September 1, 2022 Lookout Garden Updates

First day of September and the food garden continues to thrive. The heat has meant that some of the veggies have dried up, but the lettuce I planted a few weeks ago is happy and ready for harvest. [envira-gallery id='6864']

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September 1, 2022 Shades of Green September

[envira-gallery id='6836'] Common snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) is a flowering deciduous shrub related to honeysuckle. Common snowberry grows in floodplains and woodlands throughout Canada and the United States. In these areas, it's important as a source of food for the ecosystems of deer, bears, and longhorn sheep. Common...

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Listening: Code Switch – What does it mean to “inherit whiteness?”

In Baynard Woods' new memoir, Inheritance: An Autobiography of Whiteness, Woods reflects on how growing up white in South Carolina impacted his life. He argues that it is crucial for white people in the U.S. to reckon with their personal histories.NPR Code Switch Quotes by Baynard Woods from the Code...

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August 30, 2022 Rooftop Garden Updates

It's the last day of August and our rooftop has been thriving in the summer heat. All the colours and fruits are popping and it's a joy to spend time up here. It's Gus's favourite place too! We've been harvesting tomatoes and they are delicious! Still lots more to come,...

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“Sun Dried” Tomatoes in the Oven

[envira-gallery id='6748'] “Sun Dried” Tomatoes in the Oven I love tomatoes, especially cherry and grape tomatoes that I can pop in my mouth and let the flavour burst as I bite down on them. However, like much of our produce this summer, we’ve been traveling so frequently that not all...

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Watching: Canada’s Worst Driver

S and I have been watching this show called Canada’s Worst Driver. It is both entertaining and informative. It’s easy watching in the evenings after long days, and interesting to learn about common mistakes when driving, how to prevent accidents and learnings about the physics of automotive manoeuvres and mechanics....

August 29, 2022 0

Reading: Radiant Body of Time

Notes on the Rhizome and Re-Thinking Emergence What if we could embody a different relationship with time? If we took other images from our world - spirals, zig-zags, rhizomes, crystals, the folds of a midnight flower, the pulsing undulations of the jellyfish - and allowed our narratives of becoming and...

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Reading: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

One of my summer reads for 2022 was the novel Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult. Here are some excerpts from the book that resonated/landed with me. “Inside was my father’s wallet, his reading glasses, his wedding ring. Identity, insight, heart: the only things we leave behind.” “It’s almost as...

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Watching: The Japanese man who gets paid to ‘do nothing’

The Japanese man who gets paid to 'do nothing' – BBC REEL Reflecting on what is "valuable" in society and the importance of interpersonal relationships, the impacts of loneliness and what is "productive". https://youtu.be/SxW9M1Uozng

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July 21, 2022 Rooftop Garden Updates

Gus in the Garden [envira-gallery id='5543'] Rail Planters [envira-gallery id='5551'] Containers Sunberry [envira-gallery id='5568'] Potato [envira-gallery id='5572'] Carrots Mint & Lemon Balm [envira-gallery id='5576'] Catnip Parsnip & Turnip [envira-gallery id='5582'] Flowers [envira-gallery id='5591'] Boxwoods Wood Planter Boxes [envira-gallery id='5600'] Hanging Baskets [envira-gallery id='5587'] Tiny Harvests

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August 9, 2022 – Rooftop Garden Updates

[envira-gallery id='6115'] August 9 rooftop garden update.  Up until now the only thing that we've been able to actually really eat has been lettuce and snap peas and the snap peas are becoming more prolific as the season goes on. But now we're also starting to see many of the...

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Visual Journal – A Sketch A Day

Back in April, I had a beautiful visit to Bellingham - traditional territory of the Lummi Nation – Lhaq 'temish (People of the Sea). There we visited a favourite of mine: Village Books in Fairhaven. I had been wanting to have a sketch book or journal for a while, but...

August 9, 2022 0

Growing Chamomile for Tea

Chamomile growing on the rooftop. Regularly harvesting to dry for delicious herbal tea. [envira-gallery id='6045']

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