Summer guests

When we lived in Prince Rupert (on BC’s north coast), and our kids were small, family and friends would make the long drive or fly up from the Vancouver area to visit. Then we moved…

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Seven Songs of Summer

Ever, ever so long ago, IndigoAlison tagged me for theSeven Songs of Summer Meme. But I had so much to tell you about my travels and then I was doing summer things and then I…

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blogging elsewhere

In case you’re interested, I’ve set up another blog — Materfamilias Reads — where I can keep track of books I’ve read and offer the occasional review or, more often, a brief comment about what…

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here and there, this and that

Here,when I photographed the yellows and whites in my garden last week, the Romneya Coulteri (California tree poppy) buds were still doing this, beautifully. They’re not at all subtle now, but they are stunning. I’m…

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Summer reds

Paterfamilias is on an icebreaker wending his way through “a sea of light,” as he put it — the surrounding ice, after all, reflects the sunlight all twenty-four hours of the day. Oddly, while I’m…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.