This is Larry’s garage.
The curator has been farming for many years. Memories of many of his experiences are housed in this building.
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Alligator
A close-up view of my friend Larry’s garage wall.
If you need it, it’s most likely there.
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Just In Case
This is my friend Larry’s garage wall. The “too good to throw in the garbage” items hang on the wall just in case they will be needed some day in the future. Larry runs a farm and “you never know” when something hanging in the garage will be exactly what you need to repair a broken piece of equipment.
Of course, the day you need that item that you’ve saved for years is exactly one day after you give up on it and throw it out.
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Blacksmith Shop St. Jacobs
From the mid – 1800’s this building on the main street in St. Jacobs housed a blacksmith shop. It continued to function into the 1980’s when the last blacksmith, Jon Martin retired. The historic feeling of the shop has been pretty much preserved but these days other businesses are using the building.
Straw brooms are manufactured here and a few antiques are sold from the building now.
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Waterloo County
Recently I was able to spend a sunny afternoon roaming around North Waterloo County.
Farms and green and brown fields predominate. Rolling hills characterize the landscape. The land is often gently tilted.
Calming to the eye and soul.
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Huron County Farmhouse
We visited friends this past weekend in Huron County. The land is flat and the farms are prosperous. This house was built in the late 1800’s and is really spectacular and impeccably cared for. It has been in the family since 1900 or so.
The 10 foot ceilings and front and back staircases are a mark of the architecture of the time.
This part of the province is a very pungent challenge to the nose. Pigs are big business and the smell of money is constantly in the air.
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Ready to Launch
Last Sunday morning was a perfect time to launch the kayak.
So I did.
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Osteospermum
This flower is also called “African Daisy” or “Cape Daisy”. Very colourful, and the yellow ones we bought at the nursery close up at night and reopen in full daylight. We also have some purple/blue ones that don’t do this so I guess it’s not a pattern of behaviour for all of these flowers.
I am a sucker for daisies and brown-eyed susans and so these guys are right up my alley.
Here’s a photograph of the purple/blue ones.
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Nipissing Afternoon
Yesterday afternoon we rode our bikes to the end of Cranberry Trail.
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Waterfall
Another popular waterfall in the area is Duchesnay Falls, photographed probably at least a million times.
This seems to turning into Waterfall Week!
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Wasi Falls
The Wasi River drops over the rocks in its last half mile rush before it enters Lake Nipissing.
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Dandelions
They are much maligned as an ugly little plant. But there are some redeeming qualities.
Especially in large groups. (“I wandered lonely as a cloud…?”)
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Waiting
North Bay’s Railway Heritage waits patiently on its own little siding.
Looking a bit forlorn these days, Engine 503 will eventually find a home on the waterfront.
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