Duncan and Emma's Salt Spring Island Adventure!
Well, as much as I love chocolate - whether you're gnostic, plain spiritual or religious – that's not really what Easter is about. So, we decided on a different Easter gift for each other this year. Bees! Mason bees to be precise. They are small native bees – that are out and about much earlier than…
So, it started last Summer when we first moved here. There was a period of about 2 months where Starsky (our 12 year old toothless cat) was catching mice, shrews and voles almost daily. Some lived, some died. The shrews were cutest – tiny with long, bendy noses. Anyhow I digress. Hiatus. Then in February…
So, it's over 2 weeks now since Duncan trapped his finger between the pick-axe handle and a big rock while helping my brother build a wood-shed.The pick-axe apparently sank further into the ground than he expected and he not only ripped the nail right out of the nail-bed but also fractured his fingertip. Luckily(?) it was…
I was thoroughly amused by this week's Driftwood (our local weekly paper) front page. It said: "Bush buys Island Parcel. South End acreage ideal for duck-hunting." Apparently as told to the Driftwood by a realtor, not wishing to be named, the Microsoft Yacht Octopus was anchored off the South end of Salt Spring Island and…
Well, in the last couple of days a few of our daffodils have come out, I've seen Bumble bees, Rufous hummingbirds at the feeder (back from Mexico) and today I actually ate lunch in the sunshine on the deck. FABULOUS! It's amazing how once you start growing food and being closer to nature how important…