Prairie Garden

Story Hour at our little library is going great. We have had 8 kids the last two weeks, 5 kids the first week. There is a lot of interchang...

The Lakes of Canada One of my all-time favorite songs, ever. (With a couple of minutes of cheesy water sound effects at the end: beware.)

On our way to friends' house for dinner last weekend, we were driving by Wildlife Management Land and happened upon this beauty: a wild ...

I attempted to make homemade mozzarella this evening, and what a ker-flop that turned out to be! I'm not sure exactly what went wrong, b...

All of my free time of late has been taken up by my Friends of the Library activities. Let me count the ways: I planned and organized Story ...

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...