spring greens

I love the almost ghostly colours of this woodland plant, Jeffersonia diphylla (Twinleaf). The globular shape between the leaves in the photo below is a flowerbud. Look how many flowerbuds you can spot below. We’re…

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Wild island treasure — and what I wore

I suppose the scene above looks rather scrubby, but it’s exemplary of what I’ve loved about our island since before we bought a place here: the ungroomed roadsides, with grasses that grow knee-to-hip-high in the…

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trees are neighbours too!

I posted the other dayabout a new home being moved onto our island and some unhappiness about the damage the move did enroute — I wasn’t home when one of the neighbours circulated a petition…

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Happy Blooming Easter!

These small species tulips (sorry, I seem to have misplaced any identifying info about them) are blooming just in time for Easter — rather a feat considering how early it’s come this year. The garden’s…

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That weekend just sailed by!

Like these boats, the weekend sailed by quickly and enjoyably. The pace of academic life is such that from the beginning of each term, we quickly start counting the weeks, and while weeks five, six,…

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