Today Twenty Seventh has been closed much of the day from in front of our place south to beyond #2 as crews dig up the street. I presume they are doing the sewer connections for the pair of builds at #4, but they have also… Read More
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Group photo from banjo camp
This is the group photo from the 2017 Midwest Banjo Camp. I’m in there somewhere.
The little veggie garden that could
Our back yard is surrounded by mature spruce, a huge silver maple and a big old apple tree. It’s an unlikely place for a veggie garden. Ignoring the odds, we have two raised beds with veggies. Peppers and tomatoes are out of the question in… Read More
A fresh coat of paint
I put a fresh coat of paint on the 27th Street Book Box this morning. I kept the original book box and books rock signs and painted the box green. Same great selection of free books.
Speaking of peonies…
These ones in our front garden burst into bloom this morning.
Oshawa Peony Festival
Tuffy P posting today. I took a drive out to Oshawa this afternoon to take in the Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens and the 13th Annual Oshawa Peony Festival. Indoors, the judges tables fill half a hockey rink with seemingly every variety of peony. Outdoors, the… Read More
To the woods….
I took the dogs up to a favourite forest this morning. I was looking (unsuccessfully) for oyster mushrooms, Pleurotus populinus – the so-called aspen oyster. Normally they fruit around the beginning of June in my local forests. Last weekend I was away at banjo camp… Read More
A new (old) instrument on 27th Street
Sixty plus years ago, when my brother Joe (who I often refer to on this blog as my brother the trout, Salvelinus fontinalis) was a young boy and years before I was born, our grandpa – that’s our dad’s dad – gave my brother a… Read More
Pressure Bench
I’ve been thinking for some time that it would be really nice to have a another bench out front. We have one near the front stairs, which Tuffy P has just repainted yellow. Quite a few years ago we were given a lovely pressure bench… Read More
Kid in a candy store
I rolled into the drive at home last night at about 8:30 after a 6 hour drive back from the Midwest Banjo Camp in Olivet Michigan. Banjo camp is so much fun and such a great learning experience. It’s also a chance to meet loads… Read More
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