The River Valley Photography Society took advantage of the fine weather a week Saturday ago – and enjoyed the aerial displays of the CrowValley BarnStormers This is a group of radio-controlled model airplane enthusiasts headed up by Jim Brethour. This group meets in the fields North-and-west of Campbellford whenever the breezes are down and the …
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Digital Photography has become one of the most popular leisure activities. One can literally see photo imagery everywhere. And what is really fun is that just as cameras have become more versatile and easy to use the photo finishing software has also become much more helpful in making good pictures ever better. Now more than …
The 3rd Presentation on Photo Finishing will also offer a Google+ Hangout option. Be sure to make check into Google+ you have the latest Hangout plugin as Google just updated Hangouts this last week. Our topic is Dirty Dog images that inevitably pop up with automated cameras and rapidly changing Saturday September 28th at the …
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This Fall in Northumberland Hills is not likekly to get another WonderFall like last year – truly a Color Concerto. Such a rich gamut of hues as seen last year at the Campbellford Gazebo are going to be hard to match. And the early showings have not been promising. The Ash have gone brown and …
In the Spring Campbellford Public Library Flower Gardens were featured as one of the best in Northumberland county. But the true test of floral display is how you do in the Fall when the trees and shrubs are rivalling the flower garden for variety of color and form. So here is a look at theCampbellford …
Northumberland Hills had a WonderFall in 2012. There were several reasons – no killer frosts until later October. Ditto for heavy winds. And the rains were light drizzles which coated the countryside with a light luster and sheen that brought sparkle to all the countryside. But really, this Fall observer is hard pressed to fathom why …
One of the delights in the Fall and its many Country Fairs is the early dusk and the lights that come up on the Midway rides. This reviewer missed THEx in Toronto this year but fortunately the Nortumberland townships are full of fair action in September. Here is some color found in the Hills. It …
Gladatorial Games are are alive, well, and auto-driven in the Northumberland Hills of Eastern Ontario. They are called Demolition Derbies. The Warkworth Fall Fair kicked off Friday night with a Demolition Derby at Dusk. Now this reviewer had been to the Brighton Speedway just south of Warkworth on Highway 30 where the mud track races …
Flavia de Luce Mysteries are a truly precocious mystery series brew. Part Nancy Drew, part Hardy Boys but distinctly Flavia. She is 11 going on 12 and not just fascinated with but also mastering all things chemical, poisonous, and deadly. Aiding and abetting these interests are her Uncle Tarquand’s vast and well stocked chemistry lab of …
WingField on Ice is a play and audiobook about Walt Wingfield, an early retiree Toronto Bay Street broker who buys a farm in Peresphone County Ontario. Okay it is a oneman play with Rod Beattie bringing to life all of the various eccentric characters of said county as peopled by playwright Dan Needles. It …
Rain, particularly a gentle drizzle, adds a lushness to Fall hues which is like a bouquet of unexpected good humor and joy. And last Fall, there were plenty of squalls and drizzles to add sparkle to the countryside. Suddenly a timid Autumn day becomes wet and wild with color and standout sheen. All you have …
Last year by the start of the second week of Fall one could clearly see that this was going to be a dramatic and colorful show. First, the maples and sumac were putting on the ritz with a color sheen and shine everywhere. Going for a morning jog along the side roads had new pleasing …
