Solstice is Immanent, Beware of Snowmen Bearing Guns

  Today I saw a hummingbird circle high above my head as I waited for the number 33 bus on Clancy Loranger Way by Queen Elizabeth Park. I hope that means I'm in for some good luck--better luck than I had this morning when I fell down our front stairs on my butt. Just when my back was beginning to recover. Merde.

 I love seeing wind-ravaged wasp nests and plump kiwi fruit silhouetted against the dusk at this time of the year.

Turns out Frosty the Snowman has carnivorous aspirations and enjoys hunting moose in his spare time.

A Queen Bee Appearance Tonight

You are invited to drop by The Secret Lantern Society's Solstice Celebration tonight in Yaletown. I hear the Queen Bee will be there.

The Beat Goes On

Everybody's got aphids this year and everybody wants ladybugs. Fortunately the little ladies love our hops vine and it seems to inspire some amorous behavior. You go girls!