kaleidoscope

drawn by Chib

My youngest brother
drew this
for me today
&
it made me happy
in Real Life
you can see the sparkles
involved
and that makes
it all the better

yellow flowers bloom

canola fields in bloom.

Have you ever feasted yours eyes on this sight? It is one thing that Alberta is famous for and if you have never seen this beauty in real life, it is high time..

We have been having rain, Rain, and more RAIN!

everything is wet-- our one lawn has water sitting in it and the rest of yard is mud it seems

. . . . .

today it only rained for about ten minutes so that was fine with me

clouds were in the sky all day tho' so that was slightly depressing..

But then, right at supper time, the sun peeked through the gray cloudy-ness

and SHONE brightly with its glorious beams!

we ate our supper on the deck then

&

right when we were finished chewing our rice and ginger chicken stir-fry,

the sun said "farewell" and went back behind the clouds~

thank-you, sun, for shedding your brightness on our meal for a spell..

we appreciate you

come back tomorrow!

(or else)

. .

.

equestrian swim

Now that the season of summer has finally arrived; I try to swim as much as possible! Swimming is one of my favorite past times...iLove to just get into that water and cool off. And then going under water is a another whole world to explore. A world of quietness. A sanctuary where a person can be alone and be soothed by the cool-ness and stillness. But one of the main things that a person should be thinking about while they are submerged, is coming up for oxygen! Don't let yourself get hypnotized and stay underwater forever.. (I don't really think this feat is possible but please don't try it)
What do you think of the picture above? I was intrigued by the thought of swimming with a horse in such clear water and I imagine 'twould be enjoyable~ Someday maybe my chance shall come to try it... Enjoy summer while it lasts!

blind-folded & dashing at great speeds

Yesterday, which would be Saturday, June 4, I attended a year-end picnic/play day. This picnic was located at a park called Spring Glen Park in southern Alberta. The sun shone down on my head very mercilessly and the breeze was barely moving. The day started out with an assortment of races by the students and pre-schoolers. Lots of screams from the kids and cheers and shouts from the proud parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other happy bystanders.
Things were quite Normal & Nice until a new race was presented. It was called "put a piece of fabric, (called a blind-fold in this case) over your eyes, spin around once, then head for an orange pylon and try to beat everyone to it." This achievement is rather hard when all you can see is the piece of fabric in front of your eyes! Anyway, the school kids tried their luck at this game, some of them ending up in a heap of tears on the ground while others ended up near the fence or in the trees.
Finally it was my turn to try and win this race! I picked out a bright blue blind-fold and tied it around my skull. I waited for the command to go. A voice said through a megaphone, "One...Two...Three..SPIN!" so I spun 360 degrees and started jogging toward what I thought was the orange pylon. We had twenty-five seconds to complete this task and before I could find the pylon, a voice said, "Time's up!"
I took off my blue piece of fabric and noticed that I wasn't too far from the goal but I sure wasn't the closest. Each age group was allowed two tries at this so we headed back to the starting line with smiles on our faces and saying the words, "HO! That was fun!!"
We lined up in a row once more and readjusted our bandannas. Then the "123...SPIN" words were repeated and I took off at a faster trot than I had the first time.
Suddenly, I crashed rather hard into a girl who was also participating in this activity. We both fell to the ground and lay there moaning and wondering who we had hit. (or I was wondering at least, I don't know what she was all thinking about) As we lay there another female participant in this race, tripped over the fallen body of the first girl and landed right on top of my nose!
When we finally arose and cleared our vision by removing the pieces of a future quilt, the crowd didn't know how badly we were injured. the first girl that I hit had a sore collar bone and toe plus a rip in her dress. She had to go home to put on fresh apparel. I had a sore nose that quit being sore after a few hours and a headache that lasted for the rest of the day but is gone now! The other fallen female didn't get too badly hurt I don't think, probably just abit sore. So now you know, my friends, when you're blind-folded, who nows what may happen! :D