Reflections from Crumbly Acres: playfairville

This was funny. I misread a news item from Tay Valley. I thought the plant sale began at 1 p.m. In fact, it went from 10 to 1. I figured we could go in the afternoon.

Friends of Lanark County is having a Plant Sale!

On Saturday June 1st from 10am - 1pm at Fallbrook Ball Field (1513 Fallbrook Rd.)Add some untreated, pesticide free, native (non-hybrid) easy-care plants to your garden! Native plants support the life cycle of many beneficial insects, birds, bees and other wildlife.

JB came back from his walk in town (no bugs there!), as well as shopping and visiting neighbours at the Saturday market after 12:00. He did doddle, not knowing I wanted to go.
It was 24 minutes, so says Google maps, to get there. What the heck.

I plugged in the address to Gillian GPS, she said we'd be there at 12:51. Off we went. Lots of new and old homes, rivers, flowering fruit trees. It was a nice drive.

Bridges are being repaired across the county.

The fruit trees are amazing, as well as the lilacs. Everything is so green.

There were two bridges reduced to one lane, with 3-minute traffic turnover time. I chewed my nails as time ticked away.

They were still there, with only a few plants left. Of course, it was 12:57, so no wonder.

I took photos of the directions for individual plants.

Can you tell it is bug season? If you are near running water, it's blackflies. Here, where we have still water, it's mosquitoes.

It's becoming more popular for people to auction their homes.

This is an interesting yard. I have no idea what they are doing. Can you see the carving on the post, far left?

From here, we went to McDonalds Corners. The lodge has been bought by an Asian family, and we wanted to try their new menu in the restaurant.
There is a boat launch.

The cook welcomed us, and went outside to fetch the server! We apologised, he was gracious.

The Won Ton soup was wonderful, says JB, who lived a number of years in Vancouver. He used chop sticks. Pas moi. Spring rolls, and a tray for two.

As we ate, I spotted two small cars, with three canoes. One guy looked familiar. After lunch I went over and introduced myself and asked if he was from Perth. Indeed! "I work at The Table. I'm Ramsey!" He is, in fact, the ED of our local food bank! They do marvellous programs; they teach cooking to young and old, they have potluck suppers, and have interesting fundraisers. We donate monthly to them.

We'd never met, even though we had a sign on our lawn when Ramsay was running for the NDP. He did well, with 30% of the vote.