A new visitor surprised us in our backyard recently.  She was hanging upside down and pecking away at the suet feeder attached to one of our tree branches.  At first Gary and I thought it was a black squirrel that likes to do that too, but this winged creature was sporting a red crest or hoodie – so not a squirrel.  We were gob-smacked to realize it was a giant...

What will he think of next?  A bunch of feral cats live out of our neighbours’ barn because they feed them to keep the mice population down.  One young white and black cat awakens each day looking for trouble. We watched him one morning scampering up a very tall tree after a black squirrel. The next day we saw him easily climb up a tree to sniff out the suet...

We all love seeing decorated Christmas trees, no matter how big or small, inside or outside our homes, inside churches or outside in public squares.  This annual tradition can be traced back to the 700s when Monk St. Boniface in Germany wanted to find a symbol for the Christ Child.  He also hoped to try and stop the people from worshipping the oak tree...

Early Christmas Greetings Everyone! Gary came huffing and puffing through the front door early one morning from his regular walk around our village. He reported that he had seen about four water animals swimming and diving near the bridge that spans our Credit river.  He couldn’t determine whether they were otters or muskrats – a common misunderstanding.  So, I...

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. ...