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. ...

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...