A Carillon, a Pagota and some Kitsch - 1 August 2011

I often find myself staring at the elegant tower inside the North entrance to the Victoria Lawn Cemetery on Queenston Road in St. Catharines. I had assumed that the tower was a Folly, a building built primarily for decoration but that it is in fact a Carillon. 

The architecture certainly mirrors the Anglo Scottish dominance of these parts and the influence of the Scottish Rite Freemasons. Here is map to the cemetery a map of the cemetery if you wish to find the Carillon or Pagota shown below or just have a tour.

The Carillon / Folly

The Pagota Pagota

After having been to the Victoria Lawn Cemetery to photograph the above Carillon / Folly and then the Pagota on the very southern part of the cemetery. 

 I left the cemetery by Emmett Road and I immediately came upon this very vividly coloured collection of outdoor ornaments and bric a brac. I have to tell you, I had a big smile on my face and was grateful to see that there are many types of people in St. Catharines. Enjoy.

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Port Colborne Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival - 30 July 2011

Port Colborne's Canal Days are one of my favourite yearly events. This year the weather is spectacular and there are smiles all around.

For information on Canal Days, here is the info on Concerts, here is the Canal Days' Program.

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  As can be seen from the videos, Port Colborne was the place to be today. It is a beautiful city, come for a visit, you may stay. 

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Food Day Canada in Niagara on the Lake - Flash Food Mob - 30 July 2011

To celebrate Food Day Canada, the folks at Stone Road Grille decided to have a Flash Food Mob at 10:30 p.m. at the clock tower in Niagara on the Lake. How could I not go? 

So off we went with our trusty little camcorder and took a very dark video of the festivities. As you can see in the video, a good time was had by all.

  

Need I mention to our readers that food security is a serious issue and will be much more so in the future? If you want to have food in the future, start buying it from local sources now, and I don't mean supermarkets, I mean from the growers and their coops. Seriously, we must get on top of this issue.

 

Chef Ryan Crawford and team

 

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In case you didn't get the memo - in the future the issues of food, community and growers are inextricably linked on local level - the link is survival.

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A visit to Foreign Affairs Winery - 27 July 2011

The Foreign Affairs Winery is located in beautiful Vineland, Ontario.

As can be seen in our video below, Foreign Affairs is mainly about amarone style wines. These wines are very interesting and we found them best enjoyed with appropriate foods and not sipping on their own.

 

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The Foreign Affair Winery
4890 Victoria Ave. North, Vineland Station, Ontario L0R 2E0

Tel 1-877-262-7661

www.foreignaffairwine.com

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