Although I do most of our grocery shopping at our local No Frills, about once each week I venture up to Dixie and Bloor to shop and my fave Asian market, called Grants (yes there is a picture of General Grant on the sign, accompanied… Read More
The house finches disappeared for a couple weeks, but they’re back! These days there are mourning doves around just about every day. The house sparrows are enjoying the community housing units above the deck.
The other lions are having a morning nap but Bugs is feeling a bit peckish, and is demanding kibble. Grace-a-roo is on her throne in the dining room….
A daily highlight for me so far in 2019 has been checking out Patti Kusturok’s 365 days of fiddle tunes. What a generous effort by one of our greatest fiddle players. Here she is with Day 35, Grey Owl by John Arcand. If you haven’t… Read More
In our home, there’s a room above the garage where we hang out – we call it The Treehouse. It’s 8 or 9 steps above the main floor of the house. George hadn’t joined us up there since Saturday because of his injured paw. That… Read More
Between the ice and the salt, winter is hard on paws. Last week both Ruby and George developed raw paw pads. On Saturday morning though, George couldn’t put any weight at all on his front right paw. Now George is a big boy, and not… Read More
What a cold morning for a nature walk! Today I met up with Miles Hearn and our weekly nature walk group just down the street at Colonel Sam Smith Park. I bundled up well, with long johns, thermal socks, my old postal dock liner, a… Read More
It’s funny how sometimes you don’t really notice certain things until you really slow down and look. For instance, I used to walk through many forests on my way to trout streams and never noticed the world of fungi all around me, until I started… Read More
27th Street 