So far this year, I am having good crops of summer squash, watermelon, and cucumber ... click on title for more
Flower of the Day – Cucurbits
Tag: Cee’s FOTD
Bee, Wasp or … Fly?
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
Harvest of the Day 2021
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
Flower of the Day – Iris
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
Flower of the Day – Tulip
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
My Slice of Mexico 