Seasons in the Valley + Furry Gnome's Adventures

Last week I went cross-country skiing up near Meaford.  To be honest, the skiing wasn't very good, 'cause it was still snowing fresh...

A few more interesting barns for you today, so I can join The Barn Collective .  And barns are a big part of the landscape around the valley...

If the Boboli Gardens in Florence were the start of the great formal Renaissance gardens, the gardens at Versailles were the culmination of ...

This weekend, we'll visit the Boboli Gardens in Florence and the Gardens of Versailles in Paris.  By the 1400's, the Renaissance was...

We actually enjoyed a 10 minute "sunny break" to quote the weather forecast today.  There must have been a hole in all those grey ...

The Beaver Valley features 3 or 4 old bridges over the river in the main part of the valley.  Two of them failed this summer, so only one of...