....WILD, WEIRD AND WONDERFUL...

Our cottage was taken over by eighteen 27 year olds last weekend, so we accepted a very kind invitation to stay the weekend at our friends' cottage, which just happens to be around the corner from ours. Very handy for just 'popping in to see the kids'....which we did.....
Armed with fresh sushi and saki for Friday night's dinner, and other essentials for the rest of the weekend, Karen and I headed out in what apppeared to be iffy weather in the distance.
Forty five minutes into our drive we were hit with TORRENTIAL rain...I mean can't see the car in front of you TORRENTIAL rain. We were forced to stop the car at the side of the road to wait until visibility improved and seconds later we were pelted with this....

.....Hail...the size of golf balls I tell ya (ok ok...extremely large peas)....it was deafening. It was WILD!!   Karen and I could not hear ourselves talking to each other. If we were not the partiers mature folks, that we are,  this could have signaled a downward spiral to our weekend...but not us, no we take video and pics instead. I have this new iphone app called ProCamera, so was inclined to take a shot of the white stuff....and the following photos.
We rallied, and drove the rest of the way under clearing skies.

Next morning, drinking my coffee on the deck, I looked up and saw this......

......WOWZA...that was some sushi and saki we had last night or maybe the deafening hail had truly rattled my brains. Boy, that is some WEIRD.....

......opsa daisy....

.....Ok, that's better....or is it?....


I don't know about you, but if you were walking down to the dock and spotted this, would you not think that perhaps fairies or gnomes or nymphs lived here?....

...... because these surely must be magic mushrooms.....Or I'm seeing things....

....like faces on these trees. Tell me I'm not seeing things....please!....more WEIRD...or is it WONDERFUL? 

Lately, we've all seen beautiful photos of lilacs in bloom, but I could not resist getting up close and personal with K and J's cottage lilac.

.....four wee petals attached to a trumpet with a yellow center....who would have known? ....now this is WONDERFUL!

So we toodled over to our cottage Saturday night to visit the eighteen 27 year olds, and one of us, Jeff, thought there would be a party going on so decided to dress for the occassion....which in my opinion was WILD, WEIRD and WONDERFUL.....and yes, there was indeed a party

All I can say is, I never venture anywhere without my iphone or camera, because you just never know when WILD WEIRD and WONDERFUL is going to occur. Inspiration and a story is always around the corner!
Thanks K & J for another fabulous weekend ...xoxoxo