Hoping our guests in 2018 enjoy the newly made-over sunroom, I love the new look and the addition of the mini bar seating area. It's a great spot to check email while watching the birds in the rear yard. Delightful!

Another thrilling award! So grateful to my best helper Melissa Gagnon who has helped make this possible. Hotels Combined says: "This award is in recognition for consistently achieving the highest standards of Customer Satisfaction worldwide. We know this because the team here at HotelsCombined undertook the largest analysis of customer opinions online across millions of points of data. We now have a complete and comprehensive understanding of over one million hotels worldwide, taking our team of data experts months to finalize. Specifically to date, we found and processed 189 opinions that your guests have posted on a variety of different websites, forums and social media, resulting in an incredible score of 10 out of a possible 10. You are now representing the top 3% of accommodation worldwide for Customer Satisfaction."

Thrilled once again to receive an award from Booking.com - a stunning 9.8- thank you to our guests who have left feedback- we appreciate the feedback and YOU! #guestsloveus

A little humour to lighten the day- after so much rain.

2018 is The Year of the Bird and the Annual Backyard Birdcount runs Feb 16-19. It's easy to do and you will contribute to a snapshot of where birds are during the start of the reverse migration. This article explains it all- and where to send your results. Happy birding!

On this gloomy cold day I was speaking with a new guest that was making a reservation when two eagles flew by the back yard. By the time I got to my camera, they had perched in the woods to the west. This is what I captured. (I need a new zoom lens, for sure soon). Enjoy! Click on the photo for the entire picture. Can someone confirm if the top bird is an immature eagle? It has been around a fair amount.

Interesting bird sighting at Point Pelee visitor center today: Townsend's Solitaire. Description courtesy of Wikipedia. "Townsend's solitaire reaches a length of approximately 8–9.5 inches (20–24 cm) and wingspan of 14.5 in (37 cm); it weighs approximately 1.2 oz (34 g). It has a short, thick, blackish bill; a white eye ring; and gray plumage with a buffy wing stripe and edges of the flight feathers. The tail is long, tapered when shut, and edged with white. Juveniles are mottled gray and white. It perches in a rather upright position, often high on a branch and often staying still for a long time. Though it has some similarities to the northern mockingbird, particularly as to the tail, its dark underparts, shape, size, and behavior are not similar. It feeds primarily on berries and insects. The solitaire is amongst the most specialized of all North American birds since its diet in winter consists almost entirely of the fleshy cones of the juniper bush, and the solitary birds form territories around productive juniper patches which they strongly defend. Photo By Don Henise - Townsend's Solitaire 2014-06-01

Thinking of spring and up pops this picture from June 1st last year- a full rainbow over our barn. Thought I would share. 😊

We are now over 400 Likes- a great accomplishment. Thank you everyone who has taken the time to like our page, and hoping to see both repeat and new guests this year. Thank you!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year. The snow arrived in time yesterday to make these pictures of the rear left berm possible. No editing done- just beautiful nature.

In advance of the snow they said was coming, the bird feeders (all 20 of them) were refilled, only to look out and see no birds, mmmmm. wonder why?

Dark sky event tomorrow evening at Point Pelee, beautiful! Rooms still available.