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Did you know the Sago Palm is toxic to pets?08.01.08

I just received a new edition of my ASPCA newsletter and one article in particular caught my eye. It was about the increased incidence of pets being poisoned by the Sago Palm. This plant can also be quite toxic to young children.
The Sago Palm is common in warm climates, but it’s become more popular [...]



Posted in Family, Garden Tips, Health and Fitness, Home and Lifestyle, House Plants, Pets and Wildlife, Trees and Shrubswith 5 COMMENTS →



Wasp collecting pollen07.16.08

Wordless Wednesday

I managed to capture a photo of a wasp collecting pollen from Butterfly Weed flowers the weekend before last when Chris and I visited the Brick Works.
I grow butterfly weed in my garden but it’s not blooming yet. Guess mine is behind!



Posted in Garden Buzz, Pets and Wildlife, Photography, Summer in the Garden, Wordless Wednesdaywith 7 COMMENTS →



The Brick Works - nature in the heart of the city07.13.08

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Last weekend we went to The Brick Works. It’s an old brick factory that’s been turned into an eco-preserve and I suppose tourist attraction. Likely the bricks that make up my 1927 Triple Brick house were made at this old now defunct factory.
The quarry where the company dug into the earth to get the [...]



Posted in Green Thumb Sunday, Home and Lifestyle, Pets and Wildlife, Photography, Recreation, Torontowith 7 COMMENTS →



You know we’ve had too much rain this year when …07.09.08

Wordless Wednesday

Even the pigs are wearing rain boots!
Isn’t that adorable?



Posted in Garden Humor, Pets and Wildlife, Wordless Wednesdaywith 19 COMMENTS →



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