Saturday, December 26, 2015

XMAS DAY BEACH WALK


Seriously!
We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day weather-wise.
It felt like spring had arrived and winter was just a sweet memory.
I even went in for a swim.


 Mr. Orangie was in rare form,
so I figured that he needed reigning in / taming down
so I was super focused in rescue mode!


Daddy Jim was sporting his new down Arcteryx hoodie jacket
which he says will definitely take care of the Jan/Feb/Mar cold wind and snows.
After last winter's onslaught (the worst in recent memory)
I heard him mumbling "....just bring it on Old Man Winter, now just bring it on!!"


I ran into mucho furry friends like these 2 Leonbergers and a mini-poodle.
Oh yes, super friendly for sure.


 Lookee here!
Our tails match, not planned in the least.



Very short video (less than one minute) will show you how great a day we had.


Even this Queen of Hearts was holding court high on the rocks!


Come back again soon,
since the New Year 2016
is looming on the horizon!

CHEERS!!

Monday, December 21, 2015

HAPPYDOODLEHOLIDAYS


Sheer 
JOY and LOVE
spreading slowly over the land
to all my 
DOODLEFOLLOWERS
~
I hope that you have a 
PEACEFUL
JOYOUS
SNUGGLE
with all you favourites
all those peeps, puppies and kitties
that make you 
HAPPY & CONTENT
inside.
~
All the best from little ol' moi
and
my DADS!!!

Saturday, December 19, 2015

BRIEF REPREIVE


High on the hill 
(my favourite spot in the whole Doodle World)
I search for the never-ending answer.
To what?
You may ask.


Well, solitude for one thing
a singular moment in time.
Peace for all of you and the world
yes the entire world.


The snows are beginning to paint out landscape.
You can see my cherry tree buoying the soft white flakes
so precariously yet firmly.
These singular flakes come together
making a strong union
of beauty and strength.
We are like the snowflakes ~~~

(enjoy a moment of Gordon Lightfoot's - Song For A Winter's Night)

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

PLEASE MAY I 'AVE SOME MORE!!


1st snow has covered our world! 
On my deck 
where breakfast and supper
is served to HRD 
(Her Royal Doodle)



the wide open spaces
fresh air
and 
a dish full of my 
FULL MEAL DEAL
seems to illicit
this response




"Please may I 'ave some more"
with sweet apologies to
Oliver from Charles Dickens.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

"FEELGOOD DAY"


It's Sunday morning
SPRINGLIKE 
and 
I have just dropped Daddy Jim off at his shop.
The beach is over the hill,
so
Daddy Ron and I decided a trek along the shore 
would start the day off perfectly.


I was stopped in my tracks immediately
because I saw a person sitting on the rocks.
~ in my DOODLEHEAD ~
"people mean treats"
As I approached the figure ~~~


Not fair!
I realized that I was totally wrong,
maybe it was the mirage effect
or
DOODLETREATSFOREVEREFFECT
that came over me,
so I moseyed on ~~~


looking for Mr. Orangie 
Do you see him?
I don't!


Again, Mr. Orangie just blends in.
Maybe a good inhale of this seaweed will
improve my GPS skills!


Maybe not!


If you see him in this picture then you have better eyes than me.


I saw these hearts on the beach
and
felt pretty good all over.


We galloped back home for a break  
and then ~~


 returned around 4:30 
to pick up Daddy Jim.


This fellow was just hanging around
gliding on the currents
up and down
the hillside.


He saw me 
because he waved.
I flipped my tail at him
and
he slipped up the slope again.


 The sun had almost disappeared on the horizon
signifying that another day had come and gone.


This was quite a special day
nothing extraordinary
just a 
"feelgood day"!
~~
I hope your day was a 
"feelgood day" 
too
~
Hey!
if it wasn't then re-read this post
and
maybe you'll feel a bit better.

NAMASTE!!!

Saturday, November 28, 2015

DADDY RON'S NEW SCARF


Look down!
I am 'way down here.
Do you see the new creation of Daddy Ron's?


It took him a very, very long time to pick up his needles again.


Fine motor skills and brain cognition
go hand in hand ~


so from out of the blue
these factors seemed to be working much more smoothly again.


I usually sit nearby
watching his creations being formed ~


and for some reason
this knitting ball 
keeps creeping up on me!


I suggested that Daddy Ron
should lay the beginnings of his 6 foot scarf
on the glass plate sitting on his mother's
cedar chest ~


he noticed the wooden caster he found 
while on a trek one day
placed it square in the middle 
and
clicked


he tells me 
"It feels so good to be using my hands again
along with my brain.
Colours, shapes and textures
make me whole again
and
by just picking up on a hobby
taught to me by my grandmother and mother,
once so engrained
really gives one hope 
that there can be more around the corner"
CHEERS!!!
(many thanks to Cindy for the petrified wood
to the mystery sea glass maker on the beach
and
the owner of the wooden caster 
from long ago)

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

COME ALONG WITH ME


When the skies are blue, 
the air is fresh and clear,
when the green grasses go to sleep


smothering the ancient driftwood


you'll find me slipping through the dense mass


heading directly to the water's edge


bouncing back so very speedily


because the cooler temps just make your toes shiver


so a return to sleeping dune grasses


leads us gingerly along the undulating paths
directly to Daddy Jim's shop
in MacDonald House
so very far away 
on that hill.
~
COME ALONG WITH ME!!!
ANYTIME!!

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

TWITCHY KITTY, KITTY !!


I heard a MEOW,
over there ~~
Did you?


~ under the dripping ornamental crabapple ~


I'll just slowly slip quietly along the deck.


 Guess what?
I was whisked away 
over the bridge to Halifax
to the park.
Listen!
Did you hear that?


 THAT must be what I heard !
~ a quiet, solitary kitty
lounging on the back of a comfy chair 
checking out everyone 
that meanders by ~


This kitty looks zonked or something!


But I assure you,
my house is 30 kms away
and
I know for a fact
that this kitty was using ESP
to let me know that
s/he wanted me to know that ~


this little American Goldfinch was making s/he real twitchy!
Real Twitchy!!