And then there were two . . .

Taken on 9 March 2026, milder weather has arrived and now we have two rabbits visiting; but the first rabbit wants nothing to do with the second rabbit when it comes to carrots. It's Hammer Time!

The rabbit is happy

 

A few days ago I sprained my ankle and couldn’t feed the rabbit. He went two days without carrots from me and then I decided I had to feed him. Because my ankle was swollen and black and blue I couldn’t put on shoes so I walked, or hobbled, to the back yard in socks and left the carrots and then came indoors right away; I looked out of the dining room window and the rabbit was there, he must have been watching me leave the carrots for him. My wife said he was “starving” and that he’s dependent on me. I hope not. Well, there you go, I didn’t want to let him down and we're both happy. I mean, the rabbit and I are happy.

The Vertical Garden at Loyola Park

Opened last summer, here is the vertical garden on 09 October 2025. If the intention was to grow food then it looks like this was a failure; perhaps the growing areas could have been located closer together in order to use the limited available land. 

Canadian Cottage Garden on 11 August 2025

 It’s 33 C. What’s good for the garden may not be good for the gardener.

    

A Tiny Garden on 2 August 2025

 

Located on the corner of Westminster and Nelson, this tiny garden brings happiness to many people who stop and admire the flowers and beauty. One of my favourites!

Monarch butterfly on milkweed

This Monarch butterfly was seen a few days ago, on 25 July 2025: the next day, on PBS, there was a programme on endangered animals, including the Monarch butterfly; it's worth planting milkweed to attract and encourage Monarch butterflies in their yearly flight to Mexico.

                

Vertical garden at Loyola Park

The "vertical garden" was opened in early June, it is a project of our local burrough; this is a garden for a small space, a vertical garden, a garden that grows upwards, and growing upwards it is expected to increase the amount of food possible to grow in this space. For weeks, maybe months, city workers laboured to make build the vertical garden located in the north-east corner of Loyola Park, and then it was done and it was announced. Photographs were taken. Food grown here will be donated to local food banks. These photos were taken on 11 June 2025. But now, a month later, the garden is still padlocked, so no one is walking in this vertical garden, and no one is picking vegetables grown there, it looks like nothing is growing there. With the amount of space they have to work with the city could have laid out some garden plots, there is probably a long list of people who would like the have their own garden. And what did this cost? I hear it cost around $190K, and you can buy a lot of turnips, tomatoes, and beans at the IGA a few blocks from here for $190K and not have to grow them yourself. 

Canadian Cottage Garden, 5 July 2025

 

The garden at St. Philip’s Anglican Church

Photos taken morning of 19 June 2025. A humid day with rain later in the afternoon.