Garbage Day

I've taken the last week off to focus on my family as well as take time to recover from the lack of sleep I had from staying up late sewing.

I started exercising again, and forgot how beneficial exercise is for me. I feel more energetic and positive when I am being physically active. Not that I'm not active with my boys, because they never stop moving, but it's different when the focus is on myself.

We went for a long walk with some of our friends late in the week. We met up at their place and then headed out. Maybe 20 ft from their house we saw this guy:

As you can see in the photos, it was garbage collection day, so the bear was feasting on the array of rubbish lined up on the side of the road.

We were all very excited, and a little nervous after such a close encounter. These poor bears are being chased out of their homes and have no where to go. Everyday there is a sighting of bears in our neighborhood. 

The rest of the day we had bear related activities, such as eating salmon berries on the way to the beach and eating a bear chocolate bar, neither of which were planned. 

I hope to be back on track with sewing this week as I have a few shows coming up that I need to prepare for. I hope you all are having a relaxing and enjoyable weekend.

An Eagle Landed Right Next to My Son

Today we went to Gordon's Beach here in Sooke. I have only been once before with a couple of home schooling moms I know. The first time I went, I saw two eagles, an otter run across the beach into the ocean and then later one of the eagles trying to snatch food away from an otter in the ocean.

So today we brought our binoculars in hopes of spotting some cool wildlife

Jas decided to climb this root. A couple of crows flew away that were beside the root.

and so I thought this was just another crow, but at a second glance I realized it was an eagle. Close enough to have picked up Jas and carried him away. 

This is the eagle flying away

It was cold and windy at the beach, but it was so worth the trip! This all happened within the first five minutes of us arriving.

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend:)

Wildlife Around My Parents House

I just had to share these pictures. My mom just sent them. They were taken by their neighbour last weekend:

We have plenty of these guys. They are so pretty and elegant looking

These two were right by my parent's house

This makes me so sad.

The bear is eating chicken from my parent's garbage, on their neighbours lawn

How cute and fluffy are these two? It makes me think of my guys for some reason. Heart warming.

As much as I enjoy living where we live and having nature around us, some of this nature, like the bear's, have no where else to go. One of the workers told me that 9 bears were killed last year because of this monstrous sub division that has gone up here in Sooke, and it is only getting bigger. It just devastates me.