Wordless Wednesday April 25, 2012

          Happy Birthday, Kimberley!

2 years old

Still cute!!

Wordless Wednesday April 11, 2012

A beer mug on and ice cream cake...who knew??!!

Get Skinny - Book Review & Giveaway

Spring is already here and Summer is not far behind. If you’re anything like a lot of us, you want to get in better shape for those shorts, T-shirts and tank tops for the Summer months.

I’ve recently read a great book for doing just that. It’s called Get Skinny, the 6 WEEK BODY CHALLENGE by Scott Schmaltz. 

This book is set up with step by step instructions on how to shed those pounds and be feeling so much better for those great Summer months ahead. It’s broken into 6 Chapters, with each chapter explaining what is necessary for each week from getting you ready to begin, right up to the finishing week of feeling great about your body.

Scott has been in the fitness industry for 10 years, has a board certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner, a degree as a nutrition counselor along with several certifications in personal training and rehabilitation. You will receive encouragement at every step in this simple to read and follow book. Scott even encourages success stories to be e-mailed directly to him, where you might just find your story in his next book.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a simple, step by step plan to lose weight and feel better about themselves.

Get Skinny-the 6 WEEK BODY CHALLANGE can be purchased directly from Amazon at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Skinny-Six-Week-Body-Challenge/dp/1614481237

or,  you have the opportunity to win this great book following the simple instructions below.

Wordless Wednesday - March 28, 2012

Bathed in the Light

Wordless Wednesday - March 21, 2012

Signs of Spring

Melting Ice

New Rhubarb (honest...and don't laugh.)

Tiger Lilies

Emerging Spring Tulip

Sedum Against the Rock

Wordless Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Sunset over the Western sky.

We have such beautiful sunrises and sunsets in Winter, here on Darling's Island. I just wanted to share a couple with you.

Sunrise over the Eastern sky.

Kathy

Forcing Spring - March 12, 2012

The temperature on our deck, in the sun, is reading 23 degrees Celsius (that would be about 73 degrees Fahrenheit, for all you Americans), so I just had to think of something to do outside.

All Winter, we have been growing and enjoying fresh herbs from our little indoor garden. So, I thought what can be done, outside, on a fine, almost Spring day such as this?

The dappled willow and dogwood branches, in the left photo, are coming along nicely. The flowering crabapple  and cherry branches, on the right,  are beginning to show signs of life.


But still I felt like getting in the yard on this sunny day. So  I did what seemed like the logical thing and a kind of ritual it has become. 

I burned some grass. This officially marks spring for me.  Don't worry, my fires are not the large untended ones, requiring fire department intervention. They are just the little ones, to burn off excess grasses around a couple of the flower beds.
There is something about seeing the grass burn, as the sun shines on your face with that smell of the burning grass in your nostrils that says Spring.


I wish I'd been a little faster with my camera, because a flock of Canada geese flew over, in their familiar 'V' formation making their way back North again. Their honking encouragement could be heard for several minutes after they were far overhead and gone.

Some if the older irises, were just beginning to poke their tiny green heads through the cold ground. But they're a hearty bunch and will thrive just fine, turning into beautiful yellow or mauve flowers.

 But alas, I had to concede to the truth about the season. The ice is still in the lake out front. Thought, it's gradually succumbing to the overtaking waters and melting sun.

    And the snow is 'still in the woods'. So it will still be awhile before I can get out to do any 'real' gardening. But it was great to spend some time in the sun, listening to the birds and the overhead geese, while I 'puttered' in the yard.
Try as we like, we can not 'force' Spring. She'll arrive on her own time like she does each and every year. 
All we can do is savour each  new sign of her arrival.




Kathy