Tuesday, 15 January 2008

The dinner was an eat as much as you like noodle affair at Gene's Chinese Restaurant in town, and the restaurant had been closed to the public for 3 sittings - we were the last sitting at 7pm.

This morning it was snowing lightly when my sister and I went into town to visit her work and go for a walk along the T.J. Dolan Trail along the Avon river. Down near the river among the bare snow-covered trees it was quite pleasant and were almost unaware that we were near the centre of a small city, with a main road passing nearby. Not quite dead centre of town, although there was a cemetery on the other side of the river! :-)

We were dressed as usual for the weather in boots, coats, hats and gloves, and spent about half an hour walking along the path. We saw a squirrel and some small birds at a bird feeder. Kind folk put seed in the feeders for the birds. The squirrels aren't able to get to the seed because of cone-shaped barriers on the poles, but are able to eat seed which the birds spill onto the ground.

We drove into town for coffee at Balzac's which the neighbour said was the best coffee shop in Stratford. The coffee was very good, and we sat at the counter facing Ontario street hoping to people watch, but the window was fogged up. The seed cookie (biscuit) was also good and filling.

After sitting talking for a while we strolled through downtown Stratford, down the Avon River where it runs through town, took some photos and walked back to the car and went home.