The day this paper is dropped off at your doorstep, the winds of March will already be with us, and…
Bits and Pieces
Patience
I’m beginning to lose my patience with my peacocks. On the other hand, what I know about…
Sunny nooks
Wow! What a beautiful fall we are having up here in cattle country! Occasional showers intermingled…
Busy and fun
This past week has been a busy and fun week for me. Although it has been snowing and blowing all…
Fergus and Elora experienced fires in May of 1930
Earlier in 2014 this column noted fires seem to occur in clusters. This week’s column deals…
Food chain
It was definitely an overcast sky – heavy mist still hung in shrouds over the valley –…
Optical illusions
Perhaps I’m losing it, who is to say? But lately I’ve been seeing things that appear at…
Wedding anniversary
The last weekend in March I was at a 25th wedding anniversary. It was for my son Earl and his…
Around and about
A couple of weeks or so just past a longtime friend of mine, once again, came up to see me. Neither…
Crazy and lazy
Tailing the last days of October, the weather showed up unbelievably warm. It was reminiscent of…
Tales out of school
It was late in the evening, about 9:30, on a Thursday, when my cell phone rang. I answered with my…
May 24th
The 24th of May is the Queen’s birthday; if we don’t get a holiday, we’ll all run…
Pine Siskin
Pine siskins (Spinus pinus) don’t often appear in urban gardens, so I was a little bit…
Country music
I’m back to listening to country music again. In my younger days, eons and eons ago, it was…
Bat house workshop
This past Saturday, as you all will now know, I was away almost all of the day. I was dragged…