flora and fauna, Pastimes PEI style

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Lots of flowers now in the garden, a little late but most appreciated for September here on the Island.

The climbing nasturtums are 'up the walls' of the house and the garden shed.

the coleus and petunias in the pots are great to see every morning too. 

first customer at Pastimes PEI today

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August on Prince Edward Island - the view from here at Pastimes PEI....

July and August bring out the best of PEI. The weather usually cooperates with all the events that take place outside but when it doesn't, there is always a kitchen to sit in or a hall that is hosting a ceilidh, just a kitchen party with a few extras. Today Jack and I are home alone. I put out my new sign "OPEN" because Jack thinks it's nice but not nice enough to pose with. He thinks it looks better from a distance. I'll show it to you.. and Jack looking at it from a distance... we sit on the doorstep to contemplate life in general. And look at the gardens around us that include alot of Barry's machinery, like the old plow down at he gate. Brenda Watts of Cattails and Brenda Watts Woodworking http://www.brendawattswoodwork.com/ made my 'open' sign to replace the tacky one we had. She does lovely woodworking and has a lot of really cool painted vintage-inspired signs to go with her acorns, cutting boards, rolling pins and and all manner of natural wooden products that she turns out in her shop.

Down here we have lots of birds to keep an eye on. Weare hoping formore ducklings before too long as only one baby survived this spring of the two that hatched alive.

Our Arts and Heritage sign finally has some lilies around it. Most of them are from http://www.redlanegardens.com/ just a few miles from here.

here's Jack looking over his kingdom this morning.




And the window box that is finally getting some PEI sunshine.

These roosters are brothers that hatched last summer. Lets just say that they rool the roost even tho Jack thinks he does. have a great day, everyone.

Happy Birthday USA - Hooked Eagles for You

Royal Eagle by Heather

Eagle Eye Hooked by Shirlee

Soaring hooked by Shirlee

Children's art at Mt. Stewart  PEI Eagle Festival

Today may be a Wills and Kate day for Canada and PEI in particular but it's a big birthday down south in the States. After we hooked our Bald Eagles for a spring Eagle Festival in PEI, we realized that The American Bald Eagle is symbolic of the United States of America.  We have an eagle that flies by our place every day to get to the water. I don't claim to know very much about the eagle in native culture but I do know that the eagle and it's feathers are important and symbolic to their culture. If anyone has information on eagles in native culture, I will gladly put the info/sites here.

Display of eagle in nest with her babies

The displays for the kids were really interesting for adults too.
The organizers made every effort to tell the story of the eagle.

Eagle Ceremony - dancing and drums

School children had learned about eagles in their classes and the display of pictures and poems filled a whole room at the event. To make the opening ceremony complete, an eagle flew high in the sky as the drums began to beat.

In the moment, I only got this...but she was there...

All about eagles and how to get them banded..

Gerald MacDougall shows a participant how they climb high into the trees to get the young birds banded.

Linking up to Inspiration Friday at the Picket Fence