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Red Admiral Migration
I took this picture of a Red Admiral butterfly in my garden in the spring of 2010. This species is widespread in temperate zones of North America, Europe and Asia. They can hibernate here in the...
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Spring Pilgrimage
The beauty of one wild trillium ismultiplied by hundreds,multiplied by thousands.Add the sweet song of a White-throated Sparrow to the fresh green of the forest and you know why I anticipate this...
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Motherhood
Sandhill Cranes with a very young coltMy Mothers' Day treat was spending the morning at Ruthven Park at the bird banding station. Spring migration is in full swing and I have had little time for...
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Snobbery
snob- a person who believes himself or herself an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions or have different tastes regarding...
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Transit of Venus
We went to one of our local universities this evening to watch the Transit of Venus under the tutelage of people associated with the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science. The...
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Summer Solstice
Happy Longest Day!Yes, it is hot... but what a beautiful June day to relax and enjoy the start of summer.I celebrated, enjoying my anti-gravity chair on the deck while watching the Robins eating...
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Wrenters
The weathered bird house which hangs from the mountain ash tree in the backyard has been empty for two seasons. A pair of Black-capped Chickadees raised a family here in May 2010 but did not return...
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Wrenovators
The House Wrens were busy working today and the male spent a lot less time singing. And I spent a lot of time watching them on this beautiful evening. The bird house is almost full of small twigs....
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Wreneged
After three days of hard work the Wren's nest was completed. I watched in the evenings from our deck and used the super zoom on my camera to get these pictures.After an evening of song, they flew off...
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Summer 2012
Summer is slipping by and in some ways it has been long in going. It was a fine summer to be at a lake where fresh breezes moderated the prolonged heat and drought. We spent too few days near the water...
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Phantom Phone
Life sometimes produces more questions than answers.Our phone rang close to midnight, startling me even more when I recognized the number belonged to the hospital where I work. I answered and heard...
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Thoughts While Making Bread
Atkins, South Beach, Wheat Belly, Paleo diet, gluten intolerance. Bread has a bad reputation among many people in an overfed first world. Refined flours, preservatives, added sugars and difficult to...
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End of Summer
The sun set, a bright red ball behind man-made shapes of the city skyline. I stood high on the hill facing west watching as the last daylight of August faded away. Today was hot, humid and dusty and a...
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Summer Garden
Autumn Joy Sedum, a perfect poor soil succulentThis summer has been hard on our lawn and garden. We have poor, sandy soil that absorbs topsoil and compost causing it to sink and disappear from the...
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On the Seventh Day...God Played Ball
Our society as a whole no longer observes a seventh day or first day of the week pause in commerce to focus on rest and worship. But members of our large Mennonite population who live in rural parts of...
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Cycling
I used to walk 5 km every evening until my knee surgery almost 4 years ago. Pounding pavement after work is not kind to my joints so I tend to meander along natural trails at a slow pace when I go for...
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A New Place
The past few weeks have been full of activity and change, good and bad. We visited Ottawa last week and enjoyed breath-taking Canadian autumnal beauty. The entire five hour trip was along “streets of...
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Something Old, Something New
Pumpkin, Sweet Potato Squash, Turban SquashI enjoy food. I like new recipes and prefer to visit restaurants with adventurous menus. But there are plenty of foods in markets and shops that are foreign...
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Fallen
I pedalled my bike along roads and trails on this unseasonably warm November day. The trees are now bare and fallen leaves have lost their colour as they rustle dryly in the wind. November with its...
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Día de los Muertos
Flowers were for sale everywhere for the Day of the DeadI spent two weeks in Mexico in October to be with my parents who are struggling with their health. The area they live in is beautiful and I am...
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