Winter Visit to the Beaver’s Larder. Tree Bark. Yum!
The temperature is heading for a thaw. So last chance to check my beaver lodge. Once the ice melts, there […]
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Grade VI Exam from 1881. Can You Do It?
So I was poking about in a old book about life in the 19th century and came across this exam
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Check Out My Guest Blog for Author M.H. Callway
Thriller author, M.H. Callway kindly asked me to be a guest on her ever intriguing blog. You can read it
Roadside Joys of Walking to School
Two miles of country road lay between my home and village school. There was only one house and long stretches
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Nieghbour Spotting Along the Road
We’ve had a bit of a January thaw this week, a good time for a fresh air hike along the
Plows of the Pioneers Still Mark the Land
Only on certain special days can you still see them, the marks left on the land by those first farmers
Deep in December and Still No Winter. Weird.
Yes, very weird. It was 11°C today and the forecast for Christmas Eve is 15°C (almost 60°F). Other than a
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Dead Things in the Country. Nature’s Recycle System.
Yes, life starts out cute. Baby robins, killdeer chicks, ultra adorable little red squirrels and, if you’re lucky enough to
My Collection of Fences. Line Up of History.
Walking around, I don’t think of fences much, except that they be in enough repair to keep the cattle in.
Winter Lies in Wait. First Light, Icy Touch.
Out riding my bike. Tiny white things bounce off my knees. What? What? The clouds have dandruff? I’m being pelted