I don’t have a dog, so it can’t be the dog days of summer for me. But I have tomatoes aplenty thanks to Val’s planters. And despite the squirrels’ efforts to steal them. Also, these oyster and shiitake mushrooms from Waymac Farms (via Peterborough Farmers’ Market) need to get an agent! They are so beautiful Read More…

Photograph them! It’s amazing how refreshing it was to smell a bouquet of flowers!

I’m very thankful for my wonderful family and friends, my cats and horse friends, my hard-working students, my brilliant colleagues, and most of all…Val. Thanksgiving makes me think of mushrooms. I hope you had a lovely long weekend and got out in nature a bit. Ms. G

For some reason I have never appreciated my hostas as much as since I started learning to paint. The colours look painted on in the cream-centered ones, and there are endless possibilities for composition.     

Some recent scenes of nature making itself visible after months of being awol.  

It takes only a few minutes for me to walk from my house, down into the Valley, and into the Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve. I went twice last week, once with a camera. I meant to go back because the flowers were on the verge of blooming, but then winter re-emerged. Here are a few Read More…

Even though I’m venturing out a bit more these days on my bike and on foot into the Don Valley, I’m still attracted to the light in my own backyard. I went out today around 3:30 when the sun was quite harsh, and then again around 6:30 when the last possible moment of back lighting Read More…