Song for Friday...New music for you!

Thought I'd post this great young lad with the sweet voice for you.

He's been around for a few years and a regular on the CBC radio.

In fact I just learned that he has 10 albums under his belt.

Some link him with a Paul Simon sound.

I'll let this review and his music speak for itself...

 

"Criminally overlooked"
THE WINNIPEG SUN

Have a great weekend all!

Discover some new music!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BIq8W5kmU4



Hello in there...

Hello?

Is anybody home?

 "are you talking to me?"

 Yeah, you, little one.

Whatcha doin'?

 "just waiting for my lunch"

 Oh yeah? What's for lunch?

 "oh, probably a few flies, mosquito's, maybe a big fat bee if I'm lucky"

 "me and my sister are hungry, I think my mom should be here any second"

 "Look! There she is now!"

 (crunch, crunch, crunch)

 "mmm, nothing like fresh bugs on a summer day!"

 "Thanks mom! You're the best!"

"You always know how to put a smile on my face!"

 

P.S

(These are the violet green swallows that nest at my folks house every year.

They are literally a few feet from the house and as always,

they are a treat to observe.

I photographed them from a distance with my zoom lens as not to disturb them

even though they are quite use to the 'humans' now.)



Update...

I've been keeping my eyes on the young owls...I guess they're called owlets?

I've seen two of them but never together.

The other morning I found one sitting in  their favorite maple tree

so I snapped a few photos to show you all...

 And what goes better with owls than that big full moon the other night?!

 Maybe one night I'll catch them all together!



Norene's garden...

They say a persons garden reflects their personality and this is so

true of mosaic artist extraordinaire, friend, creative co-hort and all around

Lucy to my Ethel.

The other day I went for a visit and as usual there's always something new

going on down below the house.

But first there was something new by the entrance way...

 Norene loves to create 'rooms' in her gardens and this is the latest, complete with lamp,

chandelier, framed pictures and 'carpets'...

 There's always moss and chicken wire involved somewhere in the garden...

 ...a mirror propped on a hand made easel reflects the lushness of the season...

 A neighbour made this bench out of an old bed frame...

 ...mason jar tea lights for when the sun goes down...

 We built this arbour for her golden hops on a whim one day and it's blended in quite well...

 The peonies are gorgeous right now and HUGE.

 Each one of these is the size of a dinner plate when open!

 mosaic beauty in a birdbath...

 Last winter Norene and Bill took down a few big trees in this space and this year the light

has been a bonus and the foxglove jungle is loving it!

 Up top Norene discovered this bizarre and mutant foxglove flower..

 I've never seen anything like it. It's like 3 flowers grew as one and it's the size of a large tulip flower!

 Crazy hey?

And as always, Norene is always creating something with her cache of dishes.

This is one of the latest fun projects she made for the garden...

Always a treat to visit!

 

 



Making lovely ladies...

Thursday night was the monthly meeting of the Kids Garden Club.

This is my second year helping out and since my usual partner Emily

just had a beautiful baby boy, I've now got mosaic artist extraordinaire,

Norene helping out. She came up with the brilliant idea of prepping

a bunch of beach rocks for the kids to finish off.

We did the base painting the day before...

 We only have about an hour with 5 rotating groups of kids so the project we do

with them has to be fairly quick since its about 15 minutes with each group.

 We'll let the kids put the spots and eyes on at the meeting...

Last year the meetings were at Annie's house but this year we've been lucky to

have access to the allotment garden just outside of the village...

 Our station was under the gazebo that Maywell built...

 Maywell's been feeling poorly so the first business of the evening was to sign a get well card

for him from all the kids...

 Next the kids scattered off into groups and started in on various projects.

I had to stay and help Norene with the lady bugs so I mostly got photos of our table.

 Spots and eyes were everywhere!!

 Little hands hard at work...

 Helping hands as well...

 ...getting artsy with star shaped spots...

 BIG eyes...

tiny   eyes...

Smiley eyes

lopsided eyes...

many eyes...

 mouth eyes...

curious eyes...

Then it was time to take some portraits of the artists and their beautiful, finished pieces...

One station had been talking about tadpoles and frogs, so at the end of the evening

we all went over to the pond to release the little guys...

(thanks Mariah for holding your jar so still for the photo!)

 All in all it was another successful garden club meeting even though the weather

was cool and rainy.

That's what it's all about.

Getting outside, hands in the soil,

examining life and all it's wonders.

Thanks for coming everyone,

See you next month!