Tag: June 2021
Re: Take a Hike – the Millbrook Valley Trails
I read with interest the feature on the Millbrook Valley Trails, of which I am a huge fan. We truly do have a wonderful outdoor resource here, skillfully developed and maintained by committed and…
This New World!
For a long time the changes brought by technology have been creeping up on us. Rather than fighting it, I have dabbled in the internet. Skype brings me my Vancouver grandchildren. I can’t hug…
Tree Stump Village on Stewart Line
After the township cleared the ditch along Stewart Line, John Workman was inspired to create a gnome home from one of the stumps. Things evolved from there. He traded some tools for the mushroom…
Summer Reading is in Sight!
Summer reading holds a special place in the lives of many of our patrons, young and old. Summer may look a little different again this year, but we have got you covered for all…
Common Ground – June 2021
“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.” Lucy Maud Montgomery At the end of spring and beginning of summer the poets narcissus is the…
A Village Tree
If you venture onto Medd’s Mountain and “start low and go slow” you will find a small path on the lower trail that leads to a bench at the water’s edge where Baxter Creek…
Follow the Yellow Fish Road…. to Millbrook
Early this fall of 2021, Trout Unlimited Millbrook, partnering with Otonabee Region Conservation Authority and Girl Guide Canada, will bring to the community the Yellow Fish Road ProgramTM. This unique program builds on caring…
Life and Laughs Around the Legion
My introduction to the Gravenhurst Cenotaph was as a member of the Junior Band following WWII. The weather was usually cold, even snowing. The date was, and is, traditional: the 11th hour of the…
Ticks Are Back — and so is the risk of Lyme Disease
Taking a hike is good for both physical and mental health, but in that glorious outdoors lies a microscopic predator that could turn that effort into something that threatens rather than boosts your health.…