No doubt, if you live in the country and love country-living as much as I do, you probably enjoy taking long drives down country highways and byways just to enjoy the sight of endless fields dotted with bundles of hay. Something primal stirs in my soul when I see hay in a field, reminding me …
Beautiful Heliotrope - a beacon for bees, a sensual collage of colour and aroma for the human nose.
This rose bush started out only a foot and a half tall, now it's growing at an incredible rate and producing the most gorgeous yellow flowers with bronze/peach tones and a wonderful sweet fragrance.
All the daylilies are either on the cusp or in full bloom now in the garden, here's a sample of the beauties that currently grace my central Ontario garden.
A strong showing for the clematis this summer. Makes for a pretty filter when looking skyward.
Met this moose along Highway #124 near Sundridge, thankfully she was on the side of the road, heading into the field. Beautiful.
I love the country! Driving along the backroads, highways & byways of Central Ontario makes me so very grateful I live where I do. Summertime in the fields affords views of lazy haystacks and meandering meadows spotted with cows, horses and sheep. If someone were to ask me 'what do you think heaven looks like?', …
Just like Old Blue Eyes crooned, it's been a good year for roses.
I love this country with my heart & soul. Land of lakes, rivers, moose and the Cambrian Shield. Born in Toronto but moved to the sticks when I was 10 years old. I'm forever proud to live and call rural Canada my home. I'm also blessed to work with some incredible First Nation people who …
For me, nothing in the garden is more beautiful then the peony. Maybe it's the memory of my mother's garden in days gone by, but peonies hold a special, central place in my heart, mind and eye when I scan the late spring, early summer garden. Peonies don't last very long, but the flowers do …
The Northern Herper 
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