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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
... of leaves that seems never-ending despite the numerous wheelbarrows I wheel away. Hours disappeared as I loaded barrow after barrow, then created a compost heap from the leaves, horse manure, hay, and composted kitchen waste; Emily had said to layer it as though I was creating a lasagne, but the slimy, pungent creation wasn’t anything I’d serve in a kitchen. The smell was made worse by the unexpected warm November day, a day when sunglasses were the necessary and ...
Do Country Folk Not Watch Horror Movies?
... meant it wasn’t a solid six and a half hours on the job; my first distraction job was fixing the fence Beautiful had torn off last night. Cameron and Emily had done the hard work of reattaching the fence, but my job was to re-tag the lines and put on new, or recovered from the thorn-covered bushes, insulators along the two-hundred-feet of line.
After walking along the line and using up both rolls of tape I retreated to my raking task, getting so caught ...
Dennis, The Fire Truck Or The Fire-Fighter?
... br> In years to come, I don’t think I’ll be nostalgic for the multiple presents aging Willa left for me to pick up and flush, but I can certainly see how blurring the images in the same way cataracts does can make the past seem a whole lot more favourable. It’s lovely to look back, or forward, but do it too often and you risk losing the joy of today.
I found a tick on Willa after dinner, and after getting the tick-removal ...
Ticks 'N' Rocks
... anything regarding fire-fighters was not lost on me.
Besides Peter and Shirley, we were also met by Jerry and Claudette, and their niece Katie, and we all followed the sun-kissed trail up to Rock Dunder, passing by Whitefish Lake on our way to the rocks, and looked out over Morton Bay, surrounded by the last remaining colours of autumn before winter has its wicked way. As I edged out onto a rock that I’m not sure was Rock Dunder or just ...
Christmas trees and local corn
A beautiful hot day for riding.. note to self: more sunscreen required. Set out from Travelodge Pembroke this morning in glorious sunshine and took a very scenic ride through Calabogie ending at Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree Farm in Perth. Owner Martin White, who has participated in the Ottawa Ride for Dad for a few years, hosted us for a feast of roast beef and locally grown corn on the cob and fresh fruit.. a welcome change from hamburgers and hot dogs. Martin ...



