This morning, soon after 7 a.m. when I rose, I noticed the frost on the trees outdoors, as though Jack Frost had used a giant paint brush and decorated everything outdoors, and the sky was the most amazing colour of … Continue reading →
Waiting makes us exercise patience. What or who made you wait today? Perhaps it was waiting for your children to get dressed for the day, to come to breakfast, to tidy up toys. Or … Continue reading →
Continuing on our tour of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons from the bus trip a short few weeks ago. Even our well-versed guide was not sure about what these waterways were meant to do– and it wasn’t to bring the … Continue reading →
The Homer Watson Gallery in Kitchener is bursting with new exhibits again. This month and until early November, artists Deborah Pryce, Diane Young and Anita Kunz have their work displayed in the various rooms. Deborah’s work is hung in the … Continue reading →
This past weekend the Tavistock Agricultural Society put on its annual Fall Fair. It truly is an agricultural fair, but there is more. Along with exhibits of corn, vegetables and grains, there’s room for handiwork such as knitting, quilting, sewing, … Continue reading →
As mentioned in Part 1 of Canadian Canoe Museum, there’s so much to see and learn here that one could spend most of a day here. This sign says, in part, Missionaries, beginning with the Jesuits in … Continue reading →
Back to our holidays in the Kawarthas in July. We read about the museum in the Kawartha Visitor 2014 Summer Vacation Guide and right away it grabbed my interest—a museum about canoes. We weren’t about to find one of … Continue reading →
In mid-July when we were in Kawartha Lakes area on vacation, we heard the radio announcer report about the Lakefield Literary Festival. What we didn’t know then was that the event was already happening. Our son-in-law Dave suggested that … Continue reading →
We’d covered a lot of ground in those few hours and yet there was more to see, the lumberman’s shanty and the mill. Men from the village sometimes went to work in a lumber camp over the winter to … Continue reading →
Truly, one can spend a whole day at this village and still come away wanting to know more. The Menie General Store in Lang Pioneer Village has a little bit of everything. The building also served as the local post … Continue reading →
