So, what is the pull of reality television shows? Our SkyBox (TiVo to you in the States) is chock full of these series. I’m not proud to admit it, but we have been avid watchers of Project Runway, Britain’s Got Talent, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, etc. I suppose these shows at least have the thread [...]

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On Sunday I helped our neighbour put up a wind turbine to power the electricity at his house. It was a bit comical and even more death defying at one point trying to get a very top heavy metal pole, with propeller, lifted into the air with a stiff wind blowing against us.
When we hooked [...]

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It’s official. My garden gnome’s blog is garnering more traffic than my own. I’m actually a bit jealous …

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It isn’t quite the scene from Magnolia, but we do get overrun with frogs each year to the extent that there is no way avoiding running quite a few of them over on the driveway and neighbouring roads. There has been quite a dry spell here over the last two weeks (beautiful actually) and Gabe [...]

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