Yesterday between 6:00 and 6:30 pm, I was with the dogs in the dog park at the filtration plant, next to Sam Smith Park. I was talking to the owner of another Newfoundland who comes to the park when we noticed this helicopter getting lower… Read More
A large hawk was flying around Long Branch today. I watched it way up there as I took the dogs out for their run. It was too far away for me to tell what exactly it was. Let’s just say it was a heaping big… Read More
I mentioned a few days ago that there’s going to be a grilled cheese joint opening up in Long Branch. They open on the 15th and they have their website up now. The menu looks good, and I’m looking forward to stopping in for a… Read More
There’s just enough snow on the ground to bring out the kids with every kind of toboggan, sled, chunk of plastic you can think of to slide down the hill at the Filtration Plant.
We took the dogs out for a good walk this afternoon and took some photos of Hallowe’en prep around the neighbourhood.
This is at the RL Clark Filtration Plant, taken from the leash-free park. Some kids made a great snowman up at the top of the hill. We had to walk up for a look.
After I finished shoveling this morning, my old friend A came by and we went down the road to Around the Corner for breakfast. Tuffy P volunteers Sunday mornings at a nursing home so this was “boys breakfast out”. Around the Corner is a breakfast… Read More
We had just taken the dogs for a quick romp at the park down the street and were walking home, when an oncoming car swerved across the road and crashed into a tree on our side of the road, just past our street. We were… Read More
Yesterday some guy had dinner in the Swiss Chalet just up the road from here on Queensway. After dinner, he apparently showed the waitress a gun and a note requesting that the restaurant be evacuated. He allegedly held the manager there for a few hours… Read More
A thank you goes out to Finny’s Friend for letting me know about this event. He sent me the poster with the following comment: “With responsible behaviour always at the forefront birders and dog lovers can not just coexist but advance causes of mutual interest.”… Read More
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