Hello and welcome to a brand new year! I hope everyone had a peaceful & enjoyable holiday season. Unfortunately, I have to start off my first post of 2018 with some bad news: the Brown Thrasher that was visiting my feeders throughout December has sadly perished. We believe he was …
Hello again! My deepest apologies for being so sporadic in my monthly postings. This kitchen rebuild/renovation my husband and I have been working on since last March has taken up nearly all of our time. I will sincerely try to post more in 2018. I have to say it’s been …
Hello again and Happy Autumn/Halloween! I cannot believe what a warm autumn we’ve been having. It’s been wet, yes, and it’s been windy, yes but it’s been quite amazing to have 20C temperatures the week before Halloween. Oddly enough, in the middle of these warm temperatures, we also had our …
Hello again! Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written a post from my yard. It’s been an exceptionally busy summer because my husband and I have been doing not just a renovation but a complete kitchen rebuild, floor to roof, new ceiling and all. A huge undertaking, as you …
Hello again and welcome to Lilac season, up here anyway! I know in other areas, Lilac season is already over but we’ve had an incredibly cool spring & it looks like early summer, at least, will be the same. As promised, a report on my annual Birdathon, which I held …
Hello again and welcome to the May Long Weekend! Spring has been very slow in coming up here. We had a brutal ice storm at the end of April, just when many migrants were arriving. It didn’t get too cold but we received nearly 6″ of ice pellets followed by …
Happy Belated Easter to all! Spring is a very confusing season up here in Northern Ontario. Temperatures can change by upwards of 30 degrees in 24 hours or less. Last week is a good example of this. On April 9th, we reached a daytime high of 21C. The next day …
Welcome to Spring!! It is officially the Vernal Equinox as of 6:28 am Eastern time today. Doesn’t that make you feel better?! Unfortunately, most of my photos this month still look like mid winter. March has been an exceptionally cold month with brutally high winds, wind chills sometimes nearing -40 …
Hello again! As usual, I find it hard to believe that we are nearing the end of another month already. The months just seem to be zipping by. That’s alright though: it means that spring ….. and access to my flowerbeds ….. is getting closer! Right now, I can’t see …
Hello & a belated Happy New Year to all of you! Since I missed putting out a December post, I’ll take this moment to say I sure hope everyone had a pleasant Christmas & New Year holiday. I hope you are all enjoying the winter season thus far. It’s been …