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ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Just when my garden was getting dry enough to work in, it rains again. The water table should be well up this fall in preparation for...
Colleen Green
Nov 4, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
What a shock to our systems as it has suddenly turned cold! We have been blessed so far in having such lovely weather past weeks, and...
Colleen Green
Oct 28, 20214 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
This week I was planning on taking a drive through the country to photograph the changing colours. But on closer inspection, the trees...
Colleen Green
Oct 21, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Thanksgiving! Is it just a day, or should it be a lifestyle? At present, many people feel they have nothing to be thankful for and...
Colleen Green
Oct 14, 20214 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Autumn days are upon us! Over the last few days, many of the trees have been noticeably changing colour. I am tempted to say “autumn...
Colleen Green
Oct 7, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
To start, here is a great quote: Laugh your heart out, dance in the rain. Cherish the moment, ignore the pain Live, Laugh, love, forgive...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
A beautiful week and weekend, the last one of summer so someone reminded us. And this week brings loads of rain according to the forecast...
Colleen Green
Sep 23, 20214 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Does anyone else feel that time is passing too rapidly? Here it is, by the time you read this, already past the middle of September. A...
Colleen Green
Sep 16, 20214 min read


ZEPHYR/SANDFORD by Pat Asling
The morning temperatures certainly have fallen; autumn is on its way. Still, I can’t believe that summer is over. Hot as it was for so...
Colleen Green
Sep 9, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Here we are in September and another holiday coming up. For most young people school started this week, and I am sure it is both an...
Colleen Green
Sep 2, 20214 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another hot week, in so many ways! The Federal election kicked off; the COVID numbers have doubled, fires are still burning, hurricanes...
Colleen Green
Aug 26, 20214 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Almost every day, we can give thanks that we live where we do in Ontario, Canada. We haven’t had to contend with fire or flood, although...
Colleen Green
Aug 19, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
It has been an exciting week in various parts of the world and for different reasons. The forest fires are still raging in BC, destroying...
Colleen Green
Aug 12, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another busy week as we get so close to the end of another month. Where does the time go? I know I have been busy most of the time,...
Colleen Green
Aug 5, 20214 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
While the pandemic in Ontario is being brought under control by the many lockdowns and now available vaccines, and Ontarians welcomed the...
Colleen Green
Jul 21, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
A very different week again! Two hundred fires still burn in British Columbia. The prairies are baking after an already hot and dry...
Colleen Green
Jul 15, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Here we are in July, half a year disappeared! The July 1st holiday was very strange with so much grief and anger going around,...
Colleen Green
Jul 8, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
The rain on Friday was “a million-dollar rain.” While it was surely wonderful to see how much there was and the area covered, it was,...
Colleen Green
Jun 24, 20213 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Ugly displays of hate have risen this past week. It is all around, and seems to even be within our own towns. Some people make their...
Colleen Green
Jun 17, 20213 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
We wanted heat, and we got it! And will continue to get it all this week, it seems. What we really need now is some good soaking rain. Oh...
Colleen Green
Jun 10, 20213 min read
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