The first Fall storm brushed by here Friday and Saturday — luckily we avoided the torrential rains visited on our neighbours up-island at Port Hardy where 200 mm fell, overwhelming drainage systems, washing out roads,…
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An 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…
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It’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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We got home July 8th, and it’s been sunny ever since, with more of the same forecast through next weekend and beyond. I worry a bit about drought and the salmon soon trying to return,…
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Hoping to encourage this rising sun to burn the clouds off and cheer on these little guys so that they might open up like thisand show off their pretty selves and also so that there…
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