Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Four Shots: Four Things I Fridge Googled
A few years ago, I had about 6 ingredients in my kitchen and attempted "fridge googling." I ended up finding a fantastic soup that used 4 of the ingredients I happened to have. Tonight I made that soup again and thought fondly of fridge googling.
Four Shots: Four Surprises in My Garden
My poor garden. During the strike, keeping the weeds in the ground seemed like a better long-term strategy than letting them fester in a pile waiting for yard waste pick up. I've never neglected it so badly. In the past weeks, I've been able to remove some weeds and I've excited by a few surprises I've found.
When I first did some spring clean-up, I thought I'd lost two rose bushes (one that was in the garden when we bought the house and one that I'd planted) to winter kill. Early one morning last week, I was delighted to find a healthy looking sprout coming out of the older one. Just yesterday I was thrilled to see a rose on the newer one.
A cornflower from the seeds I purchased last March at the Butchart Garden
Hollyhocks growing beautifully behind my backyard fence. In the garden they've struggled.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Four Shots: August 2, 2009
Few things are nicer than a morning in one of my favourite places in Detroit.
Monday, July 27, 2009
4 Shots: Monday July 27, 2009
It's been a long time since I could take 20 minutes and go for a walk that let me hear the sound of tall grass in the wind and feel the tickle of tall grass on my legs. I needed that today. I especially needed to go the river today to once more marvel in the loveliness that has emerged from 101 days of non mowing in the city parks. Not surprisingly, Corb Lund has been in this Albertan's head ever since: "The prairies of Alberta, they ain't never hearda/ The things that are keepin' you down." I'm not sure how long this grass will last but I'm hoping some of it will be here for a good long time.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
4 Shots: Wednesday July 22, 2009
Was it Housman who wrote, "The loveliest of ballparks, Comerica now" or did I make that up last night?
Sunday, July 19, 2009
4 Shots: Sunday
In case you haven't heard, there's a been a labour dispute in Windsor which is entering its 15th week. Among other things, the strike has meant that grass has not been cut since the very early spring. At first people were outraged about the conditions of the parks but recently I've been hearing more and more people saying "wow, it's actually kind of pretty...." Pretty it is. This morning I rode my bike beside the park near my house and it was like biking in a meadow. I heard bees buzzing in the wildflowers and birds chirping and, most lovely of all, the sound of gentle winds in tall grasses. This accidental "rewilding" of Windsor is doing some amazing things: not only are we seeing birds that have not been seen in town for years, the city has decided that 100 to 200 acres of city parks will be left their natural state after the strike ends. Here are four shots from my morning bike ride.
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