Animals I have seen in my yard

Animals I have seen in my yard

Big male bear last week
Mother bear with two cubs two days ago
Porcupine with baby
Foxes
Coyotes
Wolf
Muskrat
Stoat
Shrew
Squirrels
White tail deer
Moose with new born
Wild cat

Fishing again

Yesterday evening the two men went fishing for about four hours. They figured they caught about 20 rainbow trout, they threw back 10 and brought back 10 so I will be getting the smoker out over the weekend. Smoked trout is very tasty I prefer it to fresh.
We had internet problems here this morning, it [...]

Connecting – What does that mean?

I am reading a book right now which is about relationships. Specifically in this book it is about God, but I am sure a lot of it applies to human relationships. I have never felt I am very good at relationships or at least what I think it means. I am not particularly demonstrative, being [...]

My trusty anti bug hat

It is not raining today so I thought I would catch up on some outside chores. So armed with my trusty anti-bug hat and covered up elsewhere I ventured out.
Did a little weeding, de-pooped the grass, I can’t call it a lawn by any stretch of the imagination and generally messed about for a bit.
I [...]

Great fairy stories as political comment

I was meditating on life and my part in it yesterday and the story of the Wizard of Oz popped into my mind. More specifically the two characters below, the Lion who needed courage and the Tin Man who needed a heart. Any endeavour requires these things doesn’t it? Without courage and heart we [...]

Yet another thunder and lightening storm

We have had a week of horrendous storms and with lots of rain, I think everything is completely water logged. It is banging and crashing overhead right now, Annie the dog is getting very upset, I can hear her trying to hide behind the toilet in the spare bathroom.
Before the storm my husband was putting [...]

New photo almost exactly nine years since the last

I have been trying to take my own photo since I got my little camera and finally I have one that I can live with. The one that has been on my blog since I started was taken when I got married nine years ago, so it is time to update it or age it [...]

Wildflowers of BC

Wild flowers in our part of the woods

Indian Paint Brush
 

Indian Paint Brush comes in colours ranging from pale apricot to burgandy.
Red clover useful for liver and gall bladder problems.
Lupins, the wild ones are mostly blue, just about ready to bloom
Shasta Daisies, white with bright yellow centres
Vetch, purple
Yarrow, wild ones are white
Elder, blue berries are good, [...]

My new gadget – Magic Bullet

Recently I bought a Magic Bullet on sale at Canadian Tire. I had seen the infomercial on TV and thought I would give it a try. I find it a really handy gadget and it does what it claimed it could do.
Today I used it to make myself a coffee latte, it is as good [...]

Driving and more driving

We all went to town today, hubby, me, our friend and our dog. It seems we now do everything together. It was really cold and raining, we even have started up our wood stove again it was that chilly. We had to drive to one town 60miles away to take back some wood for a [...]