Flowers and Weeds

Please visit me in my garden, among the flowers and weeds, as I carve out a little patch of heaven in this rainy Pacific Northwest. I hope to share with you some of the joys, the triumphs, the techniques I learn along the way, and maybe some favourite garden recipes and art projects, too.

Monday, September 06, 2010

Late Colour Mosaic : GREEN

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Before I left for vacation last Sunday, I prepared my green mosaics and emailed them to myself, so I would be able to pick them up on my lap...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Concrete Leaf Catastrophe

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My visions of a beautiful concrete Gunnera leaf for my garden have been shattered into pieces.  Quite a number of pieces, as you can see he...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Color Mosaic Monday : Green - NOT!

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Sometimes technology works for us, and sometimes it works against us.  This weekend I was all ready to join Jen at unglazed with this week...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Concrete Leaf Casting : First Attempt

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Somewhere in the last couple of years, I encountered a post about concrete leaf casting, and haven't been able to shake the idea out of ...
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Colour Mosaic Monday : YELLOW

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I may have some mixed feelings about the colour ORANGE from last week's theme, but I think it would be hard NOT to like this week's...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Garden Glimpses : Mid-August 2010

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Before I show off photos from the garden, I was reminded yesterday about how important friends are.  Sometimes in the busy-ness of life, I t...
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Monday, August 16, 2010

Colour Mosaic Monday : ORANGE

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I recently stumbled across Jen's 8 week Crayola Colour meme on her unglazed blog, and decided to participate.  I missed last week's...
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Peach Harvest and other Edibles

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This is my peach harvest this year: One delicious "Frost" peach is pretty good, considering we only bought the peach tree last y...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Life's Peachy - I Have Much to Give Thanks For

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I've been a bit discouraged lately.  Too much pressure at work.  Too much to do at home.  Not enough hours in the day.  A husband who is...
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Late July Garden Photos - Overgrown Green Jungle?

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Is it August already?  This summer is flying by so quickly.  Although we can't complain in Vancouver, we have had an amazing stretch of ...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The Price of a Cute Photo

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It seemed to be a good idea at the time.  It would make a cute photo, for sure.  I stuck our youngest rat, Jenny, into one of the birdhouses...
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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Girls Camp Out and Ratty Dilemna

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My daughter had two friends over last night, and the 4 of us "girls" slept in the tent in the back yard last night.  I didn't ...
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Third and Final Ratty Girl: Jenny

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When my daugher picked out Sam some 3 months ago, I found a beautiful little hooded (black head, white body) rat with curly hair.  The curly...
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