With windchill, the temperature hovered around -15C today, the coldest day of my life. Usually I don’t really notice the air as I move through the world, but today it was thick with sharp cold. Gorgeous though!
Wet air, we call it. A true rainforest experience. I could barely see the line of firs at the back of my neighbour’s block, but it’s the quiet that’s the most eerie, I think. All sound is literally dampened, making you feel lost in the strange soup. I captured this gloomy light just after 11am.…
This morning we went for a walk in the woods, and this afternoon was spent in the garden. The best way to enjoy the weather is in it! Yesterday we refilled the bird feeder and it took barely an hour before the garden was filled with dark-eyed juncos and steller’s jays. Today we were treated…
I’m so pleased with how the thyme is doing. Especially since we are pushing the limits of “moderate foot traffic”! We came outside to say hi to the moon. In Melbourne, dusk is a moment. Up here dusk feels eternal, and the light is magical. It gets more intense as the light fades but I…

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I made my first website in Melbourne, using Notepad in 1997. Now I work for a website publisher, live on Vancouver Island, garden, cook and explore the forest. Steph and nonsense is a blog about these and other things.
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