Tag: ontario
member name: flit .
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November 03, 2007 11:19 AM EDT --
I am steamed!
The township I live in has basically sold out - everything - to developers.
They have started clearing land to put in enough houses to double the number we already have - that's . . .
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February 10, 2008 12:02 PM EST --
Once upon a time, our store was full of videos. There were videos (and DVDs) along every wall, and on shelving units down the middle of the room.
As the video rental business has died, the movies . . .
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July 06, 2008 02:01 PM EDT --
First draft - feedback is welcome.
Well. What a mystery! The police came to my house today, can you imagine? Two of them. A nice looking young man - well, he would have been nice looking if he hadn't . . .
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October 10, 2007 04:06 PM EDT --
Our provincial election is today.... so I am off to vote before I head back to school for class....
The party I will vote for has next to 0 chance of winning... but I figure that that is not a good excuse . . .
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July 01, 2008 04:55 PM EDT --
I forgot all about the parade this year... I missed it! My bad... but I did have the pictures from last year's parade...and hadn't learned how to enlarge pictures back then and hardly anyone . . .
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July 03, 2008 02:34 PM EDT --
I've written a few articles about Canada Geese lately ....
Got Geese? is the article I wrote for our local community magazine.
A few pictures further to Got Geese? was next - I believe . . .
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January 31, 2008 04:25 PM EST --
This little girl was found abandoned in a parking garage stairwell in Toronto. She's estimated to be about 8 months old... surveillance video tape shows a green car pulling up, and someone getting . . .
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March 28, 2008 07:57 PM EDT --
Well, you guys are doing it... so I figure I should do my spring photo essay too ...
Look - a puddle!
Oh, and look! Grass!
More grass and a puddle both!
A sunny spring day...
Is . . .
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February 10, 2008 01:26 PM EST --
27,200 people have now signed up to participate in Earth Hour 2008 - and the number of businesses has risen from to 1,214 (from around 300 when we first started paying attention). And the Earth Hour . . .
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June 30, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
We're a small town - so nothing big & flashy to be found here.
Legion members started the parade off.
They were followed by a . . .
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May 30, 2009 06:27 PM EDT --
So ... if this one bores you, it's all Denise's fault for asking how I'm doing :)
I could just type "I'm fine" ...but somehow I think she was looking for rather more detail than that.
But I am.... . . .
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January 21, 2008 10:27 PM EST --
Go Green tip of the day
Two large power plants have to run constantly to supply enough electricity to run North American TV sets that are turned off . These "power vampires" suck . . .
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January 22, 2008 11:58 PM EST --
Go Green tip of the day
Wash clothes in cold water. Since 80% of electricity in washing is used for heating the water, using cold rather than hot will save as much as 2,500 kilowatt-hours . . .
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June 08, 2008 07:57 AM EDT --
After my horse drawn cart ride and traipse around the grain elevator , I headed into Midland, to the Huron Ouendat Village .
Part of the Huronia Museum, the village recreates AD 1500 - 1600 . . .
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June 08, 2008 09:09 AM EDT --
The Victoria Harbour range light was built in 1910, and sits on a hill overlooking the town.
It, and several other lighthouses in the area, were built to help guide ships into the Port McNicoll . . .
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June 07, 2008 08:56 PM EDT --
Doors Open Ontario is a program offered by the Ontario Heritage Trust . Modelled on an event that began in France and spread through parts of Europe before beginning here in Toronto in 2000, and throughout . . .
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June 03, 2009 04:24 PM EDT --
it's official ... I passed all of my courses and the only thing outstanding for my MA degree is the Major Research Paper...which I'm working on, honest (even when I'm cutting radishes and making THE BEST . . .
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May 27, 2009 12:20 AM EDT --
Tired and punchy and heading to bed.... but before I did I thought I would have a look see at where Cottage Country Pest Control is coming up in Google.
In less than a week we are coming up in the first . . .
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May 30, 2009 10:29 AM EDT --
Well, the image part of it, anyway ... Ross is not yet finished nitpicking about fonts and placement of those fonts... but we have the bird for Cottage Country Pest Control .
We wanted a line . . .
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May 29, 2009 04:56 PM EDT --
So ...what do you think?
Didn't we do a good job?
This business is definitely a family affair: I took the heron picture, Jessa edited it for me, Tamara did the copy and layout and Ross nitpicked... . . .
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