Last month, when I visited Chicago, I found myself with an hour or so to kill up in Old Town. I had enjoyed dinner with my friend Candy Minx at a place called Mash, across the street from the Old Town School of Folk Music… Read More
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Flower power for LAMP
The figures are in and the recent Long Branch by the Lake Garden Tour raised over $3500 for LAMP. Congratulations to all the gardeners as well as local businesses who supported this initiative!
Hit me with your rhythm stick…
Just because I like all kinds of folk music. Let’s kick off summer with the late great Ian Dury and The Blockheads.
Long Branch By the Lake Garden Tour a success!
Tuffy P posting tonight -thanks to all who came out on Saturday for the Long Branch By the Lake Garden Tour. We have many photos posted on the garden tour website. Our Gardeners appreciated the time and work that our families and Volunteers provided in… Read More
A Garden Feature
This garden feature began as a toy crane and an oxen yolk. Later we added the toy boat, and this morning I did some mosaic work on it. I suppose some people might call this a sculpture, but since I don’t make sculpture, I’m calling… Read More
Butterflies
I posted some pics of the recent butterfly mosaics over at the mosaics site. We’ve been doing some smaller butterflies lately to decorate our garden. Here’s an idea: you broke that special teapot that’s been in the family for generations….but even all the kings horses… Read More
Through The Garden Gate Garden Tour 2016
Tuffy P giving you a glimpse of Toronto Botanical Garden’s 29th annual tour of 18 private gardens in Toronto’s Kingsway neighbourhood. ‘Through the Garden Gate’ is also open to the public tomorrow. (check the TBG website for info) Master Gardeners volunteer at each of the… Read More
The 27th Street Bookbox needs your help
The 27th Street bookbox has been mostly self-sustaining with little intervention from me, and there is usually a healthy turnover of books. However, right now there is space for several new arrivals. Depending on size, I’d say it can handle up to 10 books to… Read More
Lead me down that garden path
I’ve been working on creating a path through part of the gardens out back. The gravel is in (for now…I may expand it down the road). Tomorrow I’m going to work on adding in two gardens, one on each side of the main path.
Long Branch Good Morning May 31 6:30am
Poppies have popped this morning in our 27th Street gardens!
27th Street 