My Gardening Angel
Call it rustic. In fact, the chair looks pretty beat up, decrepit, with the majority of its paint stripped and peeling from the back spindles and seat. From its back’s frame is hung a painted angel...
View ArticleThoughts of Spring and Green (Chest-waders)
A welcome sign that Spring has arrived. The birdies are twittering about again, things are sprouting through the earth, and blossoms are finally venturing forth. Aaah, Springtime! I have heard that in...
View ArticleThe Thorny Side of Landscaping
Spring arrives in the rockery I have just finished up another session of Spring clean-up in the garden, and I have the injuries and aches to prove it. Long ago I retired my Superwoman cape when it came...
View ArticleLove Among the Rocks
“Make your move before I’m gone, because people change and hearts move on.” (Author unknown) I could set the stage for romance by describing a moonlit, sandy beach with a sea of stars overhead and the...
View ArticleTeensy Weensy Vampires
There’s blood-sucking little vampires cruising around my back yard in the early morning coolness and the relief of twilight. No, I’m not proposing a “Twilight” saga with midgets (although that idea...
View ArticleAnd This Little Piggie says “Aaaahhh …”
One of my summertime treats is to spend an afternoon at my favourite spa and have my tootsies pampered with a pedicure and foot massage. My feet work hard out in the garden, and they deserve a break...
View ArticleA Painted Lady Comes to Live With Me
How often do you find a western painted turtle soaking up some warmth on your driveway? Or a turtle of any kind. In the 14 years that we have lived in the Okanagan, we have never seen one in our...
View ArticleSpring is Riz – and This is How the Garden Iz
“There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.” - Linda Hogan A star magnolia heralds the first...
View ArticleShowing Signs of Rust
(I have been in “stealth mode” the last couple of weeks, dealing with a few “smoldering fires” on the personal front. I can say that sometimes having an unscheduled break in the routine causes some...
View ArticleA 50th Anniversary is Special in Many Ways
The garden’s ready for a celebration. A 50th anniversary of anything is a big deal, whether that be a wedding anniversary, the duration of a business, a birthday, a career, a bottle of fine Scotch or a...
View ArticleHot as Heck on the Deck
I’m basted in an exotic marinade of sunscreen and mosquito spray; I’m nearly crispy in a couple of places; I’m cooked to medium-well without a rotisserie in sight. With temperatures of late in the...
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