20 Scenes from the Sideroad
Look! Up in the sky! Did I just see a Blackburnian warbler? Photograph by Steve Ogle
22 Day Care Gone to the Dogs
For some, doggie day care is a great alternative to a standard kennel. For others, it’s a new business opportunity. By Jason Santerre
Tim Farquhar can build anything. The potting bench he made for our how-to pages (page 30) is just the beginning, as he has any number of more sophisticated renovation and home-building projects to his credit. Like several that others among our contributors listed below, he lives in a century home that has needed its share of improvements. Currently, Tim is up to his neck restoring its original basement bakeoven. 
Tom Riddolls and his wife live on 50 acres near Napanee, Ontario, where they raise Jacob sheep and dairy goats. They also have their hands full as they renovate their aging farmhouse. “We’ve stripped it down to the studs,” he says, adding “Maybe we should have torn it down.” If he’s in search of inspiration, he need look no further than Martin Wright, whose house Tom profiled for this issue. See what we mean on page 64. 
Allan Britnell was the logical choice to produce an item on home-renovation tools (page 38). After all, he and his wife recently embarked on a from-the-ground-up reno of their Toronto home. When we last saw him covered in plaster dust, the demo was done, the stud-wall framing was up and things were starting to take shape. Allan says life should be back to normal by the time you read this.
Yvonne Duivenvoorden was behind the lens at not one, but two photo shoots featured in this issue (see page 48 and 64). Both are part of our salute to heritage homes, a subject she can relate to, for she is the proud owner of an old stone farmhouse near Kingston, Ontario. She spared herself the grief and bought the place already upgraded.