Category: gardening
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Wildlife!

We may have had a freeze overnight; this morning there was frost on the cars and field. Now the sun is glare brilliant and there are thin white clouds beginning to build at the horizon, ahead of this evening’s storm. We still have good colour in the foliage that remains bordering our yard, and the…
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After the Storm

Bright sun welcomed us this morning. Now the sky is alive, alternating cloud and sun; suddenly overcast, then deep, rich, blue. It is hardly the quiet after the storm, the west wind howling past and bending the trees as far over as they will go. We received about an inch of welcome rain overnight; the…
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A Leisurely Autumn

A blustery, warm day. We had showers earlier and now the sky is a mix of cloud and radiant blue, the proportions changing moment to moment. The wind has picked up and at times the gusts rising out of the west shove the trees heavily towards my right. Autumn proceeds at a leisurely pace here,…
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Dry and Hungry

Today is Indigenous People’s Day in much of North America. Its also Thanksgiving Day in Canada! We give a warm shout out to all of our friends in Canada! This weekend is another round of “No Kings” protests around the country. Do you know that one of the biggest drivers for colonists, in the then…
Michael Watson PhD