Brings to Mind

In Salamanca  and Olean , NY , we saw Tim Horton's Coffee places.
I spoke of the ubiquitous nature of Tim's. The number is close to     3 , 500 in Canada and another 370 scattered through the U.S. 
There was / is a Tim's stand in the Kandahar base in Afghanistan.

Will we return to Seneca Allegany ? . Drive : 3 1/2 h.  facilities : VG
Promo deals : VG  Lung cancer : maybe

Its a toss up. Once a year ? Umh , yes. Twice a year , doubtful.

Our regret : We should have stopped in Ellicottville. In M's word , what is this place. The town was pretty and functioning. Salamanca was ghostly by comparison. Olean was a name w/ a Walmart store.
Crossing at Lewiston - Queenston , for sure.

Sat JUL 13. Weather , this will be HH for sure. Its 10 A and the temp in the shade is 75.
This morn was a muffin day. Ran out  and needed to re-supply the freezer. Morning b/c I want the heat to vent before the day gets hot.
Almost made it , didn't realize how hot this day was going to be.

For sure , the backyard view is tremendous. If its green - its big and bushy. B/c I'm a silver leaf dogwood grower   ( I can't grow much else  ) , the backyard is blooming and booming.

Yesterday , at Tim's , after our FRi chinese food lunch , we had coffee at Tim's (  natch ). Our donut was called ' apple cobbler '
ApC is a designer donut. A solid donut shaped like a star. Crunchy sprinkles on the margins and apple filling in the middle. Some chef lady created the donut for Tim's ' Duelling Donut ' contest.
There was an entry form advertisement on the bag.
I entered a donut design. My donut is called ' Cruncheroo de Pom '
( Pomme is Fr for apple ). Its a bi-lingual donut. Solid star  w/ apple filling and caramel plus the crunchy splotches , 7 for the 7 provinces of Canada ( Oops , couldn't fit anymore on the thing , computer went all ' question mark ' on me ). The prize is $ 10 000 and you're donut is featured at Tim's.