My Way of Living [10/27/16] 

  • Fort Langley

    A foggy morning, cold and damp. We head off to Fort Langley, the birthplace of BC. The site of the original Hudson's Bay trading post, and now a national park.A lovely small town atmosphere permeates this quaint and historic little village. Most of the newer building following guidelines to maintain the continuity. It is a coveted…

  • It’s not just a blog

    I started a blog to share some of my photos, the huge emailed files were clogging up my friends inboxes, and what better way of recording my garden through the seasons.I’d been sending photos of flowers, petals, stems, upside, underside, flowers in shadows, in bright light, with overlays, without textures, in black and white… if i…

  • Not giving up the ghost quite yet.

    I suppose a killing frost is inevitable, and soon. But one last visit to the lovely little garden down the street was needed before the dahlias give up the ghost, and succumb.With the scarecrow standing guard, the dahlias and the hollyhocks are pretty much the only flowers left in what is always a stunning summer garden. There are…

  • Lemon cookies and damp days

    It’s been raining here off and on for over a week, and you won’t hear me complaining. Although it’s so needed, there are those who seem to take the grey skies, and damp days personally. When life hands you lemons, make lemon cookies I say. These turned out delicious, very lemony, with just the right amount of sweet/tart flavour.It…

  • I’m making lemonade as fast as I can squeeze em

    Life is funny.No, life is hilarious.Just when you think you might get ahead, something else breaks down. Have we had a run of it lately. Our oven bit the biscuit during the lightning storm a few months ago, the computer monitor developed trendy chevron strips, and the answer to our water woes showed up.Isn't life great? Would you …