Travelling

I am leaving this valley

where the heron are settling in

just for a couple of weeks.

First to Fibreworks

for a week with wonderful quilters

then to Mark and Donna

for a precious week with family.

See you in June.

Sentinel

Osprey are nesting on the causeway

Taking turns at keeping watch

and warming eggs

I think he spies the eagle flying by

or perhaps just me and the Rusty Pups below.

Brightly Scratched

Brightly wishing for Spring!

Attended an art critique session

a blank canvas

surrounded by stitch just seemed to make sense.

Handy Hubby flew back home.

Way off in the distance I spied my first heron of the year.

Back in the studio I'm stitching black

and listening to those noisy merlin

who seem to be settling into the very same tree as last year.

Happy belated Mother's Day.

Reflections

I worry about these marshy flats

Every year some more muddy banks fall away into the water

It is a rare morning

when the water is as smooth as a mirror

and the beautiful old yellow house

across the basin

shines in the morning sun.

Life on the Dike

Looking out across the marshland

wondering if there is anything worth chasing

Or perhaps I'll follow this scent along the path

A spider's rhythmic weaving

Have they had a lover's tiff?

Layer upon layer

Beneath a blue sky

and back on the path a fox waits for us.

Misty Moisty Mornings

On misty mornings

like these

there is a gentle blush on the horizon

White tree barks catch the light

I am surrounded by Gainsborough paintings

Lines of stem stitch trees lean against each other

The clouds rest in dips

and stream between the trees

Blanketing everything around.

Scratching Mud

Busy

We walked the dike for the first time in ages

on a cold and windy morning.

So surprised

looking out the window to see

the two black ducks

about five hares

and four pheasants

all in close proximity to each other.

Rusty Pups chased something across the marshlands

and came back black from the waist down.

I was not a happy camper

They were as happy as pigs in mud!

 Woke up Friday to see a big skunk waddling

through the garden.

Lucky for me he scurried back into the woods

when I knocked on the window.

Later in the day went to the opening

of our renovated Annapolis Region Community Art Centre.

Instant Theatre was the entertainment that evening

at Velma's lovely home overlooking the Bay of Fundy.

Saturday I took down my show at ARCAC.

Sunday I laid low

It's been a busy week...

Walking dogs and washing dogs

in between everything else.