Picturesque columbines06.15.08

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My columbines are absolutely gorgeous this year! I took this photo on June 1st and the columbines (Aquilegia) are still blooming and look just as lovely as they did two weeks ago. I can’t believe they survived the heatwave we had last week, nor the storms we’ve had this weekend … but […]

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Tidying up the garden on a nice fall day09.25.07

Do you ever just go in your garden and start chopping away at the plants?
Of course you do, most of you are gardeners. Naturally by chopping away I simply mean you see a dead branch on a rose bush or shrub, some dead leaves here and there on other plants, flowers that need to […]

Posted in Autumn Tasks, Garden Maintenance, Garden Tips, Recreationwith 3 COMMENTS →



It’s really cooling off at night!09.18.07

Is it getting cooler in your area? It’s getting cooler here and the temperatures seem to be dropping lower than they should at night for this time of year.
On Sunday I happened to look at my weather widget on my computer and I saw that it was supposed to go down to 0 Celsius […]

Posted in Autumn Tasks, Garden Buzz, Home and Lifestyle, Toronto, Weather related, vegetableswith 1 COMMENT →



My hummingbird feeders paid off!08.21.07

Guess what!
I just about had a heart attack on Sunday. I was standing in the kitchen talking to my husband and I turned my head to look out the window at the garden and some fluttering by the hummingbird feeder caught my eye.

I realized that I was seeing the first hummingbird of the season!
I […]

Posted in Home and Lifestyle, In The Garden, Pets and Wildlife, Photography, Recreation, Summer in the Gardenwith 5 COMMENTS →



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