Enjoying the Scenery...

“A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.”

Had a fine trip to Montreal last week.

The drive was lovely. Chica and I traveled at a good pace but still took time to watch the pretty as we traveled. Dropped off some Rock My World rocks at a few rest areas. Played ball in a vacant farmer's field.

Made it to our usual little border crossing in Cantic, Quebec by around 4:00 pm Sunday.

Unfortunately so did a long line of Canadians who had spent the weekend in the US.

The wait was about 45 minutes.

I started to get uptight about the glitch in my time table...

My mom was waiting for me for supper and I was still over an hour away from the city.

Then I thought about my goal of the day.

To be present on the journey.

So I took out the camera and played for a while.

These shots are all taken from outside my car windows.

So cool to be mindful enough to look out for beauty all around you

just waiting to be captured...

Arrived a little late to my mom's but one of the best thing about

my Mom/Guru/Friend

is that she sooooo gets

how life is sweeter when we learn to

go with the flow...

Monday, I head to Suzanne's house.

We hung out.

She did stained glass

while I worked on a gift she wanted me to make for some friends of hers.



The slates come from my one hundred year old roof we had removed a couple of years ago.

The title "Domaine du Marais" means Domaine of the Wetlands.

Her friends have herons that visit daily at their lakeside home.

I was happy with how my couple turned out !

Suzanne bought her very own, very first house last summer.

She is thrilled to have her very own little space to get her hands muddy
and pick and primp her garden beauties...

She bought this sweet creature when she visited me a few weeks back.

I told her it reminds me of me.

The frog's name is "Neenee".

That is what 1 1/2 yeard old Katie calls me.

Suzanne thought it worked for the frog.

Not sure I am flattered...

Here's my little self portrait piece

Notice the blue toe nail polish - funky, eh?

It was nice to be with my pal. The best part is how good it feels to work on something side by side and in perfect harmony. Suzie is great at cheering me on and for that I am always grateful.

Feels very quiet in Blogland...

Taking the last breaths of summer in deep before the storm of activity in September maybe ?

David and I are heading to the beach now to do the same...

Happy to be home. Enjoy your Sunday, lovely ones.