A Wonderful R & R Bittidz of a few days of Tidbitz!

We have recently returned from Pasley. It was a wonderful R & R. A very reflective time out!

Whilst we were there, we enjoyed nature to its fullest - His Creation!

There is a "Mother Goose" sitting on her nest; upon an old large tree stump on the beach; and all the goings on have been quite amazing. She sits majestically and bravely throughout all weather elements; from extreme sunshine to pouring rain! - Day in and day out!
The male goose comes in at the end of day, "honks," and she jumps off the nest and swims to him. She can feed and bathe. Quite neat to see them both bathe together, in the ocean; with their wings outstretched etc. Plus they both keep an ever watchful avid eye on the nest, from the possibility of maurading crows and eagles; including our puppy (although, he is no threat). Blue is starting to "come into his own" and is just checking "things" out! When he went down to the beach to investigate, the 2 geese were coming out of the water at him; and he, very WISELY, chose to turn around and come back to the deck! The geese were honking like crazy; and he was barking back in his steadfast manner; and then he did a graceful "turnabout" - to us! Whew!

Eagles and "eaglettes" are soaring throughout the day; knowing too, that there is a nest of eggs, in the offing. Crows and other vultures are also flying about. Pretty busy birdy / landing place!

We saw a deer; quite mottled looking; and our Blue took scent of him. He and Blue are quite similar in their "jumps". Our Blue Heeler "jumps" when he runs. It was quite hilarious to see Blue "jump" after "Bambi".

There is a particular Hummingbird; her nest is just off the balconey. She is like a "harrier" airplane; comes up, just stops in mid air for a few tids of moments; before flying elsewhere.

Tidbit - The Hummingbird is one of the most aggessive of birds; you would not think so, would you, of such a bittid of a bird? But, true it is!

Other birds; such as robins, thrushes, sparrows, finches etc are all abounding. We have never been up there at this special time of year; so this is an extra wonderful bittid treat for us; and at close range! We can hear the birds chirping from about 4:30 am on - as in full of life! At that hour of day, it is 'bird bittidily' amazing!

Also, in front of our bay, there is a rock (which is marked on the chart); well there were 2 boats that hit this rock dead on this weekend. One was a sailboat and the other, a beautiful power boat. We think the power boat suffered more damage; as the hit was a hard direct one. It was pretty gruesome to watch; our hearts went out to them. The sailboat was okay; because it had an auxilitary engine, if need be; and, the rudder / keel; appeared to be still intact. The power boat, well? It was going at quite a 'tidbittily clip'; and you can imagine the horrible thudding sound, and the shuddering vibration heard from that boomerang effect! We called out to the individuals - a) it is on the charts; and b) are you alright? Fortunately, both were. Although, we think that the power boat had to call it a day; because it turned around, in mid stream. A bittidz of a bummer, if you ask me.

There was a seiner out for a tid of two days; and it looked as if their nets were reeling in 'tons' of salmon. A bit tid - where we are, is considered "one of the best and finest salmon fishing areas of the world!"

In a tidz, we had a lovely few days; with a good bitz of rest. My Dad used to take me out fishing, when I was a wee child. I would wake him up at 4:30 am (reminded me of the birds chirping at that hour!) and out we would go; catch some "grills" (baby salmon), come back, and cook them over the fireplace grill; along with "eggs over easy". Now that I think about it, it was a good way to get me to go to bed early; because then if I woke up at that tidz of an hour, I could go wake him up! LOL!

Anyway, it was a nice appreciative break; we experienced some rain yesterday and today; but you just make the best of it! However, we are glad to be home too!

God Bless!