Where can you shop at a garden centre even when it's closed? And get advice from them at your home so they can let you know where to plant or not to plant? (Even though they really know the yard quite well since they know everyone in town by name...) Ile des Chenes, of course!
And the library... I admit I walked in with very low expectations. First, this is a French town, and I don't speak or read French. Secondly, it is a town where you can know everyone's name... how many books could they actually have in the library?! (Which, by the way, is only open 1 evening and 1 half-day each week.)
I was looking for an author which is new to me, but fairly familiar. Nope. Nothing by him. The aisle of English fiction isn't terribly big. But so far I've liked almost everything about Ile des Chenes, so I decided to join anyway. Maybe I'd find something I liked. The librarian came over to the section I was wandering through, apologized for leaving some kids books on top of the CD's (from the morning Kid's time), and gave me a tour. I wasn't sure I needed a 'tour' of this little place, but it turned out to be very helpful after all. Especially when she told me that if there were any books or authors I wanted to read, she could order them from any library in Manitoba. And that any DVD's or videos that were strictly French were marked with a green sticker. That will be helpful to know. I joined, took home 2 borrowed books, and bought a cookbook for 25 cents.
Yup, I love our chosen community.
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