Saturday Photo:The Best Lawn Is Flowers
Why plant grass when you can have this instead? So glad to see that other people are letting nature take its course.
Mary Soderstrom
Saturday Photo: Bleeding Heart for Bleeding Hearts
The other name for this in English is Dutchman's britches, or so my grandmother told me. In French it's sometimes also called the equivalent, coeur saignant, but using its botanical…
Saturday Photo: Bleeding Heart for Bleeding Hearts
The other name for this in English is Dutchman’s britches, or so my grandmother told me. In French it’s sometimes also called the equivalent, coeur saignant, but using its botanical…
Saturday Photo: Guerilla Gardening?
Came upon these daffodils when out walking near the Champs des possibles, a park that is being left to re-wild in the Mile End district, not far from the CN…
Saturday Photo: Guerilla Gardening?
Came upon these daffodils when out walking near the Champs des possibles, a park that is being left to re-wild in the Mile End district, not far from the CN…
Saturday Photo: Ready to Set up Housekeeping
For several years there have been Mallard duck couple nesting in the Mount Royal cemetery. This morning I was glad to see them there again. They probably aren't the same…
Saturday Photo: Ready to Set up Housekeeping
For several years there have been Mallard duck couple nesting in the Mount Royal cemetery. This morning I was glad to see them there again. They probably aren’t the same…
Saturday Photo: April is the Cruelest Month
A few snowflakes this morning, but the ponds at the Technoparc were clear and the geese were cruising. Still, spring seems a long way off,,,
Saturday Photo: April is the Cruelest Month
A few snowflakes this morning, but the ponds at the Technoparc were clear and the geese were cruising. Still, spring seems a long way off,,,
Saturday Photo: Another Kind of Sunshine
We had a total eclipse here this week--quite a show.And today I have sunshine in the form of sunflowers in my kitchen. So nice to see these reflections of the…
Saturday Photo: Another Kind of Sunshine
We had a total eclipse here this week–quite a show. And today I have sunshine in the form of sunflowers in my kitchen. So nice to see these reflections of…
Saturday Photo: The Roman Empire for Today
How often do you think about the Roman Empire? For a project that has a lot ot do with what we remember, collectively, I'm been doing a lot of lateral…
Saturday Photo: The Roman Empire for Today
How often do you think about the Roman Empire? For a project that has a lot ot do with what we remember, collectively, I’m been doing a lot of lateral…
Saturday Photo: Let’s Celebrate All Holidays….
So Quebec and Canada are secular? Why then do we have national holidays on Good Friday and Easter Monday? Why not Eid Muburak or Passover? Or none at all?
Saturday Photo: Let’s Celebrate All Holidays….
So Quebec and Canada are secular? Why then do we have national holidays on Good Friday and Easter Monday? Why not Eid Muburak or Passover? Or none at all?
Saturday Photo: Time and the River Flowing
The edge of the Ottawa River in March, 2024. No ice, just reflections.
Saturday Photo: Time and the River Flowing
The edge of the Ottawa River in March, 2024. No ice, just reflections.
Saturday Photo: End of Winter, Sad Rink
Visited some young friends this week. Their Dad had made a rink in their front yard which only got a little use this winter because it wasn't nearly as cold…
Saturday Photo: End of Winter, Sad Rink
Visited some young friends this week. Their Dad had made a rink in their front yard which only got a little use this winter because it wasn’t nearly as cold…
Saturday Photo: Snowdrops–Is This the New Normal?
This photo was taken in April 2008 when we still had snow on the ground. The snowdrops this year are already up--March 9!--and the snow cover is long gone.I'm afraid…