It May be Boring...but It's My Life!!!!: 2011-06-12

Day 166 June 15,2011

....just another day of interesting cloud formations and oh yes the weather forcast is "MIXED"

Day 165 Tuesday June 14,2011

....today I am playing around trying to capture raindrops on the petals of plants

.....I find it quite fascinating that something as tiny as a single raindrop when it is joined with million others can cause such havoc.....life is full of interesting things

Day 164 Monday June 13,2011

....after a sluggish slow start to my week I managed to take my Crew for their run and thanks to all the moisture our ditches and pastures are full of these 'lovilies'

Day 163 Sunday June 12,2011

......I had all but given up hope that my hostas weren't dead when they started to appear

.....the leaves on the trees are unfurling finally

.....and the fruit tree blossoms are popping .....slow but sure and maybe not on schedule but all according to plan none the less........Mother Nature you are such a tease....

Day162 June11,2011

.....from a sunny morning to.....

...another cloudy afternoon.....

the wather forecasters have coined a term I think is amusing...it is "MIXED"....I am sure when they don't know what will happen during the day they just say "in the forecast we have mixed weather".....you interpret it to mean whatever happens happens.....love that one and those 20-30% chance of rain usually means minimum of half inch of rain plus for a day or so......

Day 161 Friday June 10,2011

...with the appearance the lilacs have begun to open and with cooler temperatures the color and fragrance have been peremating the air.....a full beautiful temptation for the senses

....yes as the day progressed so did the return of the clouds

.....the yard is greening up so wonderfully

Day 160 June 9,2011

....from this

.....to this

....and back to this all in about 5 minutes

.....today the clouds were changing and playing games....most of day it was cloudy but sun teased from time to time by trying to poke out......with the amount of rain we have been getting clouds are a gimme so I have decided to start checking them out.....

Day 159 Wednesday June 8,2011

the above three photos are of our neighbours fruit trees across the road....they too have had more than their share of moisture but are still putting on quite a show....delightful to see...

.....the word of the day is ..."turbidity current"

turbidity current...a current of highly turbid (muddy) water carrying llarge amounts of suspended sediment that increases its density and causes it to flow downward through less dense water along the bottom slope of a lake or sea.....in layman's terms what water does when it flows from a higher area to a lower......and to think IT is happening in our front yard....amazing eh???:)

amazing what to much rain flooding ones driveway can teach us!!!!!

Day157-Day159 Wednesday June8,2011

this was taken Tuesday night when we were getting ready for bed...the Crew and and I had spent the day at the kotima exploring with Jay and Donna and of course 2-3 hours of cutting grass...they had so much running around to do.....

....on our tour of kotima we checked out this washout in valley

....these beauts were sporting off sunny blooms among the rocks on the hill at kotima

.....Jay across the creek looking back to the camp...feeling pretty smug that he had made it across the bridge althewhile waiting for Donna and I to pick him up with the Ranger

.....Jay sneaking ever so carefully on all four across the bridge....GOOD fun

Day 156 Sunday June 5,2011

...today Lyle and I walked along with about 100 people in Wawota,Sask to help raise awareness about MS and to help raise funds for further research....the day was sunny and warm and we walked 5km.....thanks to all who supported me (was quite tired but it was a GOOD tired)

Day 155...Saturday June 4,2011

...today Kim Dani and I went to our friend Krista's bridayl shower...

...the happy bride-to-be and her mother

.....Krista looking lovily but maybe not so happy..lol:)

....a very happy mom and daughter (they probably have their own reasons for this bliss...lol)

Day152-Day154 Friday June 3,2011

the big maple on the corner of our lot just got topped .....the top branches were strting to grow intp the powerline.....

...and on the opposite side of driveway the row of trees there also got topped because they also were encroching into the powerline...with all the moisture the roots have very little support as they are standing in water...all that's left is cleanup....

..we started pumping the water from across driveway the first of May and here we are the first of June and yes we are still pumping......

......a peek of Lake Vennard (the water along our driveway)

this pair a finch and a redpoll have just turned their backs on the whole water situation and resigned themselves to hitting the feeder up for their daily sustenance...