There are plenty of spiders and other insects sharing our home and garden with us. Canada is a lot more “buggy” (and consequently noisier at night) than the UK or Norway. Here’s one creepy spider I spotted on the rose bush. It’s a white crab spider — they are ambush predators who specialize in catching their … Continue reading
Posted in July 2015 …
Ticks and fireflies and rabbits
Re-reading the last few posts from May took me back to the dark times of our long winter. Since then, the garden has burst into life and it soon caught up with the usual schedule of blooming. It’s the end of July now and we’ve been having a glorious hot sunny summer. The best of … Continue reading