light up my life..

There is something so magical when my husband is putting up lights, especially when I came back from my walk and lo and behold, there he is!.  I had mentioned that I wanted to put lights around the tops of my high kitchen cupboards once again this year and he said "only if they are LED lights"..so here he is, almost finished latching them all on.  So wonderful.  After the Michelle Wright Xmas Tour concert at the Living Sky Casino on Saturday nite our xmas mood was lifted.

have a listen and get in the spirit......

Michelle Wright Joy To The World

Art + Beauty = Appreciation

These are just some beautiful things that were their for me to look back at and take in recently.  Actually one of these items is in my home right now.

sis bliss

can you tell if we are related?

my weekend with my sister included of course the amazing combo of this place...with a delicious eggnog latte...

and this place. 

We also took in 3 sittings which included  a 1/2 hour infrared sauna, a pedicure (with a dreamy massage chair) and then a french tipped manicure. All this for a grand total of only $75.00 at the Spa Cantik ...!!! .

LuLu and Sugar were sweet interludes in the evening.  LuLu (3 months old) and Sugar were cozy companions as we watched the new Star Trek movie (Captain James Kirk, Spoc, Scotty and the rest of the gag in their younger years).  The best line of this movie was Bones (the doctor saying to Spoc..."Are you out of your Vulcan mind?!!!")  Anyway maybe you have to see the movie to get that humour.

these yearlings greeted me on the highfield damn road when I came home tonite.

It was a great sister connection weekend.

the wheels are turning

I have spent quite a bit of time on the road these past 7 days and my travels continue this weekend!  I took some banktime this afternoon to rest up for another weekend trip to visit my sister and niece in Regina. The weather has been splendid for driving and I even enjoyed my medical appointment visit in Medicine Hat on Wednesday.;as I was in the waiting room for one hour; I clicked this picture from their office located on "The Ridge".

Antelope forever run and play around our highway, especially this month, almost as much as the white tail deer and mule deer. 









I love this part of my drive in to the city.  I feel like the trees are parting just enough in the middle  for me to get through.











Have a safe weekend!

sharing the Honest Scrap Award

 
Katscradle has awarded me and a few other blogs the "Honesty" award.    We have shared such compassion and similarities from blogging and working together.  So here are my 10 honest things about myself.


1. I am afraid of the dark..I don't know why but I don't like putting our dog in the barn at night or run downstairs in the basement and shut off the lights..it must be something from my past.

2. I love being around water, in the water and top of the water.  I have always been a swimming snob because a friend invited me to Aquasize at the Aquatic Centre and I said "no but I will come and swim laps" while you do your exercise".  Jumping up and down in the water cannot be near as much fun as smoothly gliding along with a breast stroke or back crawl.

3. I do so enjoy going to Chapters and sitting down around all those books and sipping on some coffee or tea or a special dainty.  I especially like sitting and talking around books.  Books are the best!

4. I have no clue about direction.  I try to learn a new city map and get myself to a certain place;  But always need extra guidance.  I have a medical appointment in Medicine Hat this Wednesday and I had Brian direct me their on our way to lethbridge and we drove right up to the office just to make sure!  I look at a map and direction and all the other lines and arrows and roads are confusing.  What can I say?  It frustrates me and that is why I love GPS!  Tom has the GPS in college right now so I am left with little old me and google maps. 

5. I love it when a hairdresser washes and massages your hair.  It is the best thing about going their.

6. I love riding a horse I trust bareback in the arena.  It is so exciting and so unbelievably warm and comforting that I can trust an animal like that.  Gives me great surges of confidence!

7. I love the the athleticism and perfection of ballet and would so enjoy seeing the "The Nutcracker".  The same goes for dance and singing. I sometimes pretend I am a famous singer; also when I was younger I would imagine myself figure skating in front of my high school boy crushes to show off how special I was.  (this is a big secret I am sharing here..oh beating heart)

8. I honestly use my humour to get through anything and that sometimes bites me in the back because people believe I handle things well.  Honestly, humour works well for me and I am so thankful I have a childish nature and goofy reaction to some things. 

9. I honestly do love bathing suits and I buy about 2 pair a year.

10. I honestly feel and know I have "spirit" in me and I am honestly at peace when I can give someone a Healing Touch treatment.

That is my 10 and it is harder than it looks to write this down.  Honestly, I honestly enjoyed sharing my honest scraps about myself.  Honestly, I am honestly telling the truth!!

speaks to me

I had to read this a few times to grasp what this photographer was explaining when she took the photo below (which I absolutely think is stunning and just left it open on my desktop screen all day long)...Brian even noticed it and said how colourful and daring it is.

I get it about writing, journalling and then taking photos...photo taking is a release as it does grant permission to do just that..keep it simple, show up and see, focus and release..you are capturing the truth of the moment.
so true....
"Writing is definitely more vulnerable. It requires me to stand still and hold my reins firmly in the open fields of thought, in the land of “wild horses”. Writing takes me galloping on an emotional journey, and only if I am lucky (and blessed with unexplained divine intervention!), it brings me back to what is simple and real. Sigh. It is that good when the writing process comes full circle, isn’t it?"
Alex de Souza of Gypsy Girls Guide 

in the moment

I was waiting for the train the other day as I headed into town and in front of me was this 1/2 ton.  Two dogs enjoying the ride and waiting patiently as the train rolled on by.

Waiting for a train to go by and then watching it stop in front of you is a frustrating experience.  It is the not knowing when it will start up again and pass.  This has always been a practice in patience for me.   These 2 dogs never missed a thing  and they watched everything around them.  I stopped and learned something from these two.  Always be in the present, I might miss something, and I was and it was a fun peaceful 10 minutes!

2 Cowgirls in a Coulee

blogging journey-changing perspectives

This blog had a purpose and now the purpose has changed and it feels like a major writer's block is going on with me. It feels good to go through this change as it means to me that I am growing and need to pause and just "be" for awhile. No deep thinking posts are necessary. Here are some pictures that give me insight to just "be".

I like the shadow on this old tree, strikes a strong pose ... a story or two to tell I am imagining

Brian (Mantracker) purchased a self-feeder for our horses (double yahoo). This means we don't have to go out every morning and night to feed them!








I have a busy November and am loving it because I am doing things I LOVE! I will probably share later about that, but right now it is all new to me and it is exciting!


May your week be purposeful and full of laughter

thought these wild plants were cool but I think they are BURRS!? {just ask my dog}

Halloween fun

also, you can check out Tom's costume and pumpkin carving!