Thursday ...gone again!!

I missed it!  How does a week fly by so quickly!?

Too much happening I guess.

Time for a time out and a Good Fence that's for sure.  Who cares if it's Friday!

Something from the archives.

When we visited Portugal a couple of years ago we walked.  A lot.  We saw lovely houses.  Old architecture and even some new contemporary stuff ...and, doors, windows and ....Fences!  Every kind imaginable.  I loved looking at all of it.  So different than we have here in Canada, of course.

I took hundreds of photos with my simple little camera.

Here are a couple with fences.......and, some fun...

Let's face it... when you live in a land of ice and snow and short, short summers.... this is kind of like heaven.  Palm trees for heaven's sake!

I soon stopped saying "oh look at that fence" ...it quickly became ... "this one's mine"!  As in ...the house....or little villa or apartment or .....whatever .... I was ready to buy a part time place to live... if I win the lottery.

Oranges were falling off the trees right in the middle of town!  Who wouldn't be thrilled with that?  The inhabitants probably thought we were nuts taking pictures of orange trees...and even the odd orange on the sidewalk..... hmmmm...yeh... it must have seemed a bit strange alright now that I look back on it... ... oh, well....

Not all fences were actually "fences" if you know what I mean.... some were more like walls... to hold up soil and greenery..and, to keep us out ...and to keep the area tidy I'm sure....

Do you see it? .... down there in the lower right corner?.... see him?..... click on the photo to biggify it and you will........

This guy.  He was watching our every move.... no barking, no scary watchdog tactics...but, I think he was the guard chicken.

I wasn't about to go much closer either .... it looks like he's tangled with something before..... and, he was giving me "the look" .... like.... keep moving sister....... so, I kept moving right along... .yes indeed!

Click on good fences below to go directly to the site and check out some other fun fences..how about adding one of your own? ...

It's still Thursday...

... and, so.....I give you Good Fences.  And, good boy Mickey!  I love to see things behind and in front of fences to make them more interesting.

Your nose is almost the size of Africa... I only say that because of the map on the end of it... looks like Africa...

Awwwww .... he wanted to have a reeeeellly close look at the lens...

And, look...   he is a normal horse.  Beautiful really.  And, a nice rail fence behind this time...

I was visiting my sister on her little farm.... and she moved the big guy around to mow the grass here and there over the week... but, he is pretty good at mowing and had to be moved back before too long or he got too much of the "good stuff"....

He's like a very big vacuum cleaner.

Why not have a look at the Good Fences on the Run *A* Round Ranch blog... how 'bout adding one of your own sometime? ..

Practising ...

... with my new camera....

Finally I have a zoom lens to get me close to the birdie bath, and yet I am on the patio over 20 feet away... some of the little guys are more wary than others... but, I hope they get a lot more trusting over the summer....

So far only the robins and starlings have made it into the pics.  The sparrows are pretty quick... I'm not quick enough, yet....  I'd love to get a house finch...they are pretty with all the red on them, but so far not coming to the birdie bath when I'm out there  ...sigh....


This one sees me..... but, ...

... and, this one had a wild, drop flinging bath in spite of me...

                                                                             

...however, he/she did have a thing or two to say about me putting this shot on the blog.... bad hair and all....

I've linked this little guy up to a blog with some beautiful photos of birds.... I'm a total amateur by comparison...but, please do go and have a look at some amazing birds...


I'm sure there is a badge somewhere that I can embed....still searching for it.... found it!!  Just click on the wild birdie below to go to the site!

... and, I can definitely sneak up on flowers.... and, even dive right into the centres.....wow.! ... these little stamens look like they have clumps of sugar crystals on them....
Blue flax ...

Look at this....

I haven't posted since last Thursday's Fence day!  hahha.... well, at least "Good Fences" gives me a reason to remember what day it is.  That, and the fact that it is also garbage day today, so I did have to remember to wheel the bins out.

This may be a bit of a cheat...but, I'm going to show you some shots of fences I took while on holiday in Portugal.  This day we were in a town called Constancia .. very pretty.  We did a lot of walking up and down hills.... some of it pretty steep.   Loved the doors, windows and fences .. took lots of pics of them .. and haven't really had anybody to share them with until now.

Now, I have all of you.... and I'm thrilled to show other fence enthusiasts what I love to shoot while on holiday.

The look of them.  The view through them.  Even what is behind them.

Everybody seemed to have dogs.  And, not many were friendly.  They barked loudly and ran straight at the fences.  I was glad the fences were high and strong...

I remember this guy was more curious than mean...but, still...he did bark if we got too close... and I wasn't about to put my hand through there to pet him... darn it... cuz that fluffy head just begs for petting doesn't it?

Kind of reminds me of some of my bears.... with that cute big shnozz...


Check out all sorts of interesting fences here and hey!  why not add one of your own?