#20 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 30, 2022 - Dandelion is an herbaceous perennial of the Aster family that has been used for food, wine and medicine since ancient ti...
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#19 100 Tiny Beautiful things
April 29, 2022 - One of the first woodland wildflowers to appear is the sweet, white Hepatica, seemingly growing out of last year’s debri...
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#18 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 28, 2022 - Today’s one tiny beautiful thing really is tiny. Indeed it is one of the smallest wildflowers (if not the smallest), I’v...
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Earth Day 2022
April 25, 2022 - Earth Week Canada 2022 wrapped up yesterday. Friday - Earth Day - was a beautiful day to enjoy the pleasures of Presqu’i...
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#17 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 22, 2022 - Happy Earth Day!
I spent the day at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. One of my favourite trails runs through Jobe’s Woods. I...
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#16 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 20, 2022 - When we moved to this house I had a very nasty tumour growing on my optic nerve and pituitary gland. It was impairing my...
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#15 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 19, 2022 - One of Canada’s greatest sons - an author, environmentalist, humanitarian and WWII Veteran - Farley Mowat, made his home...
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#14 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 18, 2022 - There have been some splendid Ice Dance teams over the years and for many folk, the Russians are the best of the best. F...
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#13 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 17, 2022 - This morning we drove to a favourite location on the shore of Lake Ontario, east of Cobourg in a very rural setting. It...
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#12 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 16, 2022 - Many folks north of the Mason-Dixon have already had tulips in bloom for several weeks now but this is the first in our...
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#11 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 14, 2022 - On 7th September 1860, the Prince of Wales* officially opened the building, named for his mother Queen Victoria.
Victor...
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#10 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 13, 2022 - Notonectidae, or Backswimmers as most folks know them, are water bugs. They’re wee - they reach a maximum length of 1.5c...
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#9 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 12, 2022 - Spring has always symbolised new life and nowhere is that more apparent than on the ponds, marshes and creek banks where...
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#8 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 11, 2022 - Misconception: All cones are pinecones. UNTRUE! Not all evergreens that produce cones are pines.
In Egyptian mythology,...
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The Holy Grail
April 11, 2022 - Righto spring, I’m ready for you!
Rice Lake, Alderville, ON
For some reason, this second winter of the pandemic was...
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#7 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 10, 2022 - Today I went for a rural ramble, searching for farm babies. Outside one of the barns I saw these two lovelies in the pad...
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#6 100 Tiny Beautiful Things
April 09, 2022 - Meet Chip Gaines:
One of my volunteer duties is in the animal hospital/nursery. It is a perfect job for me because, b...
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#5 100 Days - 100 Beautiful Things
April 08, 2022 - It is a glorious, “Big Cloud, Blue Sky”* day here in southern Ontario. They’re my favourite days because they always see...
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#4 100 Days - 100 Beautiful Things
April 07, 2022 - Eureka! Today I saw my first wildflower of 2022. Well, a bud, at any rate.
Coltsfoot (Compositae)
Colt’s Foot is an...
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#3 100 Days - 100 Beautiful Things
April 06, 2022 - Ohmigosh, today is a beautiful, sunshiney, happy day. It is 15.7℃ with the softest, warmest breeze teasing my cheeks.
M...
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#2 100 Days - 100 Beautiful Things
April 05, 2022 - American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
The American Robin is a migratory songbird of the Thrush (Turdidae) family.
The...
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#1 100 Days - 100 Beautiful Things
April 04, 2022 - Meet Alcyone and Ceyx:
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Canada geese mate for life and are very solicitous and prote...
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The Developing Process
April 03, 2022 - My dad was a very keen and accomplished amateur photographer who passed his love of capturing special scenes and moments...
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