Bonjour! Upon gardening one morning I discovered a large rock-like bump in one of my gardens.  With a closer look I realized it wasn’t a rock but a huge ant hill.  Gross!  I dug into it with my shovel and numerous ants scurried out. I was actually quite impressed with their home and their building skills – so much work.  It must have been there for a while for...

Hello there! Gary came through our front door one day after his daily walk and stated disappointedly, “They closed my pond!”  As with many subdivisions water collects in a man-made pond (about 5 acres in size) behind our Churchville home.  It has grown into a wonderful bird sanctuary with its peaceful trail to walk around.  I have often said, “You...

Hi there! Churchville residents seem to be happier these days with their village life.  Over a dozen years or so we have been anxious about the busy traffic flow.  When out mowing our front lawn, I would often count 40 plus cars per hour zooming past our house on their way to work in the morning or returning home at the end of their day.  Our road was...

Happy Leap Day Everyone! Little brown and beige sparrows always seem to confuse me.  The other day when grocery shopping, surprisingly, I spied one on the floor scrounging around for a few crumbs while a couple of his relatives were flitting about up in the ceiling. How did they get in the grocery store? Normally, we see these God creatures in our backyard in...

Valentine greetings in advance to everyone! Do you know what a “berm” is?  It is an artificial embankment made of earth according to the dictionary.  At the beginning of this month, we were bombarded with a great deal of rain (imagine that in January!).  Our Credit River overflowed its banks. I’m sure our neighbours across the street were thankful for...

Happy New Year Everyone! Today Gary is celebrating his 75th birthday – the last day of 2019 and a tax write-off for his parents way back when.  It is hard to believe that he has reached this milestone in his life.  He still doesn’t know how to spell “retire.”  After his scare last spring over experiencing quadruple by-pass surgery he now feels younger...

Christmas Blessings from Our Home to Yours! Over the past few months four black squirrels have decided to fling themselves boldly from one of our evergreens in our backyard to another, a span of about eight feet.  I gasp every time I see them take on this dare devil fete as I am sure one of them will hit the ground unexpectedly.  Maybe they are trying to...