Modern Women . . .

This photo — of Paul Helleu’s Woman Leaning on a Table accompanied Robin Laurence’s Georgia Straight piece on the VAG exhibit. The August to Autumn transition I’ve been nattering about lately does not only concern…

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Blackberries, Jam, and Sunrises . . . All Sponsored by August

Cloudier skies, cooler temperatures, but the sunrises are still stunning, if moodier. I’m nursing the hint of a cold — sore throat, general fatigue, slight temp — but besides lying around reading, I did muster…

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Some Films at Summer’s End . . .

How serene are these sunrises? They’re all from the past week of hot sunny days. Now, it appears, we may be seeing cloudier skies for the foreseeable weather future. Given the temperatures I observed in…

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August to Autumn . . .

I know that’s a rather confusing photo above — what I’m trying to show you is the flower plume on a miscanthus grass in my garden. See there, below, the vertical pluming line at about…

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August, in the garden

An August garden is seldom, according to most gardeners, as attractive as a June garden. This is especially so after weeks and weeks with almost no rain. But some stalwarts continue to bloom, particularly this…

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