Date: July 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, Elements, Garden, Seasonal, Storms, Summer, Texas, Water.
Date: July 13th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: food, fruit and veggies, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
Date: July 12th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: BC, Birds, Canada, Garden, red, Summer, Vancouver Island.
Date: July 10th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, BC, beach, Canada, City Streets, Design, Historic significance, Moon, Sky, Summer, Travel, travel Canada, Water.
Date: July 9th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: BC, beach, Canada, Landscape, rocks, Summer, Travel, travel Canada, Unusual Interest, Vancouver Island.
Date: July 7th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Alberta, Canada, City Streets, clouds, Elements, Sky, Storms, Summer, Travel, travel Canada, Trees.
Date: July 6th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Alberta, Canada, City Streets, clouds, Elements, Seasonal, Sky, Storms, Summer, Travel, travel Canada, Unusual Interest.
Date: July 1st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: BC, Canada, forest, Landscape, Moths and Butterflies, Seasonal, Shadows, Summer, Sunset, Travel, travel Canada, Trees, Urban and Provincial Parks, Vancouver Island.
Date: June 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Elements, Garden, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA, Water.
Date: June 10th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: amphibians, Children, City Streets, Dallas, Seasonal, Smile, Summer, Texas, Unusual Interest, Water.
Date: June 7th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, Design, Garden, Green, Leaves, red, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
Date: June 3rd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: amphibians, Flowers, Garden, orange, Seasonal, Smile, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: June 1st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: amphibians, Garden, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: May 26th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, food, Fruit, fruit and veggies, Series, Smile, Summer.
Date: May 14th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Flowers, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
Date: July 13th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: food, fruit and veggies, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
After two weeks away, one of the first things I did was inspect the garden, most curious about the cucumbers, because it’s the first year they’ve survived this far into the season. There I was at midnight, feeling around in the dark, and found a cucumber that had grown from 1/2 inch long to 8″L X 3″ wide during that short time. I expected to find a virtual Jack And The Bean Stalk situation this morning, but all the other cukes are average-sized. The heart-shaped cookie cutters I placed around some veggies have fallen off, so will have to try again; now able to monitor the progress of growth.
Date: July 12th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: BC, Birds, Canada, Garden, red, Summer, Vancouver Island.
Red-headed house finch, North Saanich, BC
Date: July 10th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, BC, beach, Canada, City Streets, Design, Historic significance, Moon, Sky, Summer, Travel, travel Canada, Water.
Victoria, BC harbour, Parliament Building in lights
Date: July 9th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: BC, beach, Canada, Landscape, rocks, Summer, Travel, travel Canada, Unusual Interest, Vancouver Island.
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Date: July 7th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Alberta, Canada, City Streets, clouds, Elements, Sky, Storms, Summer, Travel, travel Canada, Trees.
Severe and spooky Summer storm in Calgary, Alberta
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Date: July 6th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Alberta, Canada, City Streets, clouds, Elements, Seasonal, Sky, Storms, Summer, Travel, travel Canada, Unusual Interest.
I have yet to see a tornado in Texas since we moved there, yet here is the first one I’ve ever seen, about to touch down in Airdrie, near Calgary Alberta while we’re on holidays. Watching it form is surreal, and though it’s not far away I don’t feel in any danger. It formed a perfect funnel then I watched it pull back again, spawning a skinny long string-like tornado, then dissolve. The associated clouds are ominous and dark in contrast to the sunny neighborhood where I’m standing. I learned later this afternoon that the tornado touched down in a farmer’s feild for a few moments.
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Date: July 1st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: BC, Canada, forest, Landscape, Moths and Butterflies, Seasonal, Shadows, Summer, Sunset, Travel, travel Canada, Trees, Urban and Provincial Parks, Vancouver Island.
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Arbutus trees, first thumbnail, only grow in the Pacific Northwest, here on Salt Spring Island, B.C. and in parts of China, nowhere else in the world. They are popular carve-your-name-in-the-trunk trees because the bark heals into a soft well-defined scar. A few trees on the island have been abused like this. Still, they couldn’t take the beautiful away! Groups of three and four Fluted Swallowtails spiraled in and out of the sunlight as I walked down the mountain road on Salt Spring Island. Fortunately one briefly settled on a fir tree.
Date: June 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Elements, Garden, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA, Water.
Everything in the garden looks 10 times as beautiful with water on it.
Date: June 10th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: amphibians, Children, City Streets, Dallas, Seasonal, Smile, Summer, Texas, Unusual Interest, Water.
Date: June 7th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, Design, Garden, Green, Leaves, red, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
Date: June 3rd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: amphibians, Flowers, Garden, orange, Seasonal, Smile, Summer, Texas, USA.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…The Good: A beautiful orange flowering plant called a Sun Star. All the little unexpected surprises, like this toad that I never would have seen if it had not popped out of the hole at the exact moment I happened to be looking there. The clay container with a hole in the center is designed to coil and contain garden hose, but being used as a plant pot. The Bad: having no choice about mowing the lawn on a 98*F day, and keeping edges formally trimmed because the neighbors have it that way. Also Bad: Fire ants that bite before you know you’re standing on a nest with bare feet……but Good: Fire ants keep the tough Texas soil aerated. The Ugly: me with ant-bite blisters, taking photos, mowing and edging the lawn on a 98*F day.
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Date: June 1st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: amphibians, Garden, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA.
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Date: May 26th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, food, Fruit, fruit and veggies, Series, Smile, Summer.
A Photo Smoothie
Date: May 14th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Flowers, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
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