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When Susanne attends her granddaughter's annual dance recital she recalls an earlier recital when she had wished she had practised more diligently and was as cute as the littlest performers.

Join her as she talks about oil boom days and Edwardian construction in this dance down memory lane. 

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No, this isn't another crazy wildlife episode, well, wait a second ... it may be consider a wild life aviation episode.  Find out what happens when Susanne's Dad buys a Canadian military primary training aircraft and sparks a love affair that will affect generations of her family. 

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There's a networks of people in Ontario working to save injured turtles and return them to their native habitats.  Susanne and Manfred found out how it works when they came into close proximity of a snapping turtle.

Join them on the journey to the Turtle Hospital. 

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When Susanne is researching details for a story she is writing about a man in 1800's Ontario, she goes down a rabbit hole of history to find some gritty details about Queen Victoria's birthday celebrations in the backwoods in 1887. 

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You might wish for blue skies and tailwinds but Susanne is trying to capture the beauty of the headwind this bicycling season.  Join her on this breezing tale to find out just how much we are blown about by something we cannot see. 

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To celebrate one year of podcasting, Susanne is rebroadcasting her first podcast episode that was lost in a shuffle from podcasting hosts.

While out campaigning in the federal election, Susanne comes across a vivid reminder of the days when muscle cars were family cars and kids roamed the back seats like stalking tigers. 

Join her to discover what is important to salvage. 

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When Susanne meets a barn quilt painting workshop participant whose father hybridized Amaryllis in Holland over 75 years ago, she embarks on a discovery of the flower that leads her to her own back yard. 

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A kitten was left in our garden many years ago.  Since then, he has a comfortable forever home but he spends many days wandering through the flowers and along the paths just like Susanne on a Spring day.  Find out how that turns out on this week's episode. 

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Snow storms that blow enormous flakes onto the grassy ground where they soon melt and welcome sunshine that brings cyclists onto the roads in March are all part of early Spring in southwestern Ontario.

This week Susanne notices nature's determination and foibles as a long winter ebbs into the warm days we have waited for, for months. 

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