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Entries from August 2008

Mary Janes

August 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

When you put on a pair of special shoes is it the actual shoes that put you in a good mood or is it the special feeling you get from wearing something out of the ordinary, anticipating that exciting events are about to take place?

Happy objects, originally uploaded by lepiaf.geo.

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

NEO at Marketown

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Last Saturday morning I headed over to Windsor Crossing to check out the opening of Marketown, a new outdoor market not far from home. I’d pictured a market reminiscent of Toronto’s St. Lawrence but it’s not quite there yet. At 10am there were no veggies yet only a yogurt stand and one jewellery […]

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Tags: Lasalle · Gardens · Essex County · Food · Country · City · Windsor

Mastronardi Estate Winery

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Second stop on Saturday’s Wine Trail Ride with WindsorEats was a stop at Mastronardi Estate Winery. Here we saw more vines, learned about how they keep things warm in the winter, and saw the red grapes changing colour from green to red.

Mastronardi Estate Winery, originally uploaded by dreaminofbeadin.

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Tags: Kingsville · Sports · Wine · Essex County · Country · Special Events · Play · Windsor

August Wine Trail Ride

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

This past weekend I headed out with the WindsorEats gang for a 25km Wine Trail Ride through Ruthven and Kingsville to check out three local wineries for tours and samples. We finished the ride here at Aleksander Estate Winery for more wine and a fabulous barbecue of local foods all grown within ten minutes […]

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Tags: Kingsville · Sports · Wine · Essex County · Food · Special Events · Play · Country · Windsor

Wish I Was

August 15th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s Friday again already. Summer is slipping by and before you know it, the kids will be back and school, vacations will be over, and the weather will be cooling off.
Where will you wish you could be when all that happens?

Wish I was here., originally uploaded by dncng_leaf.

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

Flowers and Diamonds

August 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Diamonds or water droplets?

Kingsville, Ontario (Diamonds are Forever), originally uploaded by Susan Johnson Washington.

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Tags: Essex County · Kingsville · Gardens · City · Country · Water · Flora · Windsor