Dolls have been the main toy given to girls for thousands of years, if not longer. Throughout time, the materials and designs of dolls have changed. Currently at the Dundas Museum is the Valley of the Dolls, featuring several dolls from the past century. We…
Frogs. I don’t think I know a single person that does not like frogs or toads. Snakes, on the other hand, are reviled worldwide. But frogs, not so. Now at Royal Botanical Garden is Frogs. In their event centre are several terrariums with various species…
New York Botanical Gardens Holiday Train Show Sometimes you just need to leave. Sometimes life is just too much to handle and an escape is absolutely necessary. Sometimes that escape is a ten-hour drive to New York City. Things and events that were happening lead…
In my travels around Ontario and now into Quebec and the States, I have been to thousands of places over the past years. The one thing that I have learned in all of this is that there are so many places to visit and see.…
On September 30th, please observe National Truth and Reconciliation Day. It is to remember the truth behind the Residential schools that Native children were sent to, some forcibly. Some even died. Here is a small video of the painted stones found outside the public library…
“I just missed it!” “Ugh.” “It would have helped to have known about it in the first place.” Those were my thoughts back in 2018. I had seen pictures of these incredible displays of horticulture that I immediately regretted missing it. Mosaicultures and Mosaicanada were…
Rochester calls itself The Flower City. We were lucky enough to be able to visit Rochester, New York, three times in May. These springtime visits were perfectly timed to see spring’s fantastic beauty to the senses! We included Rochester for the first time in our…
Bloor-Yorkville is fast becoming one of my favourite neighbourhoods in Toronto, Ontario. It is an excellent place to walk around, explore the shops, see murals and recently, Fleurs de Villes Toronto! This is a past event that was held on Mother’s Day. It was a…
Ottawa Tulip Festival Half of my genes are Dutch. My grandparents emigrated from the Netherlands to Canada in 1952. I know very little of their lives before this major move in their lives. I know they lived through the Nazi occupation of their home country…
Illumi – Current Event The following blog post celebrates illumi , a current event in Laval Quebec, that runs until April 17th. The Story of our trip to illumi I work at a factory that supplies another factory with parts. That factory has been having…
