Midweek Miscellany. . . Or Spring Break Shenanigans. . . (Featuring My New Spring Coat!)

Energy has changed around here with the onset of spring — I’ve been out and about (some grandkid adventures, some of our own) and enjoying the power of pink — in the garden and even in my wardrobe.

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Change, Generations, and a Scramble of Garden Photos

A story about my grandson and a story about my grandma, connected across the generation by a change to . . . well, you’ll see if you read the post. And I’ll update you on my garden while we’re together. Click through, please.

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June Already? And It’s SO Busy!

A post about what I’ve been up to this week — so much going on! — and sharing a couple of pages from my sketchbook.

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Garden Challenges, Garden Joys, Garden Hopes

I haven’t done a garden post in ages, but although the plants have been buffeted by as many rough winds (literal ones, in their case, as well as the figurative) as have we, they continue to provide joy and offer hope. . . . May you find respite here as well . . .

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Summer Sketch: Of Wisteria and Ladybugs, Cycling and Bread-baking

We are a few days into what passes for a heat wave here in Vancouver, and I’m trying not to wax too nostalgic about life on the island where I could walk from my front…

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