January 14, 2023 Windmill Palm at the Beach

[envira-gallery id='13940'] Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) originally came from tropical and temperate mountain regions in China. In the wild, it usually grows 6 to 12 m tall. When cultivated, it only grows 2.5 to 3 m . Its leaves resemble a windmill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8x_4lqX9Vs

January 14, 2023 0

Reading: No One Is Talking About This

North Vancouver City Library Adult book club January book Excerpts A hundred years ago you would have been mining coal and had fourteen children all named Jane,” she often marveled, as she watched a man stab a finger at his wife in front of the Keurig display. “Two hundred years ago,...

January 11, 2023 0

January 8, 2023 Great Laurel

[envira-gallery id='13870'] Great laurelRhododendron maximumRhododendron maximum, commonly knownas great laurel is a late-blooming evergreenshrub endemic to North America. It producesclusters of gentle, white or pink flowers andglossy oval leaves, typical for Rhododendrongenus. Hill slopes of the Appalachian regionare the natural habitat of this vigorous, hardyplant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOk8bbzj_zA

January 8, 2023 0

January 5, 2023 Scots Pine

[envira-gallery id='13837'] Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) is a native Eurasian pine plant that grows on nutrient-poor, dry, rocky soils. Given the name, it should come as no surprise that scots pine is the national tree of Scotland. It is also important within the forestry industry due to its use for...

January 5, 2023 0

Poem: The Year

The Year What can be said in New Year rhymes,That's not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go,We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing with the light,We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it...

January 3, 2023 0

Glühwein (Mulled Wine)

It’s a spiced red wine that was popular in the Alps as a warm up beverage after being out in the cold. This was something that S and his German Dad would make around Christmas, and me with my Swiss Dad. In fact, I received the spice mix as part...

December 25, 2022 0