The Journal Pioneer

Last week’s rain has done wonders for the grass and it would appear the dandelions too! When I see dandelions in the spring I immediately think of Grandma. My sister and I dreaded the first warm weekend in May: that’s when Grandma ...

So we've turned another calendar page. Do people still do that? I do and I have a favourite! Years ago, everybody handed out calendars: the local garage, the corner store, the hairdresser. My favourite was always the milk calendar from the milk ...

Whatever you do, don’t sleep in Tuesday morning! Imagine this: it’s May 1 and, regardless of the day of the week, Grandma made sure our alarms were set so we wouldn’t sleep in and miss the morning dew! That’s right the ...

I miss a lot of things about the farm: the quiet, the openness, the smells and the fact that things happened - as Grandma always said - “in due time.” Regardless of when we decided it was time to tap the maple trees, cut the hay or ...

Last Wednesday evening I was out washing my car in the driveway - move over robin red breast, that’s a true sign of spring – but, I digress. While I was out, I could hear the “toc toc” sound of a woodpecker on a nearby maple ...

Weather lore, it’s where weather and folklore meet. It’s been part of my life for as long as I can remember. A day didn’t go by without a mention or two about the cows lying down or the ring around the moon; wonderful memories from ...

Rainbows are enchanting! I’m not sure if it’s the way they so elegantly stretch across the sky or maybe it’s the hope that there might be a pot of gold at the end! Regardless, they are quite a sight! We often think of rainbows as ...

If you had opened up your window last Thursday when the snow was falling, you might have heard a chorus of “oh no, not more snow”! Yes, astronomically it was spring, but we all know we don’t really get into spring-like weather until ...

This is it … the last full day of winter! Now before I go any further, I want to remind you that it doesn’t mean we won’t get any more wintry weather! Inevitably though, I will be asked by most people I meet, what kind of summer we ...

One minute you’re reaching for your sunglasses, and the next minute it looks like you’re trapped in a snow globe! Thursday’s weather was very changeable because the air mass overhead was unsettled. In meteorological ...