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Day 151 – Colour Your World!

151/365 (May 31, 2011) – Have you ever noticed how much brighter and bolder colour things in hotter climates? The fabulous blue on white in the Cyclades, the bold flowered prints in Hawaii, the vibrant green and yellow of the Brazilian flag, and the rich reds, greens, oranges, and yellows in Mexico. Why are we so drab in Canada? It’s…

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Day 150 – You Light up my Life ;-)

150/365 (May 30, 2011) – A long day running around getting things done, and a glass of wine by candle light is a relaxing way to end it.

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21-52-2011 – Lewisia

One of my favourite flowers in the garden, these little Lewisia plants like it hot and dry. A tough call this spring, but luckily they grow well under an overhang so the rains haven’t rotted them out and they are doing surprisingly well.

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Day 149 – Waiting for the Tourists

149/365 (May 29, 2011) – We are still waiting for spring to arrive.

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Day 148 – Pondering the World

148/365 (May 28, 2011) – One of my remaining garden gargoyles.

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Day 147 – “Out of the Blue”

147/365 (May 27, 2011) – When’s the last time you saw one of these?

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Day 146 – Back in Motion

146/365 (May 26, 2011) – Very excited today. I received the call I’ve been waiting for, the job offer is being drafted, we just needed to agree on a start date, which we did. June 14th.

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Day 145 – Don’t you just hate it when someone rains on your parade?

145/365 (May 25, 2011) – So much for individuality! Yes, it’s raining again. And yes, it makes me a  bit cranky. The good news? I don’t really care as much this time, because I get to go somewhere sunny and warm before too long. So go ahead and rain all you want! I’ll be putting up a parasol instead of an…

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Day 144 – Golden Sweetness

144/365 (May 24, 2011) – I spent enough time on a farm growing up to hold to a strict law that says corn is not ready for human consumption until it reaches peak sweetness, in late August or early September.

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Day 143 – Ahhhhh, sunshine

143/365 (May 23, 2011) – Victoria Day long weekend, not the greatest weather and it dampened most of our plans. But Monday turned out to be a bit drier and the sun was hiding down near the border so we went to pursue it. Ended up down in Crescent Beach and White Rock again, then did another 265km circuit along…

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