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Entries Tagged as 'Leamington'

An Egret in Kingsville

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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 […]

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Tags: Essex County · Leamington · Kingsville · Harrow · Country · Fauna · Parks · Play · Water · Windsor

Picky Picky

March 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

It might be hard to believe since it’s March and there’s snow everywhere, but it completely possible to maintain an outdoor cactus garden in Windsor and Essex County.

Ouch! , originally uploaded by PhotoDocGVSU.

I can’t tell if this photo is indoors […]

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Tags: Essex County · Leamington · City · Country · Parks · Flora · Windsor

Remember that Storm?

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Where were you when the storm hit?
I was on the highway between Windsor and Chatham, trying to get to Toronto. I had to turn off in Chatham and stay the night in a (too pricey) hotel. What can you do when there’s no way to push on? I watched the […]

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Tags: Essex County · Leamington · Country · Play · Parks · Windsor

Geocaching

March 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Are people still doing this? I was really keen to try geocaching with the family a few years ago but never found a friend with a gps and didn’t want to invest before trying. If you’ve never heard of it, geocaching is like treasure hunting when all you’re given are the global coordinates […]

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Tags: Essex County · Leamington · Country · Play · Parks · Windsor

Leamington Marina and Boardwalk

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments

A little bit of photoshop can give you an entirely new perspective on a scene you’ve seen a million times. This is the Leamington boardwalk down by the marina. Recognize it?

Magic Island , originally uploaded by Keith Watson aka Keith Watson. […]

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Tags: Essex County · Leamington · Country · Water · Parks · Play · Windsor

The 42nd Parallel

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

The parallel 42° north passes through the very tip of mainland Canada at Point Pelee Ontario. It also passes through Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, France (Corsica), Italy, the Adriatic Sea, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia (Kosovo), Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey (European part), the Black Sea, Turkey (Asian part), Georgia, Russia, the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, […]

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Tags: Essex County · Leamington · Country · Play · Parks · Windsor