Hawk eating pigeon

Well, I think it was a pigeon – he landed just outside my office window with lunch in his talons. It took him no time at all to leave little but a few feathers. It was fascinating if not a bit gruesome. We’ve had several birds of prey use the roof for resting, eating and…

Spruce Park Country Store

We had a lovely visit to the Spruce Park Country Garden and Coffee Shop, though in the midst of a pandemic it was clearly not set up to be a coffee shop/cafe. We took the round-a-bout route to get to this place as it is out in the country and it seemed unfit for wanting…

A wonderful garden centre

Despite the recent smoke in the air, we took a drive to this wonderful garden centre – about a 20 minutes drive from our house! Have I mentioned how easy it is to get around here? I mean 20 minutes in Toronto got us out of our neighbourhood….now 20 minutes means we’re 15 minutes out…