Found during renos on our rental property… ICK! This is NOT a Rat on a Stick. It is a dead dried rat that Duncan is holding by the tail!!!
Category: Nature
July 2009 – Bees in my pants…
OK. So it was just one bee. And it was in my trousers not my pants (pants in England would be my knickers or as Canadians call them panties). Anyway, enough about underwear. And sorry, I don't have a photo of this. And thankfully I was not wearing a thong/g-string that morning or my mother-in-law…
July 2009 – Food List – Anyone need a pea?
Steps Towards Self-Suffiency… We've just finished watching that "The Good Life", a 1970's series about self-sufficiency in Surbiton, London. Just as many of the (literal) fruits of our labours seemed to present themselves for eating. So, if you're curious what has kept us so busy here is an alphabetical list of our food growing and status! And although…
May 2009 – Ants and Archways!
Some photo highlights of our daily dog walk! Reading left to right, then top to bottom. 1) The archway at the beginning of our walk 2) The wood ants nest 3) Trillium lillies (endangered). They go pink as the flower ages 4) The Beaver Dam (the biggest and now one of at least 3 in…
Day 347 – April 24th 2009 – Mouse Clearance
We're not ready to die… So, I took the day off today (from Coaching Tools and writing) to clear out our hall. Upon further investigation, it seems that the 'hantavirus' carried by the very cute deer mouse is not food poisoning/stomach-related – but a pulmonary virus. Of the people who have to go to hospital…