We've had grey skies for close to a week; the forests in northern Saskatchewan are on fire and the prevailing westerlys are blowing the smoke this way. I hear close to five thousand people have been evacuated from the path of the fire.
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| Smoke-grey skies -literally. |
Of course, thunderstorms are predicted for tonight so there may be clouds up there too.
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| Garlic curls. |
I hear garlic shoots are very tasty cut into salads or added to dishes. I can't say in all the years I've had garlic in the garden I've ever thought of doing that. But I will now.
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| Pea blossoms. |
The peas are blooming, and I found one or two on the beans, but those blossoms were hiding when I went to photograph them.
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| Ground cherry? Or tomatillo? |
I have both a tomatillo and a ground cherry but I can't remember which is which. Either way, they are both blooming, but this one is a show-off with dozens of bright blooms.
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| Peppers |
More blooms on the peppers.
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| There are cages on those tomatoes. |
The tomatoes have grown considerably since they were planted.
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| Cherry tomatoes. |
Lots of green tomatoes too -lucky us.
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| Ripe raspberries. |
Tasty berries. We've sampled them already.
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| Cheerful red birdhouse. |
And finally, after all these years, we have something growing in the bird house.
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| Mama |
Maman wren is busy even tho' I don't hear the sounds of chicks yet. The adults have been singing in the yard for weeks now. It is such a happy sound.
I spent ages trying to get a pictue of the female flying into her house and finally managed this one. At least she picked a better location than the
last wren nest I found out about.
I spent ages trying to get a pictue of the female flying into her house and finally managed this one. At least she picked a better location than the last wren nest I found out about.
