Reflections from Crumbly Acres

This is, indeed a Watery Wednesday. Thunderstorms, more water than we can handle, the lake has risen quite a bit in a few hours. This is, in...

These days, every day is watery for me. My routine includes checking the waves, which tells me the kind of day it will be. For the second ...

There was a big accident Saturday morning. OPP helicopter, three sirens. I shudder when I hear them. Our First Responders do such a good job...

Eddie and Eva in March, buried in snow on our dock, snoring gently, methinks. With gratitude we have watched our geese (Eva & Eddie) arr...

How the goslings grow. Oliver ambled down to the beach. He insisted on eating grass at the shoreline. Eva was not amused but, despite hissin...

We have had days of rain, despite a beautifully clear sky today. Soft, gentle rains that bore down on our 4 young goslings backs. Eva, the m...

It is important to respect nature and do no harm. Creatures in Muskoka are not well-respected, since many have some sense of entitlement to ...

She said, "Here it is. Only zero degrees. Friggan' blizzard. I told you it was too soon to come. You wanted to come early. We coul...

It is so peaceful here during the week. We have many visitors. As the tourists fill up the lakeside, the geese, whom we feed every day, beco...