Hello there! One day while out walking, our neighbour led Gary and I to the bridge over our Credit river in Churchville.  He told us to look at a Weeping Willow branch hanging over the bank by his backyard.  About 20 feet up the branch from the water he had discovered a bird’s nest the size of a softball buried within the leaves.  The nest belongs to a Baltimore...

Happy Canada Day Everyone! A few years ago, a young teenaged driver took the hill on our Churchville road too sharply and landed in our front lawn.  Our tall weeping evergreen was hit and laid low.  Gary propped it up with a steel post and rope.  Recently he decided the tree was strong enough to take out the post.  After struggling some time, he knew he couldn’t get...

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...