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I love lilies. That is all.
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This summer has been a special one in the garden. I have loved the lush growth that is a rarity in this usually dry prairie climate. The winter was a mild one thankfully and spring arrived early. There has been more rain than usual. Hops and clematis vines race around each other to take over…
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A blizzard day and I am glad to be tucked up in my lovely Kindling shawl. I wonder sometimes why certain knitted pieces become my very favourite – reminders of good moments, softness or maybe they simply have cast a spell over me. I knit this pattern, Kindling, over a year ago from Swans Island…
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Taking a break from knitting is a good thing … sometimes. The growing pile of knitted goods was beginning to nag at me. I pulled out the camera and spent this afternoon photographing. I’ve missed my camera. I shall try and photograph something each day. Keeping the tripod out will help, methinks.
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Last year I came across a Martagon lily at a local garden centre and did a little dance of joy. I have wanted a Martagon for years. Once home, I planted it near the main walk in the back garden. This spring, I was secretly thrilled with the appearance of new green shoots. Every day…
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It doesn’t matter how many springs I have lived through, each one feels like my first. I love the wonderful feeling of anticipation and possibility that spring brings. My heart does a little dance when I see puddles on the streets and dirt appearing as if by magic in my garden. Every bit of green…
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Today while walking the dog, I thought about how much I like white flowers in summer and how little I like the white of the snow these days. If it hadn’t been so cold, I would have stopped to take more photos of my dog gallivanting in the snow. I am certain that he far…
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Lately I've been dreaming of sweet peas. Perhaps it is simply a longing for warmer weather or a need to breathe in the wonderful scents of spring and summer. Then again, maybe it is a result of many evenings spent paging through seed catalogues and vividly imagining my back fence covered in delicate sweet pea…
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Sometimes a garden's greatest solace lies in the place it holds in our memory. At other times, the value of a garden resides not in our thoughts about the garden, but in the darker, more mysterious thoughts that it permits amid the reassurance offered by its presence in our lives. The garden one returns to,…
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Symphyandra hoffmannii has been one of my favourite plants ever since I first planted it in my garden in Ottawa. It is a prolific self-seeder, but I am okay with that. In spring, I simply pull out the rosettes that are growing too close to one another. This is an easy task, since the…
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