Regular visitors here at the land of milk and honey know that our older Newfoundland, Ellie Mae, has had problems with her back right leg – to the point where she couldn’t put any weight on it at all. We had X-rays done, and she… Read More
We’re continuing to see plenty of activity at the book box. A number of people have left encouraging notes for us – thank you! I see a Henning Mankell title in there for all the Nordic Noir fans out there (I love those Kurt Wallander… Read More
Yes, Aaron our square dance caller (yes, we had a square dance!) came to the party in his learn-to-square-dance-mobile. Usual Suspects…. There was even a little banjo-guitar jam… This year the soiree was at Kate and Leon’s place and they hosted an excellent party. Neighbours… Read More
…it matters that you get out and vote. There is a provinical byelection coming up in my area. We live in a high profile riding, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, formerly held by Laurel Broten. We’ve been innundated by robo-polls and even robo-calls by one of the candidates. Two… Read More
We had quite a storm last night. Lots of flooding in the city. Power was out for hours. We had a month and a half’s worth of rain in a couple hours. Fortunately, the rain stayed outside!
I was reading my favourite Zombie’s post about Calgary after the flood. It’s been a while since I’ve been out that way, but I always have a great time every time I’m there. Never mind that one of the best trout rivers in North America… Read More
Ellie Mae LOVES drinking from hoses, sprinklers, faucets, any kind of running water.
I traced a big circle by car. I began by driving to Sarnia and crossing into Michigan. West to Flint, and on the I-75, straight north up the Lower Peninsula to the Mackinac (that’s Mackinaw) bridge and Upper Michigan. On the UP, I made a… Read More
At the Christie show today, I bought a junker 4-string banjo with a project in mind. When I get around to it (I’m going to finish the mountain banjo I’m working on and make a couple gourd banjos first), I’m going to fix it up… Read More
I came across a remarkable video this evening, shared by doghousedonnie It features some home movie footage of a Saturday night wedding celebration at Keon’s Hotel in Chapeau Quebec and a live recording of the wonderful Mac Beattie and his Ottawa Valley Melodiers performing Saturday… Read More
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