for those that like the newness and vigour that spring brings, vancouver might just be your place. at times spring seems almost never-ending here. with the micro climates in the city and the relative chill in the higher elevations it is easy to take a half hour drive and find budding tulips weeks after mine [...]
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may garden
Posted in my gardens, uncategorized, tagged garden, gardening, hanging baskets, shawn cornell, spring, temperate, urban garden, westcoast, windmill palm on 25 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
boki road, hawai
Posted in design, other projects, tagged big island, design, hawaii, interior design, rattan, shawn cornell, tropical style, vacation, vacation rental on 21 October 2009 | 4 Comments »
with all the travelling i have been fortunate to experience, i had never had the opportunity to visit the hawaiian islands. all that changed a few weeks ago when my aunt sent me a harmless email telling me she had this crazy idea and i might just be crazy enough to do it. they had [...]
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 [...]
a few days in bangkok
Posted in travel, tagged bangkok, chayo praya, shawn cornell, thailand, travel on 25 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
after a week in saigon (minus a few days in hoi an to which i did not bring a camera battery – so you will see no pictures), i travelled to bangkok to meet up with b, who had never been to asia before, for a week of vacation silliness in a city still known [...]
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 [...]
a fall day
Posted in my gardens, tagged Abyssinian, banana, garden, shawn cornell, succulents, vancouver, west coast on 23 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
it feels like only yesterday that summer began and yet here we are already in fall – there’s a chill in the air to prove it! despite the cooler temperatures september is traditionally a decent month for sun in vancouver and yesterday (and today) it has graced us with its presence. i got a few [...]
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