CANADIAN MAPLE
Yesterday I crossed the border into Canada for the first time in a year. We were asked, “What is your destination and purpose?” Bob smiled, “Tim Horton’s for the best coffee an donuts around.” The young female customs official laughed. “How long do you plan to stay?” “About an hour.” And so we did, returning with a box of one dozen donuts to declare as we drove past the American Customs.
It was a small thing that brightened the day. Tim Horton’s in Abbotsford has always been our touchstone… first place we stop after crossing the border going north, and the last place we stop as we head south to the U.S. We have rolled up the rim on many a contest cup, sometimes winning a free cup of coffee or a donut. The big winners always eluded us. Abbotsford is growing by leaps and bounds, becoming a city really, but between there and Bellingham, we can still enjoy old barns, newly furrowed fields, orchards, farmhouses, goats grazing in green meadows, and raspberry canes leafing outs.
... P. L. Morningstar
It was a small thing that brightened the day. Tim Horton’s in Abbotsford has always been our touchstone… first place we stop after crossing the border going north, and the last place we stop as we head south to the U.S. We have rolled up the rim on many a contest cup, sometimes winning a free cup of coffee or a donut. The big winners always eluded us. Abbotsford is growing by leaps and bounds, becoming a city really, but between there and Bellingham, we can still enjoy old barns, newly furrowed fields, orchards, farmhouses, goats grazing in green meadows, and raspberry canes leafing outs.
... P. L. Morningstar
posted by Looking for Hope | 9:00 AM
4 Comments:
mmm delicious hot coffee & a yummy donut...gotta run out for some right now! THX for the suggestion!
What a way to sweeten your day. The donuts must really be good as you have mentioned them before, in your blog.
Food for the heart, the inner being. Very good for breakfast.
--PM
All of us have a certain sight, smell or activity that create a "bright spot" in our day but it does seem a universal experience that we all have special foods that can make us celebrate. Glad you felt good enough to get out.
Kathi
As a Canada, I feel obligated to tell you that Tim Hortons donuts are not nearly what they used to be. They used to be baked in each store and thrown out each night (if you arrived at the right time, you could score some free ones). Now, however, they are shipped in frozen and simply thawed in store and we Canadians can definitely tell the difference!
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