Northern Wild Blueberries

The wild blueberries from the shores of Lake Temiskaming always make the best pies.

Hogan's Haileybury

The sun rises over a misty Lake Temiskaming on this August morning in Haileybury. Today we remember the life of our brother-in law with family and friends. This is the view he would have loved to see.

Summer Night at Erieau

And The Music Plays On

1/4 Century Old

Dear daughter 25 years ago today you came into the world and with you came this incredible love and light that you have spread around since that day ... you are a beautiful wise old soul your wisdom and knowledge you share so lovingly and freely  are my guiding light... Wishing you the Happiest of Birthdays dear daughter!

Life is a Kaleidoscope

There are many different people you encounter, different situations, different emotions that you feel that are like the colors and shapes in a kaleidoscope. Just as the colors and shapes change in many different combinations, so do all of these aspects of our lives. These aspects of our lives also intertwine and merge in various combinations throughout life bringing new people into our circles and new experiences that affect our emotional reactions.

The Arts for All.

 

The St. Louis Art Museum or SLAM has over 33,000 magnificent works of art from the great masters to the up and coming. And the best thing is the Admission to the Museum is free every day.

Spa Day

Chances are, at some point in your life, you’ve seen what happens when a house cat gets wet. It’s no secret that cats aren’t fond of the water, even though they can swim just fine. Tigers love the water and enjoy taking dips in cold water. Tigers almost never have their heads under water, because they don’t like getting water in their eyes and nostrils. To avoid this, they typically get in the water backwards and keep their heads above water. Water is actually the primary cooling device tigers use.

St Louis Gems

$Vault$

Gorgeous and intricately patterned, this Herring Hall Marvin vault door comes from the First National Bank building at 501 Locust.  Once moved to the museum, twenty tons of steel plates comprising the middle of the doors were not reassembled to reduce the weight; instead they were cut apart and used as the stair treads for the Bulldozer staircase on MonstroCity.

Bottle Wall

City Museum acquired over 70,000 glass bottles in the late 1990s from a discontinued line at the Vess Soda Co. One bottle wall snakes through the Vault Room, but the motif is repeated a few times in the building, bearing witness to the Cassilly principle that "enough of anything becomes a brick!"

Muses

These ladies are an early sculpture in the cave in the St Louis City Museum. They've become known as the Muses. The caves took form over several years, beginning in 1995 and finally opening to the public in 2003.

Coincidence or NOT?

Two sisters traveling together on a summer road trip 

~one from Chatham and one from Toronto...

It was meant to be!

Corn as High as an Elephant's Eye

While traveling through Illinois this summer I had the pleasure of seeing vast fields of corn going on for miles and I never tired of the sight!