A New Decade, A New Year

As the end of another year draws to a close I am sitting here thinking about what has happened in the last ten years. As it is also the end of another decade. The end of the "teen" years of another century and the beginnings of the "young adult" years. Sometimes I wish that I could go back to my teen years and change some decisions that I made during that time of my life. But when I think of the person that I have become because of those decisions maybe it is better to leave them as they are. 

The trials and tribulations that we experience because of past decisions help to make us either stronger or weaker. And that depends on how we perceive those trials and tribulations. For me, I have found that they have made me a stronger person. A person of independence and tenancity. I love life to much to allow these minor decisions to alter how I am going to live my life. 

In this new year, new decade I plan on living my life to the fullest. I am not going to allow outside opinions influence where I am going or what I going to do. 

No NEW YEAR'S Resolutions for this Lady just 

LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

Has Spring Arrived ??

This is a Post from a few Springs ago but I find that it is still so appropriate even today. The Dog that I had back then was named Roscoe and he was a beautiful Sheltie.

To some people the first sign of spring is the arrival of the Robins, to others it is the first color of the Forsythia Bushes turning bright yellow. This morning when I let Roscoe out for his early morning prowl around the backyard I discovered there was quite a gathering of odd things on my back step. Little pieces of grass, twigs and nest like gatherings. I didn't think to much of it until later on in the morning, when I was at my kitchen sink rinsing out some dishes,  a movement in the rafters over my back step caught my eye. There she was. She seen me almost as soon as I seen her. She was gorgeous with her puffed up reddie brown chest. She was checking out my step to see if it would be an appropriate spot to bring her new little babies into the world. What a sense of delight I experienced. I was about to be proclaimed the new home for a Spring Robin and her babies, so I thought. As the morning progressed, I watched from my Kitchen window, as she tried to make a nest on a piece of board that was no wider then possibly 1 1/2".  Oh she looked from one spot between the rafters to another. She brought twigs, hay, and anything else she could get her beak onto, to that narrow little shelf. She would nestle her tummy onto the items, trying so hard to get them to stay in place but to no avail. She tried three different spots in those rafters this morning but so far nothing has stayed put. We will have to see if she comes back tomorrow and tries again. So for me, this was definitely a sign of Spring's arrival.
So until tomorrow, Roscoe and I are "Good To Go"
And now Katie, Ayasha and I 
Maplesugar.

Where Has The Time Gone

Where Has The Time Gone

Do you remember as a child waiting for summer to hurry up and get here so you could do all the things that were FUN swimming in the lake or pool if you were one of the fortunate ones to have such a luxury, hiking through the trails along the creek side, building forts and playing games with your friends and sister or brother if you had one. Going for nice long bicycle rides on small roads that are NOW highways and getting an ice cream cones after church on Sunday mornings because you sat still during Service. Oh how I miss those days. 

Now days everybody is moving so fast to get somewhere fast and sometimes they don't even know where the destination is. Have you noticed how many people are getting sicker and sicker and they are not realizing that it is because of the fast paced life that they are leading. 

FOLKS we need to slow down. Take time to smell the Roses or flowers along the way. Don't get caught up in the trap of moving faster and getting nowhere faster. Make plans to enjoy your time together as families and friends. Life is to short and it is getting shorter and shorter by the minute. 

When someone asks you to join them for lunch or even a cup of tea, don't make excuses not to go, GO.  I had lunch yesterday with a very special friend and we realized that it has been a very long time since we had done that. There was so much to catch up on and so much to reminisce about  that it was just so special to just get together and do just that. But as per usual TIME came and grabbed us both and sent us on our separate ways. I hope it is not such a long TIME before we get together again seeing as we both live so close to each other.  Don't let the busyness of your life rob you of special moments like this. 

Savor those times and tuck them away for that moment when you need a smile and a memory of Good Things. 

Sunday March 7th, 2010

Well "My Little Robin Mother" came back yesterday and continued to try to make a nest up on my back step. I believe though, that she has decided it is not the perfect location for her little family. What a feeling of disappointment has settled over me. She did come to the "Rafters" a couple of times yesterday but I think that either the space was too narrow or maybe there is just too much activity on my back step for her liking.

In my front garden the Daffodils are blooming profusely another sure sign of spring and the Tulips are budding. Some have already popped open and it is always a surprise as to what colour is going to show up where. There is a Japanese Maple in the middle of my front yard that is still rather young but beneath its branches are Daffodils and surprisingly some Grape Hyacinths. So we have a mass of yellows, purples and then a splattering of pink here and there. Pink is my favorite colour in everything. I love all shades of pink. So I guess I could say for me the first sure sign of spring is the arrival of that first Robin and my Pink Tulips in the garden.

Well Roscoe and I are off to see what else we can find out in the garden.

                                                                           "Good To Go"
                                                                           Maplesugar
                                                                           and of course,
                                                                           Roscoe