Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
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
Cherry blossom earliest peak-dates have been reported in Japan, as well as other countries, including Canada. Ironically enough, these, along with pandemic-related circumstances, have confabulated to grant my daughter a full-bloom Japanese farewell, and a full-bloom Canadian welcome ... click on title for more
Although temperatures are still going up and down in Southern Ontario, the spring season has definitely arrived; in addition to birds singing and looking for a place to nest, grass turning green, and budding trees, I have spotted the first bloom in my backyard, a yellow daffodil (pictured above). A small forsythia is also blooming, a sure sign for sowing cool-weather crops outdoors, such as carrots, lettuce and radishes, and transplant some of the sturdiest seedlings from indoors ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 