Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day

I’m finally organized enough to chime in on Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, organized by May Dreams Gardens. I believe this happens on the 15th of each month, with garden bloggers posting about what’s blooming in…

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Happy Valentine’s Day

We’ve had some gorgeous sunshine on the coast for the last two days, but it’s foggy today and cool-ish — a good day for snuggling up with a Valentine on some cozy, colourful cushions. The…

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harbingers of spring

Yesterday I promised you an antidote to the dreary winter weather. I admit that the weather and the antidote are region-specific, but they’re based on that principle that Tennyson poetically captured: Every winter turns to…

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weather report

(translates as Shit! It’s Raining — in case your high school French didn’t get that far) My daughter brought this back from Montreal for me last year; it says it all! But I have a…

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a window on my world

Excepting my “wearing red day,”this is my first contribution to Project Spectrum. I took this photo early one morning last week as some wintry sunlight stoked the fires of our orange drapes. The photo is,…

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Copyright

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