There was a time in my life when I longingly awaited the seed catalogues to arrive at my door. By…
Bits and Pieces
March update
This is a rather sad and disappointing month for me, as it is the first, I believe, in at least ten…
Muriel Megan
The Wall-Custance death notice read “Smith, Muriel M. (nee Hopkins) of Guelph, passed away…
Rain, rain
At the time of this writing, it’s the week post to the first day of spring, and I have not…
Addictions
Everyone knows that I am addicted to birds and gardening, and the fact is, they go quite well…
Easter Bunnies
You are not going to believe this, but the Easter Bunny came to our house Easter Sunday. It has…
Around the world
It rained last Sunday morning, not hard, just a steady drizzle, but it was a little too cool for me…
Clippity-clop
Clippity-clop, clippity-clop, clippity-clop was the only sound I heard as we pulled up to a…
Double whammy
Boy, oh boy, was the weekend of April 29 a busy one for me. It all started off on the Friday as I…
Birds are back
Due to the topsy-turvy ups and downs of the weather, the birds have been slow coming back to our…
Green green
Green, green, beautiful green – I love the many colours of green in the spring. It seems that…
May days
“The 24th of May is the Queen’s Birthday. If we don’t get a holiday, we’ll…
Hoe hoe hoe
That is not the Ho, Ho, Ho that you hear at Christmas time – I’m talking hoe, hoe, hoe…
Fencing
Fencing has always been a real problem up here in stony country, but in my eyes that all changed…
And the rains that came
“Rain, rain, come and stay, we could use a little almost every day.” Those were my…