August to Autumn . . .
I know that’s a rather confusing photo above — what I’m trying to show you is the flower plume on a miscanthus grass in my garden. See there, below, the vertical pluming line at about…
View PostI know that’s a rather confusing photo above — what I’m trying to show you is the flower plume on a miscanthus grass in my garden. See there, below, the vertical pluming line at about…
View PostAn August garden is seldom, according to most gardeners, as attractive as a June garden. This is especially so after weeks and weeks with almost no rain. But some stalwarts continue to bloom, particularly this…
View PostWhat a pleasure it is, when visiting my daughters’ and son’s homes, to see books that I want to borrow. After guiding them through childhoods and adolescences filled with books, carefully chosen, introducing them to…
View PostThe same breeze that keeps us cool on hot days makes kayaking too much work for me. There’s enough chop by 8:30 a.m. that I’d have to wiggle into the sprayskirt and, of course, the…
View PostIt’s supposed to get to 34 degrees in Nanaimo today (about 93, Farenheit), a bit too warm for me, really. Luckily, it’s always a few degrees cooler by the water, and as you can see…
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