To Spring
by William Blake
O thou with dewy locks, who lookest down
Thro’ the clear windows of the morning, turn
Thine angel eyes upon our western isle,
Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring!
The hills tell each other, and the listening
Valleys hear; all our longing eyes are turned
Up to thy bright pavilions: issue forth,
And let thy holy [...]
Eat your hearts out, prairie folk - we have tulips 4 inches high in our yard. (And the Vancouver people say “so what?” lol!)
But with the Olympics on the tube every night, we felt inspired to spend our day off up on the skihill. Despite Spice’s pleas to ski, we decided they should start off [...]
This just gave me mushy eyes when I saw it. Call me a sentimental ole BC Girl.
Warm anise-orange bread, turkey soup (finally all the turkey is gone!), snow bear and snow alien decorating the local park, and wet wet playing at the playground.Â
So went our first day of 2010.Â
I can see the clouds breaking over the hills; the blue sky is peaking through for the first time in days. I think it will [...]
And it’s time for fall activities - hikes, cracking nuts, crunching leaves, making birdfeeders, and getting the most of sunny days before the winter rolls in.
Enjoy the pictures from the last week or so.
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July 1st came and went last week, so now we are in the meat of the summer. We had a nice brunch out at J and C’s - goggled their new baby girl (new from China, anyway!) and then headed out to Harambe (family camp for families with kids of African heritage.) We actually had [...]
Cats can get very poisoned by lilies - if they eat enough, they get kidney failure. So after a close call once with Haatim and some tiger lilies (he was force fed charcoal and barfed for two days) we only have lilies outside! It’s a bit of a shame, since they are Jrock and I’s [...]
 Ingredients for a nice summer afternoon:
Green sun tea with mint (Add green tea bags to water in glass jar along with sprigs of fresh mint and set i the sun for a couple of hours. Then chill, baby.)
One friend with nice pastries from the bakery
Her cutester daughter
Mint and chicken spice (sage) ready to be picked, [...]
Jrock can be pretty obsessive sometimes. This year, he was all upset because he can’t use his toxic weed killing potions anymore… (city bylaw came into effect) UNTIL I gave him his handy-dandy-lion killer! It’s a neat but simple device that rips up the offending weeds by the roots.
Our backyard is well aerated now, because [...]
Spring is here and it’s a great time to play a guessing game with Mother Nature - so all you gardeners out there… why don’t you give a try?
I’ve posted pictures below of five of our trees’ blossoms… can you guess which is which? The photos were taken two days ago. Just post a comment with [...]
The spring wine festival starts at the end of the month - it’s the biggest event in the year in the Okanagan - aside, of course, from the fall wine festival. We have noticed that we have been drinking more wie since we moved here… not too much! but we did go through three barrels [...]
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My sister has premiered our girls’ amazing, beautiful room on her artist blog:
Moss Campion Art Gallery. Check it out!
I’ll have some more pictures here in a week or so. In the meanwhile, click the picture below to take you there and see her shots.
My sister wants to premiere the room in all its glory on her artist blog first… but just to whet your whistle, have a look at the raccoon, fishing in the pond.
My sister is back in town finishing up the murals in the girls’ room. Today she finished up Summertime and is already moving to Spring, which I am looking forward too!
I’ll let the pictures tell the story.
Links to more pictures of the girls’ room
The murals start…
Our mural artist takes up her brush
Winter is all finished
Stinkers [...]
