Remote Pond, the sign said
We were greedy for mushrooms. It was the day after a day of rain – seemed the perfect conditions for them. We started on the trail up Fiery Mountain, where I’d found mushrooms before....
Author: Catherine
Montreal
Last Wednesday, Sam and I went to Montreal for a few days of sightseeing and cycling. It was hot, so hot. But we survived and made some good memories. Some of my photos: The...
Joy
The coneflowers (echinacea) at the edge of my plot in the community garden are attracting a lot of butterflies and bees. Standing next to the flowers, I’m enveloped in a cloud of flight. It...
In the blueberry field
We are in major blueberry harvest season. Spending time in this beautiful field near our camp. It’s wonderful.
It’s muddy
I like to take pictures of the satiny garlic cloves after they’ve been cured and cleaned (example here). Today I decided to take pictures of an earlier phase. It’s been wet here, but the...
An important day
A Substack newsletter by Alexander Chee* alerted me to this date. It’s the day Lauren Oya Olamina starts her diary in Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler. I pulled the book off my...
Garden days
The squash is on the move. It’s going to outgrow its space and spread out everywhere. It’s becoming impossible to know what’s going on under the cover of the foliage. Maybe flowers? I planted...