papilio canadensis

canadian tiger swallowtail

broken wings
but life goes on :)
it lives only one generation per year.
its caterpillars live here on the abundant poplar trees

wild violets

This morning upon awaking,
i found this wild violet,
growing in a shaded corner right by the deck.
My Joy is great,
to have a little wild one finding my place worthy to settle
violet love

PS of course my garden, the one, i am honoured to live in. earlier yet a rabbit hopped away as i entered which is of course his/her domain, a piece of wilderness full of wild flowers, but this violet one an exotic one.

Opal's Left Lung - Dumb But Awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLee1L7BxUkOpal's Left Lung - Dumb But Awesome

ha! i might be still thinking too much about that one thing.
Still barely hanging in there, still longing....
I hope that you too can see the humor in this

two tree spirits

What do you see?
What expression?
They are mirror images of eachother.......

Scaups

Lots of Scaups (probably the lesser scaup) on my little lake here (moose skull lake)
and in the far right back a Barrow's Goldeneye.
the weather lovely lately. And me?
Same as always; being my lovely fuddly me, more fuddly than ever
Painting a bit, in the garden a bit, walking a bit, tutoring today for two hours, lazing around, reading, on the computer, and working on that slab of wood that you see here a few posts below, it's coming beautifully.

I will one day take the time again to read about your day!

yellow anemone

just one little flower
close to a little creek
in the dark dense forest
only leaves and lichen
on the forest floor
and horsetail
that will grow anywhere
what do you do there?
yellow anemone....
reminding us of sunshine
where no other flowers grow

scary stuff

The scary stuff being that i almost had forgotten my password to get in my blog, it took me four tries, i better write it down.
The black bear, always a thrill, but seen from the car it is and looks cute.
The owl scull, hmmm my friend Jane who i was walking with on the shores of Kusawa lake, found it sad; who would do that to a beautiful owl. I do agree, but mostly find it very intriguing.



And
Today i am harvesting!
This for me the best time. All the spring greens, nettle, lamb'squarter, dock, fireweed shoots, plantain, rasberry shoots, knotweed, northern bedstraw shoots.
I blanch and freeze them
And when making a salad i throw in some columbine flowers, for the beauty of it all

And i hope to pick spruce tips today, dry them, for tea.