"Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world,"

With the wonderful water around you curled,

And the wonderful grass upon your breast ~

World, you are beautifully dressed,

The wonderful air is over me,

And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree,

It walks on the water and whirls the mills,

And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.

You friendly Earth!  How far you go,

With the wheat fields that nod and the rivers that flow,

With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles,

And people upon you for thousands of miles!

~ Wm. Brighty Rands (1823 - 1882) English Writer.

Photo:  Conway Park, Cayuga. lbw

"Land was slowly reclaimed from the forest"

"However disparate their origins [early settlers], and however different the imperatives that brought the first settlers, they all faced much the same problems once they were here.  For the majority, starting again in a new country meant first clearing a small patch of land upon which to grow enough food to stay alive."

~ John & Monica Ladell, Inheritance, Ontario's Century Farms Past & Present.  Macmillan of Canada, 1979.

Photo:  Mount Olivet, Haldimand County, lbw

Mount Olivet Lilac Drive Thru'



"All the authorities on the Language of Flowers agree that the purple lilac expresses the First Emotions of Love.  As Robert Tyas explained, the lilac's chief beauty lies in its flowers with their rich, heady scent, but these are short-lived and transient, like the first intense pangs of love."

~ Gill Saunders, Victoria & Albert Museum


"Oh were my Love yon lilac fair..."

 O were my Love yon lilac fair,
Wi' purple blossoms to the spring,
And I a bird to shelter there,
When wearied on my little wing

~Robbie Burns



Bridge Over the Grand



"My most important rule [of writing] is:  If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it."

~ Elmore Leonard (b. 1925)  American novelist and screenwriter.

And, "Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip." ~ E.L.

Photo:  lbwalker



21 Ouse Street ~ Beside the 2nd Boat Ramp


Conway Park Restaurant ~ Cayuga-on-The-Grand


"The Best Kept Secret In Cayuga" Down By The Riverside  ~ Fresh-Cut Fries, Hewitt's Ice Cream

Victoria Weekend Special - Perch Dinner $12
Hours:  Fri 4 - 8:30, Sat. 8:30 - 8:30, Sun. 8:30 - 7:30

Jeffrey Archer Fans ~

Canadian, Jeffrey Steiner, Senior executive & director Film & T.V., has announced plans to make ten and possibly an additional five of Jeffrey Archer's books into movies for T.V. and the big screen.  Steiner is CEO & Founder at New Franchise Media Inc. Source:  The Agenda, Steve Paiken, TVO.  Find Jeffrey Steiner on http://www.linkedin.com/




Oversized and Moving In



Wind Turbine ~ One Section Moving Through Dunnville



In summer I am glad
We children are so small,
For we can see a thousand things
That men can't see at all.

They don't know much about the moss
And all the stones they pass;
They never lie and play among
The forests in the grass.

~ Laurence Alma-Tadema (1865 - 1940) "Playgrounds," English novelist and poet.