Today’s Blessings:

Following La Belette Rouge’sexample, I offer you a brief list of things I’m loving right now: 1. I get home about 6:45, and I’ve generally already walked 90 minutes (to and from school) OR walked…

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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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Sunrises, Heading East, and Happy Birthday, Mom!

I heard a sealion barking nearby while I was drinking my tea this morning, so I grabbed my camera and headed out to look. I couldn’t see it although the barking continued sporadically, so instead…

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of birds, flights, and empty nests — oh, and paintings too!

I’m really missing my daughter Megan this week although it’s not the first, but rather the third, Christmas she’s been away: once in Costa Rica; last year, living in Montreal, she visited Toronto at Christmas;…

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The Orcas Came Calling and I Wasn’t Home!

Our friend and neighbour, Graeme Ellis, a senior marine mammal technician with Department of Fisheries and Oceans, sent us this picture of Orca whales immediately in front of our home on Friday. Of course I…

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