Duncan and Emma's Salt Spring Island Adventure!
Frost Flowers! We had to look this up on the internet (thanks Wikipedia!). Duncan came back from walking the dog talking about this fungus that had sprung up all over our woods overnight! When he described it I said it sounded more like mould than fungus as we couldn't find anything in our book of…
Scarfing it down… Well, mice have been anyway! Yes, this is (was) one of my favourite scarves (a gift from a friend). And so we get to another of the joys of country living. Mice. We have found out since moving in that we need to do some remedial work on our porch/entrance hall as…
Post-Christmas Garbage So, Salt Spring is not immune to litter either. And I found this is a way out of town so it can't be blamed on the 'tourists'. I was on the way back from a walk with Dexter (on my own) and decided as the snow and ice had finally gone to walk back…
Winter Wonderland. OK, so this photo is for posterity! I am glad the snow has gone and it has warmed up – I even welcome the rain. Here is a photo of the view from our living room that we 'stitched' together. And now it's on with 2009 and the normal cold, wet (west…
Sowing the Seeds of Excitement… Who would have thought it would be possible to get excited about a Seed Catalogue (when you're only in your 30s!). So there I was, over breakfast, reading "West Coast Seeds" and getting – well – excited! At right an early photo of our veg garden in 2008. "Look they…