Robin Robinson
Former National Travel Editor of Sun Media. Current travel writer for the Toronto Sun and Postmedia. Passionate about travel, newspapers, mystery novels, more.
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1 week ago |
keysnews.com | Robin Robinson
I’m a short little thing, so I mostly wear a single color so as to not chop me into visual chunks and make me look even shorter. As a result, I am acutely aware of textures. Silky trousers combined with a nubby sweater or a tweed combined with a smooth jacket. Gardeners often miss this aspect of design, planting beds or rows of the same plant that create a visual continuity, but are a little boring. Add some visual variety to the landscape by varying the leaf structure.
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1 week ago |
keysnews.com | Robin Robinson
The sun is shining and it looks warm outside. The greens have sprung rampantly from the brown ground. Weeds are commonly first, so go out into the wild world and see what you can find. Don’t necessarily look for flowers. Look for interesting shapes or colors. Often buds are different colors of the full-grown leaf and will make interesting textures in the new arrangement you are about to produce.
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2 weeks ago |
keysnews.com | Robin Robinson
The sun is shining and it looks warm outside. The greens have sprung rampantly from the brown ground. Weeds are commonly first, so go out into the wild world and see what you can find. Don’t necessarily look for flowers. Look for interesting shapes or colors. Often buds are different colors of the full-grown leaf and will make interesting textures in the new arrangement you are about to produce. Go back to Art 101 and remember some of the basics of design: form, shape, size, texture.
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2 weeks ago |
keysnews.com | Robin Robinson
My sister, Rene, who knows more about weeds than I ever will, pointed out some salvia called “Play in the Blue” — or Persian blue or star blue or catmint — while on a walk in Chicago. Its wide variety of names comes from the fact that this wonderful weed grows rampantly all over the countryside, without any help from the gardener, as weeds are wont to do, and so was named by many gardeners in many places. It has more than 295 varieties. Its scientific name is Nepeta racemosa.
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3 weeks ago |
keysnews.com | Robin Robinson
My sister, Rene, who knows more about weeds than I ever will, pointed out some salvia called Play in the Blue — or Persian Blue or Star Blue or Catmint — while on a walk in Chicago. Its wide variety of names comes from the fact that this wonderful weed grows rampantly all over the countryside, without any help from the gardener, as weeds are wont to do, and so was named by many gardeners in many places. Make an essential oil from the leaves and revel in the pleasant aroma.
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Used the new eGates after landing at Pearson recently. Brilliant! Really sped up passage through customs and immigration. Now if they could just fix the other problems … I hear things are improving but still a way to go. #TorontoPearson #travel
After yesterday’s minor but irritating hassles (14-hour blackout, worrying about food in the fridge, needing to upload travel docs, phone dying, etc.), I was prepared for a bad time at Pearson today. Miraculously I cleared security in 3 mins! Bermuda sunshine here I come!
I laugh with derision each time I hear a disgraced politician say they plan to self isolate for 14 days after returning from a vacation abroad. So, we’re supposed to applaud them for following a mandatory government regulation? #wednesdaythought #Travel #COVID19
