Contemplative Monday

"When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain,
that protection becomes like armor,
like armor that imprisons the softness of the heart."

.....Pema Chodron  (click)

Eclectic Tastes

Two years after Leonard Cohen released his 'Suzanne' in 1967
Nina Simone released this 'cover' 
and has a ball with it!
Enjoy and have a wonderful Sunday everyone.

Saturday Morning Post

Slim pickins from which to choose photos this week due to migraines.....

Very poor attempt at capturing full moon through birches from window....

Coming out of driveway one evening at dusk....

Air travel was very evident one evening.....heading to Europe....

The Atlantic Ocean......

I did manage to go to work Wednesday at the shop....

Looking over to Lawrencetown Beach from MacDonald House second floor.....

Line-up for entry......

I like 'lines'.......

Sophie met a new friend, Schooner, a Golden Doodle,

at the park on Thursday.

'We owners' had a blast watching them play.

Contemplative Monday

"If we are not able to smile,

then the world will not have peace."

.....Thich Nhat Hanh (click)

My brother, Dennis, and his grandson, Gabe......

oh, and Sophie.

Eclectic Tastes

No arguing that Cher is and has been in control of her career.

We saw her in concert a few years ago and she definitely has a message.....
it is a 'woman's world'.....the way it ought to be.

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.

Saturday Morning Post

A week in September in Nova Scotia......

When processing this photo of a woman walking her dogs at the park,

I showed it to Ron and asked who this looked like.

We both agreed that it looked like his mother.....her stance/gesture in walking,

the clothes and colour, and her hair style.

It gave us both a very warm and grateful feeling.

From my perch at the shop.....

Fog, glass and flowers....

Entrance #6 at Martinique Beach.....

Life and death on the beach.....

I 'found' (love the hunt) this chrome advertising stool 

in the Valley last week. I put it in the shop

and 'away' it went!!

This road at the park in Halifax leads to one of two container piers

in Halifax Harbour......the orange cranes are GIGANTIC.

Moored....

Sophie and Ron are always ahead of me......

guess he has his 'second wind' back.

Beach life.....

Windy at Martinque Beach this week....

Ron 'popping' his spine after a long walk at the park....

Halfway down Martinque Beach.......

Contemplative Monday

"Never give up on yourself.

Then you will never give up on others."

.....Pema Chodron (click)

Eclectic Tastes

In these waning days of summer I could only think of this tune
by Ella Fitzgerald to usher us through the end of this season.

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.

Saturday Morning Post

Basically a 'beach week'......

New wall at the shop...formally known as the 'quilt wall'.

Sunset over Stony Beach....

Around this corner is Lawrencetown Beach....

A swim at dusk for Sophie.....

This heron was in the Salt Marsh.....

Window-shopping the other day at the shop......

Shades of gray....

Four sandpipers.......

Ron and Sophie through the dune grass (can just see Sophie behind him)...

Overcast......

Down on the boardwalk.......

Contemplative Monday

"When you love someone,

 the best thing you can offer is your presence.

How can you love if you are not there?"

...Thich Nhat Hanh

Eclectic Tastes

Hey, what could be better than a 'disco version' of a Gordon Lightfoot classic?
I heard that!! lol

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.

Saturday Morning Post

What I noticed this week.......

Dropped in to see my sister, Jo-Ann and her partner, Milan this week.

From my perch at the shop....

MacDonald House staircase displaying marine-themed paintings and photos.....

from my shop.

Some much needed rain moving in ......

I added this work to the shop last week....it's a collage

of different coloured veneers (wood).

We (Sophie, Ron and I) met our great nephew, Gabe this week......6 months old.

Gabe and his dad, Jacob (nephew).....

Seagull.....

HUGE container ship in Halifax Harbour....

Sophie needed more.......off she went on her own into the harbour at the park.

A view of McNabs Island in Halifax Harbour.....

'Samson and Goliath'.....?
OOPPS! lol
That would be 'David and Goliath'.

Saw this yesterday at the beach boardwalk....set up by the lifeguards this summer.