Luverly of the Week: Black-Capped Chickadee by Cynthia Zullo

photo by Cynthia Zullo

We have had plenty of cute little chickadees visiting our bird feeder, but I have yet to take any decent photos of them. Gah they are so bloody adorable! :D

Here are a few more luverly peektures by other folks.

photo by Minette Layne

photo by Bruce McKay

photo by Jennifer König

photo by Noël Zia Lee

photo by Dawn Huczek

photo by Putneypics

photo by Matt MacGillivray

photo by Daniel James

photo by Kelly Colgan Azar

photo by Andrew Feicht

photo by jdm photo

photo by ehpien

Sláinte!

Laurel

A Cure for the Winter Blues Part V {Indoor Garden Edition}

A couple of years ago I went on a spree posting luverly peektures of gardens, to take a bit of the edge off of Winter {Container Garden Edition, Community Garden Edition, Cottage Garden Edition, and Herb Garden Edition}. Since I am pining again for the growing season, I decided to pair this measure with another one that I cling to in the heart of the deep freeze.

I hope that you all enjoy these pretties as I much as I do. Happy garden dreams! ;)

by Rachel Zack

by Kevin Dooley

by Seán A. O'Hara

by Chad K

by Avia Venefica

by David Morris

by yoppy

by rumpleteaser

by Lucy Orloski

by Judi Cox

by m00by

by Alice Carrier

by eva_ben

by ex.libris

by Megan

by Megan

by RubyGoes

by Gardening in a Minute

by bourgeoisbee

by ReeseCLloyd

by Rob n Rae Cornelius

by Mirona Iliescu

by Larry McCombs

by Sarah Sutter

Sláinte!

Laurel

Still Looking for a New Year's Resolution?

This might be a great place to start! This little ditty is called Voluntary Simplicity:

VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY: The Poetic Alternative to Consumer Culture (24 min) from NO WAY Productions on Vimeo.

Thanks to the luverly folks at the Plant Trees, It's Self Defense blog for turning me on to this film! :)

Sláinte!

Laurel

Some Treasures from Etsy

I wanted to share the most recent Etsy pretties that we got, because I think that you all should check out these wonderful shops! :)

First up are some pretties from Stephanie Lostimolo, who is a phenomenal artist. She was also a feature on our Luverly of the Week last year.

Generations, which reminds me of The Morrigan.

Lady Rowan

Corax

Which has found its place on the Macha part of my deity altar.

Next is a pretty from Creations in Barnwood. It is a veggie storage bin made from 200 year old barn board! My hubby got for me for Yule.

The last pretty is a gift that we bought for my wonderful father-in-law from The Brewers Market. The Crossroads Brewing Kit.

{Photo by the seller}

Sláinte!

Laurel

When Grocery Stores Listen {!!!}

Since I moved to North Bay, the only garlic I have ever seen in the grocery stores is from China. It's not too much of a problem for me because I get mine off of local producers, but come this time of year, I am using the scapes sitting in my freezer because I have used up all the bulbs.

I know some folks who have been talking to the grocery stores about this. They wanted at the very least some garlic from Canada. If from Ontario even better. Organic, they would be doing back flips. Well, it looks like they finally got an answer, because lookey at what I found yesterday! :D


August’s Harvest is an Ontario family farm that also has a CSA. They have some yummy recipes on their CSA site, and their other one as well.

Now if they can stock up on regional or even local garlic, then it might just change my dread of shopping in grocery stores a little.

Sláinte!

Laurel