Jack Antler (that’s me on clawhammer banjo and Ted Myerscough on guitar) will be busking in the gazebo at Lake Shore and Eighth St. in New Toronto (north side) on Sunday between 2 and 3:30 pm – courtesy of the Lakeshore Village BIA. If you’re… Read More
A friend’s mom passed the other day and so this morning we zoomed up to Markham for the funeral service and burial. At the cemetery, although there was little wind, the cold was biting. By the time we returned home to Long Branch, though, it… Read More
Early this morning, I took The Partners out for some doggy social time at Jack Darling Park. After they tired themselves out goofing around with new friends, I dropped them off at home, picked up my camera and walked over to Sam Smith Park to… Read More
What a beautiful morning to be out with the partners. This photo was taken from the shore by the water filtration plant next to Sam Smith Park – looking south-west. Sunny, just a little bit cool. Perfect. We walked through the field behind the yacht… Read More
The Long Branch by the lake Garden Tour 2016 is a Garden Days official activity and is now listed on the website. Garden Days is Canada’s Coast to Coast to Coast, three-day celebration of our National Garden Day held each year the Friday before Father’s… Read More
What a beautiful day. Temperatures are well about freezing today and it feels like spring. Hard to believe just last week it was -30 (minus a million with the wind chill). I took advantage of the warmer weather and did a repair job on our… Read More
….and Tuffy P and her friend Nadia are behind it. Tuffy P (AKA Sheila Gregory in the real world) started a Garden Tour blog. Check it out. I’ll be providing the banjo music here at 27th Street.
Tuffy P (AKA Sheila Gregory) and her friend Nadia Stelmach are organizing the first Long Branch by the lake Garden Tour for June 18, 2016. Right now Tuffy is working on setting up a blog site for the event. A number of gardeners in… Read More
Yesterday late afternoon, the last front yard tree was taken down across the street at number 6. It looks from here like he’s left one poplar tree in the back. All of Alma’s extensive shrubbery has been run through a chipper and is gone. This… Read More
These beautiful yellow flowers come from our neighbour’s garden across the street, but we don’t know where she got them (the other day she asked if they came from our garden). They look like some variety of yellow primrose. These are really showy when they… Read More
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