Come April and you are hit with the ‘sweet’ smell of Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus). Native to the Pacific West Coast of America, they grow best in swampy areas, and the ‘fragrance’ is both rotten and sweet, the better … Continue reading Skunk Cabbage, April’s Plant of the Month
I was a bit slow with this one because, although Vancouver has gardens galore, I don’t think we really have ‘Garden Shows’. When I was in England in June I asked my friend about them and he showed me a couple … Continue reading August Garden Challenge: Show or Open Garden
For me, a sudden abundance of roses is the signal that spring is turning into summer. A old-fashioned rose grows in the Medieval Village section of St-Valery-sur-Sommes. An English rose at Newstead Abbey just after the rain. A rose tree in the UBC … Continue reading Garden Challenge, June 2016: Roses Are the Essence of (Early) Summer
When is a wild flower a weed? And how about dandelions – wild flower or weed? It’s not a weed when it explodes in shades of green, yellow and purple like this… or makes sun-lit puffs in the wilderness… Although perhaps when … Continue reading Garden Challenge May 2016: Wild Flower or Weed?
These tiny spring flowers all show the depth of field that often comes when using the ‘Macro’ setting on a point and shoot camera. Tiny white flowers on an unknown tree. Not flowers at all, but the left-over bud casings from … Continue reading April Garden Challenge: Teeny Tiny Flowers
Autumn is golden fall grasses… and bright leaves, which are so beautiful that every time I go out walking I end up coming home with a handful… And seed pods so interesting I can’t help but bring out my sketch pad… … Continue reading One Word Photo Challenge: Autumn
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