Rook's Nest

Walking Through the Fire.... in collaboration with Sultans of String and the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra. What a great concert yesterday.... loved every minute of it. A very unusual and...

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 The list of books read during 2023.... as usual CANADIAN authors shown in RED, BRITISH authors in BLUE, AMERICAN authors in GREEN. JANUARY The Gift of Rain - Tan Twan Eng Mothers and Sons - ...

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 Some details of the Breugel-Boche bus.... There's a video about this marvellous bus, please have a look ---- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQdOu0kqswE

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THE BRUEGEL-BOCHE BUS.... an amazing mindboggling piece of art displayed in it's own room at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario.  The artist started with an old 1960 VW bus, just like the one ...

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I hardly ever get to go to big bad Downtown Toronto any more, and I certainly NEVER drive there. I can take a bus or train very cheaply and with far less mental stress.  But it's good to have a ...

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 SIX... THE MUSICAL.  You would think that it would be difficult task to compose a musical entertainment about King Henry VIII's six wives. After all, it was a sad story for most of them. Divor...

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It was a grey day but no rain when I wandered along the Halifax waterfront.  The last time I was here was in 2000, the year that the Tall Ships Festival came to Halifax, and the waterfront was v...

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HMCS SACKVILLE is a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship located in Halifax, Nova Scot...

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The CANADIAN NATIONAL VIMY MEMORIAL is a war memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War. It also serves as ...

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 I spent a couple of days in Halifax visiting relatives. There was a pretty good view of the big cruise ship in the harbour from the 17th floor of the hotel. 

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  A TV show being filmed in the park at Port Perry, Ontario. They were filming all week.... this was their last day. The TV show was called...  sorry, I've forgotten already!

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 What is it?  A sea of mud? Sleeping elephants? A Mammoth graveyard? It's the Cheltenham Badlands.  You can read all about the geology of the site here .

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  The road to the Cheltenham Badlands.

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  Massive water main break on Main Street. Corrosion of the 80 year old water mains. No water for any of the businesses. No parking for a whole day. School buses being diverted. I think it...

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  This brave bunny was visiting my neighbours little patio, munching on some juicy grass. He was definitely keeping an eye on me, just in case I was an evil bunny predator, but didn't object t...

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  So bright and jolly, and edible too. I bought a packet of seeds about 6 years ago, and each year I save the seed crop, and plant new ones. 

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  This red cabbage didn't quite make it to supercabbage status, but I love this dusty purple colour. 

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The king of the butterfly world? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly He's enjoying the nectar from my scarlet runner flowers.  

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This is the biggest catalpa I have seen.   Common Name Northern catalpa, catalpa, hardy catalpa, cigar tree Botanical Name Catalpa speciosa Family Bignoniaceae Plant Type Deciduou...

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Trails End Iris Gardens.... my grandson's summer job weeding and transplanting iris plants.  

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 Her name is Millie. She's still a baby. But very hairy.

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The first apples from the baby apple tree. This little apple tree has been trying very hard to produce an apple and it's finally successful. Well done, little tree.  

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  Not a very super photo.

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