The contents of this moment...

...sitting out on the little deck of my new apartment for the first time. I am thoroughly enjoying the sun and the warm weather.

...drinking tea while working on some new crocheted crystal necklaces.

...giving the animals some love and snuggles while we listen to the birds sing.

...sun gazing through the leaves of the tree that overhangs the corner of my deck.

What are the contents of your day?

the great cranberry adventure: part 2

So, most of the photos are actually in the dunes and on the beach (and back in the dunes) leading up to the bog...

Anyway, I was following mum, but she had only been there by boat since it is waaaaay at the other end of the beach, so it was quite an effort to get to the marker where the bog was.

We traveled on the path a while, then got lost, then ended up back out on the beach and had to talk to a few different people to get our bearings.

The colors of the day were so perfect and the light that seemed to bleach everything out created a clean, dreamy effect. Such a peaceful place!

At the point where we had to go back onto the beach to try to get there, we got to see people riding their horses. This girl was mighty jealous!

We say a good handful of people riding their horses, I loved the sound of the galloping on the sand! We also had to use Veda as a shoe sherpa for a bit since my bag was getting filled with shed layers and beachy treasures.

However, we finally made it back into the right area of the dunes, not too far from the bog!

And for the rest of the story, you will have to wait for the last post.

...to be continued...

(see previous post here)

the great cranberry adventure: part 1

So finally we had time (me and mum) and a good day to go to the dry cranberry bog to harvest cranberries!

I didn't know that they could grow in a dry bog, did you?

I also didn't know that you can't harvest them until after a frost, it helps them ripen...

We set off on this adventure with pups in tow, which, come to find out, they aren't allowed on the dunes... I know, breaking the law. We're such rebels. We had to be real stealthy...

It was so beautiful. I hadn't been to this part of the beach. The dunes are like a whole other world!

It was really funny because we found mushrooms growing out of the sand everywhere!

Did you know that they could grow in the sand? I certainly had no idea...

It was very twisty and turny back there and there were many beautiful views!

Man, I wish we brought water with us.

It was so warm, I think around 70 degrees (in November!?!) and of course we were both a bit over dressed.

So we definitely ended up barefoot.

The warm sand felt so good!

...To be continued...

Textures from the Tide

Today was splendiferous!

Sunny and warm (for the most part),

I had a nice walk down on the beach with Veda in the morning

and then spent the afternoon at the PEM

looking at the amazing Dutch and Flemish Masterworks.

Now off to do some work!

xo

HOORAY! SUN!

It is soooo beautiful out today and finally sunny!!!

Oh, man!

Look at all that hair (yes, Veda has hair, not fur)!

It is so funny watching the wind blow her mustache around,

sometimes it goes up and looks a bit snarky and evil!

MUAH-HA-HA-HA!

I decided to take Miss Lou to the beach for a nice romp and to collect some driftwood.

We had so much fun,

Veda gets all crazy at the beach.

She even knows the word so if you say it she does this crazy cute head twist...

She's so funny!

Anyway, we played with a found ball,

she ran around in circles (she is part setter, so she does setter circles),

she dug in the sand-

then ate sand (yuck!).

We scavenged and collected-

I found a bunch of great driftwood For some projects that I have in mind

and some really pretty dried seaweed.

Veda found a dead seagull

and then seaweed which she shook and ate (just the seaweed, not the gull)...

Mmmm....

It was great fun,

and so beautiful,

I love having my right hand lady to come places with me.

I feel very lucky that I have such a loyal

and loving pup!

Now I am going to try to get some gardening done

and possibly go spend money I don't really have at the yarn shop.

(we have a great yarn shop here in town, with really funny people who work there)

Hope you are having beautiful weather where you are!

What are you up to today?