Carleton Place Park

We were in Carleton Place for errands and stopped for lunch. (Oct. 23 off to Carleton Place)
I've held onto these photos until I could research the park. Now that our leaves are done, I can savour the colours. I grabbed a photo of the red hydrant and the red leaves.


It's a bit chilly these days. There are chess boards built into the foundation. Hubby stayed in the car.


Isn't this idyllic?

The Ballygiblin Riots – 1824

I'd not heard of this riot. Basically, a Scottish Protestant and Irish Catholic conflict, as was always so. The area was 'settled' by Protestant white colonists from Scotland. Land grants motivated them, since Britain was anxious to keep control of the region. Later, many Irish fled to Canada for a better life. These Irish settled in Lanark County, around the Mississippi River, also Perth, Innisville, Morphys Falls (now Carleton Place) and Shipmans Mills (now Almonte). There was fighting. Of course.

 The Scots did well, establishing mills and the towns grew. As is the way, the government was supporting the Irish refugees, and the established Scots resented this.



Apparently, this signage was stolen in 2002. In 2017 town council talked about paying to replace it.

Almost all the leaves are gone.


It's a lovely dedication to a loved one on this fountain.
"In memory of Jean Love Galloway" (1917 – 2002) She was a mover and shaker, back in the days when women like this were unusual.

The Countdown Public Art Legacy Project is a series of pebble mosaics that honour sexual assault survivors across Ontario. The first of its kind in Canada, the project launched in 2016 after the Women’s Sexual Assault Centre of Renfrew County invited Red Dress Productions to bring its vision into being.

The pebble mosaic I've not seen before. It's such a lovely idea. It was done in May 2019, honouring survivors of sexual violence. There are eight of them across the province.



There is much construction these days, prior to freeze up! Highway #7 is a busy one. There have been quite a few incidents. People in a hurry. Using it as a Nascar track!



It's a complicated task.


The clouds are amazing in the fall. Often, they are anticrepuscular clouds. This is when the rays are streaming down. When the sun is lower, and the rays rise up, it's called crepuscular!


Today's forecast is for a LOT of rain in the next few days. JB is having the snow tires put on the car this morning, too. Just in case. I know they've had snow in Timmins, further north.