Author: Maggie Turner

It is very noisy here today! Chainsaws and chippers, are noisy pieces of equipment. Today the neighbours are having the dead tree beside our house and drive taken down. They watched the fellow who took our dead ash tree down a few weeks ago, and were impressed, and were inspired to have their dead ash… Continue reading Another Tree Gone

I spend all of my time doing things I am good at, well mostly anyway. I have developed skills, and enjoy these projects and activities. It is a good life. At one point in my life I spent my time doing things that I excelled at, things I was passionate about. I remember that passion,… Continue reading Other Lives

I spend most of my time alone, with the exception of Ginger the cat, who is very good company, although he sleeps a lot. I love the peaceful, conflict free quiet of my home, a place where I live with someone who likes, loves, and respects me. When I feel like company I often listen… Continue reading Amusement and Company

Today the smoke from the wildfires in Quebec has cleared here, at least for now. The sun is shining, and the day is warm and breezy. Attila is out in the garden beginning to transplant his starts from the greenhouses to the soil. He has installed a support fence with t-bars and remesh for the… Continue reading A Clear Day

Over the last weeks Attila has been spending a lot of time trimming the lower branches from the dead ash tree in the back yard. Once that was done, we assessed the tree, and the project of felling it, and decided to bring in the professional. We hired the fellow who felled the huge dead… Continue reading The Widowmaker is Down