Minnie Mouse

My little girl isn't into dolls/babies.
But give her a stuffie and she is a happy Princess.
And yesterday as her brothers played basketball, spit because they think it is cool, peed in the mud and wrestled until they were out of breath, this little girl walked around with Minnie.

She showed Minnie the trees, the cats and even the horses.

She danced with Minnie, sang her some songs and took her down the slide.Even giving her the odd hug and kiss along the way.

Thank you Oh Heavenly Father for giving me a girl who doesn't pee in public places.

Cold. Freezing. Brrrrrr.

I live in Canada. Sometimes I wish my ancestors packed up and made the trip down south towards Florida...Texas...even Georgia. But nope. They stuck it out here for all those years in the cold, wintery weather. And now here I sit freezing my tushy and my toes.  

These are my slippers because my feet are always cold and I refuse to wear socks when I am in my home.

 

These are Princess' feet because her feet are always cold and she refuses to wear socks or slippers when in her home.

 

This is Ike the horse.

See the steam coming out of his nostrils?
That is because it is friggin cold.


This is an icicle coming out of an eavestrough at the back of our barn.

The icicle is there because it is cold and the eavestrough is dented because Ike likes to bite it.
Whatever.



This is the frozen ditch in front of our home.

My children like to walk in it but they usually get their feet soaked.... ..and then they whine and complain that their feet are cold.

I am convinced that they do not understand the cause and effect concept, but whatever.



These are the naked trees at the back of our property.
It is cold back there.
And everywhere.

Click here{on Thursday} to check out more "cold" photographs!

Favourite Photos of 2011

By now, I probably don't need to tell you how important I think it is to take pictures. Of your life. Your surroundings. Your family/friends. Moments. Nothing makes me happier than capturing moments that brought about an emotion. Expressive photography is what I like to call it. I am sure that is what all of the professionals call it too.And, yes, I really do get giddy when I look at pictures taken years ago and it brings me right back to that exact moment and emotion. It makes my heart happy.Because that is why I took that picture in the first place.Duh. Anyways, I went back through all of my thousands of photographs taken in the year 2011 and picked my favourites. A very difficult task for someone who takes so many pictures of events and emotions I wanted to remember. Sure, most of them aren't the best quality but there is a reason why I love each and every one of them. Sit down. Stay awhile. And I will tell you why. Duke the Horse looking handsome and distinguishedObviously I took hundreds of photographs of the newest members of the famdamily, but this one sticks outbecause, deep down in my heart I believe at this very moment, Duke was saying "OK, bitch, I will give you this perfect photo if you just stop following me around calling me Dukers."   All three children sitting beside each other without hitting/biting/yelling is a moment to remember. And this day was one of my most favourite of the entire year.We went for a hike in the woods.Princess wore pants.Princess refused to wear a coat and whined alot.All three children whined about all of the walking.And my husband wore his big, clunky work boots.Ahhh.....the memories.  This is joyand pure happinessall rolled into one photograph.Me loves it. My daughter and my grandmother in the same unposed photograph at my favourite place in the Universe.I think I took about 27 pictures just like this because I wanted to absorb the moment.This will be treasured forever.  A spur of the moment photograph that showcases Rowdy's personality, handsome faceand fashion taste.And those green eyes make even his Mommy amazed that she had a part in creating him.  Oldest and youngest child.She worships the ground he walks on......and he protects her every move.   Eyelashes.Quiet moment.Beauty.  Ike the Horse and I are thisclose.He is a rascal.He displays alot of inappropriate behaviour that reminds me alot of a child going through a difficult phase.But it makes me love him even more because he has personality.And smiles when I bring out the Nikon.Now tell me this photo didn't stir up a happy emotion when you saw it??   Feet.In Cuba.This week was one of my proudest..scariest...and most emotional of the entire year.My little brother got married.I took pictures.My little brother got married.It still makes me tear up.  My family.In Cuba.The day my little brother got married.Without getting too emotional, let me just say that this photograph evokes MANY emotions.Including sadness over my face lines.Whatever.  Heaven on Earth.I must move there.And live happily ever after.
OK.
That's it.
The End.
For Now.

Blue

I'm late. Late, late, for a very important date.
Beth posted her You Capture stuff early because of the American Thanksgiving holiday and totally caught me off guard.

So, I walked around my...umm....kitchen and living room and found these lil' treasures.

A Lego toy on a table instead of a floor waiting for me to step on it.
A-mazing.

The three year old daughter girl's artwork

Blue jeans and bling-bling

Beautiful blue lil' toenails.


Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American readers/friends.
I am thankful that you stop by this ol' blog of mine and support me as I walk through this journey called Life.
Thank you for accepting me.
Not judging me.
And allowing me to put my thoughts into writing.
I am forever grateful.


Go here to see more Blue photos

Fun

Fun. It's a wonderful thing.
I need to participate in more fun, because lately I feel like my life is anything but.
Cleaning. Cooking. Laundry. Grocery shopping. Chauffeuring.

That crap might be fun to some people, but not me.

A kid with a nagging cough that keeps everyone up all night. A dog that smells so bad, I put him out in the barn when we have people over.

Not fun.

But these pictures of my handsome, happy boys are.






My fun is experiencing their fun.
It makes my heart happy.

See more fun stuff here

Fall Fotos

Fall.
Autumn.
The season before winter.
I love it so friggin much.
I wish we could skip winter and just have one very long season of oranges and reds and yellows.

A long season to enjoy fall hikes

A long season to enjoy throwing sticks in creeks and streams.
Are they the same thing? Note to self. Google "creeks and streams".
A very long season to enjoy a cool breeze and vivid colours.
Vivid. I like that word. Note to self. Use the word "vivid" more.
A wonderfully long season without snow and freezing rain.

Gosh darn, I love fall so friggin muchI will be very sad to see it go

You can go see more Fall Photos here on Thursday.  That's tomorrow.  Because I am early.  As usual.

Peace Out.

Green is one of my favourite colours

You're probably thinking I spelled "colours" wrong, but I didn't.  You see, in Canada, where I live, we add letters to words that cannot be heard and make absolutely no sense.  It is because we are so smart........

Anyways...

I like green.  It comes in so many different shades and just reminds me of nature and the outdoors.
Except this week.
Now it reminds me of dog puke and infected sores on the side of dog's faces.
Yum.

So instead of posting pics of disgusting green body parts, this is what I found when I walked outside my door.

Apple tree

Lil' Mushroom

Quiet Moment

Weeds are flowers too

Run Princess Run

The Leaves are Still Green

Dirty, green hose

Boy Child....with poison ivy

Go here to see more green pics and to wish Beth good luck on her {soon to be born} new baby!