Tomorrow is Canada Day. It will be Canada’s 141st birthday. Our country seems so young, but we have a history that goes back into the 1600’s.
I hate it when the holiday falls in the middle of the week. Some employers give either the Monday or Friday off closest to the holiday to compensate for a mid- week holiday day, but there are lots of Canadians out there that had to work today – my husband included. He’ll have tomorrow off though and that’s the main thing.
We’re trying to decide what to do for the holiday. I already mentioned in my last post that we’ll probably have nice thick sirloin steaks and fresh corn on the cob for dinner, but what else will we do …
If you guessed go to see some fireworks you’re probably right. If the weather is decent we’ll likely head over to Ashbridge’s Bay to watch the fireworks. They load all the fireworks onto a barge on Lake Ontario and set them off over the water. It’s spectacular. Naturally I’ll try to take some pictures if I can – fireworks aren’t easy to photograph! BTW if anyone has tips on how to photograph fireworks properly I’d love to hear from you.
If you’re in the Toronto area you might be interested in learning about what’s going on in the city for Canada Day. I surfed the web and found some other bloggers talking about their Canada Day plans and some Canada Day Event listings. Here you go:
Canada Day Around Toronto – Although Ottawa is, bar none, the best place to celebrate Canada Day, Toronto is no slouch in the festivities department:. 8:00 pm, Mel Lastman Square — The official City of Toronto celebration. A concert and fireworks to music …
Canada Day Fireworks – Find out where and when to check out Canada Day Fireworks…
Canada Day – Coming soon to a more convenient day near you? – When I was a teenager, Canada Day meant gathering with my friends at Major’s Hill Park, drinking (sorry, Mom) and generally having a good time. The bars were packed, the buses were free after 10 pm (another something Toronto might …
HOLIDAY WEEK – Our Annual Canada Day Preview – Finally, if you want to catch me, please come down to the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. Johnada will be celebrating the only way I know how – by attacking people with blow up donuts at the first Canadian Donut Olympics. Only in Canada …
I hope that all the Canadians reading this have a great Canada Day – even if you just stay home and relax.
Can’t wait to hear all about this – it sounds like so much fun. We never really have anything is big as this in the UK
Thank you mucho for the link back to my post!
A tripod helps a lot when shooting fireworks, and if your camera allows it, set the aperture as high as you can — that way you don’t have to think about the shutter speed and it’ll all be in focus — and use a remote control or cord to click the shutter. As for aiming, most fireworks explode in roughly the same spot, so as long as you don’t try to tightly frame in, you should capture them. It’s been a long time since I shot any, but I remember shooting off a big roll of film just to get a couple I liked. Have fun! And Happy Canada Day!