Happy Moment #35: The Girls Club

A Friday ritual with Soulemama.  A single photo (or a few) - no words - capturing a moment from the week.  A simple, special, extraordinary, happy moment.  A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments too!

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”

~Omar Khayyam

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan

Twin Fawns Under the Apple Trees

We have no shortage of wildlife in our front/back yards.  Over the weekend we were treated to a cute show of two fawns bedding down in our front lawn under the apple trees. 

Right by the road I might add. 

In plain sight. 

And I bet they might have even eaten a few of the apples *sigh*

Aside from always needing to check if there are deer nearby before letting the pups out... they are a wonderful sight! 

See if you can spot them!

And because I know that is still not nearly enough fawn photos (not to be confused with fan photos), here is a quick video of one of the fawns laying down. 

Yes, it's that stinking cute!

Ignore Project Runway re-runs in the background.

And ignore the Sammy yip.

And enjoy!

Made my day.  Hope brings a smile to you as well! 

Tomorrow we talk sewing again! 

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan

Happy Moment #33: Angel-pups!

A Friday ritual with Soulemama.  A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week.  A simple, special, extraordinary, happy moment.  A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments too!

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”

~Omar Khayyam

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan

Happy Moment #32: He Went... That Way?!!?

A Friday ritual with Soulemama.  A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week.  A simple, special, extraordinary, happy moment.  A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments too!

 

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”

~Omar Khayyam

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan

Dog Day's of Summer

What do you do when it's all hot and summery out?

How about... go for a swim?  Katie will demonstrate.

First you dip your paws in to test out the temperature like so.

Then you run back out and exclaim about how chilly the water is.

Stand back and admire the lake scenery while you get up the nerve to go back in.

Carefully tippy-toe back in.

Drink some of the water to help naturalize with the temperature.

Pretend it's not so bad by nonchalantly sniffing the local greenery.

Then take the plunge and dunk a good portion of your body into the lake...

...while blowing a few bubbles in the water.

Ah, yes.  These are the dog days of summer!

Taking in every moment!

A little bit of snorkeling and paddling around.

Back to eating some grass.

Sniffing water is always a lot of fun.

"Hey Mom, bet you can't see me now."

And, that's how it's done!

Hope you are enjoying your summer days as much as we are!

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan

I'm Back! And ready to dig in!

Vacations, time off, long weekends, holidays, sunshine, puppies... yes...all distractions from coming here and writing a few lines.  But, I'm back and ready to share all the cool things I've been up to.

Speaking of cool things, here is one way to beat the heat... puppy style!

Looking forward to getting back in the groove!!

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan

Quick Look at the Week

Over 1500 miles traveled.  
Some late nights.
Some early mornings.
Lots of puppy kisses.
Phew.  It's been a long, long week.

Here is a quick review of the week:

Sewing-wise, I made good progress on X Marks the Spot {still thinking about the name}

I was about to sew the whole top together.

It looks really pretty with the bigger pattern.  I couldn't resist putting it on the clothesline to get an idea of how it was looking!

Next up is to work on the border.  I am going to put a piano key like design all the way around the border.  Here is the pile of all the strips.  I have started laying out what each edge will look like.  Going for random.  Enjoying the process!!

Gardening and flowers-wise... there are lots of pretty things blooming and growing...

The lily's are a bright beautiful orange!

The daisies are starting to form and open.

The yarrow is getting bigger and budding.

The apples are the size of golf balls.

And look how many there are!

So excited to make at least one apple pie from our apples this year!

The wild strawberries are so pretty this year too!

And with all this rain we have been having these wild mushrooms (in a zillion colors and shapes) popping up everywhere!

Lastly, in puppy news... Sammy is still as cute as can be!

Yup, it was a whirl-wind week, but I am so thankful to hang on to the little moments and let all that craziness slip quietly away.

Miss you!  I can't wait to catch up and see what you have been doing, but with over 800 posts in my reader it may take bit.  Talk to you soon?

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan

Ten Truths About Puppies

I know I have talked about puppies a lot for a few weeks now.  I can't help it with this little stinker sharing our house.  How about some puppy truths?  I will at least give you ten of them for the moment:

10.  It's not all cute pudgy faces and fuzzy fluff balls of joy.  Puppies chew on furniture, fingers, pant legs, toes, they bark, growl, and ... well, you get the picture.

9.  Puppies, like kitties, also like to play with string.


8.  Puppy tushies melt me. 

7. I am so glad Sammy is learning how to climb the stairs up and down.  She's was getting a bit heavy to carry each time we needed to go out for business.

 6.  Puppies can (and will) sleep anywhere.

5.  Puppies do not respect quilts or sewing.  I had some quilt pieces laid out on the floor and somebody (no names... cough, cough... Sammy) decided to tinkle on one of the pieces.  Lesson learned.  Use the design wall.  Eww!!

4.  Puppies sometimes change color.  Remember how white Sammy was?  Look at this french vanilla skunk stripe she is getting!

3.  Puppies don't always like it when you stick the camera in their face.  I'm lucky so far that Sammy doesn't seem too camera shy.

2.  Take advantage of the scruff on the back of a puppy's neck.  It's the way a mamma dog would carry the pups around and it is a quick way to keep a puppy from wiggling mid move.

1.  And the number one truth I have for you today is...

...Give a puppy a stick.  Best toy possible.  It's cheap.  It's good for teething.  They are plentiful.  You don't have to remember to bring one with you, because they are everywhere.

Use good judgement on size and how long they can play with it... but you get the idea.  And my own rule of thumb is no running with sticks in the mouth.

I am sure I will think of more.  Now, go hug your cute fuzzy things and remember those darling early life moments!

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan