
Sechelt Waterfront from the Walking Pier

Apple Blossom Promises

Sweet Violets

Natural. Wild. Reseeds. BC has 16 species of violets.
They are edible.
Flower: Purple and white.
Blossoms intermittently all winter.
The more blooms are picked, the more they will produce.
Pick flowers mid day when free from dew.
Leaves: 3” to 7” heart-shaped, are toothed.
Near old well and throughout yard.
Use:
Edible flowers
Tea for chest complaints, consumption.
Make nice jam, jellies, syrups and candied.
Add to salad.
Rich in Vitamin A and C.
Recipe for candied, jam, syrup in my card files.
Means: modesty, affection, watchfulness, love
Driveway Entrance Vignette

Cheery Flower Box

Bracken Fern

Happy Talk, Keep Talking Happy Talk

Happy talk, keep talkin’ happy talk,
Talk about things you’d like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don’t have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?
Talk about the moon floatin’ in the sky
Lookin’ at a lily on the lake;
Talk about a bird learnin’ how to fly.
Makin’ all the music he can make.
Happy talk, keep talkin’ happy talk,
Talk about things you’d like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don’t have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?
Talk about the sparrow lookin’ like a toy
Pickin’ through the broaches of a tree;
Talk about the girl, talk about the boy
Countin’ all the ripples on the sea.
Happy talk, keep talkin’ happy talk,
Talk about things you’d like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don’t have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?
Talk about the boy sayin’ to the girl:
“Golly, baby, I’m a lucky cuss.”
Talk about the girl sayin’ to the boy:
“You an’ me is lucky to be us!”
Happy talk, keep talkin’ happy talk,
Talk about things you’d like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don’t have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?
If you don’t talk happy,
And you never have dream,
Then you’ll never have a dream come true!
~Rogers and Hammerstein – South Pacific
Dogwood Flowers

Dogwood (Western Flowering) Cornus nuttalli
Wild. Natural. Dogwood Family. Small forest tree. Grows only in the southwest corner of BC.
Grows to 40’ tall. Often shrubby. Branches grow in a wavy fashion.
Leaves 2-3” long, simple, in clusters of four or more, turn deep red in fall.
Flowers: Flower is our provincial emblem, greenish-white heads each surrounded by four – seven showy, white petal-like pointed bracts. Blooms in May, sometimes in September. At blossom time it will “bleed” to death if too many twigs are picked, hence it is protected by law.
Fruit: bright red berries in a tight cluster attract many birds in late summer and fall.
At one time skewers or ‘dags’ were made from the wood, its common name has been popularized from its old name ‘dagwood.’
Means: durability
Bicycle Puzzle

All I Need and More

How can I be lonely –
there’s the woods
crowding around
listening to my sighs.
Why should I feel empty-
there are the birds
filling the woods
with song.
When will I be home –
there’s another corner
an un-trodden path
beckoning my feet.
Where could I be happier –
there’s laughter
and sorrow enough
to balance out my joy.
What more do I need –
here’s clean air,
fresh water
and food in abundance.
©Sharron R. McMillan
Red Currant Bushes are Loaded

Creative Mother’s Day Gift

My daughter’s creativity is boundless.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
