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ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
One week into February! A little more winters and they are talking polar vortex. A cousin who lives in Fort McMurray, Alberta, said it is...
Colleen Green
Feb 11, 20213 min read


SEAGRAVE by Barb Martyn
Well, we are now in the month of February, and Wiarton Willie the groundhog, has predicted an early spring. It is easy these days, to get...
Colleen Green
Feb 11, 20212 min read
PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Hope everyone is finding things to keep them busy during this stay-at-home order. This is a hard time for everyone. Start a new hobby,...
Colleen Green
Feb 5, 20211 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
January-gone! It will be almost a quarter of the way into February before you read. Do you realize that February 17th is Ash Wednesday...
Colleen Green
Feb 5, 20213 min read
SEAGRAVE by Barb Martyn
This past weekend the weather was brisk, but sunny and pleasant. In the Palmer Park area, there were people walking, children in the...
Colleen Green
Feb 5, 20212 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Here we are, almost at the end of January. It will be interesting to see what the amount of precipitation and sunlight hours have been....
Colleen Green
Jan 28, 20213 min read
PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Hope everyone is finding things to keep them busy during this stay at home order. This is a hard time for everyone. Start a new hobby,...
Colleen Green
Jan 28, 20211 min read
SEAGRAVE by Barb Martyn
Space between us can keep us safe. As we keep 6 feet, two meters apart, let’s remember the literal distance is temporary. We isolate now,...
Colleen Green
Jan 28, 20212 min read
BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
Sincere condolences to all family and friends of Joyce Kelly who passed away on Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 in her 88th year. Joyce will...
Colleen Green
Jan 28, 20211 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Where, oh where, did the sun go? It tried a couple of days but just couldn’t overcome the cloud. Much like the lockdown we are in so far...
Colleen Green
Jan 21, 20213 min read


BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
The Blackstock Agriculture Society has an entry featured in the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies (OAAS) 175th Anniversary...
Colleen Green
Jan 21, 20211 min read


SEAGRAVE by Barb Martyn
On January 19th, Jean and Ross Short will be moving to the Bethany area. Jean and Ross were both born in Seagrave, and have lived in this...
Colleen Green
Jan 21, 20212 min read


Zephyr/Sandford by Patricia Asling
Wasn’t it wonderful to have three whole days of sunshine? I think it was a mirage, a figment of our imagination, because it was certainly...
Colleen Green
Jan 14, 20213 min read


Seagrave by Barb Martyn
A golden light at the end of a sunny winter’s day captures a moment of beauty in a glorious sunset, and this occurred on both Friday and...
Colleen Green
Jan 14, 20212 min read


Pontypool by Coralee MacDonald
I know it can be very stressful for some families now that online schooling for children has been extended. It is important to remember...
Colleen Green
Jan 14, 20211 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Twenty-twenty is GONE! Hurrah! Usually I find New Year’s Eve more sad than happy, but this year it was the other way round. COVID-19 has...
Colleen Green
Jan 7, 20213 min read


EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
I hope everyone was able to enjoy this Christmas Season and New Years. We all missed being with family and friends but with modern day...
Colleen Green
Jan 7, 20212 min read


SEAGRAVE by Barb Martyn
Happy New Year 2021, to one and all. We have left behind a year of extremes. A year beginning in March with denial, fear, anxiety,...
Colleen Green
Jan 7, 20212 min read


BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
Happy New Year to our wonderful community. Despite the limitations due to the pandemic, I do hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. It’s...
Colleen Green
Jan 7, 20211 min read


PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Happy New Year. I hope 2021 is a good year for all. I hope everyone had a safe and healthy holiday. With all of us being in another...
Colleen Green
Jan 7, 20211 min read
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