tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348167812008-11-26T16:57:58.814-05:00Thoughts on upcoming events, comments on life in and about Flesherton, Eugenia, Priceville and surround. The interesting and absurd added for your reading pleasure. This blog is supported by the Flesherton and District Chamber of Commerce, however the opinions posted here are independent.Party of onenoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34816781.post-45606429013709227722008-11-18T13:08:00.004-05:002008-11-26T16:57:58.835-05:00

More snow.Ê

Party of onenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34816781.post-40920974028845011572008-11-17T22:19:00.004-05:002008-11-18T13:10:21.001-05:00

Volunteers are needed to continue the Split Rail Festival in Flesherton. Some of the organizers are getting tired, quitting plus costs are rising making it difficult to make money. A meeting is planned for Nov 26 and a motion will be made to disband the festival unless more volunteers come forward. It is very sad when established organizations that did well in the past are no longer viable

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Roads were closed on Saturday evening due to snow and poor visibility in the Stayner and Singhampton area. The snow is still clinging to the trees. Beautiful.

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The weather is too nice to stay inside. Get out in the country and enjoy.

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What a difference a day makes.

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What can I say... this is sunset Grey County style.

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The Beaver River on Thanksgiving weekend. More fall pictures. Flesherton pond just as the leaves were starting to turn. These images were taken at the beginning of September.

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If you are against large scale wind turbines blocking the view and cluttering up the beautiful landscape then here is something you might be interested in. (Not to mention making noise, vibrations, shadow flicker and more) A wind project is planned for the east side of Lake Eugenia with 5 turbines. Meeting Nov 5th from 6 - 9 pm Feversham Rec Centre. A speaker will be there discussing different

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As appeared in the Toronto Star. Click on the linked heading above to see the video as well. With permission from John Goddard. Horseshoe fits for young blacksmiths Sept 24, 2008 06:36 AM JOHN GODDARD STAFF REPORTER FLESHERTON, ONT. -- No machine can fit a horseshoe to a horse, which means young men continue to enter the blacksmithing trade. "We're all full-time horseshoers -- this is how we

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The Grey Bruce Dragon Boat Club was paddling Wednesday night. It was a beautiful evening and watching the sunset was a bonus. We don't paddle in the dark, this was near the end of our excursion around the island. I often hear other paddlers comment on how lucky we are to live in this area, and how beautiful it is out on Lake Eugenia. I agree. To see more pictures from last night's paddle click

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Lovely Vandeleur Community Park is a peaceful place to stop for a break. If driving country roads is something you love to do, this is a great route to drive. Travel north of Flesherton on Hwy 10 and turn right on Grey Road 32. Vandeleur community park is on Grey Road 32. Further up the road turn right on to Grey Road 30 and this road takes you down into the Beaver Valley and you'll see a

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In May a cleanup crew came to Eugenia Falls. The group included Chris Hatchey from Grey Sauble Conservation Authority. They brought out junk that was thrown into the gorge or river, including a picnic table. However the stuff got there, it was a lot harder to bring it out. Enjoy. This is an excellent video.

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I found this video on You Tube about Flesherton. It shows what Flesherton is like when driving through by car. Interesting viewing. Enjoy.

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Flesherton's former school was destroyed by fire recently. It is unfortunate because it had interesting architectural details worth saving. The building was run down and needed major repairs. The roof leaked and was probably going to collapse unless someone spent a lot of money on renovations. The photos were taken by Eric Lundstead and thank you Eric for sending them to me. Here's another

Party of onenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34816781.post-49672865214507702382008-06-11T14:53:00.011-04:002008-06-11T17:39:48.116-04:00

Grass is not green. Regular grass that is. We have to water it, fertilize it to keep it looking nice. And mow it even more often after it's been watered and fertilized. Last year most of my backyard was dug up for another green project ... installing a ground-source heat pump. We re-seeded the dug-up portion of the lawn with regular grass seed. The type that is readily available anywhere (and

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Saturday May 17, was the official launch of "Empress Eugenia" at the public beach. After a bottle of champaign and a few short speeches, the boat was out in the lake, paddled by a crew of about 20 people. The boat was decked out with a head, tail, drum and balloons for the occasion.

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The dragon boat has arrived! Congratulations to the Grey Bruce Dragon Boat Club for the hard work they did to bring the boat to Lake Eugenia.

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This post is in response to the comment on the June 2007 post about Eugenia cenotaph. The plaque in the photo was installed in 2004 near the cenotaph and ginkgo tree. It reads: This Ginkgo (spelled incorrectly on the plaque) is dedicated to the memory of Lt. John Oliver Allison, MC. Born 8 Oct, 1891 Maxwell, Ont. Died 15 May 1918. Enlisted 162 Battalion Canadian Army May 1916. Overseas 31 Oct,

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What are you doing for earth hour? Canada has one of the highest participation rates around the globe. Over 150 cities are participating. We are turning off the tv, vcr, dvd, computer, stove, lights, and going for a walk outside for an hour. Maybe taking a few pictures in the dark.

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Due to high winds and poor visibility roads are closed again today. All roads in Grey and Bruce. It's a good day to stay home and make bread and cookies. Here's a web site that lists current road conditions and Grey County road closures.

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We've had many snow days and days when children aren't in school in the past 2 weeks. All the roads in Grey and Bruce County were closed for one day last week. Today we're shovelling ourselves out after a heavy snowfall. Almost knee deep snow kept us off the roads until the plow came through. The path you see in the snow was from the tractor that was clearing out the driveway and me walking

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It is very cold today with the snow that crunches when you walk. Sparkling and fresh, crunchy and cold. 'Tis the snow of Christmas cards.

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What is this Rock? On November 10th between 1-4 pm I went to the rock identification event at South Grey Museum with the rock shown above. Geologist Peter von Bitter, a museum member and curator at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto was there to identify it for me. I had no idea what it was. Peter told me that it was a Stromatoporoid, a kind of sponge 430 million years old. (Give or take a

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The leaves are changing slowly this year. The trees are tinged with a bit of red and yellow. This was taken at Flesherton Pond, the old mill pond, a lovely place to swim. The old mill is still there, now a private residence. If anyone wants to send me a picture of the local area to post, I would be happy to do that. I'll mention your name in the blog if you ask me to. Otherwise it will be

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Grey County is working towards getting highspeed internet for areas that are unserviced. They will be releasing request for proposal September 07 according to their web site. Their goal is to have this available March 2008. Please click on the following link to let them know of your need for high speed access. www.greycounty.ca /broadband.

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