With the world in it's current state sometimes we just need some simple pure Hope and the new life from quail and chicken eggs hatching lift my spirit. I hope they lift your spirits as well These are quail

My submissions for #mountainmonday hosted by @bashadow are photos taken at Skiff Lake, New Brunswick while I was there celebrating my brother’s birthday. It was an overcast day and the clouds were rolling

#mountainmonday is now hosted by @bashadow. Check his post Here for more info. Let’s show him some support and help keep the Mountain Monday tag going. Mountain Monday was previously hosted by @keithboone.

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As usual I am posting things as they are in real life -- I wanted to clean up the spaces round these, yet, this is how it is and how I live with them and love them. I call these *activated as I

I am not one to grow much corn as you can see from the photo (I do have another patch about this size of popcorn elsewhere on the property) but I like to have some sweet corn and as ya'll know, sweet corn

I grow Szechuan peppercorns in my garden as I love the taste of this distinctive spice. Szechuan pepper is one of the ingredients in traditional 5 spice and one I can not live without in my spice apothecary.

After the cherry blight this spring due to cooler than normal temps and less sun than normal I am thrilled that some of my other garden friends were not wiped out -- the peaches and plums are not gonna

This post is directly inspired by a post that the lovely @artedellavitta posted today, here is the link to that post: Here at the cottage I've been slowly adding large rocks (boulders) to outline pathways

It occurred to me that I have not been taking many photos of my garden this year, especially as I go out and gather fresh ingredients to work with when I need them, so here is a shot from today. I am slowly

It's that time when I start to get the first round of goodies to put back (can, preserve, ferment) from the garden. Saving new seeds for next year and harvesting lovely flowers from the garden to beautify

I keep a wild garden. To most the land round my cottage looks unkept and ugly but I see life, diversity, beauty, nature. I see health and wellness. Nothing leaves the property, it's a closed system. I

I want to share some of my loves: This is Mr Bleu and he was one of my favorite loves, he was a blue angora rabbit and is now passed and buried in my pet cemetery. This is Mr. Bobo and he is now almost