October 13, 2022 Spiders & Plants on the Creek

[envira-gallery id='8676'] [envira-gallery id='8681'] Big blue lilyturf Liriope muscari Big blue lilyturf is an evergreen perennial endemic to East Asia. Comparable to grape hyacinths, this plant has velvety, lush foliage and abundant lavender-blue spikes with black berries blooming next to it. It is a famous, enticing plant that looks especially...

September Garden Harvests

Random snapshots of some garden harvests as we approach autumn and we begin to "close" the garden before our trip to Nova Scotia. [envira-gallery id='8656']

Reading: Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views on the Future

North Vancouver City Library Adult book club October book Excerpts Equally crucial is the need to revisit and re-embrace the teachings of the Ancestors, collectively, in this country—all of us. This seems even more relevant today as we witness seriously tumultuous times around the world. Love should be honoured always,...

October 10, 2022 Birds in the Garden

[envira-gallery id='8557'] Northern FlickerColaptes auratus This brown woodpecker flashes bright colors under the wings and tail when it flies. Its ringing calls and short bursts of drumming can be heard in spring almost throughout North America. Two very different-looking forms -- Yellow-shafted Flicker in the east and north, and Red-shafted Flicker...

Wild Mushroom Identification & Education in Whistler (Lil’wat and Squamish)

Signed up for another mushroom identification and education course with Swallowtail Adventures.  Whistler is a mushroom hunters wonderland in October!  Join Chef Robin for a mushroom tasting and cooking talk followed by a mushroom foray with the wonderful mycologist Willoughby Arevalo. We'll meet at the beautiful Tyrol Lodge in Whistler,...

Poem: Song for Autumn

Song for Autumn Don't you imagine the leaves dream nowhow comfortable it will be to touchthe earth instead of thenothingness of the air and the endlessfreshets of wind? And don't you thinkthe trees, especially those withmossy hollows, are beginning to look for the birds that will come - six, a...

October 7, 2022 Autumn Feels

[envira-gallery id='8274'] China rose Rosa chinensis The china rose (Rosa chinensis) is a Southwest China native. The plant has been cultivated for so long that it has become hard to tell the difference between wild and cultivated varieties. With medium-sized clusters of flowers and a long blooming season, it is...