Nursing Home Visit

On our way to the nursing home for a 'dog day visit' we saw some memorable things.  The grape hyacinth blooming.

What looks to be a color coordinated flower and buoy arrangement.

The city doing its Spring cleaning.  Very nice to have clean streets for our walking.

This old dog in his car.  There were two dogs but one pasted away last year.  They use to jump out of that car and bark their heads off at Burns when we walked by.  Today the old dog was just quiet. Maybe he didn't hear us coming.

And finally at the nursing home burns treated this lady to a lap dog.  She loves dogs and misses hers very much.  We printed this picture and put it in a frame for her room.  They tell me she carries it around with her.

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Jaybird

Love is in the air, breath deeply

Geese Nesting

What a wonderful surprise yesterday to see two geese on our pond. They stayed around all day and into the evening.  I believe they may be nesting.

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Credits

Word Art & element from Moment of Awakening by Graphic Dreams

A Rainbow Promise QP by Ellie Lash

Jaybird

Love is in the air, breath deeply.

Dog Tired

I wondered about these pillars.  Are they Old, or something new?

And I have never seen rhubarb trying to grow on the side of a rock wall before.

It was cloudy all day and rained on us twice.

By the time we got home Burns was ready for a nap.

Sleep tight,
Jaybird
Love is in the air, breath deeply.

Typical Day

Today on your walk we approached this lovely blue house and something in the yard caught Burns attention.

At first I wondered if it was the yard ornament.

Or maybe it was the lovely white with salmon colored trumpet daffodils?

Or the Buddha in the yard. Who knows.  There were some kids jumping on a trampoline.... yep, that was probably the big attraction for the dog.  Go figure.

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Night, sleep tight,

Jaybird

Love is in the air, breath deeply.  

Believe in Magic

Well it's confirmed, Burns sits on command and lets me take his picture.  What a smart boy.  Also, I found out today that he is a Jack-A-Bee; mix between a Jack Russel Terrier and a Beagle. I always thought so. We got him from the Humane Society as a shelter dog, so no one could tell us much about him.  After 4 years he is perfectly at home and it seems to be a good match for both of us. (Click on image for a larger view).

The Hyacinths are blooming now and so far I've seen purple and white.

Credits:

Magic Kit by Irene Alexeeva

Hyacinth QP and elements by Gunhild

Watch List

These two houses I love to watch as they bloom, always something spectacular. (Click images for larger views)

The first one I call Rose Cottage.  One of the occupants teaches piano, so in the summer you get two pleasures just for walking by: the scent of roses, and the sounds of music.
This one is very manicured and has gardeners caring for it.

Below is an organic raised bed garden and I love the three colored trees growing together.  Lovely color in the spring.

The trees caught my eye in this picture. That clump of trees and the simple delicate flower just seemed perfect.

And last I almost missed this geranium against that red door.

Night and sleep tight,
Jaybird
Love is in the air, breath deeply.

Belted Galloways

My dog loves to walk past these Belted Galloway cows.  He's a little afraid of them, but just loves to visit their farm.

He did something different today that he hasn't done before.  Always when I try to stop and take a picture, he gets very animated and wants to play, but today I told him to get up on the stump and STAY, SIT and he DID.  Was I surprised.  Call him Photo Man.

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This evening I was searching for Belted Galloway Art and came across a few items I didn't realize the cow fan could purchase.

 

I did a memory painting of a Belted Galloway a few years ago, maybe I should put it on ebay.  That's all for tonight except during our evening walk, I thought it might rain but instead decided to SNOW.

Jaybird

Love is in the air, breath deeply.

Daffodils Everywhere

On our walk today the predominating flower blooming was the Daffodils.  From on doors, to walkways, to roadways, to containers.  Yellow everywhere.

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I'll post more of our walk tomorrow, but for tonight, sleep tight.

Jaybird

Burns Our Boy

This is my favorite picture of Burns.  I put the sunglasses on him as a challenge back in 2008 and the page kit I used was a freebie, but sorry I can't remember where I got it from.  If I find the credit I will edit this post accordingly. (Click image for a larger view) I only have this picture now because it is the wallpaper on one of my older computers.  Thank goodness I rarely throw anything away.  My software is so old that it only runs well on the older XP machines.  Currently I use a laptop running Vista but I don't dare put any of my older graphic programs on it, as others have said they just don't work well.  So, I just fire up an older computer when I want to be creative.

My daily walk was to the doctor.  I stopped driving several years ago and fortunately I am able to walk to all my appointments, well that isn't true.  I do have to take a cab to the dentist; it is only $6.00 so I don't feel it too hard in the pocketbook.  I thought I would miss driving, but quite the opposite; it feels wonderful walking and being 'in the present' with nature.  Although, I haven't taken any good pictures of late because of the cloudy and a bit colder weather.  I was stopped by some tourists today asking for directions (they were walking also and wondered which way to go).  They were enjoying looking at the old homes along the ocean.  I told them they could go left or right and just keep walking and eventually they would end up right back here where they started.  What luck - it's hard to get lost in this town.


Later, Jaybird
Love is in the air, breath deeply

Off to Go Awandering

To help manage my blood pressure my doctor has recommended 2 daily walks, and my dog agrees with her prescription.  On these walks I love to take pictures, so I will share some of my wanderings with you lovely people and hope that you enjoy the views.

The past few days have been very warm, but today was overcast and rather chilly.  However, I did see this fiddle fern reaching upwards and almost masked by the foliage around it.  I used a painterly effect on it because I enjoy abstract art; an impression, rather than a clear cut image.

Jaybird

Love is in the air, breath deeply.

 April 17th and look how much these ferns have grown already.  When you are walking you can just feel the vibrancy in the air, from nature waking up with growing momentum.

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