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Entries from January 2008

Not Migrating South

January 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Swans are one of the many sculptures down at Windsor’s riverfront Sculpture Garden. These swans stick around all winter long and stand here even when the temperatures fall below zero.

Swans , originally uploaded by dslr_5.

In warmer weather it’s a great place […]

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Tags: Riverfront · City · Parks · Windsor

Kingsville Gothic

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Hilarious! If this image doesn’t look familiar, take a look at the original, a 1930 painting by Grant Wood called “American Gothic”. All that high school art history I studied is paying off.

Kingsville Gothic, originally uploaded by Dan Misener. […]

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Tags: Essex County · Kingsville · Country · Play · Work · Windsor

5:35 am

January 29th, 2008 · Comments Off

Down by the station, early in the morning
See the little pufferbillies all in a row…
Catching a train out of town? Windsor’s Via Rail Station is located on Walker Road at Riverside Drive. Trains start pulling out bright and early — these passengers were there at 5:35am ready to roll.

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Tags: City · Windsor

The Creepshow Visits Windsor

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The Creepshow played at The Thirsty Scholar on January 23rd, 2008. The Thirsty Scholar is downstairs at the Student Centre at the University of Windsor.

Sarah Sin, originally uploaded by CRUSTINA N.

For more information about The Creepshow check out their webpage and […]

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Tags: Night · Essex County · City · Play · Special Events · Windsor

Lolcat Napping

January 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

It’s Friday Cat Day again here at Blog Windsor. You can see (again) that Windsor-Essex County has no shortage of kooky cats. This one is sleeping and well deserving of lolcatting. Post your captions in the comments. (For a lolcat primer see Anil Dash’s blog and for more lolcat pic see […]

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Tags: Essex County · Meow · City · Country · Play · Fauna · Windsor

Lots of Blogs

January 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Last night there was a meetup of Windsor bloggers. Allison from CBC did a group interview which will air on the radio this morning. It was great to meet the people behind the blogs I read and to see other people so passionate about showing what’s great in our home town. Here’s […]

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Tags: Essex County · City · Play · Windsor