Floral Beauties in the Spring #Garden- #SundayStills


This week's Sunday Stills Challenge on Terri Webster Scrandt's excellent blog is one I couldn't resist- Spring Flora & Fauna! Vancouver Island is blessed with a temperate climate and is one of the few places in Canada that seldom sees snow. We live on the southern tip of the island with a zone 9b. Compared …

#SundayStills- In the Pink #Photography #Gardenlife


This week's Sunday Stills photography challenge is focused on PINK. You can find out more on Terri Webster Schrandt's blog here. I always called the plant above my Rose of Sharon, and only just recently learned it's actually a variety of Azalea. Pink is one of my favorite shades in the garden, beginning with this …

Shades of Pink- #SundayStills #FlowerPhotography


This week's Sunday Stills Challenge from Terri Webster Schrandt is PINK. You can see Terri's photos and join in here. My garden is a riot of color right now, how is yours doing? The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed …

The Colors of Spring- #SundayStills #Photography


This week's Sunday Stills Challenge is hosted by Marsha Ingrao on the Always Write blog. The theme is- Emerging. Visit Marsha to see her entries and join in the challenge here. The photo above was taken in the second week of March and was the first of the cherry blossoms. This is the tree now! …

Joy of Plants- #SundayStills #Gardenlife


Climbing Hydrangea Sunday Stills Challenge- Plant Life This week's photo challenge by Terri Webster Schrandt is one after my own heart! Stop by and check out her lovely pictures here Our garden may be small, but it's mighty 🙂 Strawberry and raspberry beds- loaded with berries! A mixed be of lavender, sage, Hot Lips Salvia, …

Nature’s Wonders- #SundayStills #photography


Nature is filled with wonders- we only have to open our eyes to behold the beauty. This week's #SundayStills #challenge from Terri Webster Schrandt is Near and Far. You can join in here. Above is a photo taken last summer looking from the back of our postage stamp yard, forward. See the apple? First year …

You Are My Sunshine #LazyDaysOfSummer #amwriting #mgtab


I don't know about you, but when the warm winds and indigo blue skies of summer appear on the horizon, the last thing I want to do is sit in a chair forcing myself to fight past the sticky middle of my current WIP (work-in-progress). It's literally like pulling teeth. I'd much sooner have my …

Springs Creativity


If you're at all like me you'll agree, spring is the season of creativity. Gardeners bring out their trowels, turning the winter browns into the sunshine yellows of daffodils and pansies. The trees burst with wondrous colour as birds strut their stuff searching for the perfect mate. Humans awaken from their winter's rest, revived and …

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