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Entries Tagged as 'Lakeshore'

A Lot of Stairs

April 1st, 2008 · No Comments

This house is in Belle River, Ontario. I see a set of stairs facing the photographer and another on the opposite side of the house. I guess this is what you have to do if you want to divide a house into apartments - every compartment needs an emergency exit. No one […]

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Tags: Essex County · Lakeshore · Windsor

A Total Lunar Eclipse

February 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

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 […]

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Tags: Kingsville · Leamington · Essex County · Amherstburg · Harrow · Essex · Lasalle · Night · City · Pelee Island · Lakeshore · Special Events · Work · Country · Play · Windsor

Prickly Prickles

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Beware the prickles. They stick to your socks, cling to your pants, and tie themselves in your hair.

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Tags: Leamington · Essex County · Kingsville · Harrow · Lasalle · Food · City · Parks · Lakeshore · Play · Flora · Country · Windsor

Blow me Down I almost fergat! (Bonus Talk like a Pirate Day post)

September 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Ahoy there readers ~~ today be International Talk like a Pirate Day!
I posted ye a pic and fergat that you’d be wantin’ some spirit to go with yer shivers and yer timbers. Fer that reason yer to get a second post fer today so enjoy yerselves. Arrrr!

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Tags: Essex County · Kingsville · Harrow · Country · Water · Special Events · Play · Lakeshore

A roll of hay

September 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Comber is another one of those little blip on the map towns. It’s north of Leamington, south of Stoney Point, west of Tilbury, and east of … well … umm … Woodslee I guess. Comber has a lot of farms. And a church. And a library. Back in […]

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Tags: Country · Essex County · Flora · Work · Lakeshore · Windsor

Farm country

August 30th, 2007 · No Comments

The community of Pointe-aux-Roches (or “Stoney Point”) is now part of the larger area of Essex County known as Lakeshore. There’s a tiny public library and a church and a lot of farmland out this way. It’s about 45 minutes east of Windsor, along Lake St. Clair.

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Tags: Essex County · Food · Country · Lakeshore