5 days and counting ...

bah! I keep telling myself that this is not that big a deal! Why is 50 so much more of an event that 40 or 25 or 18? Anyway, in my family 42 is a milestone...is that enough of the self-wallow?

Hey, I never said any of what I would be posting would make any sense...this is mostly just the unfiltered ramblings of my internal dialogue!

So ... onward! We left off last night on July 6th ... let's see how far I get tonight!?

Yes, this photo is right-side up ... and I love it!

It was really hot ... it looked like the plants were sweating!

Froggy in the garden!

There's actually a story that goes with this next one:

So, it's Saturday morning. The fence guys arrive to work on the fence. Andy has the girls out for a run and they go down to the field (which is by then quite progressed in the sprouting of soy beans!) In Dora's little mind, if she comes back up 'the hill' to see daddy, she will have to go inside. OK, for once her thinking was correct -- but what matters is, she didn't even come up to see me when I went outside (and she usually does...usually...and yes, I realized that I made that about me!!) Anyway, I decide to go talk to my neighbour, Buffy comes up, Dora comes up. I keep talking...you guessed it...Ddog goes back down the hill, and this time there is absolutely no budging here, she wants PLAYTIME! So, I pull my last trick out of my sleeve...and walk over towards the pond, and the 'easier' way down the hill. Dora (as predicted) met me at the bottom of the path, and we went up the hill and into the house. Easy-peasy, right?!

Well, don't ya' know, I wasn't in the house long enough to sit down and we hear the fence guys say they can see a coyote ... no TWO coyotes!!! This picture shows where Dora had been lying in relation to where the coyote was walking...oh yeah...and where I was walking!

Mandevilla flower blossom

OK, not nearly as cool as that pic Aydyn took of Amanda with the dragonflies ... but still:

My very own garden moon:
A condo in Mississauga that was inspired by Marilyn Monroe ... I'd want to live on the 'hip' floor ... LOL!

Yup - it's a bug, a cicada to be exact
This is just proof that even a cloudy day can be lots of fun...photographically speaking anyway!

Well kiddies, that's it for tonight. I may get a chance to post a few more tomorrow at some point. After the bday craziness, I'm going to start keeping a notebook when I process. Hopefully, I'll gain a better understanding of what I'm doing, instead of 'hey, this looks neat", "what if I did this?!" and "oops, that didn't work at all, undo, undo, undo"

Until then ... be safe, have fun and sing like there's no one listening!