Green Acres Inn Kingston
2480 Princess Street Kingston, Ontario, K7M 3G4, Canada
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
... from raking on my hands I was getting ready for my imminent return to rowing and the inevitable calloused hands.
To continue the water theme, I watched Whale Rider, brilliant not only because it was set in my one of my favourite countries, and of course current holders of the Rugby World Cup, New Zealand, but because it’s about a girl being refused teaching because she is a girl, of course proving any doubting Thomases wrong in the end by triumphing over adversity. ...
Do Country Folk Not Watch Horror Movies?
... fears I had of the descent, especially as I was not only alone in the countryside but going into a dark basement; when waiting down there for Emily to start some washing yesterday I’d rushed upstairs when thoughts of horror movies and scary stories made me so unnerved I couldn’t bear to stand looking up at the doors that someone might close and lock me down there forever. Nothing so dramatic happened today, and as Zelda accompanied me on every delivery I felt ...
Dennis, The Fire Truck Or The Fire-Fighter?
... thought I’d irreversibly damaged the vacuum when a crunching sound filled the air, only to find some teeth and what looked like a wishbone on the floor; Emily also heard the noises and came to investigate, where we soon surmised that the deer skull Cameron had found on Saturday night had also been found by Zelda in the kitchen, and quickly eaten. Oh the joys of country living.
When I’d shovelled enough manure and raked enough leaves ...
Ticks 'N' Rocks
... all that fuel I had for breakfast.
On the way down I chatted with Katie, whose sister and brother-in-law live in New Zealand, and who lived in Malawi for a while, so of course travel stories made the descent a lot quicker than I expected. We stopped every so often to make sure we hadn’t lost the rest of the group before beating the sunset and making our way over to a local farmer’s market called Wendy’s, owned by, you guessed it, ...
The Final Farm
... carrots out of my coat pocket, and proceeded to wipe her runny nose on my jacket in the process.
It was finally time to head in, and whilst it wasn’t necessary for me to have been in the cold, there’s just something about horses that makes them a pleasure to be around; a cup of cocoa made with soy milk and butter ended my first night at Emily and Cameron’s farm, which became much more drinkable with a little sugar, and soon had me ready for the land of nod. ...



