It looked like it might rain this morning but I took a chance it was just going to be overcast, and I took off to do a little trout fishing. This is a river I haven’t fished for many years. A friend of mine fished… Read More
All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
The S Garden
I completed digging and preparing the S garden today, then did some initial planting. The trouble with a new garden is that it always takes a year or two before it starts to grow in and feel like it hasn’t just been planted – but… Read More
One for the moms…
Here’s Music Makin’ Mama from Memphis, a rockin’ tune by the late great Hank Snow.
Wayfaring Stranger
Bill Monroe. No need to say anything at all about this. Just listen….
New Garden
I cut a new garden today. There is no longer a grassy area separating the path garden and the locust tree garden. The tree garden had a river rock border and I extended that into the new garden making the stones into an S-curve. I… Read More
Tuffy P’s “S” Planter
One more week for Paintings from the Lost Forest
My painting exhibition, Paintings from the Lost Forest is on for one more week at yumart – open Wednesday through Saturday. I’m planning to be at the gallery for the afternoon next Saturday. The gallery is located at 101 Spadina Ave, 2nd floor (above Lorne’s… Read More
Beautiful morning
What a lovely morning! The sun is warm with a gentle cooling south breeze from the lake. Perfect. We took the dogs for a long walk, stopping to let them enjoy a morning dip. Today is going to be mostly dedicated to working on the… Read More
Ramps are up
There is a little forest I know that is being surrounded by housing development, in an area that is currently sprawling. This forest contains, among other things, a significant amount of ramps (or wild leeks or Allium tricoccum if you want to get fancy). A… Read More
Rhumba Boogie
OK, lets hear just one more Hank Snow song….here’s a fun tune… do the Rhumba Boogie. While madame Lazonga was teachin’ la conga In her little cabana in old Havana We were doin’ the Charleston and ballin’ the Jack And then that old black bottom… Read More