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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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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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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Last Sunday morning was a perfect time to launch the kayak.
So I did.
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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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Yesterday afternoon we rode our bikes to the end of Cranberry Trail.
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Continuing the visit to Wasi Falls last week, here is another view.
Some Photomatix processing makes the colours a bit surreal.
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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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The Wasi River drops over the rocks in its last half mile rush before it enters Lake Nipissing.
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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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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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The North Bay DIA held a spectacular Classic Car show this past Saturday and I found myself reliving parts of my teen years.
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Leaves on a bush in North Bay’s Waterfront Gardens emerging to add to the taste of Spring.
The lone tulip surrounded by all the yellow may develop some kind of complex.
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