Orange-you-glad you stopped in

June has been event-ful.  With a horse clinic and art gallery and shows and nature showing up

in orange this year.

We have Orioles feeding at our place!

We were in Swift Current visiting our blessing, Tom.

See below pics of his yard.  He has beautiful evergreens.  He also has some

different "accents" placed around the place.

I see face with a downward smile and the arm reaching up.

He must be doing something with this Mask -
I think he said he is making a body for it.
  It's a bit spooky sitting out in the sun room.

An old shed came with his property.  The shed is pretty decent inside with work bench and space for storage.  

The basketball net came from our acreage outside

Swift Current.  

South West Art Gallery June 8, 2019

Tom's Pokemon Puppets

He also has his FNAF and marionette puppets (14 total)

on display at The Lyric Theatre in Swift  Current until the end of August.

Here's a couple of Iphone videos.

Tommy's Puppet Lab

As a developing Artist, my son is quite excited right now!


Grace at Horse Clinic....

A horsemanship clinic at Springside was on June 1, 2; so who participated in this?  Not me this year.
 The only horse we had that really needed to be around other horses and a new situation was Grace.  Brian rode her and I watched Friday night.  We learned that this mare is a highly sensitive horse and she needs to be treated with very light reins and subtle consistent cues. She was the only mare at this clinic so she was busy flirting and being distracted on the last day.  So thankful Brian went with her this year.

John Tilley (Tilleys Custom Colts & Horsemanship)


June is a wonderful month!

moments at the side of the road

 I turned in for a little stop (nature calls), on my way to Regina.

I had my new camera in the back seat, to my delight..  

It was so relaxing to just shoot nature.

Vancouver + the island get-away

Apr 4 - April 11, 2019

Vancouver island and big city getaway adventures

( lots of videos and pictures)

we stayed at an Airbnb 2 blocks away from the Rogers Arena

in Vancouver for 2 nights.  We went to see PINK in concert.

Stanley Park visit

She sang and did her acrobatics around the

arena as she sang and performed steadily for 2 hours!

We then went to visit my very good friend since Grade 5, Sandy. She lives on

the island at Qualicum Beach

We did the Wonky Woods hiking trail

very interesting and funny 

 lots of skunk cabbage in these woods

and did alot of catching up since I saw her 6 years ago!

we visited the Northern Island Wildlife Recovery Centre

and I was really touched with this non-government funded

rescue place

  Eagles, falcons, ravens are injured by people shooting at their
wings and they are brought into the centre so they can survive until their
wings grow back.  Some stay forever depending on the injury,.

I fell in love with the Owls
these 2 Barred Owls only had one eye each;
so they will not leave the recovery centre

Fishermans Wharf

We also stopped in at Nanaimo to see my friend
I met while in college in Saskatoon,  We have kept in
touch and I saw her 6 years ago as well.
She made me a quilt - I could not believe it! 

she got all my colours and she chose island blues and
gold and material her daughter brought back from Vietnam.  So lovely!

going back home to fly from Vancouver Airport

This was a great trip!  loved it and thanks to my friends for making

it so much fun.