Not so Squished
I'm not sure what I've gotten myself into. Prior to our holiday, we went to a demo day at Durham Forest. Hubs wanted to check it out for mountain bikes for me, and I wanted to check it out to see what the fuss was about. Hubs had purchased a mountain bike, but it wasn't ...
On a walk down Roncy with a friend, I had discovered this jem of a flower shop called Willem & Jools. I had purchased a beautiful calathea (prayer plant). So when hubs and I were invited to a housewarming, I immediately thought of this shop. Unfortunately they no longer carried the calathea, but I found ...
An awesome camper brought in a cutting of milkweed last week, and on it were three monarch butterfly caterpillars, busily munching on the leaves. The camper also brought in a chrysalis, which was really cool. I have never seen one before, nor have I ever witnessed the emergence of a butterfly from the chrysalis. The ...
Isn't this wild?! The campers found this in the park and I've learned that this beautiful caterpillar is going to turn into a stunning cecropia moth, North America's largest native moth. Wingspan can reach over six inches! When I first saw it, I was freaked out in a fascinated way. My boss told me she's seen ...
It's almost mid-August, and the days are noticeably getting shorter. Yes, it's kind of depressing. We've had some short stretches of hot days, but compared to last summer, it hasn't been a hot summer. It's definitely been a much wetter summer than last year. Combine this with me starting my seeding a month later than ...
Unlike bees, I am terribly afraid of wasps. Don't you agree that they have a very menacing look, like they are deliberately out to taunt and terrify? That's what I see. Wasps keep me out of my own garden, and I notice them in the mid-late afternoons when the sun is out and my garden ...
My no longer fruit producing Alpine strawberry plant remains on the potting table. The leaves have been yellowing, so I fertilized it a few weeks ago, and the leaf colour is slowly improving. What remained a big mystery for many weeks, maybe even over a month, has been the hole-punched leaves. I had posted a ...
Magical, after I almost freaked out. Standing graveside, I felt something land on my hand. As soon as I saw the size of it, my heartbeat quickened as my husband whispered, "It's a bee, don't worry." My husband's gentleness has this amazing calming effect on me, and I immediately relaxed and held my hand up ...
A new year brings new experiences. At least that's how I like to roll. Back in February 2014, I started working at The Pie Commission, which turned out to be such a fun place to be, and completely different from anything I've ever done. I started out in the kitchen, learning how to make the ...
I am not ready for this adventure to end, but my job is expecting me back on Monday. In the beginning, I was wondering if seven weeks on the road would be too long and too exhausting, but seven weeks isn't enough time to see and do everything. I have felt rushed in ...