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Which Way

19 Wednesday Jan 2022

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Sometimes the journey is more imporant than the destination…

Sometimes you have to forge your way ahead alone…
…and sometimes a friend will walk with you.
There may be lots of colour…
…or darkness ahead.
The path isn’t always clear…
…other times it’s wide open!
Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
So whether you are walking…uphill all the way…
…or riding in style…

…whichever way you are going, may it always lead you HOME.

This is my post for Cee Neuner’s Fun Foto Challenge: Which Way, part of the Which Way Challenge by Alive and Trekking.

Wilderness Wednesday: Squirrel Cogitation

29 Wednesday Dec 2021

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In between snacks, meals, and pots of tea, we’re enjoying the antics of these guys. Dad has 2 bird feeders, strategically placed to feed the birds, not the squirrels. One day they’ll figure it out, I’m sure, but for now they pace on the railing, and occasionally try to climb. But mostly, they stare at the house and scold us savagely with their frustrations and opinions on the matter.

In retribution, I smile sweetly, while nibbling on homemade hazelnut toffee. 😉

Not much goes on in the mind of a squirrel. Huge portions of what is loosely termed “the squirrel brain” are given over to one thought: food.

The average squirrel cogitation goes something like this: I wonder what there is to eat.

Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Wilderness Wednesday: Christmas Cardinals

21 Tuesday Dec 2021

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Love the Giver more than the gift.

Brigham Young

I received an early Christmas gift on a blizzard-y day. The house smelled of yeast and spices, and as I was kneading rum-soaked fruit into my Christmas stollen, I had 2 visitors…

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

W.T. Ellis

Happy Wednesday!

Bird Life @ Home

08 Wednesday Dec 2021

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When I was a kid, I liked to read and many of those stories were about animals. I loved Beatrice Potter’s Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. I spent many happy hours in the Green Forest with Sammy Jay, Reddy Fox, and Tommy Titmouse, rounded out by John Calvin Reid’s congregants in “Bird Life in Wington”.

I think of them still, as I watch them from my windows. And just like many of those characters, my feathered friends have personalities too. They’re city birds, after all. I think they know I’m watching, so sometimes they pose nicely, and other times, they let their “true colours shine”.

“I am woman, I am fearless, I am sexy, I’m divine, I’m unbeatable, I’m creative. Honey, you can get in line!” Emmy Meli
“I fart in your general direction” – Sir Galahad, Monty Python & the Holy Grail
“Go ahead! Make my day!” – Dirty Harry, Sudden Impact
“Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos…” – The Joker, The Dark Knight
“I don’t want to play, I just want to bang on the drum all day (I’m gonna bang now)” – Todd Rudgren
“Is that you, Max?” – Nora Desmond (Carol Burnett)
“Yippie kayak, other buckets!” – Det. Boyle, Brooklyn 99

Some people aren’t just missing the odd screw, they’re missing the whole freakin’ toolbox!

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Happy Wednesday from all of us!