Handspinning Seminar will nourish your soul
When Danny and I chose to move to this neighbourhood, one thing at the top of my list of things to look for…
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Two diseases invade Ontario beech forests
Walking on a sunny winter day in Twin Oaks Woods, I was struck as always by the glow of the beech leaves that…
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Cottage vignettes: flora and fauna around the dock
A photo gallery of beautiful, grim and ugly creatures around our dock at the cottage.
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Leatherwood a subtle but useful native shrub
One of my favourite native plants is leatherwood, Dirca palustris. It’s a modest shrub, easily overlooked in the shadowy understory of mature woodlands….
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Delectable mushroom: chicken of the woods
This is a taste experience I won’t soon forget.
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Drawing water from the spring
Drawing water from a spring inspires reflection on where this essential resource comes from.
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Praying mantis: look for this effective predator
“Watch for them in later summer when they fly from place to place in fields and clearings,” suggests Bugs of Ontario, a Lone…
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The vole that ate my potatoes
This morning while digging the last potatoes from the garden, I disturbed this vole. At first sight, it darted from a clod of…
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Lorraine Roy’s fabric art inspired this handspun hat
I made this hat for my friend, fabric artist Lorraine Roy, based on one of her works, “Tobermory sunset”. Her pieces are perhaps…
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St Jacobs market levelled by fire
It is hard to gauge the loss of a place like St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. Early yesterday morning the main building burned…
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