Saturday, besides the celebration of the Blue Jays win, was a day to celebrate local.
For breakfast, we started with Valley Flax pancakes. I picked up the pancake mix at 188, Marshall Street in Middleton.
The owner, Howard Selig, joins the twenty or so attendees at the CORAH men’s fitness class on Friday mornings.
This week, Heather has been preoccupied with the oak and maple leaves falling onto the lawns. The first task was to take a dozen bags of leaves to the Valley Waste facility in Lawrencetown. Certainly, our leaf pile would make good mulch.
From the dump to BeesKnees; it seems that they do significant baking on Friday evening for sale on Saturday morning. We purchased sausage rolls for lunch.
Across the road, the library was open. I found a couple of interesting items: the 100th edition of Atlantic Books Today, published in 2024, but still relevant and free. Also, I checked out ‘Out Home: a step back in Time. A Community History of West Dalhousie, from Military Settlement to Today’, edited by Rachel Brighton. West Dalhousie has been top of mind, with the recent Long Lake fire. Earlier in the week, we took the drive from West Dalhousie to Perotte. The colours were stunning!
My Keen boots have been wearing out. This required a visit to Maxwell’s Quality Footwear at the Greenwood Mall. I found a new pair, plus laces for the old shoes.
The final stop, on the way back home to Middleton was Spurr Brothers. They were celebrating everything Halloween, with lots of pumpkins and live music.
We capped off the day with a visit by John Wightman with a growler of Brickyard Red from Lunn’s Mill. The light across the field was fantastic, along with the reds and orange of the oaks and maple.
Acknowledgements.
Thanks to Edward for graphics and links. He will be away for the next month in Florida.
Reference
Out Home: A Step Back in Time: A Community History of West Dalhousie, from Military Settlement to Today, 2011, Edited by Rachel Brighton.
Ernest Blair Experiment 