An Albertan & Canadian, definitely a northern gal. Social worker by profession, this blog has included some of my work over 10 years in Nunavut from 2002 on. Passionate about slowing down & taking time to appreciate the beauty of the outdoors or kindness in relationships as gifts & blessings; injustices against children in situations beyond their control; my faith; Nature, experiencing the outdoors whether cycling, walking. x-c skiing or gardening, my dogs, capturing on film God's beauty, experiencing life intensely & with the senses, richness of late afternoon light, wind in my hair cycling with my dog on a beach road, couching inches from an arctic flower or alpine lichen to capture it with my camera, insight of a student's new learning, a good conversation over a coffee.
Do I write my journals in long hand? You betcha! My Flower note book dates from 1992, waterstained and faded but marking the changes in the yard and garden.
Shared here
are also some lilies from my yard 
and from our church garden, where I do some work, and like the contrast to the clinker historic brick.
One quote from Henry Ward Beecher: "Flowers have a mysterious and subtle influence on feelings, not unlike some strains of music... they relax the tenseness of the mind and dissolve its rigor."
Summer garden at church.. (11 photos). — at Holy Trinity Anglican
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Hi Bonnie!Thank you so much for sharing your life here and by that enriching ours.Here are my links and I would like very much you consider me your Friend so we could keep in touch!http://whatawonderfulnewworld.wordpress.com/http://whatawonderfulnewworld.blogspot.pt/https://www.facebook.com/isabel.dailyphotosI hope to see you soon wherever you prefer!If not...Thank you for being my Friend and for sharing your world! I hope you have a WONDERFUL LIFE!GOD BLESS YOUIsabel
I tried to keep a garden journal for a couple of years. I just couldn't keep it up. I wish I could have done a better job at it. Kudos to you.