Life is Sweet

May 26, 2012

Scenic landscapes from the last few days...

Adventures at the dog park!

Today we headed to the local off leash dog park for a ramble through the woods. It was a gorgeous day and really warm after a while - but after a few days rain, the woods were soooo GREEN and smelled lovely and damp and musty - like woods SHOULD smell! :)

The trails have all been re-done in the last year, and they look really good now. It was a lovely walk and sooo good to be out in the woods - Sam loves to find big sticks to use and Abigail loves to walk Rosie and see the other dogs. She's decided she wants to be a Pug breeder when she is older and wants 1,000 pugs!!!! We saw a Pug on our walk today too so she was thrilled! I think they are ugly little dogs hahaha but Abigail adores them - and I must admit they suit her personality :)

We followed the trails round and then took the one we thought lead back to the main dog park area - but instead it lead into the middle of NOWHERE but we had gone too far to turn back timewise - so we kept going and then found we were in the middle of a BOG and the trail was all flooded. We started to walk around it through all the trees avoiding the wet areas but then found we had lost the path completely and our way!! Sam and Abby managed to climb across this thin log at one point but my shoes were already wet and muddy and slippery and I didn't know what to do. I gave up and took my shoes off and just walked through the flood water - all muddy and boggy and stinky! OMG it was a disaster hahahaha! Rosie waded through the deepest point and ended up all stinky and muddy too - and she was even drinking it :(

We finally found our way back to the dog park and headed for the car - my shoes were squelching as I walked and then I got a mosquito bite on my leg too. It was a very damp and stinky ride home!! I washed off my shoes (which were new last weekend) and showered - and made the children wash their feet and legs too to get it all off!

Thankfully the kids LOVED it and had a great time. And up until the water disaster I had had a lovely hike too! Next time we take rubber boots!!! :)

Rainy days....

It rained HEAVILY for two days straight this week. I really liked it. I love driving in the rain and I like being able to sit with the window open and listen to the rain. When it hits the vent for the bathroom it makes a loud tinny noise that I LOVE :)

May 25, 2012

Snapshots from my week!!

The caterpillars are growing sooooo fast! Every year it SHOCKS me how fast these little things grow!! We have 12 of them in our bug carrier - think we will have to move them to something bigger soon!!

My horoscope for today was so perfect. Love it:

Late this afternoon the girls were cuddled up on the sofa in the kitchen together. Susie had a nap and Abigail was reading after our adventures in the woods and at the dog park:

Last night we ended up having supper at Rickys, because the lines at What The Truck were crazy and everyone was too hungry to wait - and Sam and Abby got to pick a prize from the treasure chest afterwards:

Wednesdays visit to the library:

One of the crazy lines at 'What The Truck':

Our new library is so wonderful - love it sooo much:

I think my Ex got a new licence plate lmao:

Books books books - I had a nice time looking through the arts and crafts books at the library on Wednesday:

Laurence drove to Whyte Ave last night which meant I could snap pictures for Instagram. I now have 424 followers:

My library pick for this week. And it is REALLY good:

Abby and I were playing with one of my photography apps on my phone this morning:

Tonight Susannah and I went to Starbucks for a while. They had a singer there for live music night and it was nice sitting in there listening. The couple at the table next to ours were on their first date. They had never met before and it was interesting listening to their conversation. They got on well to begin with but I don't think it was a success in the end. She started disagreeing with him quite a bit and then he said he was tired and needed to get home and they left together. Hhhmmm I wonder if they met on POF lol!!