Candlemaker opens up shop in the village
Allenwick Candles shop and studio now open on County Road 2, in the old school
When I was a kid I looked forward to the end of summer holidays.
Not because I was itching to get back to school, but because my birthday is in late August and it was the most important day of the year. Not so much anymore. But I do wish I could skip ahead to autumn this year, past this heat wave with no end in sight, past the peak of the virus (if we have all behaved) and gearing up to watch the election-to-remember from our ringside seats.
What sent me down that rabbit hole was a whiff of candles in the making. Jennifer Foshay was making batches of Fall Kitchen, Apple Stand and Cozy Flannel soy candles at her shop and studio, Allenwick Candles, when I popped in on Saturday.
A whiff through my mask of Fall Kitchen made me think ahead to October and Thanksgiving. What will our world be like then?
Allenwick Candles is on County Road 2, in the old school in Keene, across from Muddy’s Pit. It is open Friday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Online visit allenwickcandles.com.
Lions scholarships
Graduating Otonabee South Monaghan high school students can apply for one of four Keene Lions Club Scholarships. The deadline is July 15. Applications are on the Keene Lions website, e-clubhouse.org/sites/keeneon.
A farmer’s diary
John Graham Weir was born in 1844 and married Lovina Tennyson in 1867. He kept daily journals from 1880 until 1925. The journals were donated to Trent Valley Archives by the Mitchell family of Stoney Creek, Ont. 1902 July 5, Sat.
Fearful storm of thunder, lightning and rain this morning. The low land is flooded. 1902 July 7
I was picking cherries and berries. This evening Valentine Tennyson and I went to town with berries and c. Awfully wet weather. The low land is flooded.
1902 July 8
Tennysons and Lovina and I went to the circus and spent all day.
1902 July 9
After dinner Mr. and Mrs. Tennyson and Lovina and I visited the Peterboro Binder Twine Works and the Little Lake Cemetery.
1902 July 10
This afternoon I was helping Meadows draw in clover hay.
1903 July 7, Tues
Edith Hunter and I and Lovina went to Stoney Lake and found everything all right in the cottage and in the boathouse. Lovely weather.
1903 July 8
The three of us went in the canoe to an island above Eels Creek and we each picked a pail full of blue berries. They are a splendid crop.
1903 July 9
Edith Hunter, Lovina and I went in the canoe to the head of Stoney Lake and picked huckleberries and caught a maskinonge and had a fine days sport and fun. The weather is fine.
1903 July 10
We stayed on and around the island all day picking berries, catching bass and painting the canoe and boathouse.
1903 July 11
This afternoon we left the island on the steamer “Alert” and came to Lakefield. We arrived on the train at Peterboro at seven o’clock. We have spent a very pleasant week.
1904 July 6, Wed.
Rained all this afternoon. Brown and I were grinding mower-knives, axes, scythes, chisels etc. After dinner Brown and a team went to help Robert Mitchell to draw home timber from the Canal. I was working at the stonewall.
1904 July 7
We were working at the stone wall. Brown took Sarah Jane to Hazlitt’s. This is the second time.
1904 July 9
Brown was at home today. I was building the stone wall this forenoon. This afternoon I attended the opening ceremonies of the Lift-Lock and I went down the lock on the City of Peterboro. Awful heavy rain this afternoon.