week starting March 1, 2011....

this deer was not happy with what it found on our back deck and made no bones about snubbing his nose at it......

this is our dog Ferggie watching the deer in the front yard....this has become a pastime for us all.......(barking dogs does not upset the deer ....barely raise their heads...)

...and the deer have become people watchers too,.........

this is Griffin as he points out tracks and tries to figure out which way they went.....

......and yes in spite of all the cold we have been experiencing we have had some sunshine....helping with the cabin fever we are all suffering from...........



Ah yes here we are at the first of March and it has come in with avengence...does this mean it will leave like a lamb..... apparently the ground hog was wrong with its perdiction of an early spring am I the only one or is this winter getting to be realllly long? am so looking forward to some warmer weather...as is my MS....my MS does not like extreme cold but albeit I remain healthy....no flu no cold no depression just painful legs and arms that much don't want to cooperate......just the beginning hopefully we are on the upward and forward to warmer.....GOOD thoughts of spring to all......

more from the past weeks.....

this is one of the many deer that regularily feed at our feeder.....

Griffin and Gpa Lyle photographing the deer that visit daily....watching the deer has becom an instant pastime...as is capturing them also...the one they were watching was visiting at around 4:30 p.m. in the afternoon......

Griffin captured this one...he thought it looked like it was winking as it was eating....

another of Griffin's captures...a woodpecker during a windy day getting a treat of peanutbutter....

this was another activity we engaged in when Griffin visited...these are ocarinas..small handcrafted ceramic wind instruments...played by closing and opening the holes while one blows into the top....these are 2 of the 4 we have...each one of these plays can play an octavie...in a different key......truly a new activity for me...by the time the week was over we had it figured out and were sounding quite pleasant......

Just a few more pictures of the activities we were involved in while we had our gson here visiting.....there is much to learn from the young ones in our lives...this week has been an exchange by both young and old...Griffin taught me some basic tasks on our pc...have enjoyed his stay and look forward to his next visit and his sisters visit.....:)

week starting February 14-February 28, 2011

this is one of two cats that live with our gchildren in Yorkton...they call this rescue...Tiger and she loves being the center of attention......

this is gdaughter with Tiger...

when gson Griffin was here for visit with us he needed a haircut and this was what he looked like after his haircut...handsome I think.....

Gson and I were out following some of the paths the deer have beaten around our yard...he is standing at the centre of where the paths cross deciding which way to turn.....

some of the snowbanks that grace the ditchlines of the highway.......


My blog has gotten a bit behind but when we have company I usually shut my pc down and my blog suffers a bit....this past number of days has been very cold but surely not uneventful....the gchildren had a week off from school so gson came to visit with us ...the time we spent with him has been enlightening as he shared his busy life with us.....both Lyle and I have been very fortunate to remain very healthy as so many are suffering from colds and flu.....a very GOOD week.....:)