jenny on argyle

A few weeks ago there was a series of fires deliberately set in sheds and parked cars just a few blocks from where I live. This house got th...

It seems I have a few followers who miss reading my blog. Who knew? Amazingly, it's been more than a year since I wrote. I know why. I w...

The Carleton Place Canadian began publishing in 1876. That's just 9 years after Confederation. When I moved here it was a weekly - the o...

I love working alone in a big old stone building all day. But do I start to talk to myself, and ask myself questions (out loud) and so I try...

The big old red brick home up on a hill always caught my eye as I drove along Franktown Road. I don't know it's history - it's b...

Another of Carleton Place's beautiful old homes is slowly dying. This pretty yellow frame house is on the north end of Bridge Street. It...

This is a little park area between our Town Hall (on the left) and our Youth Centre (on the right). It has a fountain, benches, and a few hi...