Perth Citizen Band

We had a date night! We haven't been out at night in ages. I realized how bad my eyes are in the dark. The headlights had halos. We went into Perth for dinner. JB's friend was playing in the Perth Citizen's Band. Dinner was up first, then we walked to Stewart Park.
I love Perth. I met my friend for lunch last month, hadn't seen her in years. She told me she doesn't like our town. Too bad! It's not the sort of thing you like to hear. I won't be seeing her again, anyway. A lot of people LIKE to come out to cottage country. No matter.

I quite like this view. The water tower in the setting sun. It was not light balanced in the 2nd photo. Ah well. I just have fun with this hobby.


The band plays two Thursdays a month in season. They rehearse in the town hall.


JB had a chat with Steve prior to the concert. The gardens are lovely.


It is a crescent, and a couple of cars, and two motorcycle, realized they shouldn't drive by and disrupt the concert. They kindly took a quick turn, and chose to not drive back.
Sadly, another crude dude in a red truck with 'McFarlane' on it, roared up the far side, then gunned the motor just as he was passing by. His passenger was laughing. You just must shake your head. They were roaring through town for an hour, but didn't come back.


 They were pretty good! There was a good crowd, many with chairs. They played a nice collection of pieces.

The Perth Citizens’ Band is the longest continuous running Town Band in Canada dating back to 1852.

We sat on a picnic table bench. There were maple keys on the table!

This is where the Perth Dry Stone Bridge is, on the other side of the creek, under the bridge, where the kids were playing. I didn't want to take their photos. The water was high in the spring.



We ambled down to the far end of the park, and back.
There was a water snake in the creek, that a family was watching. That's joe pye weed on the left.

It was minding its own business, ignoring gawking two-legged ones, and a yappy dog!

water snake from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

A lovely Thursday night.

Kingston –Part 1, here we come!

This trip had a goal. First, Kingston, visit with my mom's friends, Donna and Norma, then toodle around Kingston, including market Square. Hubby had researched a list of women's clothing shops, and other spots. Then, off to Amherst Island to visit Topsy Farm.

Kingston

First, we parked and followed the shoreline. It's such an historical city. An eclectic mix of people. It's a fun city. You can rent bikes, city hall is an impressive building.
The Royal Military College is there, as well. I spotted an Invictus Games jogger, with his I AM sweatshirt. (The Invictus Games were held in Toronto in September.)

 

Donna and Norma had just gotten out of the shower. They are so busy, we juts popped in to see if they were about. We chatted, and I gave them one of my calendar. They sent us off while they got dressed, and we toodled around some more. First stop was the Touristy Information building. Inside, you will find a lamp post. They owned a heritage home, and while doing renovations for an addition on their old house, they found this lamp. The ladies dug this out of their back yard and carried it over to donate to the town.



We took the octogenarians out to a pub for lunch. They had been taken here with their retirement home as an activity, it took us a bit to figure out which pub it was. Ontario small towns have a lot of pubs!!!


We had a drink on the patio of the Holiday Inn, one of our favourite places to eat in summer. About four of these boats went by, they look highly classified!

Boat from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


Then, we drove to our motel, a little bit out of town. We passed the controversial statue of Sir John A. Macdonald.
The residence, apartments below, are where hubby lived when he went to Queens University back in the 70s. All of our colleges are on strike, protesting the number of part-time (70%) of full time staff. I know how difficult it can be only being part-time, and having a professor who is part-time.