Tag: Get Out
Get Out – Seeing is Believing? Not Necessarily!
It is always my intention with this column to excite and interest readers in exploring the great outdoors. There is never a guarantee that you will see anything interesting or exciting but there’s always…
Looking back and forward
No this isn’t January anymore, the month named for Janus, the Roman god with two faces, who could look back and forward at the same time. But it seems to make sense to me,…
What Next?!
Thunderstorms and heavy rain in February?! This is really turning out to be a very odd and changeable year. And March looks set to continue this lack of pattern. But we must make the…
O Canada! Where Pines and Maples Grow
Life is full of surprises. And a surprise for me recently was that my last column (Giants among Us, January 2017) elicited the most comments from readers yet. But why was I surprised? Trees…
Giants Among Us
The first rays of sunlight were lighting up the branches of the trees behind my house, and the half-moon was still visible in the sky, when it struck me that trees would be a…
For a Winter’s Day
The new and improved Times is wonderful and I hear it’s working for owner and editor, Karen Graham. But for my column it is making me wonder about the focus and direction of my…
Get Out – All of Our Senses
After what seemed like a summer that would never end, we have had fall colour as good as ever. And now the trees are almost bare and the first flakes of snow have fallen.…
The Small Things
It seems to me that often it’s the small things in life that really give our life meaning and stability: a beloved pet, a kind word from a friend, a pair of old, but…
Get Out! – Creatures Great and Small
A beautiful rain is falling as I sit writing this column, and I am joyful! All farmers and gardeners will be smiling. Before the heat and dryness came some of us wondered if the…