It's All About the Colour....

(all photos are clickable for a much larger view).

You definitely know it's Spring time when you see these familiar "flowers". Yesterday was so beautiful outside that I decided to go out for a little nature photo shoot ;o) I know Dandelions are an awful weed that people spend all their time trying to get rid of, but have you ever looked at one real close to see how pretty it actually is?

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Go ahead and click on it...I've left all the photos large so you can see all the wonderuful detail in them! Isn't it pretty...doesn't it look so soft...and what about all those little "twirlies"?...aren't they neat?

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It was so nice to go outside and see COLOUR! Everywhere I looked I saw little bits of yellow, purple, white, and pink popping up...such a nice change from all the boring browns.
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I noticed all the new leaves starting on all our trees...doesn't this look just like a baby bird's mouth opening up for food?
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Look at the texture of that leaf...
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I love the reds and greens...look at them all wrinkled up just waiting to stretch out.
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Such beautiful colours and texture...
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A while back we had to cut one of our trees in the back yard because it was dying...while walking around outside yesterday I seen this new tree shooting up out of the ground right beside the big stump of the old tree we had cut down...I can't tell yet, but I'm assuming that this new tree is a baby from the old one...I sure would hope so because it was such a beautiful tree and I miss it. I kinda thought the new leaf coming out from the top looked just like a pumpkin seed!
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Well, I guess that's it for now...sorry if you found it boring...after all, it's just weeds and leaves! It's just so nice to see signs of new life after our long crumby winter weather though!

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We've had a big, fat racoon as well as a fox visiting us, but everytime I go to grab my camera they disappear off into the woods...I'll have to be smarter about where I leave the camera...

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Hope all is well with everyone!

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Take care and have a wonderful weekend!

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Hugs,

:o)
Rachel

May you all have a wonderful Mother's Day!

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This is one of my very favourite photos of me with my Mom and Gramma! We look totally ridiculous but whenever I look at this photo it makes me smile cuz it was such a fun memory...my poor Grandfather was trying to take a nice picture of us three and as usual we got the giggles and couldn't stop! We didn't get one good photo with all of us looking at the camera without a goofy look on our faces...we tried really hard but the harder we tried the funnier it got! Poor Gramps couldn't take it anymore and finally gave up on us!

Happy Mother's Day to you guys!

Lots of Love and Hugs,

Rachel Marie

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

I Can See Clearly Now & Signs Of Spring FINALLY!!

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Well, I'm finally feeling like my old self again...that nasty cold bug has finally left me! I can breath again, I can hear again, and with all our wonderful Spring weather lately I feel sooooo good...so full of life and energy! It's been such a long Winter for us...very long, very cold, and very depressing! I thought it never would end! I've been spending a lot of time outdoors these days, soaking up all that wonderful sunshine and fresh air! It's so nice to finally see some signs of Spring...there's new little buds on all the trees and plants...there's birds singing and squirrels playing...I love it! Here are some outside photos I took the other day...

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These are little leaf blossoms that are just waiting to explode out of there little pockets...they're so neat to look at...they almost look like a flower or a berry or something but it's actually a whole pile of leaves smooshed together waiting to unfold and uncurl...nature is pretty neat...




I love seeing the colour green! It's so nice after all the blah browns we've been looking at for the longest time!

Here's a Northern Flicker making some noise at the top of one of our dying trees...

If you click on the photos you can see this pretty woodpecker...they make a really nice sound too when they talk to eachother...

In this one you can see the beautiful deep red stripe behind it's head as he's looking over his shoulder...

And here we have a nice plump red Robin!

Uh, and there's another one checking out Little Man's Construction Site...perhaps he's the foreman?

I spy with my little eye...something that is Green...

This poor little fella was having a real bad day...when I was raking up all the piles of leaves the other day, I noticed something fly out from under my rake as I made a swipe along the ground...when I took a closer look this is what I found...A frog! And such a wierd colour he was! I felt sooooo bad for flinging him by accident with the rake...I didn't know if I had killed him or what cuz he wasn't moving...his eyes were open but he didn't look good. My first instinct was to brush him off cuz he looked like a right mess but I just couldn't do it...I chickened out...he still gives me the shivers just looking at him...I mean, look at those fingers and toes! Ewwwww! Go ahead and click on the photos to see him real close up...gives me the heebie jeebies!

Anyway, I decided to just leave him there for a bit...I didn't want to scare him any more than he probably was. A little while later I had noticed that he was facing the other way so I figured he somehow moved all by himself...but he still just sat there for a while...I'm not sure if he was playing dead...perhaps that's their defense mechanism?

Now he's pretending that he's sleeping? Well after watching him for about 20 minutes I was getting bored...it was like waiting for water boil or paint to dry! So I went in the house to grab a drink and when I went back out to check on him...he was gone...and I mean gone! He must have motored out of the area all together cuz I looked all over the place thinking that he couldn't take off that quick...but he did...I imagine he probably ran home to tell his family about his awfully tramatic day with the big old mean lady with the green rake!

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Hugs for a great weekend guys,

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Rachel