Happy Sunday! So I’ve shared a lot of my closeup shots from Butchart Gardens, but here’s an overview of it…(although, it’s only one section of that huge, gorgeous place). And for today’s short sermon, I’ll simply share an overview of what the Book of Mormon is all about – because I know so many people who just haven’t taken the time to find out. This video (HERE) is less than 3 minutes long, but hopefully you’ll learn something NEW.
Have a wonderful day!
Happy Friday! When I saw that Cee’s Flower of the Day was Blackeyed Susans, I quickly grabbed this photo to share. One of my sisters that went to Victoria with us last week is named Susan. My mother says she named her that because Susan had such black eyes when she was a baby.
Anyway, I’ll link up to Cee’s page. Enjoy your day – and do or learn something NEW!
Happy Monday! Here’s (one of many) pics from the beautiful Butchart Gardens in Victoria BC. I wish I knew what kind of plant this is. If anyone can enlighten me, please do. I’m sad I didn’t get a better shot of the bumblebee for you. 🙂
OK, for today miscellany:
I caught me a NEW cold last week (not fun). I always seem to catch something every time I hop on an airplane! Can anyone give me any tips on how I can avoid that? Please???!!! I meant to overrun my system with vitamin C beforehand, but forgot. I also seem to remember a SharkTank episode where someone invented some semi-inconspicuous thing to go over your nose that kept out all the airborne junk, but I can’t remember if any of the sharks went for it.
Another random thing…we bought NEW pickleball racquets and have had fun playing at a nearby park. Who plays pickleball? Have you played in any tournaments?
I bought a NEW compost bin that spins…does anyone have any tips for making sure you have the right nitrogen/carbon ratio? I gotta get me some dried up leaves to go with my kitchen scraps…soon.
I recently saw this kayak that folds up! How cool (and expensive) is that?!? I would love to get one (well, we’d probably need two) and do this road trip: Drive to Moses Lake, WA and kayak that lake. Do a day-trip to Lake Lenore (I didn’t know there was such a place for a really long time). Head to Coeur d’Alene ID and kayak on that beautiful blue water (I drove by once, and that blue water took my breath away!) Visit Glacier National Park, then kayak on nearby Flathead Lake. Then come home. How does that plan sound? If anyone has been to any of the above, feel free to share tips or recommendations. I figure if I put my vacation plans/ travel bucket lists in writing, perhaps eventually they will actual happen.
That’s enough random stuff for today. Have a good one and do or learn something NEW today!
Happy Wednesday!
I think I’m obsessed with boats – or at least photographing boats on calm, beautiful blue water! It must be because I live in the desert. I recently went on a girls weekend getaway to Seattle and Victoria, BC. It was a fun sister-party! Here are more boat pics from the weekend – and boy, do I have tons of botanical pics from Butchart Gardens to share (eventually).
Someone had fun sailing between the San Juan islands.
This is a twin of the ferry we waited three hours to get on, to go to BC! Who knew it was a Canadian holiday and a three-day weekend!!??!! Note to sisters – check Canadian calendar next time! Here…I’ll save us the trouble: Canadian Statutory Holidays.
I should make a jigsaw puzzle out of the one above, eh? It would be a tough one. :o)
White on blue – one of my favorite color schemes!
And…one more…a tiny boat among docked boats:
Have a great day. Do or learn something NEW!
Happy Friday! Well, recently hubby and I took a short weekend getaway and went on this hike that I’ve been wanting to do for a while now (remember I told you about it a few posts back? :o). It did not disappoint! Such a fun hike…and beautiful, am I right?!?
For most of the hike, we were trekking through this creek bed and I’m SO glad we invested in some trekking poles for this one! Our boys really razzed us when we got home and they saw our poles, but I’m tellin’ ya, those wet, mossy, river rocks are slippery suckers, and if we wouldn’t have had those poles, we’d have been a LOT wetter than we were!
I have plenty more pics from this hike that I’ll likely share (hopefully they won’t get too tiring).
Have a great day! Pick out a NEW hike and put it on your to-explore list!
Happy Monday!
This may be the last of of the poppy field pics. I’m not sure – it seems like I’ve posted so many! But I like this one with the snow-capped mountain in the background.
On with other randomness:
What I’ve been reading:
Well, I’ve actually been listening to this while I drive (14 separate disks!!!)…it’s taking me a while! I’m on disk 12 and it’s just getting to the good part – the wrapping up part. I’ve enjoyed it, but think I should’ve listened through audible so I could increase the speed. :o)
These two I read for my book club group. Both were really good, but I especially liked Willowkeep.
Another very random thing: I learned about hydroponic lettuce! I am I the last to know about this? I thought it was very interesting!
And lastly, I’m always interested to learn there’s actual terms for certain things. Like the time I posted about learning there was an actual word (Bento) for cute little lunch items! This time, I’m surprised there’s an actual name for a technique I’ve semi-used for years: The Pomodoro Technique. I think I can use this technique even more scientifically and efficiently that I have in the past, so I think I’ll study it a bit further. BUT…there’s an actual name for it! You all have probably used it too!
That’s it for this Monday. Have a great day. Do something NEW…or go find NEW stuff out!
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