Blog Windsor » Parks http://www.blogwindsor.com Pictures of your city - as you see it Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:04:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 And Stones http://www.blogwindsor.com/2009/09/06/and-stones/ http://www.blogwindsor.com/2009/09/06/and-stones/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:05:13 +0000 Candace http://www.blogwindsor.com/?p=404 Stones someone left, originally uploaded by allegr0]]> Today’s photo: Stones someone left, originally uploaded by allegr0

This is a trip down memory lane for me. I took this photo on Pelee Island in early summer, when I was there doing research for an oral history project.

I wish I had more time to spend on Pelee. I’d live there in a heartbeat if I could organize my life to make it possible. It’s definitely on my someday maybe list.
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hawk face up close
IMGP0148, originally uploaded by Pete Gilbert,.

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]]> http://www.blogwindsor.com/2008/09/23/hawk-face/feed/ 2 The water was high http://www.blogwindsor.com/2008/09/22/the-water-was-high/ http://www.blogwindsor.com/2008/09/22/the-water-was-high/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:31:06 +0000 Candace http://www.blogwindsor.com/2008/09/22/the-water-was-high/ Peaceful days. The water is smooth as glass and it’s so quiet. All I can hear is the hum of my computer’s fan and the occasional cycling of the hard drive. No flies and no risk of sunburn either as I sit on my couch and look out at the water in this photo.

marsh with canoe, bench, and lookout tower
 Point Pelee Field Trip, June, 1997, originally uploaded by weathermanandsewer.

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dog looking through the fence at the river
Leeloo Watching the Ducks, originally uploaded by Victoria’s Food Adventures in Windsor & Essex Coun.

Enjoy this last weekend of the summer. The weather’s getting cool but it’s not too late to go for a stroll by the riverfront or in your own backyard. It’s worth it.

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deer in the trees
Ojibway Park, originally uploaded by chrycopaul1066.

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two people doing standing stretches on the grass
top of the hill, originally uploaded by gusramadan.

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bicyle and person at the top of a hill on a cloudy day
top of the hill, originally uploaded by chrycopaul1066.

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monarch butterfly on a flower
Monarch …, originally uploaded by gusramadan.

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neat little barn behind tall grass and trees.
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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sitting on top of the jungle gym
jeans in the air, originally uploaded by CRUSTINA N.

Check out more Belle River pictures in Crustina N’s King George/Belle River Park – November 2nd, 2007 (Set).

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