At the recent Christie antique (translate junk & stuff) sale near Flamboro, I bought a bunch of red letters. At the time it seemed urgent that I owned these things. Tuffy P has 3 of them (ESP) leaning up against the skirt of our deck.… Read More
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Poppies & Peonies
Give me an “M”
During the week I was away, the shovel garden grew madly. I added an “M” to the Imagination Station behind.
Teacup bird feeders
Tuffy P asked me to make a couple teacup birdfeeders for the garden. This involves simply drilling holes through cups and saucers and installing them on the end of threaded steel rods using nuts and washers. Here they are….
Front Gardens
The Bench Gardens
Front Gardens
I notice there are some Amanita chipbowlius mushrooms fruiting.
The Shady Gardens
The shade gardens are coming into their own…
Woodchopper’s Ball
This morning we launched the woodchopper whirligig into the skies above 27th Street. Now let’s swing with Woody Herman with Bill Chase, performing The Woodchopper’s Ball. This tune was one of my father’s favourites. His friend Norm used to come over the house and they’d… Read More
Hole no more
The holes in that big rock out front have been screaming out to me – plant something here. So I did. Let’s see how this thyme does.