The third year is now slowly passing, Since pallbearers carried her to the grave. But her memory…
Bits and Pieces
Mad house
My house is a mad house. There is no getting around the fact that it looks like someone has gone…
Aberfoyle
Aberfoyle is a place that I have done gone went and not even been through for so many years that I…
Candy
It is Christmas time, I know, and many of your homes will be flowing with the sweets we all…
New arrivals
From cold, cold to warm, warm, the weather switched almost overnight. It was from heavy jackets and…
Braggin’ time
It’s braggin’ time again, and I can’t quite believe it, but 52 more weeks have…
Ready Fox
It has been quite a few years since I last saw a red fox running free in the wild, but it happened…
Muriel Megan
The Wall-Custance death notice read “Smith, Muriel M. (nee Hopkins) of Guelph, passed away…
Fledglings
“There’s a bluebird on our windowsill, there’s a rainbow in the sky.” That…
Birthdays
Birthdays come and birthdays go, and by the time this article is tucked neatly into your rural…
Chukar partridge
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later, and it did just that this past weekend. Chukie, a…
Bare with me
Living as I now do, just west of Markdale, caused a little concern when I first heard that a bear…
BST Day
For those of you on the fringes of my readers’ circle who can’t quite understand what…
Kill or cure
I don’t know whether I’m just getting bitchy in my older years, or it could be…
Spring is late
Spring is late; summer is on its way. It was the fifth day of May and yet it was the first day that…