Jesus, Lord at Thy Birth

Fogbow

The fogbow's lack of colors is caused by the smaller water drops ... so small that the wavelength of light becomes important. Diffraction smears out colors that would be created by larger rainbow water drops

Fall Crocus

October was a beautiful month at Green Gables, when the birches in the hollow turned as golden as sunshine and the maples behind the orchard were royal crimson and the wild cherry trees along the lane put on the loveliest shades of dark red and bronzy green, while the fields sunned themselves in the aftermaths. Anne reveled in the world of color about her.... "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?..." 

~Lucy Maud Montgomery

Girls on the Side

How do people make it through life without a sister? 

 ~Sara Corpening

Fall on the Metolious

 Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. 

 ~Carol Bishop Hipps, "October," In a Southern Garden, 1995

The Frost Has Frosted

Our last harvest from the garden (except the leeks and brussels sprouts).

We've officially reached the 20s this week.  I know summer is complete when I pull the tomatoes and peppers.

Baked Peppers

Yummy poblanos from the garden.

Filled with quinoa and cheese, what a great combo.

It's our first year growing poblanos and I love their hearty taste.

Parlimentary Procedures

 Love details in the small things

In Love With Cricket

It's been years since we've watched a live cricket game in a pub.  It was magical.

Take Off vs Landing

Harbour, With a U

Pretty Sure Kenny Doesn't Go Here

A Different Kind of Summer Jelly

Lovely jellyfish at the Victoria Aquarium

Victoria

Good To Know

Window display in downtown Victoria, funny Canadians

Nutcracker

Clark's

Nucifraga columbiana

Extracting!

 Removing bees from the supers

 Uncapping the honeycomb

 Spinning (ensures you don't damage the comb)

 filtering

Nectar of the Queens

Canning Peaches

Garlic Harvest

Crop Dusting

Some people think these guys are crazy.

Mostly, it's just skill in flying a plane.

Feeling HOT, HOT, HOT

Poblano Crazy

First time growing these peppers and they are doing great.  

You can tell the size by the scale of my gloves.  

Next stop, roast these lovelies and stuff them.

Gatherers

Making Jelly

 

Crab apples

Feeling Blue

Picking blueberries

90 lbs in the freezer for winter smoothies and pies

Shedding

Shedding pollen....golden food

Teasel in Bloom

Praying Mantis

 

Watched this mantis eat a butterfly

 In less than 10 minutes, it's onto a grasshopper