The sky....

Yes, Saskatchewan licence plates are aptly named: "Land of Living Skies".

And the sky is so very huge.

You get several kazillion water droplets in there and it makes for interesting visual fare.

I think so, anyway.

More green....

Green was the color of choice for the weekend.

Brittney's Campbell Collegiate in Regina - same school

colors as

my alma mater...Riverside Collegiate in P.A.

Brittney rocked at her dance recital. (centre back)...


she jived.....

She did some fancy breakin'...

and movin'......

and groovin'......

and enjoyed herself a whole lot (and she was good too!!)

on the way home it was a good cloud day.

Their new Regina digs.

May God watch over this one vehicle/three working people at different times...family.

The driving/riding scheduling will, I know, be a challenge.

We had a great time too.

And now to finish off the week here........oh shoot, it's only Tuesday tomorrow......

Green...

It's been a good trip south so far. So enjoyable travelling when it's all turning that beautifully breathtaking green.....everywhere.

The browns and greys and whites have given way to their new spring duds.

And down here I enjoyed my first great thunderstorm of the 2009 season complete with super lightening bolts and a vibrant double rainbow to finish it all off....kind of like dessert after a rack of ribs supper! The smell of the fresh rain and the wind blowing the fragrance of a nearby apple tree into my starved nostrils changed my countenance from the dry coldness of a long winter to the awakening of a new and exhilarating one....at last!

It's nice to feel the +30 degree temperatures again too...for one day at least.

So, tomorrow we'll watch granddaughter at her yearly dance recital and go to brunch at a fancy hotel. The new digs here are lovely and the kids have much more room now in their new space to live. All have jobs and God has been good to them in his provision.

We're anxiously waiting to hear from son when he comes out from the bush in his tree planting expedition. It was good to hear from him last week though...just to know that even though he's out of phone range, he's safe and healthy.:-)

Ta ta for now....oh, and if anyone out there knows how we did at the Relay for Life, I'd sure like to find out.

Well, that was some "meeting"!

These were spectators to the antics below...


Folks relaxing after a hard day at the "office"...

Let the meetings begin....

"Doc" and some of his crew...

Don't you bid any higher than me!!!

Dave hosted Ethnic Night.

Xilin and Xianhua cooking REAL Chinese food.

Rod and our new Assistant Deputy Minister, Lin.

Peking Duck

The Trout Pond (named after Brenda's dad)

We scared up a pair of geese.

Referees Carole and April

Summer Students - Dave and Christine

Bob and Gigi...(fill in the caption)

Melissa and Rod (fill in the caption)

The old and the new - John and David

Michael - the ball toss....

Sure we had meetings....Twila......

An eagle flew by...

Deb (another 'fill in the caption')

Roske and Rod duo....it helps to hang on to belt loops....

Jess the "Pro"

Bob R. (bye to you too, Bob):-)

The Ski Tournament

The Meeting Place

Touring around....

Late nights & early mornings.....

And that gives you a picture of my last three days.

'nite.......

Enjoy the simple pleasures...

And this is one of those simple pleasures. A flower in bloom.

Yes, it's going to be a full week coming up.

Our Branch Meeting will be out of town this week for three days. Then Friday is Relay for Life and that weekend will be a trip to watch Brittney's dance recital.

One day seems to run into the next, until we find that a whole week has passed.

That's life.

So perhaps it's time to sit and enjoy our surroundings, wherever we might be. If we could only find joy in life's simplest things.......like a flower. I think my camera will come with me to Candle Lake this week.

Beer....

Back Yard....2008.

Summertime....and the livin' is easy......after you rake your fingers to the bone and sweat like a hog and stick your shins on long pointy branches.

Husband and I took to the yard this afternoon like two people possessed.

He had taken Roundup or some such equivalent to most of the front "flower beds" last fall, hoping nothing would grow there but the lovely young lowbush trees. So, we raked the deadfall. Should anything grow there this year, it will only be by a miracle of God.

Oh, I shall have some flower pots and such but no more "Snow on the Mountain" ravaging the front and taking everything in its path hostage. NO MORE!!! When I went by the little "Scotts Pine" he thanked me for his ability to breathe this spring being that he wasn't surrounded and over-run by the snowy beast.

So, all of that pulling and raking and sweating and skinning took it's toll on both of us.

We sat down, rested our oversized, weary bodies, listened to the birds and shared a "Rikards White".....beer that is....Molson's. Brewed with honey and coriander. Goooood......after a hard days' work.

Perhaps in the very near future the yard will look once again like it did last year.....green. I'm countin' on it!

A near tradgedy....

Watching the eagle's nest this evening, I notice that a tradgedy has been averted. Some type of baling twine or nylon string was brought to the nest by one of the parents inadvertently with some grass. "Tiny", the third and last eaglet to hatch, for by what sounds like most of the day, had that twine wrapped around his right leg and was unable to move much and therefore wasn't able to get to the food source much.

But as of this night, eaglet #2 grabbed the twine and pulled and pulled and somehow must have loosened it enough and "Tiny" pulled it the rest of the way off. By the sounds of the computer chat room that goes on at the site, many people were very anxious, and rightly so. When you get to watch these little beings hatch and grow to where they are now, it is very distressing to see any of them in trouble.

The twine remains in the nest. Perhaps one of the parents will toss it out at some point. It's a real danger to all of them.

People are careless and thoughtless. My co-worker who lives just east of town says that people come out to their grid road on a regular basis and just toss their garbage bags into the ditch or along side the trees right by their place.

WHAT KIND OF PERSON WHOULD DO THAT?????.....I ask you.

Ya, I thought you'd agree with me on that one. Lazy. Ignorant. Thoughtless. Foolish. Selfish.

All those words add up to "forest garbage dumpers", whose names need to be made public. They are a disgrace to the environment and to the human race.

I think, since God made all the forests for us to enjoy, he would agree with my assessment.