the book of Jack Russell

This compact booklet on the same place that "Puffin Island" described (see my earlier blog) is a keeper, written by one of the tiny number of people who actually lived and worked on the island. The opening page is signed by the author and I think it's highly likely that my late aunt took the tour of the island.

The Book of Jack London

The Book of Jack London, volume II - the way it looked the day I finished the book. My intuitive decision to skip volume I and read volume II proved fruitful, as I found it entertaining and informative. I now have a pretty good handle on all things Jack London.

Bluey

I humorously thought that "Bluey" was a variety of apple. The actual variety here is "Ambrosia" - first cultivated in British Columbia in the 1990s.

morning beauty

Some mornings you wake up and, while you open the blinds, are struck by the beauty of plants and objects by the window. Then you photograph it.

Mexican marigold

On that same evening walk I encountered this exceptionally fragrant plant that, according to the info button on my camera goes by the names Mexican marigold and lemon marigold (two varieties being Tagetes tanuifolia and Tagetes lemmonii). I remembered that one of these grows in our neighborhood and that I had long hoped to identify it.

the setting sun

pink oleander

Some pink oleander I encountered on an evening walk, illuminated in the setting sun. I hadn't really thought about oleander in a long time.