This is a great time of year for our gardens, a time when summer comes along and says, hey you, spring, scram – I’m comin’ in. Let me introduce you to our peonies….
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Monthly archives of “June 2012”
Dryad’s Saddle
After I posted about oyster mushrooms the other day, someone asked me if there were any other mushrooms I might mistake for oyster mushrooms. In Southern Ontario this time of year, there isn’t much around that might cause confusion (although I say that, I also… Read More
A Prediction I Like
The Weather Network has predicted normal summer temperatures this year, but in the Toronto area, higher than normal precipitation. This is good news for the amateur mycologists in the crowd. Last season started off well enough with plenty of morels and plenty of oysters but… Read More
Pleurotus populinus
Pleurotus populinus, an oyster mushroom sometimes known as the aspen oyster, is a delicious mushroom that appears in Southern Ontario in late May or early June. All the rain we’ve had in the last couple days was likely a trigger for the appearance of these… Read More
Peony
I was about to jump in the car to take the dogs for a walk in the Enchanted Mushroom Forest when this peony caught my eye.
Poppy
The first poppy of the season has opened and it really pops in front of the big hostas.
Goodreads
I’ve recently joined Goodreads (thanks David) and I’ve been having fun recalling and rating books I’ve read over the years. I know I’ve listed only a chunk of what I’ve read, but starting with the ones that are front of mind seems to make sense.I’ve… Read More
One Man Bands
It’s been a while since I’ve made an all one-man-band post here on 27th St. so let’s try it for today’s Daily Dose. Here’s Scott Dunbar performing a Michael Jackson tune… Alexander Zoltan’s One Man Band playing Five Foot Two I’m not sure if this… Read More
Close Call
I drove out to the grocery store down the street this afternoon. On the way back the car in front of me was cut off by another driver who decided to make a left turn from a side-street onto the main street right in front… Read More
Good thing the rain stopped….
Yesterday it rained and rained and rained and I slept and slept and slept. It was starting to look as if we’d need to build an ark in the back yard so we could load up the menagerie and safely float away. This was a… Read More
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