Saturday Photo: An Afternoon in the Park…
Neighborhood park are great things, and we are lucky to have three nearby. They’re used by local daycares and schools too–and not just in the summer time. This group of…
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Saturday Photo: Zamboni on the Loose
The photo’s not the best, but it makes me smile anyway. After a spell of terrible warm weather, winter has returned, and while it’s not really cold, it’s cold enough…
Saturday Photo: The First Books Arrive….
Wednesday the first copies of my new book, Against the Seas: Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters arrived. Most appropriate as storms batter California, destroying beaches and bridges and badly-sited houses.…
Saturday Photo: The New Year Begins on a Gray Note…
The view at the Lachine Rapids on the morning of January 1, 2023. Going for a walk was a good thing to do, but it was cold and wet and…
Saturday Photo: Sun to Greet the New Year?
Confession: the photo was taken some time ago when we actually had some sunny weather. It’s been gray and rainy for the last couple of days and all the snow…
Saturday Photo: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Here’s the tree. Don’t know who will be around to celebrate tonight and tomorrow, given the weather conditions and Covid amongst us. But it looks pretty good, none the less.…
Saturday Photo: Inside Looking out until the Side Walk Tractors Pass
Lots of fluffy white stuff has been falling since the middle of the night. Maybe we’ll have a white Christmas… But I’m not going out until the sidewalk tractors come…
Saturday Photo: The Jade Plant Blooms, Again
Always nice to see my big jade plant bloom. It spends the summer in the sun outside, and then comes in as soon as it begins to get really cool.…
Saturday Photo: Sil for Christmas
In recent years I’ve had trouble finding salt herring to make sil, Swedish pickled herring. But this year I hit the jackpot: nice firm, fat herring from Marché Epicure Spent…
Saturday Photo: Milkweed, as Beautiful as Butterflies
We all know that milkweed plants are what Monarch butterflies need to breed, aand I’ve been pleased to see that several folks around here have been planting them. They’re not…
Saturday Photo: Busy Healing Etc.
This photo was taken about two weeks ago, but I hadn’t posted it because I couldn’t get near my computer for long enough to play around. Nov. 4 I had…
Saturday Photo: Mangroves Protecting the Coast…
The photo was taken by friends in Jakarta. It shows part of the remaining mangrove forest that once protected much of the coastline. Replanting and safe-guarding these wonderful trees that…
Saturday Photo: The Beauties of Fall…
A number of houses around here already have Halloween decorations up, some of which are particulrly ugly. And then there is this tasteful display on steps not far from here.…
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Just when you think that the flowers have quit blooming, the asters have their day. Love plant that comes back every year. I don’t know why people bother annuals in…
Saturday Photo: Stars of the End of Summer
This is the time for asters, whose name reflect how heavenly they are!
Saturday Photo: Queen Anne’s Lace for a Time When the Monarchy Is in View
Seventy years is a long a time to stay at the same job, but that’s what Elizabeth II did. There is so much about her reign and her successor in…
Saturday Photo: Showing the Way
When you get to the end of the road at Kegaska, you can continue by going out to sea. Manypeople must have considered doingtht, becausethe harbourhas many inukshuk, those Inuit…
Saturday Photo: The End of Highway 138, a Great Trip
I’m surprised that it’s been so long since I last posted, but here is a photo of part of the reason: our trip to Quebec’s Côte Nord. This is as…