Wednesday, June 15, 2011










The Headline Says it All ~





Today's Hamilton Spectator announces Des' retirement.






We wish Des and Greta 'Happy Travelling' Hope you will make it to Cayuga sometime in your new-found freedom.

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"I could tell you my adventures ~ beginning from this morning," said Alice a little timidly. "But no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."

Alice to the Gryphon, Wonderland, Chapt. 10

Lewis Caroll (1832 - 1898) English author, best known for his literary nonsense.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011




Welcome Banners Over Cayuga and Caledonia:


Register on-line www.1000canoes.com for the June 25 canoe festival.

View on-line radio interviews with co-founder, Haldimand resident, Blaine Nicholls.
"Curiouser and curiouser" ~ A phrase from Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland books.

Another familiar phrase, "sometimes I have believed as many as six imposible things before breakfast," endures and enters into our everyday use."

Personally, I relate to poor Alice's bizarre experiences ~ in her case, falling down a rabbit hole, passing through a mirror, shrinking, expanding, showing up in the most absurd surroundings among characters that seem surreal. Unexpected, unpredictable change!

What is normal? What is ordinary?

Lewis Caroll (1832 - 1898) English author, mathematician. Best known for his literary nonsense.

Monday, June 13, 2011











What is ordinary?









There is something forbidding about yards surrounded by giant earth berms (topsoil covered in weeds) and barbed wire. We were unable to take photos of the fields of solar panels.






 




http://www.sunedison.ca/ Norfolk County.
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(Note: Samsung is the corporation associated with the pending solar project, in South Cayuga, Haldimand.)

Saturday, June 11, 2011









Kim and John Jeffrey came camping on the Grand River in Cayuga area and decided to stay. . .



They purchased what is known locally as the former Oddfellows Hall on King St. in the village of Cayuga. Cayuga Street is looking different. Kim Jeffrey is opening a pottery studio and gift shop on Saturday, June 25. For a sneak preview and hours open, visit her website http://www.grindstonecreekgallery.com/ Watch the bookshop blog for new details. We welcome John and Kim ~ just around the corner!

Photos by Lorna (Please click on for larger image.)