When technology was different

I was thinking today of my days as a kid, at the cottage. The cottage was set on Lake Cebebe on Green Bay. In the early days, there was no electricity, so we lived with a wood stove, a hand pump for water, a fireplace, and oil lamps. We also lived without internet or any…

News from The Villa

You can tell that the weather is bringing us outdoors again. Lots going on around the neighbourhood, including a visit from the arborists to tend to the trees in the Villa. I first hired arborists as a DYS to tend to some our trees at Camp Selkirk and found it to be very beneficial. So…

Life around us

Birds of a feather flock together – that’s what I heard. At least a couple of my family think I’m nuts or OLD because I have a bird feeder. I love seeing the birds come to get the seed – even if they are only there for a moment. I recently bought a new bird…