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"People who love to eat are always the best people".    Julia Child Desserts seem to rule the roost at our house! We have a chest freezer now but one summer we had so many berries that Angelo had to bake several desserts! There are a few photos of savoury dishes scattered below, and of course who can forget the meringues! upside down berry cake mini vegan cheese cake bites wobbly black forest cake chicken tortilla skillet pie meringue with lemon icing and fresh blueberries mousakka sarajevo more meringue! apple cheesecake, with apples from our tree on Gabriola! And deep dish, Chicago-style pizza                                                                                   BREAD!  

 Unlike the dahlia, the following flowers came with the house, and reappear every year. 

 Tulips used to be my favourite flower but in recent years they have been replaced by the mighty dahlia. Further explanation not required (-: Notice the baby snail in the second photo below...it was gently removed and replaced in the wild outdoors.  

A few years ago our original gate, specifically one post, succumbed to rot and we had to get a new gate. Notice the large cypress, behind the Westy, which we have since had removed. We have kept this plant alive since we left East Vancouver in 2004! After months of neglect I recently repotted it and it is currently very happy!  Solar lights along the front of our deck, which we never use lol! Remnants from our side garden...a gigantic head of kale and a marigold. Good summer for kale, not  so much for lettuce - thanks to a flock of sparrows that summered in our neighbour's dryer vent: they literally stripped six starter heads of lettuce in a matter of days! Yes, it was the summer of the outdoor living room! Soon it will all be put away, but in the meantime we will enjoy the fall mums, visible all day from our sun room (aka Angelo's office).  As mentioned above, we had a cypress tree removed from our lot this spring. It has opened up the backyard and brought an entirely di...