A Month of Celebration

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Mama Cormier

…August 2025

August started with my sister’s birthday and a family celebrating 50 years in Canada. The Heideckers became very close friends with my Mom and Dad soon after they arrived. Sadly they are no longer with us so my sister and I were there to represent the Winklers.

In the middle of the month Kevin and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. Where did the years go? We invited our friends and family to share a meal at a wonderful Italian restaurant, Pulcinella.

Twelve days later we had a quiet dinner on my birthday and two days later at our lawn bowling end of summer event the club sang Happy Birthday to me and another Carol. That was quite unexpected.

Today I attended the 50th wedding anniversary of a couple I knew in high school and when our children went to school together we became good friends. This party was held at the Rogers Centre during a baseball game with the Blue Jays and the Brewers. It was a great game and the Jays won 8 to 4. Congratulations to Diane and Don. Thanks for a fantastic day!

Walking Through Clissold Park and Along Church Street to Get Ice-cream

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Mama Cormier

Yesterday was a more laid back day but at one point Azadeh, Sevin and I needed to get out for a walk. It turned out to be one of those typical London days ….to rain or not to rain but we chanced it anyway and headed for the park.

We took a shortcut through the park and made our way to Church Street. About half the stores were closed because it was a bank holiday but most of the coffee shops were opened.

The best part of the walk for Sevin was the stop at the gelato shop.

…and buying her favourite flavours….mango and strawberry.

Easter at the Market This Week

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Mama Cormier

…special bread and extra vendors

This week we brought out a recipe for bread that we haven’t made in several years….Timbit Paske. We slightly altered our fruit bread and added four Timbits when we shaped the dough.

There certainly was a lot of interest in this bread and it was mostly sold when I left the market an hour after the market opened.

Along with the regular vendors we had a few new merchants with special treats for Easter.

Looking Back With Judy’s Photo Challenge

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Judy Dykstra-Brown for hosting the Numbers Game https://judydykstrabrown.com/2025/02/10/the-numbers-game-60-feb-10-2025-come-play-along

This week’s number is 181. Type it into your photo search box and see what old photos show up.

Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Mama Cormier

…last weekend we celebrated our Thanksgiving with family and friends

On Saturday Kevin and I drove north to our daughters’ cottage where we enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner. Twelve of us sat around the table and consumed dishes that everyone shared in preparing. Of course there was more food than a person would normally consume in one sitting and the tryptophan from the turkey made us all sleepy.

To work off the meal half of us took a walk.

We stayed overnight and left around noon. It was a gorgeous autumn day and we decided to explore some of the farms in the neighbourhood.

We discovered Georgian Roots Flower Farm that is very close to our cottage on Christian Island. Andrea and Josie had heard about this place so we decided to check it out. It was established in 2018 as a cut flower farm.

After purchasing a bouquet of flowers to take home we continued with our autumn road trip. There were lots of pumpkins for sale along the roadside but we decided to stop at Harris Farm. It was very busy and clearly very popular with families. A new addition to the farm was a corn maze and the kids really seemed to enjoy it.

With an extra large pumpkin for carving and a few smaller ones for decorating we continued on our trip home. It was a perfect weekend.

Happy Bakers

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Mama Cormier

…a typical Wednesday at the Inn

Every Wednesday the bakers get together to shape the bread and bake it in the wood-fired oven. After it’s finished it goes to the Farmers’ Market to be sold.

Seven Years Ago in September

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Becky B for hosting September Squares Seven https://thesquaresofb.com/2024/09/06/seven-squares-6/

Fond memories of time spent at Kahshe Lake.

#158 – Judy’s Numbers Game

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Judy Dykstra-Brown for hosting the Numbers Game

This week the number is 158. Just go to your photos and type 158 in the search box. You may be surprised what shows up.

The Numbers Game – #17

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Mama Cormier

…today’s number is 138

Thanks to Judy for hosting the numbers game. When going to your photos you just have to type 138 into the search box and wait and see what pops up. Here are some of the photos that popped up today. https://judydykstrabrown.com/2024/04/15/the-numbers-game-18-apr-15-2024/