Seasons in the Valley + Furry Gnome's Adventures

Leaves in the woods in early May, with the sun shining through them, are absolutely brilliant, a bright almost fluorescent green that I can...

Most of the garden plants are still spikes of green, emerging from last year's leaf mulch; in another month the hostas will have leafed ...

Our Bruce Trail walk at Old Baldy last week netted a total of 27 species of spring wildflowers in bloom! Along with 9 ferns, 2 sedges, and ...

It's the nicest two weeks in the year as far as I'm concerned. The world has turned mostly green, leaves are coming out, birds and ...

Went on a Mother’s Day excursion to visit some gardens (Rural Rootz near Wiarton was really fascinating), and along the road northwest of Wa...

It was the usual afternoon last week, clouded but not stormy, and we were standing on the deck, when suddenly the dark clouds started rollin...

I think I'm slowly figuring out the new format for blogger, and I've been forced into using Google Chrome to access it, so I...