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Big Fire in Toronto

September 21, 2007 by Tricia

There was a huge fire here in Toronto yesterday. I believe it might even still be burning!

An auto wrecking yard, not all that far from here, ended up having a huge fire. Police are investigating as to whether it was arson or not as kids were seen in the area before the fire broke out.

It’s a huge auto wrecking yard full of cars and tires. When it caught on fire there was a huge explosion and then the city filled with black smoke. Toronto’s huge, but this fire was big enough to contaminate the air and skies above the city.

I hope the fires out by sometime later today, but since tires are likely on fire I expect it will take longer. Luckily the auto wrecking yard isn’t near any water ways.

Oh Chris works in the OR recovery area and they put the whole staff on standby – something we call code orange – just in case toxic fumes from the fire started to affect people or something worse happened.





Filed Under: Canada, Home and Lifestyle, Toronto Tagged With: auto, auto wrecking yard, black, black smoke, Burning, car, car fire, caught, city, explosion, fire, kid, kids, police, smog, smoke, the city, tire fire, Toronto, toxic, water

The barn in the Meadow

September 13, 2007 by Tricia

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Don’t you love old barns?

I took this photo last year when we were driving from Ottawa back to Toronto. We’d been on a visit to Ottawa to attend a birthday party for one of my aunts and as we drove home we just had to stop and take a few photos of the lovely scenery along the way.

I’m from Ottawa and now that my parents are gone we don’t get out that way very often anymore. One of my brothers still lives there, but he seems to come here more than we go there.

Filed Under: Canada, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Recreation, Vacation and Travel, Wildlife and Nature Tagged With: aunt, Barn, Birthday, brother, Canada, driving, farm, home, July, last summer, meadow, old barn, Ontario, Ottawa, photo, photograph, picture, road trip, Summer, Toronto, travel, visit

Enjoy free time on the weekend? Visit Everyday Weekender

September 13, 2007 by Tricia

I’ve just spent some time reading a blog that I just came across called Everyday Weekender. The site is written by a fellow Ontarian who’s written this blog as a celebration of the weekend. Who wouldn’t like a site that’s all about enjoying some well deserved R&R on the weekend?

Not only is this site written by a fellow Canadian, but I think we might have some things in common. He writes about spending time in the garden, traveling to one of my favorite Caribbean islands – the Dominican Republic, Southern Ontario attractions and events, barbecuing, cottage life and one of my favorite cottage type activities – canoeing!

Yes, it was a post about his new canoe that caught my eye. I’m sure by now you guys know how much I love canoeing so how can I not like someone who’s just learning how to canoe?

There’s plenty of interesting posts filled with DIY activities that will help you enjoy your weekends such as this post about making your own Keggerator. Yes, that’s turning a fridge into a big beer keg! I must show Chris this post … or maybe I shouldn’t as I’m sure I’ll end up with a Keggerator in my basement if I do!

I Luv this site.

If all of that isn’t enough to get you to go and have a peek at Everyday Weekender there is the matter of the PR 5 linkback promotion he’s having. That’s right. If you write an article about his blog he’ll link back to you and you’ll get a link from a PR 5 blog. Gaining another PR5 link for my site is nice, but that’s really not why I choose to tell you about Everyday Weekender today. I don’t gush about sites just for links. I really do love this site and I’ve added it to my blogroll already.

Filed Under: Blogging, Canada, Cool stuff, Culture, Entertainment, Hobbies, Home and Lifestyle, Linky Love, Recreation, Vacation and Travel Tagged With: activities, backyard, barbecue, basement, beer, blog, Canada, canadian, canoe, canoing, Chris, cottage, cottage life, DIY, Everyday Weekender, Food, garden, Hobbies, interest, interests, keggerator, linkback, Ontarian, promotion, reading, rest and relaxation, Southern Ontario, travel, weekend

My beautiful city

September 9, 2007 by Tricia

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Here’s another photo that I took while on our boat cruise last Saturday. This is a view of Queen’s Quay, the harbor on Lake Ontario where we boarded our dinner boat.

I love how the setting sun is shinning on the left side of the buildings. They appear to just glow in the mid-evening light.

I’m originally from Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, but I’m very happy living here in Toronto. It’s such a beautiful city with so many things to do it’s amazing. Sure there’s pro’s and con’s to living in a city such as this, it’s not all good, but so far my experiences here have been good.

Filed Under: Canada, Culture, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Recreation, Toronto Tagged With: amazing, beautiful, boat cruise, buildings, Canada, city, dinner, dinner boat, experiences, happy, harbor, Lake Ontario, Ottawa, photo, Queens Quay, Saturday, the city, Toronto

The Sun Sets over Toronto

September 5, 2007 by Tricia

Wordless Wednesday

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Is that not a postcard worthy photo? I took that picture while on the boat cruise on Saturday night. The evening was lovely and the sun setting over Toronto was absolutely gorgeous.

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I think next to my love of gardening and roses, gazing at beautiful sunsets is one of my most favorite things.

It was kind of like Deja Vu when I was on the boats deck.

I’d been inside the boat in the dinning room and I noticed that the sun was going to set soon so Chris and I went up on the deck to take some photos and just look at the scenery.

I suddenly realized while on the boat that all the beautiful postcard photos of our cityscape must have been taken while on a boat on the lake. It makes sense of course, but I’d never thought of it before. It was so beautiful.

Filed Under: Canada, Dining and Restaurants, Home and Lifestyle, Life with Chris, Photography, Recreation, Toronto, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: beautiful, boats, Chris, garden, Love, night, photos, picture, roses, Saturday, sunset, Toronto, Wordless Wednesday

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