Tag: trees
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Their favorite time of year
To me this season is not about a certain day, or even a series of holidays—it’s a collection of moments. It’s those moments that I cherish above anything else—especially when they happen with the people I love best, in this part of the world I call home. I hope your season, however you might celebrate…
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The hardest hue to hold
We’re all moved into our new house, and fully in the thick of unpacking and setting up our lives again. But despite a pile of work to do that stretches from here to next year, I didn’t want to miss my favorite season. So every chance I get, I’ve been sneaking out to take walks…
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Leaves through the Looking Glass
The three days Nicole and I spent in Victoria were star-studded with beauty and color, but nothing was quite so breathtaking as the Butchart Gardens, just a few minutes north of the city. Now a Canadian National Historic Site, the Gardens were the private grounds surrounding the home of Robert and Jennie Butchart. So the…
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Golden days
Commencement Bay from the North End, Tacoma, WA Pumpkin patches, Vancouver Island, BC First squash haul of the year from Zestful Gardens, Puyallup, WA Cranberry harvest, Long Beach, WA Japanese maple, Butchart Gardens, Brentwood Bay, BC Proctor District in the rain, Tacoma, WA St. Johns Bridge, Portland, OR Have I mentioned that I love autumn…
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Turning
I don’t need the calendar to tell me that fall has arrived. For one thing, the enormous garden spiders are back, guarding our house and reveling in the rain that’s come early this year. For another, when the sun finally came out, and the skies cleared, the air was suddenly crisper, thinner, fragile in its…
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Festooned with greenery
If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, or you’ve met me or the Tailor, you already know about our penchant for storing food and taking seasonal eating to hardcore extremes. But our nuttiness about walking the talk extends far beyond the pantry. Another aspect of our attempts to live as sustainably as we can…