Memorandum Monday - March 14th

Linking in with Sian & the other Monday wavers at : From High In The Sky

New to me this weekend was what Mr Man calls an adventure.  We have both been feeling a little house bound & winter blah, so I pulled out one of the suggestions from our file of  Adventures To Be Had  & off we set  Saturday afternoon.  Of course all the errands & house duties had been seen to first.  Adventure guilt free!

We headed east of us, to a little hamlet called Glen Williams, or as the residences call it, The Glen.  Glen Williams lies quite close in a valley to the Credit River & has many hiking / walking trails. 

Glen Oven Bakery / Cafe in Glen Williams

I knew there was a bakery / cafe in The Glen,  which was our primary destination.  The sun was shining,  afternoon temperatures were on the rise to 14+ (c) so that when we arrived at Glen Oven Bakery, their patio was open &  filled with walkers from the near by conservation area out for an afternoon adventure.  The bakery part had a steady stream of regular customers buying their weekly bread needs.  The fresh baking smells were wonderful & I drew in deep breaths of carb delights & exhaled lost resolve.

The cafe section of the bakery was small with a few tables & chairs still available, so we chose the window table to sit at.  We shared a pot of tea, Mr Man had a blueberry scone & I a lemon cranberry scone.  The young lady at the counter had offered to warm the scones up & I was so glad, as the butter & jam just melted right into the flaky goodness.  Flaky but not crumbly & we both agreed that the scones tasted like more - so we did.

Tea & The First Lemon Cranberry Scone

After our second scone & draining the pot of tea, we headed out to wander.  First up an antique bookshop.  As soon as we walked in we both inhaled that old but clean book smell.  We rummaged upstairs & downstairs with the aid of the shop owner, who had lots of interesting stories about the books & local history.  There were two very detailed front window displays; on the left in celebration of upcoming St Patrick's Day, Irish authors & Irish history & general information books; on the right a beautiful display about Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables.  Lucy lived in neighbouring village, Norval, for about 6 years, writing several books while there.  A visit to Lucy's home & gardens are one of the Adventures To Be Had.

 Bookshop - Beaumont Mill Antiques & Collectibles

Upstairs in the bookshop

We then walked up the street to an artist mill which housed about 30 different talented folks.  There was glass blowing; jewelry making, fabric creations, painters in ink, pastels, oil & sketch; stone sculptors, meal works & photographers.  The piece that had us in awe was a very large metal elephant on the side of the building.  I will be using this piece of art later in the week for another blog post.

Entrance With Two Mill Buildings Housing The Artisans

Of all the art we had seen the one artist we most liked was Michele Rose,  While she was not present, she had several pieces of her works on display.  We both found her paintings to be very relaxing.  Our two favourite pieces.

Essex Village

Another Essex Village

After a couple hours of wandering through the artist mill,  we wandered the main street, to look at some of the many stately heritage homes & cottages, beautifully refurbished & tended to. Glen Williams downtown is an intersection of 3 roads & the majority of Glen Williams lies behind this intersection.  It is an area that has seen a lot of recent large home/lot development, so all the homes have gone up in value. It is very expensive to live here.

The Charles William Historical House

Main Street Cottage

Once back to the car, we decided to take the leisurely country roads drive home, feeling quite refreshed. A definite revisit to the bakery for another afternoon tea & single scone outing.

I do hope everyone has some adventures in joy planned for the week ahead.     

"I wandered everywhere, through cities & countries wide, & everywhere I went, the world was on my side."  Roman Payne

One Photo, 6 Words - March 11th:Day

Linking in with the other short story tellers at : Miriam's

This week's one word is Day.

You, Work Day, Us Play Date!

Snap - Fly Me To The Moon & Back

Snap Sagas Can Be Linked Through Helena

There is a small airport close by & they have a wonderful little cafe that we like to have breakfast at.  There are a lot of small planes coming & going in every season, it is particularly busy in the Autumn when many of the small planes are taking sight seers up to view the gorgeous Autumn colours of the surrounding countryside. There is also an air school teaching flying for the brave of heart with deep pockets.

On this winter day, there was a lot of activity to keep the runways open & clear for the air school's class of take off & landing practice.

Memorandum Monday - March 7th

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Sending belated wishes of Happy Mothering Sunday to all my British Friends.  This side of the pond we will celebrate Mother's Day on May 8th (always the 2nd Sunday of May).

Too Cold To Sit & Watch The World Go By

 What’s new from the patio?  Well the view from the patio is one of winter white (again).  There are lots of empty peanut shells that the squirrels & blue jays have left behind.  The new from the patio is that the bird song is changing, more of it & definitely more noisy.  The daylight  hours are increasing, earlier sun rises, longer to get to sunsets.  New hope.

 

One Of My Cheeky Blue Jays

Not a lot of new activity this week for me.  On Tuesday of last week, I was to attend a new group of ladies that would have been meeting for the first time, but was cancelled due to a snow storm that rolled in March 1^st – in like a Lion. Brrrr

View From The Window Looking West Across The Fields

I came across this from Andrea Scher’s blog & although I have not enrolled, I am intrigued. “I fiercely believe that blogging is still the best way to grow your audience and find your tribe. So it is in the spirit of community, of not having to go it alone, of being able to share our work with a group of open-hearted souls that this course was born.”  .  This is the link to learn more about the workshop: Brave Blogging

I hope that everyone has wonderful, enriching adventures in the week ahead. "when ever I have a problem, I sing, which makes me realize that my singing is worse than my problem"

View From The Patio Looking West Through The Garden To The Fields

One Photo, 6 Words - March 4th; Write

Each Friday from Miriam's list of words, the idea is to make a six word story with one photo. You can link in with the other short story tellers at : miriam's

This week's word is Write.

Write to understand, then give thanks.

 

Snap - Crazy Leaping Socks

Linking in With Helena at: Snap
Have a look see what others have snapped in a collection of 2-4 photos.

Monday, February 29th was Crazy Sock Day at the clinic I work at.  It was our way of celebrating Leap Year Day.  

I give you four pairs of my crazy socks;

Cat Socks

Heart Socks

Glowing Pink Socks

Jazzy Dot Socks

WPSH - Round 3

Linking in with Eileen & Joy's Winter Photo Scavenger Hunt at:  WPSH

My entries today are:

#10 - Windy Day: Charlie really struggled this day to not get blown over in the high winds.

#12 - Fancy Button(s):  I bought with no idea as to where I would use

#13- Street Art:  I am not a fan of street art, although I think there are some real talented people doing this, I still see it as vandalization of property that does not belong to them.

#14 - Afternoon Tea: my new teapot that Santa brought for me - Be Awesome Today

#17 - Ladder(s);  The ladder in the woods made me laugh; it is chained to the tree along with a wheelbarrow, on some abandoned property, but the ladder in the stairwell was a really big ladder.

  #20 - Cutlery:  from Christmas dinner