Sweet Milton at Sweeties Cafe!

Monday was simply a stunner of a day. The weather was warm, the sun was shining, so I decided to take a little time off to enjoy the weather. As per usual, I like to take a small trip somewhere close to home, and I chose Milton.

Milton has a quaint historic town with a main street, historical homes, and lovely town parks. I parked the car right in town, and went for a walk around to see the holiday decorations starting to go up. After this I walked around the large pond in the middle of town.

As it got close to lunch, the inevitable happened: I was hungry. After having wandered around town, I found a delightful spot, with prices so reasonable I asked the owner if there was a mistake: Egg Salad Sandwich on home made bread with lettuce and tomato for $2.99.

For lunches I don't like fancy places: but rather dinners with comfort food using great ingredients. I had found my Milton spot: Sweeties Cafe: Bakery & Catering. I had a grilled cheese & bacon sandwich made with real slices of cheddar not processed cheese slices on home made white bread. I also had a small caesar salad with home made dressing and croutons. For dessert the lemon square was first class made with real butter, eggs and lemons. It is hard to find someone who actually uses real ingredients, and knows what to do with them.

So if you are in Milton, looking for a good lunch/breakfast/light dinner, I would highly recommend "Sweeties Cafe" at 20 Martin Street. The owner/baker is Karen so say hi when you visit this very friendly cafe.

Heat Glorious Heat!

My good and dear friends, Colin Fell and his sister Susan Walkinshaw's mother had recently passed; her home had been sold, and the new owner plans to demolish the small home. Two years ago, they had replaced the furnace. They were kind enough to offer it to us and that same day our old furnace stopped working.

Until I watched one layer after another be uncovered under the skin of the old furnace I wasn't aware of what a big job it actually was. Taking out the old furnace which ran originally on coal, was converted to oil, and finally to natural gas, took 3 strong young men over 3 hours to dismantle. The furnace remains filled the back of the company's cube van, not including the dried remains of three small birds.

So now we saved this perfectly good furnace from being recycled, as well as added a much more efficient heating system to our little home. This adventure took two days. Out with the original heater, which the poor guys at Abbey Air had to uninstall and in with the new. Our carbon foot print just got a whole lot smaller, and the air is just that much fresher.

Transition Oakville: A Good Thing

Last evening, I was at a great meeting for Transition Oakville (goal of which is to make the town sustainable). The concept is to create a place to share experiences from setting up a vegetable garden and what to do with the excess produce, hooking up a water barrel, or creating a permeable driveway. There are going to be monthly meetings, which are open to all. Yesterdays meeting had 11 very knowledgeable and interesting people.

If you are interested in a subject which will help us reduce our carbon foot print, that residents can apply to their own lives, make a suggestion. If you are just interested in learning something, you'll be welcomed with open arms.

For further information is: http://www.transitionoakville.ca