"What I Did On My Summer Vacation"

 

.... yeah, I know it's actually closer to Christmas than
Victoria Day, but apparently, I was busy!

 

 

 

Pale Jewelweed (Wildflower Walk)

 

 

South Simcoe Railway

 

 

 

"Lighthouse" (Toronto International Jazz Festival)

 

 

"Journalists and Editors in 19th Century Toronto" (Heritage Toronto Walking Tour)

 

 

Canada Day! 

 

Indigo Bunting (Bird Watching Hike) 

 

First lilac of spring! (Royal Botanical Gardens)

 

 

 Buskerfest (Ottawa, Ontario)

 

 

Parkwood Estates (Oshawa, Ontario)

 

 

The Badlands! (Cheltenham, Ontario) 

 

 

 

Classic Car Cruise (Mississauga Celebration Square)

 

 

Art Battle!!! (Mississauga Living Arts Centre) 

 

 

Islington Village Murals (Toronto Heritage Walking Tour)

 

White Rock Ostrich Farm


... and that's not even half of what I have apparently been up to!  This being
retired - pardon me - gainfully unemployed - takes up a lot of time!!!

... got a spare $ 5.00?  You might want to catch the wagon ride at the -

 

White Rock Ostrich Farm!!!

 

 

($ 2.00 for a cup of corn to feed the "teenagers"!)

 

 

(Farm is off highway 25 between Milton and Acton)

"House Hunting" with the Mad Retiree ....

Parkwood Estate

... the home of Samuel McLaughlin, founder of General Motors of Canada, from 1917 until 1972.  Most of the original architecture inside the home is still intact (the yellow, art deco bathroom on the second floor is to die for!)  Not permitted to take photos inside the house, but check out the formal gardens!!!!

 

... behind this first floor collonade is an indoor bowling alley, complete

with a Brunswick semi-automatic pin setter!!!

Take a ride on the

 

South Simcoe Heritage Steam Train!!!

.. the oldest operating steam heritage railway in Ontario also features the oldest operating steam locomotive in Canada.  The fully narrated trip runs from Tottenham through the scenic Beeton Creek valley to Beeton and back.

 

 

.... the Ottawa International Buskerfest!!!

 

 

... and the "Cheer"ing section!!!

 

 

(and a sentiment I had never believed I would express - it is possible to have

one too many fire-juggling unicyclists at the same buskerfest.....)