The "A" Team And the "B" Sides

 Last night, Mardi and I decided to get some culture and headed to the Studio Theatre at Theatre Aquarius to see a musical show titled        "B-Sides: The One That Got Away".  

Think of the old vinyl days and the song on the other side of a favourite song.

The musician/songwriters/singers were awesome.

We'll have to do this sort of thing more often!

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Back to reality, despite spending quite a bit of time as a parking attendant (the garden centre was booming on the weekend), I managed to cut the grass and finish two gardens.  The Day Lily garden............

.....and the Iris garden.

Just a couple of dozen more to go!

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Blue Jays lost today.  And now they're heading into a couple of series against powerhouse teams.  Doesn't look too good.

Stay well folks.

A Winning Strategy

 Happy birthday to Sandy Weaver today.  Mardi and friends are planning a June visit to Forest and will see you then.  All the best Sandy.

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Some quiet days so far this week.  I golfed for the first time in this Canadian season on Monday, and broke 100!  It's amazing how low you can score when you omit three holes 😎.

Tuesday I rode the lawn mower for three hours and got all of the grass cut.

Wednesday I played hooky.

Today, I finished refurbishing the Trillium logo garden down front.

Before..............

............and after I spent two hours on my knees digging, took two wagonloads to the compost pile, and added 16 (broken) bags of mulch.

The bags of mulch are in such thin plastic that a lot of them don't last the season.  For David it's definitely a loss leader!  For me, it's a freebee.

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The Blue Jays have caught on to my golf strategy.  The stopped their losing streak today - they didn't play 😏.

Stay well.

Project Complete?

 Today I finished my planned work on the "cottage".

Now it looks like a worker might live there.

I thought that it was finished, but perhaps it needs one more touch - a weathervane!  So, Mardi has been issued a challenge - find a yard sale weathervane for me.

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This project dates back to January when David drove me to Florida but wouldn't let me pay for his return flight.  I decided to get even, and eventually came up with this idea to make that happen.

By now, you readers know that my brand of humour is whimsical.  Lighthearted and comfortable.  I've spent many happy, satisfying hours working on the "cottage", and now, coincidentally, I have completed it on David's 66th birthday.  We're even David.  Happy birthday!

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And the Blue Jays came through again.  The highlight was the first eight batters in the 8th all scored.  The final was 11 - 4.  Well done!

Malcolm, I had a shot of Teacher's to celebrate.

Stay well folks.

Sixty Five!

 I was impressed yesterday when my golf buddy Gary Parker and Jill celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.  Then today, I realized that my childhood buddy Wayne Hilts and Judy are celebrating their 65th!

Dave Jewett and Nadine are celebrating an anniversary today as well.   Best wishes to all!

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Nothing else exciting today.  I cut grass at the greenhouse for an hour or so.  Enjoyed some spring blossoms along the way.

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Blue Jays won to top off a good day.

Stay well.

The Story Of The Cottage

 THE STORY OF THE "COTTAGE"

In the summer of 2025, Sue and David took their                                family to Scotland and invited my wife, Mardi,                               and me to join them.

One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to a                        beautiful civic garden in Edinburgh where I saw                                a lovely cottage at the corner of the property.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               I asked David if he would build me one of 

those at Trillium Hill.  He declined, but said 

that I could have the shed down front.  That 

shed had been our original sales counter 

when he first opened the garden centre.  

It is now used to store the letters for our 

signs down front and a bit sad looking 

when I took it over.

In any event, I decided to take him up on                                          his offer and this is the result.

I still have the challenge of figuring

out how to include a living room,

dining room, kitchen, bedroom and

bathroom in that space.

Time will tell.

Bud Craig,

Head Gardener (the only gardener).

            

Home Sweet Home

 I finished dressing up my "cottage" today.

Alex tells me that I should be sitting in that chair with a beer.  Smart lady!

Figuring out how to include a living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom will take a while.

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This evening we joined Liz and Al at Teddys in Grimsby for wings and things.

Nice to get together with friends that we hadn't seen since last year.

I'm not talking about the Blue Jays tonight.  Only one hit!

Stay well.

A Special Day

 Today was definitely a Tromper day.  Our group has been having adventures for over 40 years and today we had a party for one of our members who will be moving.

Mark Richardson and wife Julie will be moving to Castlegar, B.C., to be near family - too far away to conveniently interact with us in future.

We met in Paris, Ontario and did a token hike of a couple of kilometres along the Nith River.

Along the way we were serenaded by "Doc" Jewett.

Lunch at the Paris Beer Company, where Mark was presented with a book of Tromper memories by our leader Gary.

Lots of great memories were shared.  Happy times!

The cast of characters............

.............did I mention we've been at this for a long time?  David, just a few days short of his 66th birthday, is the kid in the group.

A special bunch of guys!  We all wish Mark and Julie happiness as they embark on their latest adventure.

'Till we meet again, au revoir my friend.

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Even a Blue Jays loss couldn't dampen the joy of today.

Stay well.