archibald orchards winery - autumn daze

north on liberty street

bowmanville

past taunton rd

it's a winery

an orchard

a country store

a golf course

and fun autumn destination

for pumpkins fresh produce pick yer own apples

home baked goods and wine

way in the back

you might be able to see the john deere tractors

little ones for the kids to ride on

places to pose for pictures

tables set up for pumpkin carving and lot's of other activities

did i mention the wine?

todays pick

an apple blackberry wine

and better yet i hope

an apple blueberry

there is a seemingly endless variety

and sampling is available

tyrone mill - autumn daze

the tyrone mill

north of bowmanville

again

the bee guy was there pimping pollenation stories and hunny

the mill is a fully functional water powered mill

after all this time

since 1846

so they say

in addition to being a cutting up wood

grain grinding yummy doughnut type place

it's also a sexy little country shop

with a strange specialty in hot sauces

many of which are out for sampling

i'm sort of partial to the tyrone road kill hot sauce

which oddly enough comes from "suzie's sauces"

in lutz florida - not tyrone

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try this swinghammer original shooter

...

pour up a shot of tequila

and a shot of real apple cider

put a couple drops hot sauce on the back of your hand

or a few

depends on how hardcore you are about these things

put the hot sauce dans la bouche

like you would the salt with a normal tequila shot

throw back the distilled agave ferment

and chase it with the apple cider

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jimmy calls it the tyrone apple picker

in honour of the mexican citizens

who pick our apples locally

terry fox run for cancer research

this was my first terry fox run

since the original "marathon of hope" started in 1980

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the black dog that is cancer

has finally shit in my yard

and suddenly it seems like the right thing to do

it feels a little like actually doing something

because cancer in people close to you

can leave you feeling

powerless

like all you can do is hope

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me and maya

bre and her mom were there

garth the gurls were out on jewelgurl's behalf

while she remained at home

recovering from that savage beating they call treatment

waiting to feel a little bit better

waiting to see if it's gone

"one good day ten bad days" she says

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my dad lost his brother in august

the healthiest uncle i had

physically active mentally positive

the black dog found him anyway

and ate him up

"it's a bit of a new bike type event" andrew said

people, pets, firetrucks, firemen, friends, family,

bbq, live music, a juggler,

even an elephant

sweet jimmy swinghammer says
you do not want to be following the elephant

no sir you don't

in the true spirit of terry fox - who quit before he finished his run

i didn't intend to do the entire 10k walk

i was wearing $5 footwear

and planning a shortcut home

but

my father who walks with a cane

and jewelgurl's crew with garth's bad back and the kids little legs taking two steps to our every one

they were so committed and determined

that 10 k seemed like the right thing to do

until somewhere around

kilometer 7

we were all sufferin' a little more than a little

each of us

for reasons of our own

garth began to take the signs they put up to encourage us personally

his back however was in enough pain that bending to pose for this picture didn't look so good

i thought we might have to steal some kid's wagon out of their yard and pull him home in it

we made it through though - 10 kilometers

each of us

for our own reasons

under our own steam

feeling good

like

maybe

we had done something to help

let's hope it does