My Way of Living [05/21/16] 

  • That little boat on a great big ocean

    Watching your parents age is a like setting off for a long journey in a small boat, it’s a large ocean, and the horizon is not visible most of the time. You can worry, and prepare your vessel for as many situations as possible, but the journey will be nothing like you imagined.There will be unexpected phone calls, and situations t…

  • My how big you have grown

    When you garden on a deck, space can be a issue. Thankfully my deck is quite large, and I am on the ground floor. This becomes a important issue when a tree has a unexpected growth spurt. Well, who reads those description labels anyways, obviously not me. I suffer from a sort of gardening denial that thinks the tree is never going…

  • Seventeen springs, and lilac laden

    It’s the long weekend here in Canada, and for most gardeners that marks the time to plant, and the busiest time for garden centers. For seventeen years I have missed spring, each and every time it rolled around. Sixteen years working in a garden center, and the last spring renovating, and selling our condo meant spring was somethi…

  • More of to be a gardener

    We bloggers put a lot of effort into posts, and it’s always wonderful when there is a great response to what we have written.The comments you have left on the post To be a gardener are amazing, truly inspiring.I could see these put together in a little booklet on gardening with gorgeous photos… who knows, maybe one day.Since many …