Wordless Wednesday Everyone seemed to like last weeks relaxed squirrel picture so much that I figured you’d probably enjoy this photo of a chipmunk being fed a snack. I didn’t not take this picture, nor is it me in the photo, but I have feed a chipmunk like this in the past. They are fairly timid, but [...]

Join Well it seems that my garden has finally got the message that winter is coming. There are still some stubborn roses sticking around, but they are no longer alive. The cold got to them and they are just there. Actually I’m hoping that I can take some pictures of them with frost or [...]

Wordless Wednesday There’s nothing like lying down with a snack. Obviously squirrels like doing this too! I think this is some kind of red squirrel. It’s not one that we have around here in Ontario though! Actually I think red squirrels are either very rare or extinct in this area. We don’t even [...]

I’m sorry. I’m not doing a Green Thumb Sunday post on this blo or the other two blogs I normally do GTS posts on today. A friend of ours had open heart surgery on Friday (schedule surgery, not emergency) and we’ve been in and out of the hospital since Thursday visiting her and her husband and [...]

Hydrangeas are a favorite shrub of many gardeners because of their eye catching blooms. The majority of Hydrangeas originate from Asia and North America. Hydrangea Macrophyllia (Mophead and Lacecap) are common in the Atlantic border states. They have big leaves, and their blooms come in colors of blue, lavender, pink and white. Other common hydrangeas are [...]

Wordless Wednesday Birds can be pests at times, but as you can see from the above photo they can also be quite helpful. I know that when I’m outdoors at dusk or walking in a forest during the summer I tend to get swarmed with bugs (usually mosquitoes). It might actually be nice to have a few [...]

Join Do you remember the GTS post that I made in early October of a pretty blue wild flower with a snail on it? Well the flower was likely wild Chicory. I took that photo while my husband and I were on a nature hike with our dog in Taylor Creek park here in Toronto. Well, [...]

Wordless Wednesday If two is company and three’s a crowd, what is it when you haveat least a dozen birds sitting at the table with you?  Not a Hen party! LOL It looks like she’s given up and she’s just pushing her meal towards the birds, doesn’t it?

Join My Monkshood, well the Azure Monkshood I mean, was a little late in blooming this year. It usually blooms in early September and finishes up by early to mid-October. However, this year it didn’t seem to bloom until late September and the blooms, though slightly wilted lasted until sometime last week. Maybe [...]

Join It’s getting colder here in Toronto. Last night it went down to -2 Celsius. That’s below freezing folks … but my roses, some of them anyway, are still trying to bloom! This is a picture that I took of my Parade Roses last weekend. As you can see they had beautiful rose buds. Parade is a climbing [...]