A country boy at heart

So this page is all about my love of agriculture. I am a country boy at heart and as I have such a strong connection with the family farm, this page is dedicated to my two uncles, Philip and Jamie. I thought about you guys a lot while I was traipsing up and down the many rows of Herefords and Massey’s. Mel enjoyed taking photos of the giant vegetables & cows that were immaculately groomed for showing, but I think it was the cheese sculpting and Roxy's reactions to the horses that amused her the most. The top half of these photos were taken from the CNE back in September in the bottom half are from the Winter fair only a couple of weeks ago.

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is the world’s largest indoor agricultural and international equestrian competition. Aunty Andrea you would be in your element! There were presentations and performances on stages all throughout the day and the one that I really wanted to see was the Super Dogs Spectacular, where there was a whole show of dog sports. Roxy absolutely loved watching these dogs run around like headless chickens playing games, catching frisbees, running through tunnels, weaving in and out of poles and jumping over every kind of play equipment. So, after a lot of nagging she convinced me to be enroll her into a dog agility class which we are taking every Thursday night now.

THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION

 

ROYAL WINTER FAIR

Halloween

A Halloween Poem

By Count Dracallum of Scottishvania

Twas an eerie night on Walder Avenue, when black cats came out to play

and a foggy mist lay on the ground, while the sky was dark and grey.

Roxywolf would howl as Evil Vixen Mel was preparing her ugly treats

And ghastly ghosts and grisly gools would rise to haunt the streets.

Young children of the neighbourhood came searching for sweets galore

But Dracallum was sitting and waiting to scare them at the door!

Our pumpkins were carved and blazing, and the cobwebs filled the windows

and just downstairs, for those who were naughty, we had set up our own set of gallows

Each doorbell was answered with a cry of "trick or treat"

and as is the tradition we gave plenty of lollies to eat

We both enjoyed our October 31st, decorating our scary sanctum

and it won't be the last you see of Vixen Mel and the scary Count Dracallum!