Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
My garden has been buzzing with activity for the last two (sunny) days: squirrels, bunnies, birds, and bugs big and small, are all over scavenging, digging, hunting or simply, eating. In this post, I have tried to identify a few of the flying insects, from photos I took yesterday ... click on title for more
It is always a fun surprise to snap a photo of my backyard harvest, and then see how different it looks from similar pictures taken on the same day, from one year to another ... click on title for more
Originally from Europe, nowadays irises are naturalized all over Europe and other countries around the world, found in many different colours and sizes. There is a lot of confusion about the name in different languages, and with the lily flower. In my backyard, there is only one type of iris, the bearded iris, in its very common purple shade; these irises, by any name, are the definite sign of the warm weather season in my area ... click on title for more
My favourite flower is the tulip, any colour, any variety. Tulips do not grow in Mexico, and one of the new things I got to do when I first came to Canada was to visit The Royal Botanical Gardens (Ontario, Canada), which feature a tulip theme every spring. In my garden, I just love how the different varieties of tulips start showing their colours, as the season progresses ... click on title for more
In the typical fashion of Canadian spring weather, temperatures dropped very quickly yesterday, and by nightfall, snow had started to accumulate on the ground. A cold awakening this morning was accompanied by a white blanket all over the grass, outdoor furniture, and plants, including spring flowers ... click on title for more
