The Beautiful Bumblebee Moth
Bumblebee Moth or Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis). It’s a hummingbird, it’s a bee… well, actually it’s neither. It just likes other creatures to think it is something other than a moth, so it has, in a remarkable fashion, evolved to
King’s Garden at Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen
Visit beautiful Copenhagen and you will find yourself drawn to Kongens Have, the King’s Garden in Copenhagen. Originally designed for Christian IV in 1606, King’s Garden is the palace garden at Rosenborg Castle, where the national royal treasury is housed.
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
Canada Goose. Branta canadensis. Most people I know pause and look up to the sky when they hear the distinctive honking of Canada Geese that are flying in V-formation overhead. In the north, when the Canada Geese arrive in spring,
The Gardens of St. James’s Park, London, at Dusk
My stroll through the gardens of St. James’s Park, London, took place in the pinkish light of dusk, and as I travelled east from Victoria Fountain at Buckingham Palace towards the Horse Guards Parade, I had a very lovely view
Hyde Park, London
Looking west across Hyde Park’s Serpentine Lake… London’s beautifully landscaped Hyde Park, featuring over 360 acres of meadows, wooded grounds, and lake area, is the largest of City’s eight Royal Parks. Taken together, Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, The Green Park,
Gorgeous Kew Gardens, England
Walking through Kew Gardens in springtime was magical for me. It was a warm day in April when I visited, the sun was shining, and the trees were pushing out their buds. Even without the full canopy of green of
Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands
Realizing a dream held for many years, I was able to visit the Netherland’s wonderful Keukenhof Gardens in 2014 on a trip with my husband. We were fortunate to time our visit for early April, when the daffodils and hyacinth
Daryl D’s Garden Genealogy (Article #3)
DD: I have in front of me casual layers of Tyndale stone with virgin soil waiting for me to plant something. How do I decide what to plant? The reality in Winnipeg dictates the obvious – what will survive in
Frederiksborg Castle Gardens, Denmark
On visiting Copenhagen, Denmark in April 2014, one of the first day trips we made was a visit to the baroque gardens at Frederiksborg Castle. Approaching Frederiksborg from Hillerød Square, the visitor doesn’t yet get a glimpse of the immense
White-tailed Deer
White-tailed deer are such gorgeous animals. Perhaps it’s because I fell in love with Bambi as a child that the sight of deer is always exciting to me. Of course, if driving at dusk or in the night, deer are
