The skies were slightly overcast but the air was still and warm… the water, like glass.
“The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear.” ~ Prasad Mahes
A scene from St. Malo Provincial Park… where most of my summer is spent.
“If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who are headed the same way we are going.”
A Sunny Sunday at St. Malo Provincial Park…
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” ~ Charles Bowden
This morning was a photographer’s dream… a gorgeous sunrise with low lying fog and a dappling of hoar frost.
“Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.” ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Another cold and grey winter’s day… Oh well, at least we have made it to February.
“February is the border between winter and spring” ~ Terri Guillemets
journey2018 Day 15 Theme = imagine
-40C with the windchill brings its own beauty…
“Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try, no hell below us, above us only sky.” ~John Lennon – lyrics from “Imagine”
Journey2018 Day 5 – prompt = surface
“It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store on the way home from school, skated on the pond.” ~ Dorothy Hamill
And so begins our day… up before the sun.
On our way home we met up with our little bud, Bagel.
Good morning sunshine…
“May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace…”
― Umair Siddiqui
After many a prairie winter, the first snow is still a pivotal event, one that leaves me feeling in awe and, at the same time, in a bit of a dither. This year the white morning arrived totally unannounced, with barely a frosty morning as a prelude. I kind of liked it that way.
With only warmer temps and abundant sunshine in the foreseeable forecast, enjoying the white morning was a given.
Perhaps more fun for some than others.
Lacie loves the snow. Coco… not so much, even though he got to wear his nifty red sweater with the comfy turned up collar.
With the absence of Jack Frost providing a first act, the flowers were caught a little off guard… but still appeared very dapper in their new flurry top hats.
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment, then where is it to be found? – JB Priestley
The time of year doesn’t really matter at the shelter… it is almost always busy and noisy.
Happily, this holiday season, the numbers are low but, sadly, many of the dogs that are still waiting and hoping are “long-timers”… many here since the summer, some since the spring.
It’s these dogs that are featured here today… all decked out in front of the Christmas tree, hoping that they too will get their Christmas wish.
Rambo
Jack
Sweetie
Sally
Holly
Daisy
Sage
Noel
“Hi,” I said. She came over, licked my hand discreetly, allowed herself to be scratched for a time, chased her tail in a dignified circle, lay down again. I remember thinking: “There are times God puts a choice in front of you.” I often had such thoughts back then. We took the dog. ~ Stanley Bing
Related Links:
Winnipeg Animal Services Petfinder Page – view all the dogs currently in need of homes
Winnipeg Animal Services on Facebook – visit the W.A.S. facebook page
City of Winnipeg Animal Services – Official City of Winnipeg website for Animal Services
