Roses and poppies

Roses and poppies

I have been collecting, growing and propagating roses for many years and brought quite a few with me to this garden. Funny thing is I find that Margaret had been growing alot of the same roses that I have, so my roses are blending in here quite well. I hope I can get...
Fish Club Summer Picnic 2014

Fish Club Summer Picnic 2014

Happy Canada Day everyone! We have some friends that have lived in the Cedar/Yellow Point area for many years. When we moved to this property last summer, our friends said ‘Oh, you will be members of the Fish Club!” We had never heard of this fabled club...
Soggy Bottom Blues

Soggy Bottom Blues

I love trees. I love buying trees. I love planting trees. I love watching trees grow and mature. I feel like the best thing anyone can do is plant as many trees as possible. I get upset when I see trees being cut down. Heck, just the sound of a chainsaw makes me...
Rhodos and rain barrels

Rhodos and rain barrels

I am guilty of taking lots of photos documenting what is going on around here and not taking the time to post them. We don’t have any cell service out here so I can’t take photos with my phone and upload them. When we invest in a signal booster I will be...
May Glory

May Glory

We are so lucky to have the tree shown at the top of this post growing beside the patio, right outside the living room window. At the end of the month it will be a year since we came to view this property with our realtor. As I look at photos from the listing, the...
Flora’s in the house

Flora’s in the house

You might have noticed that there is a new member of the family showing up in the photos on this blog. My dear cat, Cocoa died at 20 years old last September, just six weeks after we moved in. It was very hard to say goodbye to my sweet companion because we had been...