That’s green enough for St. Patrick’s day, don’t you think? That’s a ribena sanguinea ‘White Icicles’ bud getting ready to burst into bloom. I was curious to see when it did that last year, and…
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It has been so awful here, weather-wise. Yes, last week’s snow finally melted off the ground, and I’m no longer worried about the pipes to the cottage freezing at the nighttime -7 lows, but the…
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Added March 16th, thanks to Ling Chan, Assistant to Managing Director for VOA: The manga is drawn by artist Fiona Meng. Rigoletto pictures should be credited to photographer Tim Matheson and the pictures for the…
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Hope you don’t mind if I cheat a bit and post the same photo here that I have up on my other blog — I know most of you only stop by here, and I…
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Well, that was a hebdomas horribilis: overwhelmed with work responsibilities, including two event-attending evenings that stretched my days to 12 and 14 working hours long, I also chipped a front tooth (thus complicating this week’s…
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