ESTHER COLPITTS My Christmas cactus has been looking sickly for months. Actually up until just a few days ago, I thought, “It’s dying.” Leaves fell off on the floor until there was hardly anything left. I tried a lot of

A dear little, obviously hungry squirrel, ran along the railing of my deck where I had installed new Christmas lights and bit one off. He wasn’t injured, thankfully. You can get a shock I found out. I guess the little

A neighbour had a rude awakening the other morning. She opened her eyes to see an intruder in her house. Thankfully she was not hurt, but the emotions that follow such an event are a lot to deal with. And

A friend of mine is house-sitting this winter. Before the people left they mentioned a young cat they’ve been feeding. We decided it would be a good thing to . . .

The light that tells me my tires are low went on the other day. I thought about doing something and didn’t. How foolish. Tuesday a friend noticed my tire and told me that. . .

I bought a new lawnmower Saturday. My old one kept misbehaving. It was time. As I stood in front of the board with all the pictures on it, I thought, . . .

I was watching an ant on my deck this morning as I drank my coffee. The little guy was carrying . . .

My pup Dudley has a new frustration. A small red squirrel has begun stealing from the bird feeder on the deck. When it appears . . .

Last fall, after all my canning was done I thought, ‘No more gardening for me!’ Then the spring came. My garden is bigger than ever. I have planted many types of . . .

A former colleague I worked with phoned to tell me she had wheat buds and knowing I like to make bread, would grind the buds and give me the flour. Wheat buds are hard kernels of wheat and in that