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 [...]



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The Love Birds07.03.08

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I’m not a very big fan of pigeons - I certainly had enough of them living on balcony when we had an apartment (that’s when i finally got to see a baby pigeon).

There’s enough of them in this area too - swooping down eating the seed I put out for other birds … [...]



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Berry Delicious?01.05.08

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This weeks theme is delicious

It snowed earlier in the week and when I looked outside I couldn’t resist stepping out into the garden with my camera in tow.

I got a lot of lovely photos of snow covered plants that I’ll be posting over the [...]



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It’s a Holly Jolly Christmas12.30.07

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I took this photo at the beginning of October. It’s of my Holly bush.

The holly (really a male and female Prince and Princess Holly planted together) is planted in the back corner of my garden. I can’t say that it’s grown much in the four or so years that it’s been planted there, but [...]



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