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Flowers From My Garden XIII: Wild Rose Hips
We have a bumper crop of wild rose hips this year. I’m going to dry the hips before grinding them into powder for tea and other recipes. Wild rose hips are high in vitamin C and proven to increase skin elasticity and improve osteoarthritis pain. Email me if you would like some.
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Flowers From My Garden XII: Zinnia
I grow my zinnias from seed, starting them in pots and then transplanting the strong sprouts to various homes throughout the garden. Their show requires a closer look, for they have what could be an entire celestial world within their petals. The hummingbirds are big fans.
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Honeymoon Portrait w. Fig
Photographed by my husband on our honeymoon on Vancouver Island, 2020. We got married four years ago today. The fig was the symbol of our marriage; sweet, juicy, fertile & full of potential. 08/08/2020
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Flowers From My Garden XI: Damask Rose
I’m on the hunt for a still to try and bottle up the heady fragrance these tea flowers are filling my garden with.
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Rhea with Snapdragons
My sweet little angel loves to stop and smell the flowers. Shot on a Canon 5D Miii Cordova Lake, 2024.
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Green Tomatoes
I am eagerly awaiting tomato season. We are just a few days away! Time to load up on burrata. Mmmmmmmm.
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Sweet Summer Swim
Dave & Rhea’s first dip in the lake after putting the dock in at the cottage. Shot on iPhone.
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Jenny-Anne at the Spa
My beautiful bestie bathing in the healing waters of Thermea…
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Flowers From My Garden X: First Peek at the Dahlias
My mother-in-law sent me a dozen of her prize-winning dahlia tubers by Canada Post from Vancouver Island in April and they took! After two years of trying and failing at dahlias I am so excited to finally have some coming into bloom! The dinner plate sized blossoms are truly a marvel of nature. Stay tuned…
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