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...

Quid et Quo Greetings! “Quid pro quo” is a Latin phrase we have been bombarded with over this past month from our neighbours to the south. Can you say it five times? Even experienced news reporters and politicians catch their tongues stumbling over it. I barely remember anything from my high school days when I did manage to pass Latin. The translation, however, is...

Hi there! The salmon are back in Churchville; it’s their time to return.  Gary and I stood on our bridge over the Credit River one evening last week at dusk and spied two three-foot gray salmon fighting against the strong current in the lower, dark water. They were travelling upstream to a spawning spot after three years of maturing in Lake Ontario.  The...

Greetings on this Labour Day Weekend! It was a momentous Sunday afternoon in July this year when our son-in-law, Chris along with our daughter, Sara, and their three daughters journeyed to Fort Erie, Ontario to meet his birth mother plus a brother and sister for the first time. Chris had earlier on located her and realized they had lived in Fort Erie for many years...

Hi there:  “It worked!” exclaimed our six-year-old granddaughter, Sophia.  She was concerned about her aunt whom I mentioned about last month and her fractured ankle which caused serious blood clots.  After a few terrible days in the hospital, our daughter Rebekah was home and feeling much better.  Sophia had prayed with her teacher, her mom and...

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