Mary Soderstrom
Saturday Photo:
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…
When a Veil Is Not a Veil: Fashion, Modesty and Evolving Rules
Just as France begins to consider prohibiting women from wearing niqab, or a full veil, fashion designer Riccardo Tisci features a very attractive young woman wearing a sort of pseudo-veil…
Saturday Photo: Resting Rabbit…
Animals often seem to know when they’re not likely to run into danger from humans. This rabbit is a case in point. We met him last Sunday when out for…
Saturday Photo: Monarchs…
If you look closely, the purple cone flower to the left is the launching pad for a Monarch butterfly. I think it must have been freshly hatched, as it slowly…
Saturday Photo: Trees and the City
It’s hot today, and the trees in this part of town offer a welcome respite. The shadows are dense in the morning, and people are seeking them out. Planting street…
Saturday Photo: Sun and Shade and Water
These are the days of sun high in the sky, and shadows directly beneath the trees. It has not been really hot here, but gardens with shade are much appreciated…
Saturday Photo: Fathers’ Day Gathering
Scene last Sunday at the Lachine Rapids: a couple of geese families enjoying a picnic while the Old Guy watches. Geese are quite tame and not at all bothered by…
Saturday Photo: The Best Grass Is No Grass
Just a reminder that a well-tamed grass lawn is a nuisance to keep up, not nearly as interesting as a wilder collection of plants, and less than ideal from the…
Saturday Photo: First Rose of Summer
The first wild roses are in bloom. What a wonderful time of year when all the flowers are bursting forth!
Saturday Photo: Goslings on Parade
Sunday morning outing at the Technoparc: mom and dad and six goslings paddling around. Just a few minutes earlier a noisy flock of geese landing in a nearby pond to…
Saturday Photo: Journée des Patriotes
I’ve run this before, but it bares repeating: in Quebec this weekend is not Victoria Day but the Journée des Patriotes. It commemorates the Rebllion of 1837-38, which was that…
Saturday Photo: Still Life with Morning Light, Flower and Clementines
Lovely Mothers’ Day floers and other nice things
Saturday Photo: It’s in Bloom…..
Until this spring I’ve killed all the orchids that have passed through our doorway. Can grow a lot of other things, particularly those from dry and mild places like lantana,…
Saturday Photo: Coming up Soon to a Woods Near YOU
Leaves will be on the trees before you know it! At last!
Saturday Photo: More Spring Flowers
Had snow this week, but the flowers nevertheless persist. Good to see.