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around my little amazing mostly flowers vegetable garden - sunflowers, cosmos, calendula & nasturtiums + Sam & Betty 

be silly
be honest
be kind
ralph waldo emerson

adventures with Samuel part 2

looking out into the Northumberland Strait & the warmest waters north of Virginia - it's true ! / I ♡ barnacles - each shell a little home / young Samuel posing / the bluest sky / high tide rock life / Thinker's Lodge lawn another fav spot / periwinkle / Sam / gentle waves / periwinkle trail in the wet sand / onto the beach / sparkling sun on low tide sand flats / oh my tiny shells galore / hey there handsome xoxo

It was such a pleasure to sink one's hands into the warm earth, to feel at one's fingertips the possibilities of the new season. Kate Morton - The Forgotten Garden

I've been gardening, gardening, gardening all weekend. I'm in-between projects and truly it's felt like I'm on vacation, I've been feeling so absolutely content it feels like I might burst with happiness. Today is the unofficial beginning of summertime here in cottage country. Victoria Day (Queen Victoria's birthday) a holiday, long weekend and the annual cottage opening weekend. It's been gorgeous, hot, sunny - perfect. Now off I go to weed my flower beds with this amazing tool ;-)

adventures with Samuel part 1

Sam & I have been having some romps, rolls, sniffs, explorations & adventures on and near our much loved crescent beach

Miss Winnie D is doing very well (& hooray for that) but she can't go on long walks anymore. She and I go down into the park each morning for a stroll and much nasal investigations and we all (Betty*, Sam, Winnie & me) hang out in the back fenced in yard in the afternoons at tea time. Young Samuel and I, actually his age is unknown but we like to call him young Samuel, have been sneaking off for long walks at low tide - sigh ;-) love him !!

* Itty Bitty Betty has a huge crush on Winnie Dixon ... 

sam & winnie

Sam & Winnie Dixon my dear snow dogs ;-)