Wow, time is flying by and here we are at the last Friday and day of May. Today is Aunty-Yam's Final Fiction Friday and Rosy and Sunny's Nature Friday. We thought today we would share green. Lady realizes she shows the world when it is pretty and white and when it is the fall rainbow, but rarely does she show the green that surrounds us for part of the year.
The skies are bluer
The green leaves bring life and love
The glory of spring
Hi pals,
Lady and Man have slowly been putting stuff on the new deck so they can use it a lot this s summer. They say if they are going to pay 87 million dollars for something, they are going to use it.
Sometimes they are very rude and don't take us out with them and sometimes they do let us out, with limits.
As there is no gat at the far end around the house (maybe some day)
One of our adventures was to Bird Kingdom. This is apparently the largest indoor aviary in the world.
Here are some of the birds and one non-bird resident we met.
Dear pals,
On Saturday our people left us alone for 87 million hours (editors note, it was about 5.5 hours) to go have lunch in the market and to go to the National Art Centre to see SIX the Musical.
It is one thing for them to leave us to go to places, while we don't think it is fair we can't go to, because it isn't allowed, but what happened after is not acceptable.
You see, Lady and Man went with Uncle Chris and since he lives not too far from where they were going, an easy walk, they parked at his place. Then after the play, they stopped by his place for a few minutes to see cousin Emma.
Emma was very excited to see Lady and Man and show them her toys. We didn't get to visit.
We don't think this is fair.
Your pals the not so happy Lee and Phod
Thanks to Rosy and Sunny for hosting this event.
As we have been watching all the other trees bloom, we were really worried about the apple tree at the end of the drive way in MJ's field. It has been hit hard by some of the storms recently. However, finally, just last week, the blooms have arrived.
There are two things Lady wishes she could share via the internet. The first is the sound of all the bees happily buzzing around. The second is the fragrance. She could just stand there and smell the blossoms for hours. Enjoy!
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| An evening view from our driveway |
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| See the bee? |
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| Here is another one |
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| Can we get on with our walk please? |
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| Looking back at it in the evening |
Hi pals,
Last week when we were talking about the mean person who has us fighting for our dock, we also shared about our goose fence and we think we confused people.
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| The goose fence with MJ's dock in the background - it attaches to the land at the furthest place in this picture, parts rest on the beach for the winter |
It is a bit complicated.
Currently, our lake access is owned by nice neighbours we will call MJ. Our house, Callie's house and another house, have deeded access. MJ doesn't really use are part with the natural beach. They leave that to us (and by us most of it is Callie's people). To keep the geese from the beach, Callie's people have a goose fence, which is very easy to move and Lady and Man often do, however, sometimes Phod is too fast and jumps over it (when he shouldn't).
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| Lee wading - this is about as far as she will go on |
The problem the mean person is having is the bylaw states there can be only one dock per property. We have ours on the beach and MJ has theirs down the lake in front of their house. The mean person has been complaining a lot (like at least once a week for 3 years). She rebuilt right on the property line because due to changes in zoning it is the only way her place could be on the lake. She feels our dock ruins her view, she can hear us (if you have ever been to a lake you can hear everyone on it) and someday Callie's kids may have parties that disturb her (she should be more worried about 40 years olds having parties). Her mother, who is the actual owner, has made comment to Lady that they should have bought all this land years ago when Callie's grandpa did, so none of us would be here. Lady said nicely, but you didn't and we are here. They feel entitled, as they have said things like, they pay more taxes and therefore have more rights. They have a lot of money and I believe, had a huge dispute with neighbours in England where mean Lady and her husband live. We don't believe the other 3 siblings share this view. They just stay out of it. At this point we don't talk to any of them, we don't wave and Lady actually turns her back if she sees them.
