Millbrook, Ontario Landmark: Needler’s Mill

Millbrook, Ontario Landmark: Needler’s Mill

by | Nov 11, 2014 | Travel

Millbrook, Ontario looks much like it did after being rebuilt due to the Great Fire of 1875.  Needler’s Mill is the third mill to have stood on this site.  It was a mill on this site that was the reason for the habitation of Millbrook and is also the origin of...
Bliss at the Beach

Bliss at the Beach

by | Nov 6, 2014 | Travel

Bliss at the beach to me is spending time on the beaches in Sarnia where I grew up as a girl.  I have shared my passion for Lake Ontario with my three boys since they were infants.  Each summer we make at least two treks to Sarnia from our home 4 hours east.  It is...
The Road to my Home in Millbrook

The Road to my Home in Millbrook

by | Nov 6, 2014 | Travel

The second day’s picture post in Photography 101 was to be a street.  I live in the country in a southern Ontario village.  My street view is a road.  It is known as a highway but who’s kidding who?  It is a two lane road but despite the bad paving job is...
Water of Lake Huron near Sarnia, Ontario

Water of Lake Huron near Sarnia, Ontario

by | Nov 5, 2014 | Travel

This photo was taken by my Samsung Mini S4 android phone.  The pictures are not bad but I have a hard time sometimes keeping the phone steady.  I do like this picture.  It was taken in late September of this year at Mike Weir Beach in Bright’s Grove, Ontario....
12 Facts About the Oak Ridges Moraine

12 Facts About the Oak Ridges Moraine

by | Jul 7, 2014 | Travel

The Oak Ridges Moraine is visible out my back window.  Everyday I am treated to one of the spectacular views featured above.  Our temperate climate offers us four distinct seasons each with its own glowing features.  Early spring for us heralds the disappearing snow...