Saturday Photo: Waiting…
Is it going to snow? Or will the snow all melt? There are many more important questions out there, but these two are high on my mind right now, as…
Mary Soderstrom
Saturday Photo: Hanging in There…Oak Leaves and Snow
Today’s lesson is about persistence. It has always been my long suite. The fact that my family is very long-lived helps because I’ve been pretty sure since I became aware…
Saturday Photo: Finally a Jade Plant Flower!!!
For several years I’ve been trying to get my large and beautiful jade plant (kindly given me by Bettina Bergo when she went on sabbatical) to bloom. My mother, who…
Saturday Photo: Getting from There to Here and Vice Versa
Snow on the ground, for the moment at least. Snow clearance hasn’t been terrific perhaps because the powers that be know rain is forecast for this weekend. But between now…
Saturday Photo: Winter Is Here, Said Hamilton Duck
This what the windows looked like early this week, and this morning Lee had to move about 10 cm of very heavy wet snow. It’s warmer, but there is no…
Saturday Photo: One Hundred Years Later….
The end of the War to End All Wars will be remembered tomorrow, Nov. 11, 2018. One hundred years later we seem not to have learned much. The photo is…
Saturday Photo: Rain and the Return to Standard Time
Been raining here for several days. I suppose I should be pleased because that means plants will be starting the winter well-hydrated, which can be a problem after a dry…
Saturday Photo: Fall Bikes and Fighting the Good Political Fight
This is the time of year that the leaves fall–yesterday it was a veritable blizzard of yellow leaves on our street–but also time when bikes begin to look a little…
Saturday Photo: Burning Bush, or Antidote to a Burning World?
Our neighbors’ burning bush trees are in full colour this week. They are modest looking bushes for most of the year, but they turn a glorious red, come fall. There…
Saturday Photo: Fall and Cataract Surgery
Fall is always a beautiful season here, with so many deciduous trees turning colour. I’d always known that, but four years ago I learned just how gorgeous the trees are.…
Saturday Photo: Thanksgiving….
This is a photo I’ve used before, but I really like it since it shows the beautiful hesitation that Nature goes through here before closing down for the winter. It…
Saturday Photo: Harvest of Good Things
Chilis and garlic: great combination, não é? This week I spent an hour at the Marché Jean Talon, buying wonderful, harvest-fresh things. Basil, garlic, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, little pumpkins, and…
Saturday Photo: Canal in Kochi….
I have no idea if this canal still exists in Fort Kochi, Kerala State, on India’s southwest coast, but I hope it does despite the recent catastrophic monsoon that flooded…
Saturday Photo: The Bees Are At It, Thankfully
One of the advantages of the kind of Darwinian gardening I do is that bees like it. No pesticides or chemical fertilizer, just a lot of compost, some composted manure…
Saturday Photo: Tomato Time…
This is the best time of year for lovers of real, ripe tomatoes. What you get the rest of the year just does’t cut it!
Saturday Photo: Rideau Chapel and 40 Voice Motet
Highlight of a trip to Ottawa: a visit to the National Gallery of Canada to see the exhibit of Impressionist painters there until Sept. 9. Nice, but what really was…
Saturday Photo: Electric Cars, Only as Clean as Their Source of Energy
The folks a couple of blocks away have not one, but two electric cars. Each cost a pretty penny, I’m sure. But so did their house, which they’ve spent a…
Saturday Photo: Irrigation, or Another of the Things that Concrete Has Wrought
This was taken last summer near Chief Joseph Dam on the Columbia River. It shows dramatically the effect of irrigation on the dry lands of the region. Concrete made this…
Saturday Photo: La bicyclette rose…Enduring Whimsy
It had been a while since I walked down Lajoie (great name) during summer, but I did this week. What a delight to see that the folks who own the…
Saturday Photo: Little Suns….
Yellow flowers are about my favourites I think, and Rudbeckia are my favourites among them. This is when they start blooming in earnest, the sign that summer is at its…