it’s sometimes hard to remember in the misery of november (or even december!) when i’m wrist deep in soggy dirt planting bulbs for spring just how worth the discomfort is. yesterday i finally removed the last of a few remaining petals from these dreamy tulips that graced my tiny garden this year. i was amazed [...]
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Spring Tulips
Posted in design, my gardens, my home, tagged bulbs, design, garden, gardening, parrot tulips, photography, shawn cornell, tulips, urban garden, vancouver, west coast on 17 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
march in vancouver
Posted in my gardens, tagged garden, gardening, photography, shawn cornell, urban garden, vancouver on 10 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Keefer Entrance Originally uploaded by shawn cornell despite hosting the winter olympics, vancouver has had one of the warmest winters on record. this has given an early start to the garden on all fronts. banana leaves are unfurling, bulbs are blooming and everywhere there are new green shoots. i have started planting more containers and [...]
welcome back!
Posted in my gardens, tagged container gardening, design, garden, macro lens, photography, shawn cornell, spring, urban garden, vancouver, west coast on 15 May 2009 | 1 Comment »
i know it has been while since i have written anything or posted any pictures of the garden. i do apologise, and really i have no excuse other than the usual. as many of you know, vancouver didn’t have a stellar winter, and even now there are remnants of the destruction (how dramatic) it caused [...]
winter garden
Posted in my gardens, tagged design, garden, gardening, hellebore, photography, urban garden, vancouver, west coast, winter on 10 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
one of the surefire signs that spring is just around the corner is the very early blooming hellebores like these double bloomed pink oriental cultivars in my front garden. i snapped this picture last night using my tripod. the twinkle in the background are the white lights that i wrap the trunks of the potted [...]
saigon
Posted in travel, tagged adoption, asia, cyclo, food, hcmc, pagoda, photography, saigon, shawn cornell, temple, tourist, travel on 11 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
there are many thoughts and images that come to mind when one thinks of vietnam. it is a country that has weathered many occupations, wars and calamities. for many, it is synonymous with a failed war, befittingly called the american war here. before that the french occupied the area and going back before that the [...]
late summer colour
Posted in my gardens, tagged canna, colour, crocosmia, garden, pacific north west, photography, summer west coast, vancouver on 17 September 2008 | 1 Comment »
no words for me today.
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