From Cobourg to Brighton along the Lake Ontario Shore, apple orchards abound. And in Spring time they put on a Blossom Show that confirms Summer time is is marching right in. So Colborne ON, smack dab in the middle of this Apple corridor, puts on an Apple Blossom Tyme festival to beat the band wagon. …
Apple Blossom Tyme Festival 2012-May 24th to Sunday May 27th Read More »
Summertime is great fun as the days get longer and better except for one group of observers – Astronomers. Already light pollution around the major cities and highways limit observations but add the summer glow and telescope observations become even more Deep Night oriented. So consider taking in on Saturday May 12th when the Peterborough Astronomical …
Peterborough Astronomical Association – Observations Read More »
It was very chill, -3 Celsius for the start of the Ryken Fishing Derby, so I delayed 45 minutes getting to the pond. Wrong decision! The fish were hungry after the cool night and in the hour between 8:00AM opeing and 9:00AM when your intrepid reporter arrived a lot of fish got landed. In fact …
Describing Lucilla as a mixed media artist is being only true to current artistic syntax and form; not her art. Lucilla manipulates old family photos in ways that are like dreamscape novels as they are sewn into your consciousness. As a photographer who uses Photoshop and other plugins to add impact to some images, ye …
Artists Scene in Canada: Lucilla Bonfanti, Mixed Media Artist Read More »
Free seminar at Cobourg ON Library Tuesday November 23 2010 at 6:00PM on: Build your own Blog/Gallery/Website for Free or Nearly so. This will be an active workshop where participants who want will be guided in building their own free [or nearly so] Website. Three major options will be covered: 1)Absolutely Free using …
I saw Caribana from a different perspective this year – at the tail end of the parade at Lakeshare Boulevard near Roncesvalles Avenue. The last of the parade brings out both tiredness and a bit of melancholy, as the fun ends but for the last day Caribana Fest on Toronto Islands. Here are some pictures …
Hamilton Ontario has a mixed message on its natural environment. On one hand there is the exceptional beauty of the Niagara Escarpment with its ravines and bay meeting Lake Ontario versus the surge of industrial pollution from its steel mills, factories, and entwining highway commerce. Perhaps in compensation for this battle, the city of Hamilton …
The Snow Graces Arrived In the tatter and helter skelter of exams Fall arrived on campus in the grace of snow Adding pastels to golden and crimson moods A respite for those indigo hued. Like shooting starts of tempting ambition Heard in greetings warm, darting, nuanced Hardly a question more a moment underestimated But for …
All through December and the first half of January I was gearing up psychologically and physically to do battle with Winter. But Winter was feinting – some cool nights, and a little snow but then followed by those Glow in the Night and “it must be Global Warming” days of early January. In short it …
