Canada Garden

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from...

Kyle, the birthday boy. Great manicure from the princess. . .  with princess polish, of course! In the back yard, we can build ...

This will be the first Valentine's Day in a long time that I won't be in a flower shop :/  I miss all the excitement--long hours, ...

 This cute little kitty is Bella.  She's Gail's owner :)   She kept us all entertained the other day  when we got together to...

We've been celebrating a string of birthdays lately.  Betsy's was January 27th, Kyle's February 2nd, and tomorrow February 8th...

  It's our Betsy girl's 5th birthday!   We love you so so much, sweetie--past heaven!  

My first burlap rose, which turned out pretty good.  It needs a few pink petals added in with it though.  Something to soften and pink it ...

The other day, during that bee-u-ti-ful near-60 degree weather, I found this little shoot of pansy climbing its way out of the compost pil...

No, these weren't grown in my garden.  But I just had to stage them as if they might have :) The chicks?  Now those were growing...

This was yesterday: After just a couple of 50 degree days,   heirloom daffodils  ready for action.  Feverfew, with some creeping ...

100% chance of rain today and tonight.    Thank You for January rain.

 Betsy at her dance class and Kyle helping his dad. 

I have the best mom in the world.   This blog began as a way to send her pictures from the garden, but it's grown into a letter for a...

  This is what can happen if I go downstairs to clean up my space.  I might find an orchid determined  to bloom despite my neglect.  And ...

A few flowers from this year's Christmas holiday.   These went to V and to Tami. This little birdy went to work with me.    T...

He's so funny!  He knew that I was going to caution him about jumping off the porch, so he was heading me off before I even got starte...

This hat belonged to my granddaddy, Raymond White, also known as Great-Grandma Peggy's dad. We'll have to ask my mom ...