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The Daytripper Daytripping to LONDON - the largest city and geographical centre of our area SHOP LOCAL A& M Garden Centre Ideas for all your indoor & outdoor decorating needs! • Fall Flowers & Wreaths • Porch Packages & Decor • Pumpkins • Gourds • Straw • Vintage Collecbles • Garden Statues • Home Décor • Crystals & Gemstones 4171 Col. Talbot Rd. (Lambeth) LONDON • 519-652-3539 www.amgardencentre.ca ca 2021 APPLE STATION LAND Meet you at the Station! Take Home our Fresh Baked Scratch Pies! FunF u n Farm, Gift i t Store r e &Bakery& B ak e r • Ready Pick and U-Pick Apples • Oven Ready Baking • Local Gourmet Foods • Frozen Soups • Local Homemade Fudge • Apple Cider • Puzzles HARVEST HOURS: Monday-Friday 9-5, Saturday 9-6 • Sunday & Holidays 10-5 Train runs for the public Monday d to Friday 10-4, Saturday, Sunday & Holidays all day 329 Richmond Street, Dorchester (East of Shaw Rd.) • Watch for Signs! CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE: Nov. 12, 13 & 14 OPEN 7 Days A Week! Friday, October 1: 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm Saturday, October 2: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday, October 3: 12:00 pm (noon) to 5:00 pm Tour Handbook can be picked up at Tourism London, Museum London, London Public Library Branches and many other arts friendly locaons. www.londonstudiotour.ca Contact: Beth Stewart 519-668-6743 Train Ride Corn Maze Farm Animals Sand Mountain Play Area Porch Packages & Pumpkins! www.AppleLandStation.compleL ti Visit one of Canada’s largest secondhand bookstores BOOKS • MAPS • PRINTS • POSTCARDS • CURIOSITIES 240 DUNDAS STREET LONDON, ONTARIO N6A 1H3 519-432-7277 Welcome to Attic Books - one of Canada’s largest antiquarian and second-hand bookstores. You can fi nd us on London’s new fl ex street, Dundas Place, a few doors west of Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, Canada’s largest ceramic gallery. We have three fl oors of books, maps, prints, ephemera, postcards and all sorts of curiosities that appeal to readers, scholars and seasoned collectors alike. The atmosphere is spacious, bright, relaxed and professional, not to mention architecturally beautiful, with its original tin ceilings, hardwood maple fl oors and all the charisma of a Victorian building. This, along with the help of our friendly and knowledgeable staff, will ensure that every visit to Attic Books will be memorable. Let’s be book buddies! Follow us at @atticbooksca NEW HOURS* Monday to Saturday 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. Closed Sundays Check out our website to browse through some of our rare and quirkier stock and to fi nd out about new arrivals, store sales and events. WWW.ATTICBOOKS.CA *hours may change due to pandemic, by-laws, etc. We try to keep it as consistent as possible but please refer to website for up-to-date hours. From Dear Daytripping, Our Readers Our Sundays are frequently spent driving to the many small-town, quaint towns of southwestern Ontario: Goderich, Stratford, Bayfield, Chatham to name a few! This time of year especially, we are in awe of the beautiful sea of fields of the farmers' pride and joy in their crops! Recently, we had a beautiful day to drive out to the town of Aylmer, Ontario from our home city of Sarnia, Ontario. Aylmer sits just on the outskirts of St. Thomas (another charming city). Pinecroft is where we stopped in at Aylmer. Pinecroft is nestled in an oasis of tall trees and so many other species of Mother Nature's glory! There, we were able to enjoy our lunch outdoors in a tranquil setting with the many sights and sounds of the fantastic natural view of its pond and interesting surroundings. After a super-great lunch, we strolled the wandering grounds to further enjoy Pinecroft. This is a wonderful area and Pinecroft is a "must see"! Can't wait for another Sunday drive within our wonderful south-western Ontario! Sincerely, Lidia De Carolis, Sarnia Page 38 Phobias… The fear of lightning is called astrapophobia Sept-Oct 2021
Lake Huron MI ONTARIO NY Most of the articles you’ll read in these pages have been written by readers like you. FRESH. LOCAL. CRAFTED THEMARKETWFD.COM @TheMarketWFD 900 King Street, LONDON Gluten Free Food the way it should be! www.lovingspoonful.xyz • 226-236-8225 Plant meats, cheeses & seafoods. Best prices on local & Canadian producers of vegan products. Handmade 100% Soy Wax Candles www.plantpowersolutions.ca vintage upcycled repurposed handcrafted Home Décor & Accessories 519.933.6529 beaujoli.ca • beaujolicanada@gmail.com GOURMET POPCORN 519-754-2476 54 -24 476 Locally grown GMO-free popping kernels and delicious popcorn treats. #popcornworthitsflavor #whitesgourmetpopcorn #meetmeatthemarket With over 40 flavours and types, movie night will never be boring. Hunters Rocks & Nature Crystals, Rocks, Tumbled Stones, Minerals, Fossils, Large Selection of Amethyst Geodes www.huntersrocks.com We grow delicious produce free of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides throughout the year, so that you get sparkling fresh, just-picked vegetables at the peak of flavour. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE COUNTRY LIFESTYLE BRAND www.fourelks.com Ceylon Select Tea Premium tea and tropical tea blends with spices, flower petals & herbs to make you feel your best-self. Delicious Quality Crafted Beers & Produce Enjoy our large outdoor space while tasting one of our farm fresh beers. www.riverroadbrewing.com inspirational products, aromatherapy, skincare, books and more! 519-754-2476 Visit Mitchell for your AAA beef cuts, free range chicken & over 50 flavours of lean, delicious sausage. thebutchersblend@outlook.com Independent used bookstore offering a variety of books, from social justice issues to vintage cookbooks. 2 locations: 870 Dundas St. & The Market @ Western Fair Loko Sport athleisure is 100% made in London o using Certified Eco-friendly fabrics. i . We make FRESH PASTA by hand with love. Follow us for full weekly specials & product list. @Pasta Amore For the Love of Fresh Pasta During the early months of the Covid 19 pandemic, my father in law and I enjoyed the sun and sounds of children playing in our backyard. During one of our afternoon tea dates, my father in law, Ritchie, mentioned a project he and his father had started back in 1945 when he was 10 years old. It was a 6 foot long rowboat to act as a tender to his family’s boat, the “Black Duck.” They used the boat each summer to get to their cabin on Georgian Bay. Kenneth, Ritchie’s father, felt they would benefit from having a smaller boat to act as a tender, so he purchased a pattern from a boat building catalogue and enlisted the help of his son to build it. The duo took the project as far as cutting out the pieces and creating the frame before Kenneth’s youngest child fell ill and the project was put on hold. Kenneth took the project to his home in Toronto, but despite his desires, he never got around to finishing the project. As an adult, Ritchie took the pieces with the hope to someday finish the project with his son Gregory. The pieces moved several times across Southwestern Ontario before they settled in Wyoming, Ontario with Kenneth, his son Gregory and his young family. When Ritchie told me the story I knew this was something that needed to be completed. Ritchie was now 84 years old, Puddle Duck By Tammy With so I asked if I could lead this project to completion. He was delighted to hear of my interest and encouraged me to enlist my husband and four young children as helpers in the project. That afternoon I had my husband retrieve the pieces from our garage attic and the next afternoon the seven of us took to the back yard to make Kenneth’s vision come to life. As we worked our way through the pattern we realized that we were missing several pieces of the frame as well as all of the written directions needed to complete the build. All we had was a couple of diagrams and the original catalogue to guide us. We decided that rather than scrap the project that we would use a more modern method of boat building to construct it, as building another form was something we found very daunting. We settled on using the stitch and glue method. For the first few days my children enjoyed working on the project, but as happens with children, they became uninterested in the project. From then on I chose to work on the project each day when my younger children were having their afternoon nap. It was a slow process, but steadily throughout the summer, I managed to put the boat together. Once the plywood was stitched together, I enlisted the help of my father, a professional fiberglasser to teach me how to fiberglass the outside of the boat. My father and I spent two weekends adding layers of fiberglass and sanding the boat. Working on this project with my father is something that I will remember as one of the most special moments he and I have spent together. Once the sanding was complete I painted the boat bright yellow, added white gunnels with oar locks and painted the interior white. All that remained was the addition of a name on the stern. Kenneth had named the boat “Puddle Duck” when he started the project, a name that suited her perfectly with her bright yellow paint. After 74 years and several trips on land, Puddle Duck took her first voyage afloat at the end of the summer. We gathered as a family at A.W. Campbell Conservation Area in Alvinston to watch her maiden voyage. Richie said a few words in honour of his father and christened Puddle Duck with a splash of sparkling cider. My husband and our son Sawyer were the first to take a ride around the pond. I could see the sheer delight in Ritchie’s face as he watched his son paddle along. I like to think Kenneth was looking down on us that day as we paddled along. He would have loved to see the joy we all took in the tiny little boat he had started as a young father. Puddle Duck will be passed along to our children when they become parents in the hope of her becoming a family heirloom. The summer of isolation was hard, but having a project like this made it a little more manageable. Had we not been in lockdown, I likely would have found distraction in other things, and maybe Puddle Duck would have spent another generation in pieces. It was a great honour to be part of such an important family legacy. Phobias… The fear of thunder is called brontophobia Sept-Oct 2021 Page 39
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