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“The air was fresh and crisp and had a distinct smell which was a mixture of the dried leaves on the ground and the smoke from the chimneys and the sweet ripe apples that were still clinging onto the branches in the orchard behind the house.”

Fall Good Old Days Country Life Farm Life

Book:Recipes and Recollections: Treats and Tales from Our Mother's Kitchen

Source: Recipes and Recollections: Treats and Tales from Our Mother's Kitchen

“We need only to close our eyes and we are back on the Third Line, walking up the lane, through the yard and entering the bright, warm kitchen. We are home again.”

Fall Good Old Days Country Life Farm Life

Book:Lanark County Calendar

Source: Lanark County Calendar

“We stepped a little quicker, laughed a little louder and chatted over the fences a little longer. We gathered bouquets of wildflowers, dined on fresh strawberries and began to ride our bikes up and down the Third Line again. We ran up grassy hills and rolled back down through the young clover, feeling light and giddy, free from our heavy boots and coats. There were trilliums to pick for Mother and tadpoles to catch and keep in a jar. Spring had come at last to Bathurst Township and was she ever worth the wait!”

Spring Good Old Days Farm Life

Book:Lanark County Calendar

Source: Lanark County Calendar

“On harsh, frigid January days, when the winds are relentless and the snow piles up around us, I often think of our small feathered friends back on the Third Line. I wonder if the old feeder is still standing in the orchard and if anyone thinks to put out a few crumbs and some bacon drippings for our beautiful, hungry, winter birds. In the stark, white landscape they provided a welcome splash of colour and their songs gave us hope through the long, silent winter.”

Winter Birds Good Old Days Farm Life

Book:Lanark County Calendar

Source: Lanark County Calendar

“Some things were done a certain way and they had been done that same way for ages. Most of the time it was a good thing, a reliable thing, and we grew up being able to count on life being very predictable and very dependable.”

Good Old Days Farm Life Lanark County Perth Ontario

Book:Lanark County Chronicle

Source: Lanark County Chronicle