….found a new park in south Mississauga to wander through
This is where I found The Peace Stone, Richard’s Memorial Park in Port Credit.
Thanks to SM Kelly from No Fixed Plans for hosting Sculpture Saturday https://nofixedplans5.wordpress.com/2021/05/22/sculpture-saturday-32/
….thanks to Ludwig for hosting Monday Window https://mondaywindow.wordpress.com/2021/05/17/monday-window-may-17-2021/
South Etobicoke in Toronto where I live is divided into three areas along the waterfront. The area on the east side is Mimico, New Toronto is in the middle and Long Branch is on the west side. Last week I took a drive over to Long Branch to check out the waterfront.
Long Branch was originally owned by Col. Samuel Smith in the early 1800s. He had a large family and he tried his hand at farming after he left military service. He apparently wasn’t a very good farmer and five of his seven children never married and continued to live in their parents’ home after they died.
In 1861, James and Margaret Eastwood purchased the old house and 500 acres of lakefront property from the Smith Estate. They cleared the timber and farmed the land. In 1883, they sold 64 acres on the eastern edge of their property to a consortium which developed it into an exclusive summer resort area. The land was subdivided into 250 villa lots where the well-off could build summer cottages.(copied from the Etobicoke Historical Society). http://www.etobicokehistorical.com/long-branch.html
Many of these magnificent ‘cottages’ still stand today. It always amuses me to think that people who lived in Toronto travelled 10 to 20 kilometres in the summer to travel to their summer homes.
…thanks to Jez for hosting Water, Water Everywhere https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2021/05/17/reflections-5-water-water-everywhere-78/
As I was sitting in the car and going through the carwash I decided to take photos from inside the car as the water and colourful soap blasted my front window.
This photo is clearly was not taken inside the carwash but it’s hard to imagine that it was taken today, on the icy shores of Lake Ontario and not on a beach in Brazil.
….thanks to Jez for hosting Water, Water Everywhere https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2021/05/10/reflections-4-water-water-everywhere-77/
A short walk from my front door.
….Happy Mother’s Day
…it’s been a rainy end of April and beginning of May
Even though it’s been cold and windy there’s something about the clouds that lift up my spirits.
Mama Cormier 