A day in the sun

It's been quite hot here and the last couple of days were spent being rather lazy and useless. So today I had to escape the house !
It took awhile for our son and I to get motivated, the heat really sucks the life out of a person. Even my husband Jacques, who is usually always busy, was stuck to the recliner for a couple of hours.

So we headed to Mystic Vale, a lovely wee sanctuary located next to UVic --University of Victoria. It's also right next to some farm-type land the university uses, and is a fantastic place for bringing dogs ! We had several greetings from quite a variety --boxers, labs, scraggly fluffy ones, a hunting dog. We can't wait for the day when we can finally get a dog !
Then it was on to the vale, a nice place to get away from the heat, even though it was still fairly warm among all the trees.
It wasn't a long walk, enough to get the heart pumping a bit, but we didn't really notice our hearts because we were enjoying the scenery. Here's a small sampling of the place:

Oh, first is a pic. showing what I had for breakfast. Every now and again I like to do some green juicing, today it was a mix of spinach, broccoli coleslaw and a carrot mixed with some apple juice, yum !! Then I had an avacado. Not your typical breakfast but it helped to make me feel more alive.

After our walk we decided to take a drive downtown ( Victoria B.C. ). I took several shots but didn't want to clog up my blog with too many. This shot shows the Empress Hotel , a very popular and well loved hotel looking over the very popular and busy waterfront. Many a busker has entertained many a tourist on that waterfront, it makes for a fun evening wandering the area and taking in all the sounds. Plus there are plenty of wonderful restaurants nearby, along with the wax museum, Parliament buildings ( or legislative buildings is the proper name but has gone by Parliament for so many years ) and Royal B.C. Museum.

After our drive we headed to Dragon Alley in Chinatown for a bubble tea, and then off home. I ended up with a bit of a headache, too much sun maybe ? But right now it's almost 10 p.m. and I'm feeling fine and very relaxed.

Looking forward to tomorrow evening ! We live about a 5 minute drive from the popular Butchart Gardens , and every Sat. eve. in July they put on a fabulous fireworks display with music. Our area is close enough that we will be able to hear the music and possibly see the higher fireworks, woohoo ! It will be our first time enjoying this. Wish I could take pics. for you, I'll try to catch one of the fireworks.

Tracy ♥

New ACEO on a Beautiful Day

Hello again :)

It is a gorgeous day here in Brentwood Bay British Columbia. The sun has been shining warmly, the birds are tweeting everywhere, there's a gentle breeeze, ahhhhhh. I send warm rays to those who are still having to endure snow !

And here's a couple pics. of my first planters. They were made last week and are not only pretty to look at, but wrap the brain in a happy blanket :)

A few of my fav. flowers, violas, pink roses, hyacinths, carnations and even grasses. There's also a little fairy enjoying the view, and a few pieces of vintage beach glass:

This golden pot holds more violas, a funky glass globe, a wonderful twisted piece of beach wood and a glittery blue piece of broken fake carnival glass:

And here is my new ACEO of the day, called 'Fly My Love'. It's all about letting go of those you love, so they can grow into their own beautiful self.

Our son is 13, and already in the last few months since his birthday, I've noticed subtle changes in him and have had to adapt and learn to let go some of those things he once enjoyed as a child. It's a little sad but we are so excited for his future.

He still enjoys having mom and dad put him to bed tho, still enjoys the tickle fights and wrestling with dad.

So this ACEO uses my markers again but now I've added some paints --my fav. being the Halo Pink by Lumiere, love the glow it gives ! The bird is a rub-on by K&Company. Finished off with aurora borealis-style gemstones. It hasn't been decoupaged to the box backing yet, will get that done shortly and have it listed in an hour or so ( been a beautiful day but I've been sneezing up a storm, must be from all the new blooms and the ground drying out, so working has been a stop-sneeze-sneeze-sneeze-paint-stop-sneeze-sneeze-sneeze day lol ! ).

I hope you like my ACEOs :)