Squirrel strikes odd pose

Squirrel strike odd pose in crabapple tree. It was still for a few minutes.

 

Wild Turkeys in the snow

Turkeys had been wiped out in regions of Ontario by 1909 due to overhunting. In 1984 the province began a program to reintroduce them and now they are all over the place, even recent sighting in downtown Montreal.

Little Free Libraries in Winchester

 

Two Free libraries in front of neighbouring houses.

Blue one is at The Lofty Nest Lodging & Events, 498 Ottawa St, Winchester, Ontario

Dutch immigrants

 I heard a lecture by local historian  Helena McCuaig about Dutch immigrants in the postwar era in Glengarry County, eastern Ontario, Canada  - she said that the Dutch children were let out of the local school 15 minutes early so the bullies couldn't catch up with them on their way home! She was a Dutch immigrant herself. 

Kumquats

I only knew kumquats as a funny word from comedy shows, like this W.C. Fields movie. I saw them in stores but I didn't buy them as I thought the small fruit would be too hard to peel. Then today I read on the package you could just eat them whole, peel and all.  

Tasty, but I wonder why Mr. Fitchmueller wanted 10 pounds of them.

 

Fake Facebook Friend Request

Hmm, maybe a spambot....

"In the early morning of Los Angeles, the beach is gently awakened by the sunshine caress the coastline, as if telling you that a beautiful day is about to begin."

Caption over a photo of a park with palm trees with letters spelling out "MIAMI BEACH". 

 

Magic Show

When you have to use the drink trolley from the theatre you're working in as a prop. And they've marked it so no one will steal it?

Michael Conway at the Old Town Hall, Winchester, Ontario - impeding blizzard, only about 10 people in the audience and most were from a group home. He still put on a good show and worked one of the developmentally challenged people into the act. 

 

Caligula upset at losing long-standing title of "Most eccentric cabinet appointment"

𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 "𝘐, 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘴", 𝘉𝘉𝘊 𝘛𝘝, 1976

 

Michael Leunig 1945-2024

photo: Bahudhara , via Wikimedia Commons 

Michael Leunig, one of my favourite cartoonists, died late last year. I watched part of his memorial service from St.Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, Australia. 

He had an uncanny sense of humour.

Link to his Instagram

 

Tariff threat reactions

 The shoppers in the grocery stores in Cornwall were checking the labels to make sure they weren't buying American.