Good Eats

                     Marriage is like a sandwich - the more you add to it, the better it becomes.

Ice Baby Ice

#1 Ingredient to any Recipe

Asparagras Berries

Beech Branches

Autumn Symphony

MUTIARA BEACH RESORT

                                           Off-beat Bintan...

                                         It is about slowing down...

               Private white sandy beach ... Gives you
                 freedom, nature & space,

Aroma Rive Spa

Just a 50-minute drive from Bintan Resorts ferry terminal, Aroma River Spa is Bintan’s only floating spa on a mangrove river, located along the pristine Trikora east coast. Offering traditional Indonesian massages amidst a beautiful mangrove setting, this eco-spa houses its treatment rooms in discretely-built attap and bamboo huts, providing guests a relaxing experience in a unique and truly natural environment.

Water World

Fullerton Serenade

Welcome to Singapore

September Love

A Life of Grand Adventure

A Life of Grand Adventure

With all of the grand adventure awaiting you,
I wish you could just pack me up in your suitcase too.
That way, wherever you go,
You'd have me and I'd have you.

by Charlie Trafagander

Meadow Saffron

Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron or naked lady, is an autumn-blooming flowering plant that resembles the true crocuses, but is a member of the Colchicaceae plant.

 

These beauties grow in the Muskoka region of Bala Ontario.

Fire Hawk Weed

Saying Goodbye to Summer

It’s time to admit what we were all dreading to say out loud; unfortunately summer is coming to an end! I know nobody wants to leave behind summer adventures, beaches, and warm weather but at some point we have to move on from this beautiful pause in life and face what’s to come.

Kite surfing has been a favourite amongst those with a need for speed out at Mitchell's Bay.

.......Squirrel!

While watching people I realized
That folks are a lot like squirrels
They don't pay much attention at all
To what's going on in their world

They scurry about to and fro
Doing what it is they do
Digging holes and burying nuts
A lot like me and you

METAMORPHOSIS

METAMORPHOSIS

by: Alison Hawthorne Deming

A caterpillar spits out a sac of silk
where it lies entombed while its genes
switch on and off like lights
on a pinball machine. If every cell
contains the entire sequence
constituting what or who the creature is,
how does a certain clump of cells
know to line up side by side
and turn into wings, then shut off
while another clump blinks on
spilling pigment into the creature’s
emerald green blood, waves of color
flowing into wingscales—black, orange,
white—each zone receptive only to the color
it’s destined to become. And then
the wings unfold, still from their making,
and for a dangerous moment hold steady
while they stiffen and dry, the double-
layered wing a protolanguage—one side
warning enemies, the other luring mates.
And then pattern-making cells go dormant,
and the butterfly has mastered flight.

Winter is Coming

Time to get out the log splitter and stack the wood pile. With the cost of electricity and gas in Ontario many are turning to wood burning stoves and fireplaces for their source of heat. Glad we go to Florida :)

Another storms rolling in.

We are experiencing interesting skies lately with shelf clouds bringing hail and wind shears.

Cloudy with a chance of Rain

The weather this summer has been very changeable with many thunderstorm warnings. Today the forecast is ....a lovely day. Must not be golf day!

The Land of Heart's Desire

 

Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,

For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame.
~William Butler Yeats, 

"The Land of Heart's Desire," 1894

You are My Sunshine

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

Essential Oils

If you have ever enjoyed the scent of a rose, you’ve experienced the aromatic qualities of essential oils. These naturally occurring, volatile aromatic compounds are found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants. They can be both beautifully and powerfully fragrant. Essential oils give plants their distinctive smells, essential oils protect plants and play a role in plant pollination. In addition to their intrinsic benefits to plants and their beautiful fragrance, essential oils have long been used for food preparation, beauty treatment, and health-care practice.

Essential oils have been around for a very long time. It is just recently that I have jumped on the aromatherapy band wagon and have experienced my first doTerra essential oils products and am on the road to emotional and physical wellness.

Hibiscus Visitor

Mellow Yellow

Bridge Out of Order

Keith's Legacy

Snap Bean Harvest

The "green" bean that everyone recognizes is one of the most frequently prepared vegetables. We were lucky enough this year to have these tasty beans growing in the field behind our house. Hot, cold, even raw, green beans are versatile in the kitchen and very prolific plants in the garden.

Our friends gave us this very tasty Chinese Buffet Green Bean Recipe:

Directions

• Heat peanut oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Stir in the garlic, and cook until the edges begin to brown, about 20 seconds.
• Add the green beans; cook and stir until the green beans begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the sugar, oyster sauce, and soy sauce.
• Continue cooking and stirring for several minutes until the beans have attained the desired degree of tenderness.

Earthy and Delicious

Beauty and the Beast

Red Dragon

Summer Favourite

Clematis

Creative paper look, flowers so prolific
Leafy climber, covering the frame
Everlasting greenery, creating ripples
Mingled with, honeysuckle and jasmine
Animated in the breeze, scents on the wind
Tendrils crawling, wrapping, holding
Infectious purples, blues, whites and creams
Sweetly caressing where it travels

Bird or Moth?

the Hummingbird Clearwing Moths are fast and strong fliers and have very rapid wing beats. They hover in midair as they feed on nectar and are often mistaken for hummingbirds, for which they are named.

White Admiral

The White Admiral, have a deep purplish-black ground colour on the upperside, with a broad white band crossing both wings.

Red Admirals

The Red Admiral is widespread in North America and is found from coast to coast in Canada, north to the tip of Newfoundland and to Churchill, Manitoba. There are also records in Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Muskoka Butterfly 2017 Count