Seasons in the Valley + Furry Gnome's Adventures

You'll never guess what happened outside our front door yesterday.  The first cement was poured for our final landscaping projects, this...

The unseasonably cool nights have left us with heavy morning dew sparkling in the sun.  Though I find it's a lot harder to capture photo...

Every now and then I spot a variety of wild critters around the valley in mid-summer, or right here in the yard.  There are many more specie...

There's a saying around here that if you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes.  Well we've been waiting several days, ...

There are a few other crops I've noticed driving around the valley recently.  Canola is the brightest, coating the fields in bright yell...

By mid-summer, crops are maturing and dominating much of the landscape around the valley, except for all the woodlots and slopes too steep f...

The change of seasons in mid-summer is a subtle one, much more subtle than the rapid spring melt in April, or the first snow in late fall.  ...