February 13th, 2009 What do you do when your passion for something has waned? How do you get it back? Can you get it back? Do you want to get it back? My passion for gardening is gone, and I have been struggling with the answers to those questions for many months. Gardening has been my hobby [...]
November 17th, 2008 When I began writing this particular instalment of Bert’s Bloomers on November 14, the temperatures were relatively warm for November. The thermometer has suddenly dropped out and we now have a dusting of snow on the ground, but, Mother Nature is still astonishing me with her stubbornness to let go of the growing season. In [...]
October 12th, 2008 More than half of my daily 40+ kilometre commute to work is spent driving along country roads, giving me the opportunity to observe nature’s continuing mood changes. Most of the land I pass is wide open farm land, but there are enough wooded areas, even a small hill or two, to keep it interesting. I [...]
