Dressing for the Dance. . . for Watching it, that is. . .

 Zig-zagging back and forth from Vancouver this week — back on the island yesterday so that I could go to a performance by Compagnie Marie Chouinard. I wouldn’t have gone if a friend hadn’t asked…

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Garden. Sunshine. Awakening. . .

I feel as if I’ve been playing hooky from my blog, which is rather a silly way to conceive a few days away — my last post was on Friday, and today’s only Monday. I’m…

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Fountain Bamboo — Once in a Lifetime!

My fountain bamboo (fargesia nitida) is blossoming!  I was both excited and, honestly, a bit alarmed when I noticed this on a walk ’round my garden earlier this sunny week (more photos to come).  As…

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Last and First, Past and Present

In my last post, I remarked, yet again, how life throwsthe sad and the beautifulat us simultaneously, and leaves it to us to try to reconcile them. Currently, I find myself poised between two other…

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Running with my Camera**

Sometimes, gritty reality sets in. Sometimes, you realize that having a Lovely Lazy Weekend means that you have no time left during the week for decent blogging. Sometimes, you realize that your readers probably don’t…

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