Dear apple trees: I am sorry they didn’t love you like I loved you. Why someone would cut down 100 year old heritage apple trees to put in a garage…I don’t know. Thank-you for the shade. Thank-you for the yummy apple pies, apple jam, apple crumble…I am sorry I couldn’t be there for you in the end. In my mind, you are both still alive, green and mossy. Birds take shelter in your branches and rain drips from your leaves on to the garden below.

Dear apple trees: I am sorry they didn’t love you like I loved you. Why someone would cut down 100 year old heritage apple trees to put in a garage…I don’t know. Thank-you for the shade. Thank-you for the yummy apple pies, apple jam, apple crumble…I am sorry I couldn’t be there for you in the end. In my mind, you are both still alive, green and mossy. Birds take shelter in your branches and rain drips from your leaves on to the garden below.

Sunset through the screen door.

Sunset through the screen door.

Happy flowers.

Happy flowers.

Qualicum clouds and trees.

Qualicum clouds and trees.

Qualicum Sunset September 6, 2011.

Qualicum Sunset September 6, 2011.

Selection of flowers from Grandma’s garden. I put these in her grave. The blue one is a gentian and the purple next to it is lavender. I am not sure about the others.

Selection of flowers from Grandma’s garden. I put these in her grave. The blue one is a gentian and the purple next to it is lavender. I am not sure about the others.

Butterfly on daisy.

Butterfly on daisy.

The sleeping cat waits.

The sleeping cat waits.

Sunrise and the eagle tree.

Sunrise and the eagle tree.

June sunset in Qualicum Beach. Can you spot the crow?

June sunset in Qualicum Beach. Can you spot the crow?