Author: pamperrault21
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The Flower Hour #31: Lilac is more than a flower…
My trusty friend, The OED, tells me that the colour “lilac” is a moderate to pale grayish-purple or a light purplish-pink. With apologies to Terri, our Lilacs have finished here in southern Ontario, and the only Lupins I know of are in the Monty Python sketch “Dennis Moore” — “Give me all your Lupins!” —…
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Project 365 – #17
The Grackle⭑ The grackle’s voice is less than mellow,His heart is black, his eye is yellow,He bullies more attractive birdsWith hoodlum deeds and vulgar words,And should a human interfere,Attacks that human in the rear.I cannot help but deem the grackleAn ornithological debacle. ‘Til next time, y’all… ⭑Ogden Nash from his 1942 anthology “Good Intentions”.
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Lens-Artists Challenge #398: Choose A Colour
You may share one photo featuring each of the following captivating colors in their various shades: red, blue, green, purple, orange, and yellow. Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.† And never is that more apparent than in the world of wildflowers. Thank you to Ritva for designing such an interesting, interpretive, and creative…
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Project 365 – #16: “A Star Is Born”
Riffing off the title of Sandy’s lovely post: The Star Of The Show Clearly our vines are a good two weeks behind Sandy’s! ‘Til next time, y’all…
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The Flower Hour #30: A Wealth of Lilacs
A wealth of lilacs have I here,Their mystic whispers stir my ear.Their lovely fragrance fills my heart,As memories their blooms impart.* Lilacs are synonymous with home for me. My dad planted a row along the two sides and back of our yard to make a privacy hedge, and, this time every year, their fragrance was…
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Lens Artist Challenge #397: Texture — Touch Comes Before Sight*
Lens Artist Challenge #397: Texture This week Anne is inspiring us with this challenge: How do we make our two-dimensional medium feel like three-dimensions? Texture, however, gives us the visual quality of a surface — how rough, smooth, gritty, or soft it appears in a two-dimensional image. Show us your images where texture plays an integral part. Texture…
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Black and White is More!
Six months or so after moving into this home, and after many hours of discussion, we decided to sell my Rogue (affectionately, “The Mudmobile”) and become a one-car couple. There were many positives and, truly, the negatives have been minimal and manageable. But there are hiccups, and today was a very minor one of those.…
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Glorious Gooses
Canada Gooses are majestic. Barrel-chested.The envys of all ornithologys.† This post is inspired by an article in today’s papers: Ontario man fined $1,000 for ‘throwing large rocks and swatting’ at Canada geese It is the story of a cruel and ignorant resident of my beloved Essex County who, first caught a gosling, and then…
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Essex Erato #11
Flicker handsomely moustachedflitting around the forestbeauty in the sky But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.
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The Flower Hour #29: Vis Medicatrix Naturæ*
Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.2 Tramping through the woods at Wheatley Provincial Park yesterday, nature’s peace did indeed flow into me and, happily, there were windflowers galore! Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give…
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Joyspotting 2026 #1
1. Look Up: 2. Look Down: 3. Keep an Eye Out For Colour: 4. Follow the Curve: 5. Go Where the Wild Things Are: 6. Seek Out Symmetry: 7. Search for Signs of Abundance: 8. Watch for Weirdness: You can trim a tree but not it’s determination to grow where it wants! 9. Zoom In:…