Over the past couple of years I’ve been growing orchids again. Anyone who has engaged in the cultivation of these wee beasties knows that the conditions required for growth can be almost as assorted as the plants themselves. Growing (or rather, keeping them alive and in leaf) them is actually fairly easy. Getting them to…
Category: photography
Back from the islands
We’ve just returned from a sojourn on Exploits Islands and it proved to be an interesting trip on many fronts. To start with, though, a few black and white photos I took while there. I found myself shooting in black and white quite a bit and it occurred to me afterwards that I’m grasping to…
Not quite molten
The most recent pair of socks is still on the needles. Lava Flow (in pdf, by Sockbug) is a quick and easy pattern that I chose because I needed to try out my new Brittany birch knitting needles on a fine sock yarn and I’ve never really been able to conquer Confetti (until now). I…
Birches
Update: these pieces are sold, but I have others here that are similar. Please contact me using the contact form below if you are interested. These are among the batch that is foiled and ready to go off to shops (on consignment). They also come in golden, wintry light blue and autumnal russet backgrounds. If…
A ready-made series, or several
It’s funny how sometimes you take the same photographs of the same places and, without even realising it, track the seasons of time through those pictures. One of the views that always strikes me as particularly dramatic is that of Whaleback Rock here in Torbay. I walk over the crest of the hill on our…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 