Pat Asling SPECIAL TO THE STANDARD What a gorgeous day we had on Sunday, so cold but blue sky , no wind and the sun shining! The rest of...

November- the mid-berrrrr month! You know, as its cold outside already! Well we have had a bit of warm weather but isn’t it strange that...

By Pat Asling Well friends, we have had another lovely spell of summer weather which quickly came to an end. We can all hope we will get...

By Pat Asling As I write this I am thinking about my flowers and the frost that is forecast to come. The ones on the deck are covered but...

By Pat Asling We have had another touch of fall weather and once again the worst seems to happen on the weekend; Sunday in particular was...

By Pat Asling Here is an interesting Thanksgiving poem to start by Lydia Maria Child Thanksgiving Day Over the river, and through the...

By Pat Asling Here we are in October and with such beautiful weather as we have been blessed to enjoy, we can only hope that it...

By Pat Asling What a lovely week as we transitioned from summer into autumn. Where did summer go is the question? Seems like only...

By Pat Asling Another interesting week and one which showed us we are definitely moving into the autumn season! A couple of really cool...

by Pat Asling What a busy week it has been, sandwiched in, as it was, between Port Perry and Uxbridge Fairs. Some families from here...

by Pat Asling Here we are starting another month. Since I am writing this a week ahead, there won't be any birthdays etc, but I will...

by Pat Asling Well, Summer is coming to a close. After all the early heat, the last week has seemed quite cool, downright cold that one...

By Pat Asling My apologies again; this should have been last week, so here we are with additions. What a wet week. My farm friends and...

By Pat Asling My apologies, as this is last week's news, but still mostly relevant. This week will come next week. A little bit of...

By Pat Asling A little bit of everything again this week, more rain, although we really didn't need it, lots of sun at other times and...

By Pat Asling The weather may have dampened a few activities even though so much is happening all around us. What was forecast as a "dry...

by Pat Asling This past week broke all records for heat for several days and collectively, yet when I decided to go to my brother's...

Summer is well on its way, and already we have had a little bit of everything. Be thankful we are not in Alberta, where they had quite an...

Wow, this week we start summer already! Of course, when that happens, we also start to get shorter days. Remember when summer evenings...

June is busting out all over. The spring ephemerals have faded away, and now the real beauties are taking over the iris, peonies,...