"I think I'll just hang-out here in the toys."

Solitude

Your Smile for today ~

"The advantage of living on a farm is that cows and chickens don't come in and urge you to play bridge when you'd rather read."
~ Evan Esar, b. 1899. American humorist.

"Most of us who go to the country from a city background have some nostalgia for the old ways, even if it only manifests itself in a wagon wheel hung over the gate and an expensive field-stone fireplace and a deluxe edition of Walden on the coffee table."
~ John Graves, b. 1920. American writer.

Having spent our entire childhood on a farm in Southern Ontario, we frequently escape to the countryside for solitude. In fact, we still go home.

Sounds of a Stream

Original Sounds of a stream ~ before the days of streaming.

Forks of the Credit River

Along the Bruce Trail, Caledon Hills, Ontario http://brucetrail.org/

The Bruce Trail Conservancy spent $1.7 million on land acqusitions during 2008, preserving over 800 additional acres of the Niagara Escarpment.

Photo: View from the escarpment across the Credit River, Caledon Hills.

http://brucetrail.org/

Along the Bruce Trail in Caledon Hills

One of the few remaining Canadian railways with replacement ties and fresh gravel.

http://brucetrail.org/ The Canadian autumn may be the most picturesque season for hiking on the Bruce Trail. Our day trip was almost too late this year; many of the leaves have fallen.

Photos: by Lorna

Beowulf

Mike Walton of Cayuga has written what could arguably be the best translation of the early Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf.

Many of us have seen the modern movie version of the Old English poem ~ the first major poem in a European vernacular language.

Beowulf, a hero in Scandinavian folklore, defeats the monster Grendel and fights to his death with a dragon. A beautifully bound hardcover, Beowulf Anglo-Saxon epic in modern English is the perfect gift for the legend reader on your Christmas list.

First editions available at The Neat Little Bookshop.

We will have more information on this extraordinary book.