Last week I received an email from one of my neighbours, with the subject line “mouse”.

Living up in the Great White North, fronting on a lake with treed/bush areas in behind makes for oodles of ‘wild’ critters roaming the area.  Deer, raccoons, skunks, mink, muskrats, beavers, red squirrels, chipmunks and…… mice.

They are quite numerous, but we just sort of live with them…outside that is.  But sometimes, one manages to find the front door of a house and marches inside like an uninvited relative showing up for dinner.

In this case, it was breakfast.  At 7 in the morning, … Read more...

Even though the calendar says September 5th, it definitely feels like Fall has arrived.  I awoke this morning to a cold breeze coming in the window that had been left open a crack overnight.  Brrrrr, no wonder I slept so good.  Nothing makes for a better sleep than being snuggled deep under a warm feather duvet, breathing fresh, clear, cool northern air.  I don’t remember sticking my leg out the covers once, normally one hangs out all night during summer.

As I climbed out of bed, I peeked out the window to check out the lake.  It was noisy most … Read more...