Gosh this week just flew by....what's up with that??. I've had a busy week. Monday and Tuesday I was in my program and on Wednesday I went into work for my first day of the gradual return to work. Well true to form my employer forgot I was coming in and the arrangements that we had made for orientation went out the window. So I took it upon myself to review current literature...check out what was new and do some housekeeping stuff. Needless to say I was not impressed. After I left work I rushed home packed my stuff and caught the ferry for the mainland. On Thursday my youngest daughter had her annual oncologist check up hence the purpose of my trip to the mainland...it all went well. After her appointment we went and did a little shopping. She is so much fun to buy for...being so petite everything looks smashing on her. After our shopping adventure off to my brothers we went for coffee. He then asked if I could take him somewhere which I did and then youngest daughter and I made our way to pick up her sisters who were joining us for a visit back to the Island. The ferry we wanted to catch was full...it left over 20mins late which then ended up putting it an hour behind schedule....it was 1030 at night by the time we finally got home. Hubby had made us something to eat...and then it was off to bed for me as I had to be up early to go into work on Friday. After work I washed my truck and then middle daughter and I cut the lawn and trimmed the hedges.
Phew....I am out of breath.....today I am just going to chill...well maybe do a few chores but nothing big...the girls and I are going to get out and about....maybe the four of us will go for a run...and then find an adventure.
Well not much more to share.....I will leave you with photos of some visitors we had yesterday evening.......I think if you click on the photos you can get a closer look....in looking closer at this photo I see there are two Purple Finch in the photo.....can you find the other one?
American Gold Finch, Purple Finch male(that's the reddish one) and the Pine Siskin
American Gold Finch(males) top picture, Pine Siskin (striped wing and yellow) and Purple Finch
American Gold Finch(males) top picture, Pine Siskin (striped wing and yellow) and Purple Finch
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I have a very special place in my heart for Gold Finches. That last photo is spectacular!
You should do a Camera-Critters post ;-)
Phew! You just made me very tired talking about all that yard work in particular! I've been busy today cooking -got a big casserole of ham and bean pot pie in the oven right now and I made two pans of a Swedish baked custard (called "Panakaka") to take to the church dinner tonight where the parishioners will get the chance to meet the prospective pastoral candidate in a more laid back atmosphere. I'm hoping everyone likes her and will vote to accept her tomorrow at the church meeting after services!!!
Happy Mother's Day too!
Peace.
Happy Mother's Day!
My oldest son and his two boys, ages 11 and 4, were out for my birthday visit and Mother's Day vist today. While sitting ouside on our deck, the 11 year old starting noticing the different birds and wanted to know about them. This drew in sons interest and we got the bird book out and started looking for birds we saw. They were both suprised to see the gold finces and cardinels and the cedar wax wings. Even saw a coupld of Flickers! Thanks for the lovely pics of the birds in your yard and so very glad youngests onocoligist appointment went well. Hugs
Sounds like you had a busy week but it does sound exciting now.
Good morning Mary Anne, wishing you a great Mother's Day... I love the pictures of the American Gold Finch..I am a bird lover..Enjoy your day. hugs, Baba
such colorful birds...i wish i have zoom lens if ever i come across such colorful creatures
Happy Mother's Day, Mary Anne! The pictures are beautiful.
We were up the lake at the cabin all week. I love it there, but no Internet of course. Maybe that's a good thing. We've had lots of bird action. The tree swallows are starting to nest in our bird houses and I saw the first barn swallow check out our cabin porch. We tried the Island route from Powell River to Tsawwassen but found the traffic leaving the terminal worse than downtown Vancouver. I guess we were lucky, we didn't have to wait at either terminal. Have a great Mother's Day and week coming up. - Margy
I'm glad your daughter's check up went well.
Thanks for the lovely bird pictures! I would probably never get to see them otherwise. I think it's cool that you keep a jounal.
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