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Jun 2, 20233 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another beautiful May week with a little bit of everything, hot, cold, rain, shine, and wind, but the garden perennials are coming along...
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The Standard
May 25, 20235 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
The rain on Saturday probably left some pretty unhappy people when it curtailed some of their long weekend plans, but it was just what...
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The Standard
May 19, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
A beautiful Sunday! I hope all mothers and all motherers had a wonderful day of appreciation and pleasure on the special Sunday to honour...
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The Standard
May 12, 20233 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
A saying: “When we appreciate what we have, they appreciate!” (2 meanings) So, I guess we need to appreciate all this unappreciated rain...
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The Standard
May 3, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Well, isn't it fun watching the grass grow? What else can you do because it is too wet to get out and work in the garden or cut that...
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The Standard
Apr 27, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
When you read this, we will almost say goodbye to April, not apparently to the April showers. That one wonderful week of summer sure...
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The Standard
Apr 7, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
It seems impossible, but March is gone. Remember when you were younger and couldn't wait until you were older? Well, now I am older, and...
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The Standard
Mar 29, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
In the Lucy Maud Montgomery book “Anne of Ingleside,” Anne said, “Nothing ever seems impossible in Spring.” However, spring seems to be...
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The Standard
Mar 24, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Finally, Spring is here, at least by the calendar, if not the weather. We had spring-like weather back in January, but along with that...
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The Standard
Mar 17, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Sunday, March 12th, we lost an hour of sleep. I think I did pretty well, but I still yawned a great deal of the day. And now it's snowing...
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The Standard
Mar 9, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
March decided to come in like a lion! Not only was a great deal of snow dumped on a huge swath of southern Ontario, but he apparently...
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The Standard
Mar 3, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
The end of February; can it be already? And liturgically, we entered the Easter Season this past Sunday. It seems like we were just...
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The Standard
Feb 23, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Well, wasn't that a party! There was not a lot of yelling and hollering but a great deal of "hello, how are you?" and "great to see you"...
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The Standard
Feb 9, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Today, Sunday, was supposed to be the smallest full moon of the year, but of course, it was another cloudy day, so there was no moon to...
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The Standard
Feb 2, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another week of ups and downs, snow come, snow go. At least we can be happy the snow has not accumulated. Here’s looking at February and...
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The Standard
Jan 26, 20233 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Well, another week of clouds and above-normal temperatures, whatever that may be these days, with only those two beautiful days of sun in...
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The Standard
Jan 19, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
We are halfway through January 2023! We have had Spring, Fall and Winter again in those two weeks. In my last column, I left out one...
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Jan 12, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
It's 2023! Wow, will it be any better than 2022? Much of what made last year so bad is still around and not promising to disappear any...
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Jan 6, 20233 min read
ZEPHYR/SANDFORD by Pat Asling
So, here we are in another brand new year. By the time you read this, we will be almost at the end of the first week; before you know it,...
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