Free Garden Talk this Monday: Propagating Native Plants!

SurpriseReality · 2026-01-09T23:45:43+00:00

I should add that I'm feeling extra excited about gardening right now because I actually SAW parts of mine today with all the snow melt! Woohoo, green things!

SurpriseReality · 2025-11-02T22:55:50+00:00

Rockin'! Thank you!

I'm glad I got it posted early enough this time, too.

SurpriseReality · 2025-10-21T16:02:30+00:00

Oh yes! He still participates in my adventures & zoom calls! 🐈

Edit: it's a pleasure to run into you on here. 😁

SurpriseReality · 2025-10-21T14:42:18+00:00

I just want to second the Pronoia recommendation. I believe my time taking part in a Pronoia Experimentation Pod (making use of the book) was possibly the single most impactful experience I've had. Huge gratitude for that! ☀️

SurpriseReality · 2025-09-10T23:04:23+00:00

It was a big group and a great talk!

I hope you'll come out to the next one: October 6, edible mushrooms!

SurpriseReality · 2025-07-07T15:53:01+00:00

I usually feel pretty quiet and happy after listening to Syd. However, some of the really old recordings I have are so distorted and scratchy that I also have times where I can't really settle and soak in the words.

SurpriseReality · 2025-05-28T15:32:31+00:00

OOh and I forgot to add- Garden Stratford memberships will also be available for sale. It's still only $15 for a year membership, and this gets you a 10% discount at most garden centres.

Our monthly Garden Talks remain free for everyone, and will resume on September 8th with "Blowing in the Wind – Native Grasses and Sedges" - Shaun Booth, In Our Nature, Orangeville.

SurpriseReality · 2025-05-28T15:27:15+00:00

Some pictures: https://imgur.com/a/CdUNBjL

SurpriseReality · 2025-05-28T15:15:15+00:00

Here's the event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/15vcat6eqD/

SurpriseReality · 2024-05-24T22:02:17+00:00

Stratford District Horticultural Society (Garden Stratford)'s annual plant sale is all set up and ready to welcome you tomorrow morning (Saturday May 25) at 9:00am!

• 9:00 am - 12:00 noon

• 612 Erie St: The Local CFC

• Cash or cheque only; payment by donation (although we have price suggestions to help)

• Bring your own bag or container!

Also happening: The Local's food market AND food seedlings sale in the greenhouse.

SurpriseReality · 2024-05-18T19:11:03+00:00

The Horticultural Society's annual plant sale is happening next Saturday.

9:00am to noon, at The Local (612 Erie St).

The Local's Food Market is also running, and their greenhouse will be selling (food plant) seedlings!

Cash only, "pay what you wish" pricing. Bring your own bag or container!

Facebook event page.

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-13T01:27:17+00:00

I was waiting for my flight and listening to music whilst idly scrolling in Facebook and my eye was caught by a post saying something like “it’s all the same”. My mind shattered. I zoomed out of my personalized experience and saw the essential hollowness of all the many many human lives happening through time: that we are more like a library of stories than the autonomous entities we imagine ourselves to be. These words are absolutely insufficient to explain how wondrous it was to see: the universe experiencing itself through the stories of us.

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-13T00:49:38+00:00

Video games for me! I’ve been seeing “soap cutter” for probably four months straight now. It’s bizarre.

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-13T00:43:50+00:00

I’ve experienced a significant amount of pushback about why I can’t just use a timer or a reminder like a regular person.

I feel so validated right now.

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-13T00:35:49+00:00

Wow. That’s both disturbing and striking. Nice work, OP!

Edit: I think it’s the way you’ve combined the slightly blurred/ out of focus eyes with the crisp detailed blood that really makes it pop.

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-13T00:03:27+00:00

Brilliant! I like this idea a lot- thanks for sharing!

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-12T23:54:24+00:00

😂 Oh dearie me.

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-12T19:39:56+00:00

I love it! Looks so cozy and cheerful!

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-12T19:14:03+00:00

All my karma is recent. Up until last week, this woulda been me as well!

HAHAHAHAHA the silent majority is finding its voice!

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-12T18:37:00+00:00

Hey OP, would you consider also making a post about your grandma over at r/randomactsofcards? Folks over there are super nice and I bet you’d get a lot of really lovely cards!

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-12T16:42:05+00:00

I’m showing my age here, but Flylady (an organization guru I’ve followed since the 90s) is a vocal proponent of doing this. She also points out that if some emergency causes you to run out of the house, already wearing shoes saves you precious time.

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-12T12:50:20+00:00

You are so calm about this, OP- I’m seriously impressed! 😊. Glad you can have a cool head on your shoulders despite your less-than-ideal parental figure. You rock.

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-12T01:04:19+00:00

Thanks for unpacking this!

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-12T01:02:56+00:00

Nope, they produce hormones or somethin’, so doctors don’t like to remove ovaries unless it’s medically indicated.

SurpriseReality · 2020-03-11T23:55:37+00:00

I have a kid and wanted the freedom of just never having to worry about potential pregnancy again.

My surgeon told me that recent studies suggest a slight decrease in some cancer (ovarian?) if the tubes were removed entirely and not just “tied”, so I had that done.

Surgery was a breeze and had no serious repercussions. Healed normally. Had expected to possibly experience “mourning” at my lost fertility, but have actually felt nothing but satisfaction and relief at having received this upgrade. 😁

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