Hi there! It is finally finished and lookin’ great!  I have hung up my exterior paint brush after sprucing up our front porch for the past two months which I mentioned in my blog last month. I’m just in time for colder days ahead.  I really like working systematically or this project would have become too overwhelming since our porch is rather large.  How about you...

Hello! Are you familiar with Terre Bleu Lavendar farm located northwest of Milton?  Gary and I visited there this past August.  This farm is a very relaxing, peaceful place with its 35,000 lavendar plants, some English and some French. A unique feature standing at the top of a hill of one of the fields is a yellow door.  You some how are compelled to line up with...

Hi again! What was the red colour that caught my eye as I walked past the purple planter that was sitting on our front porch on a chair?  I had planted purple and white pansies there early in the spring. (By the way I recently learned that if you deadhead the old pansy flowers the plant won’t become so straggly and more flowers will continue to appear. ...

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...