Happy to share.

We are happy to share our yard with this little sprite, which finds plenty of shelter amongst the rubble left over from a concrete pad demolished before our deck was replaced.

I am back, after another hiatus.

This sprightly little fellow (or lady!) watched me from the safety of the Manitoba Maple tree in the back yard.

A neighbours’ free-roaming cat has the temerity to trespass in our back yard. While we like cats, we like them as inside-only pets. The dogs very much do not like cats. We, and the dogs, pop out at random times to keep kitty guessing, to keep the songbirds, and this welcome guest, as safe as possible.

How it was.

May 2014. Pretty bare, lots of grass to mow. A little bitty haskap bush next to the stump of a Norway Maple we had removed.

Share

We are happy to share our back yard with this little fellow. I do not mind putting the dogs into a sit-stay inside, then going out to let Chip know that we are coming and therefore ensure Chip is safe before letting the hounds out. It is the right thing to do.

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Got down

I got down on their level to capture a different perspective of these fungi sprouting from a trunk in the back yard.

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Leaf

Recent tree trimming revealed this leaf-like pattern within one of the main limbs.

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Ahhhhhh . . .

Sunshine, a warm day, and grass. What more does a dog need? It’s good to be a dog.

It’s also good to have a dog.

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Romp

Stella had a good time Monday afternoon in the backyard, belly-deep (to her) in snow. She spent quite some time on the paths we shovelled, and quite some time going off-road.’ Here she space with some of our yard art.

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Evening, our backyard

Taken by Faye

A brilliant sunset filters through the trees into our backyard, imparting an almost Halloween-like air to the evening.

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Glory

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