Aug 16, 2011
As I mentioned in the last post, there were so many great photos in my file that I had taken while on the Denman Island House & Garden Tour that I couldn’t put them all into one post ~ so here we go with a further glimpse into this beautiful & creative...
Jul 29, 2011
All the inspiration a person who loves houses and gardens needs can be found by going on the occasional house and garden tour. I have been fortunate to be able to attend two this year, one on Denman Island and one on Hornby Island – both communities where...
Jul 21, 2011
I have a sampling of some of the flowers blooming in early July here on the west coast (this year – the “wet coast”!). After an exuberant volume of blooms of every description, variety and colour in the spring, early summer can feel a little bit...
Jun 14, 2011
Peonies are one of my loves, they are so stunning when in bloom, they ask so little and provide so much. I only wish they lasted for longer, like so many of our flowering garden plants, their bloom is so eagerly awaited for and gone in what feels like the blink of an...
Apr 13, 2011
Last week I had done a post about the first bouquet of spring that I had made – in it I mentioned that I love doing country style ones ~ huge bouquets, medium sized ones (which mine was) and even teeny tiny ones. Well, low and behold ~ we had friends over for...
