Birthday Card for Bruce

Bruce .. do you remember that time we were walking beside the river and you found a 30 pound rock in the shape of a heart and gave it to me?  And then objected .. for years ... when I threw it back in the river rather than carry it on a two hour walk?  Do you remember that time? 

Today ... I found a heart of stone for you beside the river.  However, rather than subject you to the entire mosaic, which I'm sure I'd never get put back in the right order once I unloaded it all from my car, I choose to give you this framable picture.  I, too, can be a practical romantic.

I love you so much and am so thankful everyday that I get to share my life with you.  Happy Birthday.

Nanaimo River Estuary

I've shared some of the photos from this trip with you in a post below, but I had so many more to show off.  Here they are in no particular order.

A helicopter hovering above you gives you a case of the willies.  This copter was flying a search pattern
and stopped near where we .. and fortunately a few other hikers .. were wandering the paths.

Bev and I both admitted to trepidations about horses, although the closest she would come was about six feet.
The black hose trotted right up to the fence and hung his head over in the hope that I'd have a treat for him.

I giggled.

When the tidal waters are right, Bruce and the Huliguns will take their practises on this river.

These posts are sooo West Coast.

The low end of a rutted road provided a home for a soggy marsh.

Divot Drive

We know the Nanaimo city planners had a wacky sense of humour ... if you need more proof, here it is.  Divot Drive intersects with Country Club Road.  I have yet to find a Golf Cart Way, but maybe I just haven't looked hard enough.

Well tended flower beds below the Divot Drive Signpost

Story time

The last few days have seen Bev and I revisiting some old sites and tramping over new ground.  The one thing that really struck me was how many of these sites could have been inspiration for an authors who delighted me as a child - Thornton Burgess, A.A. Milne, Beatrix Potter.  See if you agree.

All the woodland creatures are warned about the mossy tree at the center of the
forest - particularly when the moon is full and he can roam the woods for the night,
grabbing at children who are late coming home.
Bowen Park, Apr 25

 

A fitting home for Chatterer the Red Squirrel or Sammy Jay.
Bowen Park, Apr 25

Hansel and Gretel were no doubt leary of ducking under branches like this to
find themselves in the dark of the forest.
Bowen Park, Apr 25

A fitting home for Jimmy Skunk or Bambi's 'Flower"
The Ravine - Apr 26

The road to Farmer Brown's garden.
Nanaimo River Estuary, Apr 29

Peter  Rabbit's Briar Patch dead ahead.
Nanaimo River Estuary, Apr 29

Bambi and Felina's thicket could be just beyond that log.
Nanaimo River Estuary, Apr 29

Along Laughing Brook
Nanaimo River Estuary - Apr 29