Milena Khazanavicius lost her sight and was forced to give up her career as a floral designer, but she never gave up her love of plants. Rosmarie Lohnes’ designs are fueled by a passion for reconnecting people to the land and the natural world that they live in. This warm, inspirational and engaging series by… [Read More]
Patience
Bringing stems indoors this time of year can offer up a burst of colour and a renewed love for winter. The monochromatic pallet this time of year is wonderfully brought alive and a sense of hope renewed, as tightly packed buds unravel. Coaxed out with warm water and curious energy from all eyes as they… [Read More]
What would it take?
What would it take to revitalize your relationship with nature? Get you outside, in tune with and alive to your surroundings? Do you have a place to sit and feel the wind on your face when the human-focused world is stressing you out? Or do you have a backyard that makes you tired just looking… [Read More]
Do you access the ‘healing power of nature’?
What do I mean… by the healing power of nature? I mean to refer to the way in which Nature ministers to our minds, all more or less diseased by the rush and racket of civilization, and helps to steady and enrich our lives. My first point is that there are deeply-rooted, old established, far-reaching… [Read More]
Bruce the Moose
Photos by Gary Smith Meet Bruce the Moose. He’s made of scrap metal welded onto a framework of 370 feet of rebar and weighs in at approximately 500 pounds. He’s an assemblage of donations from friends and neighbours and pieces purchased at scrap yards: chain, steel traps, oxen and horseshoes, hinges, springs, railway spikes, tools and… [Read More]