Prairie Garden

I cried while reading a book to Diego. Baby in a Basket by Gloria and Ted Rand did me in. Okay, so I "fought back tears", not cri...

We found a very special place this past week: the inner sanctuary of an old barn at some friends' place. They are an older couple, and h...

If you want to warm the cockles of your heart too, go to my SIL's blog and have a look-see . Awww...it's enough to make a mama radia...

I am starting to get too skinny again , but I've gained, count 'em: 5 lbs, and I am so very thankful for that. At the beginning of ...

Ashley --- Smashingly. So sincere and honest. I love it that you're working at Kelowna "General Hospital". It sounds like a so...

Amazingly textured skies. Windblown grass. The scent of a bright, dewy, crisp morning. Old homestead garden varieties that fill our grove - ...

WAY up -- Cool-growing vegetables: Lettuce Kale Peas Radishes Mustard greens Spinach Sunflowers Rhubarb Garlic More vegetables: Beets Parsni...

I don't usually post more than a few pictures at a time, but we had such a fun-filled extended weekend visiting family and friends in th...

Little Popple-de-Polly Said, See my new dolly! With her beautiful, pop-open eyes. But I can't make her speak, Though I've tried for ...

Brassavola nodosa 'Little Stars'; nestled with our sprouting seed potatoes. This little sucker becomes fragrant at night, and fill...

How is this possible? The baby is sleeping. The 3 year old has been looking at books or playing quietly by himself for an HOUR AND A HALF. H...

For those unaware, Diego has been obsessed with Peter Pan for some time now. Most of our afternoon "Special Time" play-time follow...

There is something about chilled air - drizzly rain - the smell and feel of sticky sap from fir or spruce - and the sight of split level ent...

Since recommencing menstruation , I have been charting using Taking Charge of Your Fertility as a tool. It is the most amazing thing - to b...

Au fond du temple saint with David Byrne and Rufus Wainwright

Thanks Grandma O. -- he loved it!!!

I am now going through my daybooks from early marriage; and sweet william! it is so enjoyable to peruse our lives through my written word. ...

I laid in bed this morning with the warm glow of the sunrise shyly peaking through my window, hearing birds twittering in the trees for the ...

Our emotional vacation continues, though now it has morphed into a more intense and long-lasting reconnection - a meeting of mind and spiri...