Spring Blooms in Winter . . .

Last weekend I did a wee walkabout in the garden with my camera. There were hellebores and mahonia japonica (oregon grape) with their frant yellow wee blooms By the pond there were more hellebores, rosy buds…

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Brightening Winter Days . . .

Temperatures have barely dipped below freezing here, but we’ve had wind-and-rainstorms to show us that winter still has teeth. And grey. Much grey. But many years ago, I filled my garden with a secret winter…

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Christmas is Coming. . . Ready or Not . . .

 Perhaps because I made such a big dent in the marking pile yesterday, perhaps because my blogging peers are so inspiring, perhaps because of those CDs I carolled along with yesterday. . . . who…

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Wordless Wednesday

My words seem to contain too many sighs these days, so I’ll keep them to myself and offer you some images instead. . . Fall colours . . . I wonder if the goldfish apprehends…

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Fall Colours

 I’m busy marking today, but that doesn’t mean I couldn’t wander out in the sunshine with my camera  and share some of the garden’s fall glory with you . . .  Such a distinctive palette…

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