Made with Love

My sister and her hubby are not too computer savvy. They have 2 grandkids and probably have hundreds of photos...on their camera! Getting them to the computer and then burned to a disc is something they wait to have done by someone visiting.

Because one of the grandkids lives in TO, my sister has only seen him twice and I don't think she has a hard copy of any photos of him.

Soooo, being the wonderful sister that I am, I downloaded a bunch of pics that my neice and nephew shared on facebook and produced this simple but beautiful LO that I will frame and give to my sister.

New Life

As I have mentioned in a previous post, we have a wooded area on the edge of our yard. Some past owner of this house had a tree cut down, it was probably dead, so I have this ugly stump.

Yesterday as I was getting ready for work I looked out the window and noticed something green on top of the stump. I thought it was just a piece of a branch that got broken off another tree but when I went outside I checked it out.

This is what I found...

A new tree growing out of the old stump!

I also managed to get a photo of this guy, he's been visiting us and snacking on the weeds in our yard every day.

LadySlippers

My favourite wildflower is the LadySlipper and I'm fortunate to have a wooded area beside my house. They are members of the orchid family and while they look quite delicate they grow in the woods among the trees.

I never pick these flowers and I was always telling my son to leave them. Now when he sees them growing, he tells me and I go out with my camera.

Here are a few photos I took and let me tell you it was no easy task...lol...that darned wind was blowing really hard yesterday.

This photo is my favourite. The flower is out of focus and the background is clear. At first glance, when I downloaded the photos from the camera, I thought it was one for the trash bin but when I looked closer it sort of grew on me...lol