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Nov
06
2009

Winter…on the Approach to Orillia

I am so not looking forward this. The summer days fled before they even had a chance to take hold. Where was summer this year? What happened to it…it was too little, too late, too short, too cold. A lot of “too’s” for one season. Somewhere along the [...]

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Apr
14
2009

The Floodgates & Other Things

Last week (April 8th to be exact) we decided to take a run out around the townships, more just to get out for a while and away from the house.  The newspaper had reported rising waters around Lake St. John and the Black River, so we went to have a look.
 
Some areas were pretty bad…a [...]

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Apr
03
2009

Have We Made It Yet?

Is it possible? Have we finally seen the end of the worst part of winter? We went through April Fool’s day without a snowstorm…we generally get one. For the moment, the huge amount of snow in Orillia is pretty much melted. And it’s a relief to finally see the end of it. I haven’t [...]

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Jan
01
2009

It’s the New Year…and time for a new year

December was a frantic and hectic month. It seems that everything ran late, but we did manage to get finished – just in time.
The livingroom carpet was replaced with wood flooring, thanks to the labour  of our two sons-in-law, and it looks amazing. It’s so much easier to clean than the white carpet, and [...]

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