

gluten free cake and this is the first time I've ever

attempted this so I wasn't sure how many cakes

I'd be making til I got it right. First try it seemed

to be alright, I learned gluten free cake mixes

don't rise as high as a regular cake, so I added 

chocolate pudding in the center and no problem,

it seemed to work. 

The cake was for a birthday dinner, both my oldest

son and his wife have April birthdays and this was the 

earliest date we were all available to go out to

dinner, which was a fantastic dinner! 

Shayne and Sandy Happy Belated Birthday! 

Nothing Typical Here

Today we had our Easter dinner, not the big huge

turkey dinner as only two of my children could make

it over. But was our dinner ever scrumptious...

I even broke out the fine china and 

clean-up was a breeze AND 

for dessert I baked a cake.

Yup, nothing typical here this Easter and now

I'm thinking more Easter dinners might look like this. 

And that's a wrap

I'm so glad I'm finally done this semester, it was a challenge

to get through this one, but it's a done deal and I'm now exactly

half way to the Masters Degree. A bit of a break and I'll hit the

ground running when I start my practicum placement on 

May 5th, the only way to learn is to roll up the sleeves and

just do it! With losing my photos here I'm posting one that Elyssa
took of me, she figured out how to use my phone camera and
now payback time for all the photos I've shot of her! 

And wouldn't you just know it,

we got more snow, just in time for

the Easter bunny! lol

Wishing you all a Merry Easter! :-)

Field Trip

Not only was Elyssa looking forward to her field-trip today, 

I was as well.  I was up bright and early and met up at the daycare

to board a bus with the wee ones and off we went to the Royal

Albert Museum.  There's a lot to take in there, naturally the

children loved seeing the various bugs and there was Elyssa counting

some type of huge yellow beetles to see just how many

there were. 

The next stop was the dinosaur area.  We saw all sorts

of dinosaurs, some old bones and even some skulls.

We got to see animals of Alberta, Elyssa was

pointing out the bird in this display.

And we even got to play for a while; Elyssa

dressed up as a dinosaur, put on some special 

footwear which would help her to make dinosaur

tracks in the sand. 

It was such a fun time to go out with Elyssa

on her field-trip and I look forward to more

adventures with my precious granddaughter!

Challenger

My son Derek went out yesterday and picked up his

new car.  Sweet ride! 

I checked out the car, sat in the luxurious

driver's seat and couldn't even see over 

the dash! Sure I could have adjusted the 

seat, taken off for a ride, but I'll wait for the 

opportunity to drive this beautiful car

out on the open highway and we'll see

just how worried I should be, or how worried

my son should be when I borrow his car! ;-)

Congratulations on the new car Derek, 

I'm proud of you my boy!