And working, of course. But lots of gardening. Things are in full swing in our yard. The lithodora (below) is glowing beneath the lilac that’s almost out. The Iris setosa (below) is just finishing now, but the tall and medium bearded irises are still showing their colours….. The broom plant is simply gorgeous, the columbine…
Category: photos
Temptations abound
This is the time of year at which I find it hardest to force myself to work. There are so many other things that I'd rather be doing; gardening, hiking, photographing….. Often I partially yield and find ways of justifying my delinquency. Photographing is…. honing my artistic eye and gathering images that can be used…
Weekend wanderings
Last week was a brutish week. Nasty and brutish. Not short, though. Never liked Hobbes anyway. This week promises more of the same, if not worse. The weekend, however, had an unexpected sunny Sunday in it, a Sunday on which we discovered that Katherine can now handle a 4km hike without difficulty. We headed for…
Round the Bay Part I – Salmon Cove & Carbonear
When asked what I wanted to do for Mother's Day by my wonderful husband, I said that I wanted an outing, with hiking, a picnic, some photographs and happy people. He said he could do most of those, but the last one might be problematic, given that The Daughter has turned into The Fiend lately…
Round the Bay Part II – Harbour Grace
Posting Part II before Part I as I haven't quite finished the latter yet. I have always been fascinated with Harbour Grace. It's a community with great charm, wonderful history and beautiful scenery, but it's very much a place of the past. It was once the capital of Newfoundland and, in its heyday, was a…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 