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Snow Buntings

Look for snow buntings every winter, across the windswept fields of Dufferin, Wellington and other open country settings in southern Ontario.

Feb 7, 2014

Gaining Weight and Losing Pants

I keep trying to lose weight but it keeps finding me.
Author Unknown

Feb 5, 2014

Resolution Roadblock

I used to think city driving was difficult. It didn’t take me long to discover that rural driving has its own unique set of challenges. Let me elaborate…

Jan 6, 2014

Snowy Owls

Hungry snowy owls looking for food in the hills.

Jan 2, 2014

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

Christmas is not really about the tree. It’s about the people that surround the tree – and “home” is wherever you feel loved.

Dec 19, 2013

Groundhogs

Have groundhogs learned the ability to look both ways before crossing?

Dec 9, 2013

A Bee or not a Bee? That is the question.

Our understanding of the natural world is often rather muddled. Calling a yellow-jacket a bee is like calling a fox a woodchuck.

Nov 11, 2013

No Time for Banana Bread

Little did we know we would slowly discover that “country folk” are the hardest working people on the face of the Earth.

Nov 6, 2013

Chocolate Mousse

Adapt and customize to your dietary preferences – dairy free, gluten free or nut free.

Nov 1, 2013

Red-backed salamander

Red-backed salamanders are abundant, outnumbering all of the reptiles, rodents and birds that share their forest habitat.

Oct 17, 2013

Goldfinches

Don’t worry about deadheading your perennials after they flower – allow them to go to seed and provide succor to goldfinches and other birds.

Sep 18, 2013

Name that Blog

After assessing all the blog names that I could find, I still couldn’t come up with something uniquely personal. I was starting to get discouraged.

Sep 9, 2013