"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"

What a fabulous time Kim and I had!  We were blessed with perfect weather and we spent most of the time outside. I picked Kim up at the train station just after 8:00 a.m Tuesday and off we went.

First stop as always was to see the critters at Reid's Dairy. Not as many baby geese and ducks as others years but enough to ohh and ahh over.

Many turtles were swimming and sunning.

Please visit Kim at her blog as I am sure she will shortly post her photos. I know she has much better photos! We drove down a road Chuck and I had just discovered last weekend and I am glad we did. Horses!

There were I think around 10 of them. It was wonderful to watch them run and play.

Kim's eagle eye spotted this pair of wild turkey's in a field.

Momma and babies.

It looks like the same goats as last year at the dairy.

We managed a hike through Proctor Park. Lovely and quiet. We were the only ones there.

The Spring flowers are at their peek right now.

We did manage to squeeze in a few thrift stores. This is Louie! He lives at the Northumberland Humane Society Thrift Store. He came into the store one cold winter day a few years ago and never left. He LOVES everyone and the customers all love him too. A volunteer working at the store mentioned he walks on a leash and loves to go down to the beach which is a few blocks away. A kind person built him a catio so he can safely enjoy some fresh air.

In one of the thrift stores I noticed this great old door. I believe the building originally was an old warehouse.

Meanwhile at home a baby grackle cools off in one of the birdbaths.

The trilliums are just perfect now. We saw many clumps all over.

Another fairy door!

Before supper Tuesday we went out for a walk. We checked on the progress of the baby geese at the pond around the corner and headed up into the apple orchard. We spotted a couple bunnies enjoying the sun.

Wednesday we headed to my favourite market and were greeted by the chickens as we exited the car.

I wanted Kim to see the old stagecoach road that Chuck and I walked down a few weeks ago. We drove there to save time and parked at the "end" of the asphalt part. With all the heavy rains we have had lately is was squishy going here and there. A creek runs beside the road for most of the way.

The bugs were quite bad. Well, they weren't too bad for me as my walking companion is a bug magnet. Poor Kim! As we were walking I looked down and saw the bottom of a bottle sticking out of the mud. I pulled it out and found it was an old Pepsi bottle. When I cleaned it up at home the date on the bottle said 1957. We did come across a house on the trail set back from the road. I don't know how they would get a vehicle up here unless it was an ATV. After the house the trail got very thin so we decided to turn back.

I love how this old building was fixed up. Loved to had a peek inside!

It was a fun filled, busy two days and hopefully Kim will be coming back in a couple months. So much more to do!

Holiday weekend here in Canada this weekend. We have one more garden to fill and some painting to do in our living room.

Have a wonderful day!
Robin