Some songs just have it all. This one is not only a hobo song, it’s also a yodeling tune…and as a bonus, it features Wilf Carter AKA Montana Slim, Canada’s first country music star. However, that isn’t my favourite Wilf Carter tune. My favourite Wilf… Read More
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Canoe
We’ve been talking about making a canoe garden in the front yard, and since we’re having a path made across the yard, we’re thinking of integrating the canoe and the path. The only trouble with this scheme is that we didn’t own a canoe. That… Read More
The Soul of the Tango
The Bandoneon…
How to tune an accordion….
It’s easy….just take your accordion down to your local accordion repair guy, give him some money and some time and pick up your box when he’s done.
Let’s visit an accordion factory…
Courtesy of auclan who provided this video to YouTube…
The Artist
The idea of the artist has changed some over the years. Now, when we hear somebody talking about an artist on television or radio, most times they’re talking about singers or members of bands that have recording contracts or sometimes other celebrities. I suppose Pop… Read More
Leading you down the garden path….
We have a little wooded area in the back of the backyard. I cleaned up the path a little bit today.
Mrs. Goose
Mrs. Goose waddled over to the checkerboard garden to be closer to her pal, Lamb.
Garden Tour
We spent the day on a garden tour up in the Creemore area of Ontario. In all we visited five private gardens, mostly extraordinary. Here’s a sampling of what we saw today.
A Search Question
Somebody landed on this blog after searching the question, “are blue-staining boletes edible”? I thought I should weigh in on this before the searcher goes collecting. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, boletes are those mushrooms that have pores rather than gills… Read More