Blooming Tree

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Darren Milam Wednesday, April 3, 2024 In our front yard, we have 3 flowering cherry blossom trees. When we first planted them (over 20 years ago), for some reason I thought they wouldn’t get more than 10 feet high. I was wrong. All...

Northern Harrier

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Robert Howson Tuesday, April 2, 2024 The Northern Harrier is part of the genus Circus which is simply a reference to circle, an apt way to describe the flight of this raptor. Formerly known as the Marsh Hawk, this hunter flies low over...

Patterns of Life

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Cheryl Boardman Monday, April 1, 2024 I saw this saying on a memorial bench in Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, BC: “The patterns of life are not accidental; there is design and purpose in everything.” I don’t know if...

Saving Face

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Shelley Schurch Sunday, March 31, 2024 I have always enjoyed meandering through art shows, but only one has lingered long in my mind. It was a springtime student art show at my college, displaying the best of the art students’ work in a...

The Fifteen?

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath, March 30, 2024 A little over a week ago, passing by a neighbor’s yard, I got a chuckle out of this lawn-edging block. It looks a little like the Ten Commandments—except that there’s an extra hump. So what does this...

Garden Update!

About a week ago in this blog space I showed you this photo (taken March 8) of an ambitious family garden not far from where Shelley and I live. This family has devoted their whole front yard to flowers. I mentioned that as time went along I would show you update...