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Peeking

Candace — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:25:14 +0000

I cannot believe I still have never made it out to John R. Park Homestead. My kids have each been there on class field trips — the best of those being for a sugar shack/cabane à sucre) at maple syrup time.

John R. Park Homestead Farm House, originally uploaded by Victoria’s Food Adventures in Windsor & Essex Coun.

The house and farm buildings were built in 1842 and have been restored to show life in the nineteenth century. It’s also on the water and there’s a boardwalk for strolls. One of these days I’m going to have to make the trek. It’s located on the shore of Lake Erie between the towns of Kingsville and Colchester at 915 County Road 50 at Iler Road. There are great directions on the ERCA website.
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Back to School

Candace — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:26:01 +0000

One week! School is starting up again next week. You’ve got a few more days to get in all that summer fun you planned for this year.

This school looks like it might have been pretty crowded but the kids don’t look too upset. Gosfield North is east of Essex, Ontario and north of Cottam (which is north of Kingsville).

SS No 11,- Gosfield North, originally uploaded by ECHRS.

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Mastronardi Estate Winery

Candace — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:54:42 +0000

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.

There’s another ride in September so if cycling across the county tasting wine sounds like your cup of tea keep and eye on the WindsorEats blog.

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August Wine Trail Ride

Candace — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:33:45 +0000

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 of the winery.

Road Trip 2006 117, originally uploaded by cheri0627.

There’s another ride coming up in September so keep an eye out for more information on the WindsorEats blog.

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Flowers and Diamonds

Candace — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:23:43 +0000

Diamonds or water droplets?

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

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Fighting Fire

Candace — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:43:53 +0000

This crew just finished ~~putting out a fire~~ playing fire fighter games in Kingsville, Ontario.

fire fighters in kingsville, ontario, originally uploaded by Susan Johnson Washington.

Thank you to firefighters everywhere.
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Curling

Candace — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:13:27 +0000

This is a game I know almost nothing about. I used to live across a field from a curling club but I never made it inside once. Maybe if I’d had a camera back then…

Curling, originally uploaded by The_Jay.

from Wikipedia:

Curling is a team sport with similarities to darts and shuffle board, played by two teams of four players each on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared ice. Teams take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones down the ice towards the target (which is called the house). Two sweepers with brooms accompany each rock and use timing equipment and their best judgment along with direction from their other teammates to help direct the stones to their resting place. The complex nature of stone placement and shot selection has led some to refer to curling as “chess on ice”.

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An Egret in Kingsville

Candace — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:07:38 +0000

Let’s pretend it’s summer.

Welcome to Kingsville, in southern Essex County, Ontario, right on Lake Erie, west of Leamington, east of Harrow. This is an egret just taking off from the water.

Notice the sun is shining.

100_3343 , originally uploaded by gginnbay

Doesn’t that sun feel nice?

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A Total Lunar Eclipse

Candace — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:12:37 +0000

Last night, February 20th, 2008, a lunar eclipse was visible to nearly a billion people in the Western Hemisphere, more than 1.5 billion in Europe and Africa, and about another half-billion in western Asia.

The skies were clear here making the show a great one for Windsorites. It was very cool (and literally icy cold) standing outside in pajamas watching the progress.

Lunar Eclipse , originally uploaded by omsu.

For the science side of what you saw last night and what you see here check out NASA’s Total Lunar Eclipse page.
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Kingsville Gothic

Candace — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:30:31 +0000

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.

Many kudos to Mat Dunlap, Mike Zikovitz, Dan Misener, and Jenna Zuschlag for this evidence that Essex County is filled with brilliance.

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