- "I enjoyed it so much I had difficuly doing anything else over the weekend. You write in what Rob (Davies) used to call 'the plain style' which Rob used himself. It gives the story reality and authenticity... with the values and attitudes of early Ontario." Brenda Davies (Mrs. R.)
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- "It’s really a love story." Dianne Lyon, Guelph resident.
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- "It's interesting at at least 11 levels - local hisory, geography, domestic architecture, how to plant trees and build fences, and wonderful recipes." Andy Barrie, CBC radio host
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- "The element of this book which distinguishes it from some of the other books of its kind is the manner in which Baines uses her house as a focal point for revealing to us the history of the region, the past lives of its inhabitants as well as geographic features." Review in the Hamilton Spectator.
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- "We found your book serendipitously motivating as we just built and moved into our new country home a year ago. Already we have experienced many of the triumphs and tribulations which you describe so well in your book." Cathy and Howard Sharpe, Grey County residents.
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- "You have followed the tradition of Catherin Parr Traill and Anne Langton - leaving us with an intimate description of time and place." Kim Krenz, author, Lakefield, Ont.
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- "I must tell you how wonderful your book is - every bit as fascinating - more - than Toujours Provence or Mayes' books on Tuscany - it is the best kind of history." Ruth Cathcart, author, Grey County.
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- "I never knew that the Owen Sound area was so interesting." Dr. L. Tuters, Hamilton, Ontario
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