Daytripping Fall 2023

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Lake Huron The Daytripper CRUNICAN ORCHARDS Since 1877 • Apples • Honey • Jams • Apple Cider • Apple Cider Vinegar • Maple Syrup • Peanuts • Gluten Free Products • Rader Frozen Pies • Seasonal Fruit • Pumpkins • Pears • Squash 23778 Richmond St. North • LONDON 519-666-0286 Back south now to LONDON, ELGINFIELD, STRATHROY & MT. BRYDGES 10 mins. N. of London at 15 Mile Rd. FRESH LOCAL We have our own Hard Cider! MON. to FRI. 9–6 CRUNICANORCHARDS.COM SAT. 9–5 • SUN. 12–5 A& M Garden 519-652-3539 • Home décor items • Vintage collecbles • Upcycled furniture • Porch decor for any season • Crystals & gemstones • Fresh wreaths, greens & cedar roping • Custom arrangements • Pre-made urn insets • Everything you need to make your own urn www.amgardencentre.ca FRESH CUT PREMIUM TREES! No hassle tree stands with free tree drilling. Centre 4171 Col. Talbot Rd. LONDON (Lambeth) OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! Ideas for all your indoor & outdoor decorating needs! CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Nov. 10, 11 & 12 DOOR PRIZES & GOODIES Ladies Who Lunch A fellow I know mused aloud about whether there actually are “ladies who lunch.” Yes, I confirmed, indeed there are. In fact, I’ve been part of one such group and have some wonderful pre-pandemic memories of exploring a different local restaurant every month. I’ve been thinking that it may be time to resurrect the group, because I think we all miss it! Now, women are often sociable creatures, so I imagine there might be quite a few groups who gather to gab and grab some grub. They might even refer to themselves as “ladies who lunch.” But we were a little unique. Some members referred to our group as the “chicks who chomp,” which might give you a different visual if you’re trying to picture what we might look like. You couldn’t miss us really. We were often quite noisy. And silly. One December we almost had the group convinced to flash mob and sing Christmas carols after our lunch at Covent Garden Market. Almost, but not quite. Which is truly a shame because one of the ladies was quite a good singer and I’m sure she could have carried the rest of us, even those who insisted they were tone deaf. By Kym Wolfe • www.kymwolfe.com SHOP NY LOCAL Another month we visited a local Ethiopian restaurant where we devoured a huge communal platter of food. The meal was delectable, but as always was made all the better by the spicy conversation and generous dollops of laughter. Being part of the group was a terrific way to get out and experience the local restaurant scene. Not everyone turned up every month, but we did each get our turn to choose a dining spot. We usually picked places that are homegrown and can only be found here in the London region. Ethnic restaurants seemed to be a popular choice. A few vegetarian selections on the menu were a must. Other than that, frankly, we’d go anywhere if the food was good, the price was right, and there was enough room for six or eight or ten women of a certain age to make themselves at home for a couple of hours. “Don’t worry,” we’d tell the wait staff. “We’ll be gone long before the evening crowd arrives.” After all, we were the ladies who lunch… not the babes who brunch or the dames who dine. Note: Check our “Where You Should Eat” list on page 42. You’ll find some great suggestions for your next lunch date! MI ONTARIO Page 46 “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” -Mother Teresa FALL/WINTER 2023-2024
Get every issue just as free (but not quite as priceless) online at www.daytripping.ca Magic Place By William Bedford from Daytriping Sept-Oct 2009 Standing in the knee-deep weeds and grass in the front yard, I take one more picture of the dilapidated fieldstone house, which stands halfhidden by the hardwood bush. The sagging roof is ready to cave in. The front porch has already given up the ghost. As I gaze at the broken windows and ragged shingles, I have to admit that it looks like any other old, abandoned Ontario farmhouse, and not a magic place at all. But I remember this sad old place as it was a long time ago, and it was old even then, when I was young and the world was still a wonderland. In those days, this old homestead, with its barbecues in the now weed-covered yard, was a magic place indeed. As a gust of wind blows the crisp maple leaves around me, memories of the old place cross my mind like faded pictures in an old album: memories of fresh cobs of corn bubbling in a giant cauldron, of wieners being roasted on the tips of sticks over a wood fire, of fragrant smoke hanging dense in the still, chilly air. Memories of Halloween - a terrifying night for the ancient Celts. But at this old house among the maples and sumac, it was a night for fun, games and spooky tales. Off in the distance, a dog’s barking interrupts my reverie. It still has a wellremembered haunting sound. A wormy apple falls to the weedy ground beside me with a soft thud. Picking it up, I’m reminded of a favourite fall poem: “Plums purple and red, pears amber and brown, thud! In the garden-bed, ripe apples fall down.” Memories, memories. I remember the aroma of hot chocolate and burnt marshmallows. I remember rolling in huge mounds of crunchy leaves beneath a coal-black sky glittering with endless stars that seemed close enough to touch. How, I ask myself, can a lifetime fly away so quickly, while those long-gone October days seem like only yesterday? The setting sun reminds me that it’s time to leave this magic place of happy memories. As I drive away through the swirling leaves on this lovely fall evening, I give the crumbling old house one last, fond look. I know I’ll never pass this way again. I also know that, like the old house itself, most of my own Octobers have also slipped away. On a frigid winter evening, or on a humid summer morning, when I’m stuck in the din and the poisonous traffic fumes of the “real world,” I only have to close my eyes to picture my magic place in the hardwood bush as the creeping autumn dusk enfolds it in its dark embrace. I just have to close my eyes to see a “V” of Canada geese winging high in the October sky, or to recall the aroma of hot pumpkin pie topped with freshlywhipped cream. In a secret corner of my soul, I’m always young and carefree. There, the fields of long ago are forever ablaze in their fall splendor. In this inner sanctum, where only I can go, “God’s in his heaven, and all’s right with the world,” and it’s always October. Over 17,000 square feet 1175 Hyde Park Road London, ON • 519-471-2835 memorylaneantiques.ca Open 7 days Including Holidays 9:00-5:30 FRIDAY 9-8 Since 1946 The Fine Art of Traditional Baking •Breads •Cakes •Pies, Pastries and Cookies • Traditional Seasonal Baking Please Order Ahead for Guaranteed Availability 12 Front Street West Strathroy • 519-245-0741 hamiltonsbakery.ca Sew Creative In Store Now - Check out the New Handiquilter Amara ST The new 20 inch Amara sit down or stand up quilting machine Authorized Dealer Handi Quilter Long Arm Dealer • Sales • Service Monday to Saturday 10-5 22486 Adelaide Road Mount Brydges www.sewcreativequilting.ca • 519-264-2177 Visit one of Canada’s largest secondhand bookstores BOOKS • MAPS • PRINTS • POSTCARDS • CURIOSITIES Welcome to Attic Books - one of Canada’s largest antiquarian and secondhand bookstores. You can find us on London’s new flex street, Dundas Place, a few doors west of Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, Canada’s largest ceramic gallery. We have three floors 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 floors 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. 240 DUNDAS STREET LONDON, ONTARIO N6A 1H3 Heads up to drivers: Queen St and Wellington St are going to be worked on most of the construction season, so please call and we’ll be happy to give directions. 519-432-7277 Check out our website to browse through some of our rare and quirkier stock and to find out about new arrivals, store sales and events. WWW.ATTICBOOKS.CA STORE HOURS* Monday to Saturday 10 am to 5 pm Closed Sundays *hours may be extended certain days due tostreet events &fairs but please refer towebsite for up-to-date hours. Let’s be book buddies! Follow usat@atticbooksca We buy, sell and trade as well as provide appraisals by appointment. Check our buying guide under Services onour website. We look forwardtoseeingyou soon! Upcoming BOOK SHOWS WE’LL BE AT: TORONTO ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR October 20th-22nd 2023 at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto OLD BOOK & PAPER SHOW November 12th 2023 at the Artscape Wychwood Barns in Toronto FALL/WINTER 2023-2024 “Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is the crime.” -Victor Hugo Page 47
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