Sherrie Graham

I haven’t historically planted many annuals, but these gazanias are making a strong case for more. 😍

A sunset walk on a March evening along Yarmouth harbour with no wind is unusual - and absolutely beautiful. ✨

Just in case anyone wants to sit by a brook in the sun for a minute.

Tips of daffodil leaves in the sun, starting to emerge from the brown earth and dead leaves. A grey rock in the background.

Hope via the natural world - where it can always be found. Today via impending daffodils and sunshine. ✨

A bouquet of yellow, red, and purple tulips next to a bright window.

Good morning!

Oh, what a BEAUTY! 😍 Send it my way! 😂

A brave hyacinth looking a little worse for the wear. But they are resilient, and Spring will be here soon. I could smell it on the breeze today!

Good morning - it’s a very windy one. 😂

Egg washing. ✨ “Ordering chicks” is on this week’s to-do list, and I couldn’t be more delighted - I’m looking forward to having a few Olive Eggers again!

Spectacular Friday sunset. ✨ Made in Canada. 😂

A teeny tiny twig with a teeny tiny leaf at the tip sits in a small pottery pot on a wooden countertop.

National unity around buying groceries and household staples is heartening today, as is this tiny cutting from a quince which has its first leaf - an experiment! 🌱 Hot tips: Down East laundry and dish detergents made in Dartmouth, NS = the BEST, Verv Skin’s deodorant made in New Minas is my fave. ✨

A basket of eggs being held against a background of snow and the sun low in the sky.

Today’s collection from the coop. ✨

Two round loaves of bread sit on a cooling rack on a wooden counter, with ivy and pottery dishes in the background.

Making chicken soup and crusty bread to share with friends. The little things are the big things. ✨

Many packets of seeds from West Coast Seeds are spread on a wooden table; some visible ones include sweet peas, glass gem corn, fennel, and lettuce.

Best mail day! 🌱 Seeds are the ultimate examples of potential and hope. I’ve been carrying a few acorns in my pocket for several months now; at first it was because I didn’t get around to planting them, but now I keep them as a tangible reminder of the potential that exists in myself and others. ✨

Sun peeks through a sky of clouds over snow-covered fields and a pond.

Wind, clouds, sun. ☀️

Went out for a walk on this very dark and cloudy day; listened to Gardener’s Question Time, was snowed on, saw an owl and a mystery bird that may have been a pileated woodpecker, met a new neighbour, and collected the eggs. Going for a walk is always worth the effort. ❄️

Sliced clementines decorate the top of a cake on a wooden table.

Upside down clementine cake is out of the oven - a bit of sunshine to enjoy after skating this afternoon! Haven’t tasted it yet, but it smells amazing. The recipe is here; it took an extra 30 minutes in the oven: www.pookspantry.com/clementine-u...

Yes! I’ve read them all - she’s the best!

Thanks, that would be great! I’ll check it out.

A photo of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book “The Serviceberry” subtitled “Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World” on a wooden table with a few green pilea leaves peeking in.

A photo of the back of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book “The Serviceberry” with an illustration of hands cupped, holding berries and the words “All Flourishing is Mutual”. It is on a wooden table with a few green pilea leaves peeking in.

Looking for heartening things? I am so grateful to be on earth at the same time as Robin Wall Kimmerer, and this book is a tiny gem. Listening to her interviewed on the Cultivating Place podcast was also a highlight of my week. All flourishing is mutual. ✨ www.cultivatingplace.org/post/all-flo...

Ah, beautiful Cape Breton! Good morning.

Morning teatime view. ❄️

If we haven’t met yet, I’m in beautiful Nova Scotia. I’m a gardener, chicken-tender, beekeeper, teacher, and mother of two teens. I look for and share beauty whenever I can. It’s nice to meet you! 👋

Snow covered fields and a blurred sun in a cloudy sky in the background, with one large snowy evergreen. In the foreground, a pink floral mug of tea.

Hello from beautiful Nova Scotia!