Tag Archives: Oakville

Convenient beauty on Trafalgar Road

Posted on September 26, 2013 by bloomingreverend

South Oakville is a beautiful place. But the neighbourhood wouldn’t be the nearly as beautiful without Bong’s Variety. The corner store is surrounded on every side by loveliness. Some of the homes there are over a hundred years old and … Continue reading →

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Purple haze: an Ontario farming tradition

Posted on May 16, 2012 by bloomingreverend

If you drive past the city limits of many Ontario towns, you will see lilac bushes. Some of them are in lovely gardens of course, but many are standing alone in a field or surrounded by a tangle of weeds. They are often all that’s … Continue reading →

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Ta da! The community garden is now blessed and open!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by bloomingreverend

On Sunday our congregation began a new ministry! After the service was over, we all went outside to gather near our new garden boxes that have now been installed and filled with soil. None of them have plants yet, but soon … Continue reading →

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Why home renovations are like getting a tattoo

Posted on March 16, 2012 by bloomingreverend

On Sunday, I was talking with my congregation about tattoos because I read about a church in Texan with a Lenten tattoo project. Since I am no fan of tattoos (I’m not morally opposed or anything, I’m just cheap and pain-adverse) it’s … Continue reading →

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Community gardening is no walk in the park

Posted on November 25, 2011 by bloomingreverend

Last week I was pleased to attend a meeting at the Oakville Freedom Centre on Bronte Road. They are the host site for a joint garden project that grows food for the hungry in our town. I think that’s very cool. But it has clearly not been … Continue reading →

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Leaf thief

Posted on November 23, 2011 by bloomingreverend

Some people are very good at raking leaves. They collect them into little piles, put them into compostable bags, and leave them in tidy rows for the trucks to pick up. Some people are so fanatic about raking, in fact, that they … Continue reading →

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New roofs make good neighbours

Posted on July 22, 2011 by bloomingreverend

There has been a rash of roofing in our neighbourhood this summer. I can count at least five houses on our street that have had trucks deliver big skids of shingles and a garbage bin to their driveway. Not long … Continue reading →

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At least they left one good thing

Posted on July 18, 2011 by bloomingreverend

Moving from Strathroy to Oakville was challenging. Living close to the church was very important to us, because this way we could be engaged in the same community as the congregation and available at a moment’s notice. The problem was that we … Continue reading →

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First harvest

Posted on July 6, 2011 by bloomingreverend

People regularly knock on the door of the church and ask for help with groceries. The administrator and I always talk with them to find out what they need and how we might be able to help. Often, these folks … Continue reading →

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Uh oh. Trouble.

Posted on May 11, 2011 by bloomingreverend

Turns out not everybody thinks our front yard vegetable garden is such a good idea. N., a Technical Assistant in Engineering and Construction for the Town of Oakville, paid me a visit today. He told me that there had been a complaint about … Continue reading →

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