Oops'nstuff

  For a change, the weather prognosis for today was wrong, and we were glad. Instead of another day of rain, we had occasional bursts of sun...

  Nature is , as usual, taking a convoluted route toward spring. Seldom does she agree to move directly and firmly from late winter to early...

  My gardener's heart exulted when this morning dawned brightly and heightened temperatures seemed in the offing. Today, after all, desp...

Today has been a day of pleasant surprises. First one occurred when we saw it was 9C this morning, not the 0C we had yesterday morning. Whic...

  So many geographic areas of the world are facing prolonged drought situations. In Western Canada longstanding drought conditions led last ...

  It  was a bit unusual for us, but last week the pantry and refrigerator were so stuffed, we decided to forego our usual weekly shopping. I...

  That universal malady of spring fever is when we get a little giddy as nature moves us further away from winter and closer to spring, temp...