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Gardening During a Drought

August 7, 2019

Lately I’ve been wondering if gardening is a frivolous activity.

Tags climate change, drought, ecosystems, flowers, gardening, perennial garden, summer, veggie garden, water management, watering, wells

Spring is Happening!

April 10, 2019

Spring has officially sprung on the west coast

Tags bees, cherries, flowers, gardening, gardens, hyacinth, iris, perennial garden, primula, pulsatilla, spring

Saturday Shot: 10 Nov

November 10, 2018

Two photos from my perennial garden last week.

Tags flowers, gardening, macro, nature photography, perennial garden, photography

Saturday Shot: 3 Nov

November 3, 2018

A gorgeous chrysanthemum in our perennial garden.

Tags drought, flowers, gardening, macro, photography, water

Gardening as Editing

June 27, 2018

There’s a Dutch landscape designer whose work I really admire. Piet Oudolf has been creating lush garden landscapes for over 35 years. His goal is … Read more

Tags copy editing, developmental editing, editing, flowers, gardening, gardens, grasses, landscape design, mass planting, Piet Oudolf, plants, proofreading, structural editing

Mental Health Break: Photography and Reading

May 30, 2018

The past two weeks have been pretty bad in terms of mental health. I’ve decided to cut down my Twitter and Facebook time even more. … Read more

Tags book review, books, flowers, gardening, mental health, nature, perennial garden, reading, social media, veggie garden

Focus On Spring

March 15, 2017

It’s been a cold winter and cool spring here on southern Vancouver Island, with more snow than we’re used to. Right now our upper elevation … Read more

Tags birds, chronic illness, depression, flowers, mental health, spring, weather

The Cowichan Garry Oak preserve

May 13, 2015

I’ve been wanting to visit the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC) Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve since we moved here, but as an endangered ecosystem it’s … Read more

Tags Cowichan, ecosystems, flowers, garry oak, grasses, landscape, meadows, nature, photography, trees, Vancouver Island, west coast

I see spring

March 22, 2014

Living in a landscape as dynamic as the West Coast, you can’t avoid the heady drama of the region’s seasonal cycles. On this the third … Read more

Tags Brant geese, ecology, flowers, herring, nature, ocean, pacific northwest, seasons, spring, Trumpeter swans, Vancouver Island, west coast

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