2012-05-11 at 11:55
I’ve noticed something disturbing when I look at our bush.
While the poplar trees are flushing with yellow-green beginnings of spring leaf, the pine trees are, in many patches, turning brown. What gives?
It seems that nature is a tad confused. Spring came early, or... Read More
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2012-05-04 at NOON
So I was sitting in the comfy chair awaiting the coffee to have dripped into the pot. It was early morning and still dark outside.
One of the orange cats was nesting in my lap and, aside from the sound of the coffeemaker, all was quiet in Casa Jones. I had not yet completely thrown off all... Read More
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2012-04-27 at 17:03
So I’m driving Big Red, my diesel tractor, to the upper paddock.
On the front-end spear is a large round hay bale. The horses have cleaned up and they now need more. I’ve done this deed dozens and dozens of times without incident.
Except this time.
This time... Read More
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2012-04-19 at 11:40
So, I was going to devote this entire column telling you all about my bucolic saunter down to our beaver pond and how burgeoning green growth and spring-like, earthy smells assaulted my senses.
Then it snowed. And it blowed. But, I’m getting ahead of myself.
Saturday... Read More
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2012-04-05 at 16:28
My wife, Laura, has made a bet with me. She bet me a muffin and a coffee that if we were to get any more snow this spring, it would only be at most, two inches.
Laura is an optimist. Alas, I am not.
I’m not even cautiously optimistic. Based on experience... Read More
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2012-03-29 at 14:06
My wife, Laura, has made a bet with me. She bet me a muffin and a coffee that if we were to get any more snow this spring, it would only be at most, two inches.
Laura is an optimist. Alas, I am not.
I’m not even cautiously optimistic. Based on experience... Read More
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2012-03-23 at 14:58
Of course, the unusual and sudden blast of warmth possibly setting records for this time of year should have been a clue.
But, even the U.N. scientists have been warning us lo these past five to ten years that extremes would become the norm and the norm or what we’ve grown to accept... Read More
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2012-03-16 at 14:23
Well, it was a hoot. Though a week early (due to scheduling of the band), rural neighbours got together Sunday evening at our local community hall for fine food and incredible entertainment for an early St. Paddy’s Day festivity.
The event has been put on by our hall board folk spearheaded... Read More
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2012-03-09 at 11:32
So, it came in like a lamb, this month of March. Though grey and somewhat looking bleak, at least we had no fierce winds accompanied by any blizzard. That event occurred at the end of February.
We were supposed to receive all of that again but somehow it was our Duluth neighbours... Read More
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2012-02-24 at 11:24
Well, it happened.
Not to me, but to our friend, Jacquie. The entire front of her brand, new truck smashed, and by what?
A deer.
Jacquie was driving home from our farm one winter’s night not long ago when the incident occurred. She wasn’t hurt... Read More
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