The other day we gave a container of oyster mushrooms to a friend, and miraculously, when the container came back it was full of home-made rhubarb crisp. Magic. I like magic a lot.

While I was out at dog park tonight, a few dog-owners had a discussion about how we might improve our dog park. It doesn’t seem to be a priority for the city, or for our current councillor. Yet, it has started to improve. Someone made us a gate. A welcome sign appeared. Someone else appropriated some junk to make a bench.  Who knows what may happen next? We sure could use a better gate and repairs to the fence by the road. Since it is located at a filtration plant, I wonder if it is possible to get water in there one day?

Some of us have spent some time in Mississauga dog parks, which have an active volunteer organization. Maybe we need something like that…a loose-knit association of Longbranch dog owners. Like in Mississauga, we could easily raise some money for improvements if everyone who joined kicked in a small donation. Perhaps candidates for Council would want to work with an association of dog owners? What do you think? Am I on to something here or am I barking up the wrong tree?