I Never Promised You a Rose Garden...

When we bought this house, it came with a fenced in rose garden with 21 rose plants. We weren't sure what to expect but so far..amazing! What do you think?

resting in the flowers

DSC04730, originally uploaded by bodalorna.

check out other backyard views from around the world on shutter sisters today.

more deer pics - they're so beautiful!

DSC04713, originally uploaded by bodalorna.

try this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIQ01ZjO0ik

this morning in our backyard!!!

A borrowed pic...

Our lovely hosts, originally uploaded by chaigirl.

I just rec'd this pic from chaigirl and thought it was kinda cute...so here ya go. Us in our new home - happy together!

weekend update...

Success! Both staff bbq's went really well and I think all who came enjoyed themselves - and didn't leave hungry:) The weather cooperated for both events - whew!

Here are the beautiful Bodacious ladies in Barb's flowery backyard...

and the gift bags...

G's staff bbq in our backyard...

enjoying our new swing...

An amazing rose from our garden...I wish I could scratch and sniff the beautiful scent for you!

my backyard patio...it's coming along and my strawberries are almost ready to eat...

A couple of our friends stayed the night so there was some extended partying into the evening, fantastic breakfast of leftovers and then off to the beach for the afternoon.

All's quiet now and I'm sitting in my backyard watching all the birds enjoy whatever they can find on the grass and a cruise ship slowly going by.
Another pic of our living room colour...

How was your weekend?
Oh, and remind me to tell you how much I love badminton! Ummm...I guess I just did.

Wednesday wandering...

I got up, got dressed and hurried off to do my shift at Molly's Lane this morning only to realize I wasn't scheduled to work today! Ha...that left a whole unscheduled day to do...stuff. Trying to get our living room back in order after painting it last weekend. What do you think?

I love the colour - very bright and tropical. We also got a new patio set from the brick which we picked up. I can't wait to set it up and have a real table and chairs set with umbrella. There's pretty much no shade on our yard at this time of year so we really need to create some of our own. G's having his staff bbq here this Saturday, so we're also prepping for that -

groceries - check

liquor - check

bubbles for the kids - check

badminton set - check.
Last night we attended the first evening of the Sunshine Coast Youth Idol competition (as a Bodacious sponsor). It was pretty sweet. All girls - all nervous! Ages ranged from 12-17. It takes a lot of confidence to get up in front of a crowd like that. There was some amazing talent - it will be fun to see it progress week to week.
Back in the city tomorrow and having our Bodacious staff bbq at Barb's. That should be fun. We just had one of our best weekends ever at the store and it's time to celebrate!
Gotta go put the patio set together so we can have dinner outside tonight.

The Time, It is Flying!

I'm not making apologies anymore about my lack of blogging frequency. Typically it means that I'm busy enjoying my life so I'll catch up when I can, ok? Geez, I don't know why you have to give me such a hard time! :) Oh right, that's just me giving me a hard time.

I hope you all enjoyed the sun as much as I did this past weekend! It was so healing and warm. One of G. and my favourite things to do on a weekend without houseguests (and sometimes with houseguests) is to go on driving adventures. Yesterday we hit another jackpot. I still can't believe all of this beauty is right at my doorstep!

We drove down to Robert's Creek and picked up a couple of peanut butter balls and drinks at the Gumboot Cafe and then walked down to the water. Instead of just going to the end of the road like we usually do, we went down the side path and onto the rocky ocean front. The tide was quite a ways out so we just walked and walked - through what seemed like acres of seaweed and kelp beds which led to hundreds of brilliant purple starfish basking in the hot sun. They were absolutely everywhere! A local expert joined us on our journey - we named him Simon. He lost interest when we didn't share our peanut butter balls and wandered back home.

Of course, there were also heron, seagulls and eagles to keep us company.

G. spotted this baby wolf eel and carefully carried it to safety.

Driving further down the lower road, we next discovered Robert's Creek Provincial Park. Who knew!?!

As our stomachs were starting to grumble and G. was itching to get back to his new bbq, we finally found someone to fill our propane tank on a Sunday and headed home to enjoy our yard and the view. (The cruise ships are now part of the 7pm-ish show)
...and on a quick side note - Barbie took me for my birthday lunch last week (I love celebrating my birthday whenever I can!) at an amazing new French restaurant on Cambie called Pied-a-Terre. If you have an opportunity to splurge anytime soon, you must try it. They have a set menu for lunch which was reasonably priced and the food? Well, we couldn't stop ooh-ing and aah-ing the whole meal. Soooo good! Here's a glimpse of our dessert.yummmm!

hello again...

mother's day - last weekend - with both of our lovely moms. ALL weekend. There were pedicures, plant shopping excursions, lovely dinners, brunch at bonniebrook and more family visits.
a glimpse...

and then...my nephew lost his frisbee in the culvert
whew...he found it! crazy kid!