I recently signed up for a series of nature walks through the local school board. There will be 9 walks in this session, one each week, and each walk at a different location in the Toronto area. Today was the first walk and it took… Read More
Thanks to the fantastic folks at West Toronto Veterinary Surgery for sending along recovery photos of our Ruby.
Our younger Newf Ruby had her second TPLO surgery this morning, this time to repair her right knee, and she is recovering fine. I should be able to bring her home tomorrow afternoon. TPLO = tibial-plateau-leveling-osteotomy. It’s a procedure in which they cut a portion… Read More
What sad news. See the details at the Friends of Sam Smith Park site.
At the Long Branch by the Lake Garden Tour, visitors will have a chance to ask local gardeners all about their gardens. The character of any garden reflects the personality, experience and interests of the person who tends it. Long Branch gardener Sandie Kilian has… Read More
We’re a group of over 35 gardeners in the Toronto community of Long Branch and we’re really excited because on Saturday June 23, we’ll be putting on one of the biggest free garden tours our city has seen. Planning is well under way, but there’s… Read More
It’s time for our young Newf Ruby to get her second knee surgery to fix the torn ligament on her right hind leg. Her left leg continues to get strong after that knee was repaired. She’s scheduled to get it done next Tuesday, March 10,… Read More
I never paid much attention to where I shopped for groceries until I left the workaday world. These days I do a good deal of our grocery shopping though and somewhere along the way I started paying attention. I do over half of our shopping… Read More
Crazy winds this afternoon here in Long Branch. A few gusts have been strong enough to cause the window panes to vibrate. One fairly small branch came down from the honey locust out front a while ago, but so far everything else is intact. I… Read More
27th Street 