Margy and Wayne Lutz have a floating cabin and garden on a lake in British Columbia, Canada. On their blog, Margy writes:
How Does Your Garden Grow? — With purple sage, red potatoes, and green lettuce all in a row. The heart of my garden is my float. It was designed and built by my good friend John. Cedar logs provide the buoyancy needed to keep four 3 X 10 raised beds above the waterline. On the bottom of the beds is a heavy cloth called mill felt. It is porous, but very strong. Frequent watering is needed in the warm summer months, so John installed a solar powered water pump and hose for me.”
–https://powellriverbooks.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-does-your-garden-grow.html
Image from Images from The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I. The Shepheardes Calendar. Designed and engraved on wood by Hilda Quick, based on the woodcuts in the original editions printed in quarto by Hugh Singleton in 1579.
–https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Renwick-Spenser/
Jade pendant from New Zealand Maori artist Thomas Ratima at Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I bought a pendant there over a year ago and have had it on ever since. This is a wonderful gallery, carrying the work of three cultures: the First Nations tribes of the Pacific Northwest, the Inuit of Alaska, and the Maori of New Zealand. I highly recommend visiting it if you’re ever in Vancouver. The art on display is stunning. Their website is here.
A few months ago I got this email from our agent in Korea: “Dosol told me that nation-wide TV broadcasting company would like to contact you for an interview. They are going to make a programme about you.” I did the interview and sent them this photo taken here in December (’09). Dosol is the Korean publisher that is translating our Builders of the Pacific Coast. Koreans are about to get a look at builders in British Columbia!
Photo by Lew Lewandowski
What a year for mushrooms! These were by the side of the road yesterday. Don’t know what they are but I’m don’t believe they’re inedible.
I’ve been gathering candy caps in the woods and putting them on a kitchen shelf in bamboo baskets to dry. The whole rooms smells like maple syrup (which is what candy caps smell like when dry).
Last week I got an email from Pepe Alvarez titled “Awesome Camera,” and he was right. I’ve been carrying a Canon Powershot G10 in my fanny pack for over a year now and it’s a wonderful camera. (I shot most of the 2000+shots on a recent European trip with the G10.) Well, the new Canon S90 is indeed awesome and sounds a whole step up from the G10 (and G11). It’s smaller, lighter, has a f2(!) lens. Plus the 10 MP is better for my purposes than the 14 MP of the G10 (bigger isn’t always better). Check it out at: https://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/s90.htm
Also, see why Mark McCluskey of wired.com says: “The S90 is the best compact camera I’ve ever used.” – https://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_canon_s90
This jay flew down into the garden a few days ago. They’re like the coyotes of the bird world: adaptable, tough, mischievous—and smart.
“…For the last decade, Zac Freeman has been saving pieces of household junk that would one day become a part of his masterfully intriguing art collection. He wanted to give his two dimensional portraits three dimensional value by using glue to meld everything from bottle caps, nails and old keyboard pieces onto a board to create faces that can only be seen from a distance.…”
From: https://www.home-designing.com/2010/10/recyled-art-zac-freeman
Zac’s website: https://www.zacfreemanart.com/artwork.html
“…For the last decade, Zac Freeman has been saving pieces of household junk that would one day become a part of his masterfully intriguing art collection. He wanted to give his two dimensional portraits three dimensional value by using glue to meld everything from bottle caps, nails and old keyboard pieces onto a board to create faces that can only be seen from a distance.…”
From: https://www.home-designing.com/2010/10/recyled-art-zac-freeman
Can an ocean person identify this? Lesley found it on the beach yesterday. It looks like a bunch of eggs, but it’s kind of spongily hard.
