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Friday, July 24, 2026

A Halcyon Day

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Hosta 'Halcyon' 24 July 2026   h alcyon(adj.) "calm, quiet, peaceful," 1540s, in halcyon dayes (translating Latin alcyo...

Rich & Famous When Dead

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  I fell for my Rosemary on 15 December 1967 when I saw her on the street walking away from me. I say long, straight, blond hair, a dark blu...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

The Object Absolute — is nought —

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Hosta 'Dancing with Dragons' 23 July 2026   Perception of an object costs (1071) Emily Dickinson Perception of an object costs ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

The Present of Things Past is Memory

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  St.Augustine: Confessions (Book XI, Chapter 20). “ I no longer doubt that time is not more than distension; but what it is, I do not know,...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

It's Not Easy Being Green

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Hosta 'Joseph' 19 July 2026   Hosta 'Joseph' was introduced by hybridizer Bob Kuk (Kuk's Forest Nursery) and registere...
Monday, July 20, 2026

A Friend - the VAG & Four Damn Sunsets

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Vancouver Art Gallery - 20 July 2026   Gerry Schallie - 20 July 2026 This past Tuesday my Victoria friend Gerry Schallie visited me. We went...
Sunday, July 19, 2026

Kind of Blue

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Hostas -  18 July 2026   Crambe maritima & Rosa 'Oliver Roellinger' 18 July 2026 The powdery blue coating on hostas is natural...

Our Flag

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  It is impossible for me to think of my native Argentina today when Argentina is playing Spain without considering those two colours, white...
Saturday, July 18, 2026

On Cloud Nine

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  18 July 2026 Scientific Names: The modern classification of clouds uses Latin words based on their visual appearance. These were formalize...