What a lovely bloom you have

After some spring like weather, we’ve been plunged back into winter. March is cruel like that. And especially out on the prairies. So where do you go to lift your spirit? The greenhouse of course. While my own flowers are mostly seeded and in the greenhouse – I now have a second greenhouse (thank you…

A tribute to a Dad

I suppose I might describe myself historically as falling into the conservative camp – that is politically. Not the modern definition of conservatism but that of Stanfield, Clarke and Mulroney. So I was interested in the funeral service for Brian Mulroney. A state funeral in Canada isn’t that frequent an event so all the more…

Oil City

When you live in Edmonton, it is apparent quite quickly that you are in oil country. The hockey teams are The Oilers and The Oil Kings. Oil tankers are seen on all the rail lines and the trucks pulling oil tanks pull out of the refineries at a quick pace. If Calgary is where the…