All the lavender in our herb garden is at the peak of bloom right now, so I did the first harvest yesterday.  The flowers smell so fragrant,...

Sometimes it's time to put everything on hold and head to the lake...what a rejuvinating get-away.  Windy dunes, warm waves, cool breeze...

Our monarch butterfly hatched just in time to see the sun rise on the first day of summer.  We had noticed over the previous days that the c...

{This moment} - This moment - an end of week ritual, no words, just a special photo to remember, savour, enjoy.  (playing ukelele to the mon...

Delicious fresh new and exciting garden harvests this week as the summer season is now nearly upon us...juicy ripe strawberries, sweet snow ...

This past weekend we had a thoughtful and surprising gift dropped off at our house - a monarch caterpillar nearly ready to pupate, which nei...

We've had this project on the list for a while now - building a "bug hotel".  In a way it's funny to create a bug "ha...