Last  Blast

Using muscles to make water flow. Water that now flows from a faucet….

Last Blast at the Simcoe County Museum, where the past meets the present.

Roads in progress…

Back in the days when kids walked back and forth to school, uphill both ways. They walked through rain and snow, sleet and bright sunshine.

Steam engines…

I think I can, I think I can, chugged the little engine that could.

A modern sawmill….

I love the smell of fresh sawn lumber.

Just a little bit of dark smoke…

Vintage machinery, once shiny and new, built the roads we now travel through.

Beautiful and shiny black….

A wonderful mode of transportation.

Music in the forest….

Is it a violin, or is it a fiddle?

Modern transportation….

One way or another I will get there. I will get there.

I will get to the Last Blast at the Simcoe County Museum in 2026!

The Sounds of Christmas..

Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering.  There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.’ Lenard Cohen

White Chapel bells rang through the Simcoe County Museum during their Victorian Christmas celebrations, playing Christmas Carols as their audience quietly sang along.

White Chapel bells are also the makers of the Liberty Bell, and the bell that rings from England’s Tower of Big Ben.

Angel voices, richly blending….

Love when a small community gathers together, in a beautiful church, for an old-fashioned Carol sing.

All the while caring for the more vulnerable members of their town.

The Huronia Symphony Orchestra presents ‘A Swinging Christmas.’

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me what sounded like twelve drummers drumming,

Eleven organs pipes the walls bedecking.

Ten brass instruments deep tones richly playing.

Nine woodwind instruments gracefully their melancholy sounds making.

Eight violins, times two, quivering.

Seven strings a stringing, with cellos and the beautiful upright bass richly haunting.

Six trays of cookies for eating.

FIVE GOLDEN RINGS

Four children for Santa watching.

Three conductors being amazing.

Two piano players vibrating.

AND ONE SOLD OUT CROWD!!!!!!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Quilters, Artisans, and all things Beautiful!

Quilts, each as beautiful as the other!

The Simcoe County Quilt and Artisan Fair. Finally back again, after a covid19 hiatus!

A few of my many favorites!
Works of art!

The finest of quilting, embroidery, rug hooking, spinning, hand weaving, lace making, etc., etc., etc.

Colour, colour, and more colour!
A quilt of many colours!

So many artists, so much art. So worth the drive to the Simcoe County Museum.