Showing posts with label drive-in. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drive-in. Show all posts

Friday, 25 August 2023

Trip to Chesterville: Smiths Falls, HWY #43

JB wanted to check out his family plots.  He thought we should go Wednesday, as there seemed to be rain forecast for the next 7 days. Southwestern Ontario was getting hammered, with heavy rains. We figured we'd be good going Aug. 23rd.

P.S. Thanks to Eileen and Karen, yes, it is a Lilac Hydrangea. I want one. Or two! It's going to take some searching, as many nurseries are done and out! I knew someone would know. I found more of them in the town of Chesterville, but I am getting ahead of myself.


 I don't know if I should group topics, or just go in chronological order. Here goes. Flip through, scroll through, it was a great day for driving and skies.

We passed the drive-in, and we'll give it a pass! Do you notice the clouds??!!


This is a sweet house in Smiths Falls. It was a social services agency of some sort, but was since sold to private owners. They have the same flag we have, Curtis Wilson's Indigenous Canadian flag. Coincidentally, more Lilac Hydrangeas!

Look at the blue sky!

More clouds above the river in Smiths Falls.


This was fun. The house had a large train set on the front!


This caught my eye, a bride of some sort. 

We carried along highway #43, and where we'd spotted a car incident when we were house hunting in 2010. We stayed in a B & B, Nestle Down, at the time. [House hunting trip #3] What do you think? More lilac Hydrangea!

They have put in a roundabout! 

It was a lovely drive, as we beat the clouds there!

Tuesday, 10 September 2019

Cement and lunch!

We had a mission.
This is what it looked like! Sadly, I'd moved it to another spot. Then, at 2 a.m., Hooper ran in to snuggle with JB. He was soaked. We think he landed on it and toppled the bird bath over.


It was a lovely birdbath. As Jean suggested, it could be transformed into some garden ornament. The birds miss it! I like the deep bowl in winter with the heater going.



The topper and the top bowl on the fountain are broken, too. I figured I could replace these, as well as the broken bird bath bowl.


Off we went to Hansen's to get replacements. I checked the website, and it said it was open Sunday. They have some fun pieces. This is from seven years ago! That's when I bought the fountain for JB for our tenth wedding anniversary. [Shopping for a statue for the meadow]


Off we went to Kemptville.
Annabelle might have liked this movie at the drive-in! "Annabelle Comes Home!"


These trike motorcycles seem popular! I saw several on the road that day.


I should have phoned first. There was a paper stuck to the green sign stating its hours, saying that it was closed today. Just our luck. We turned around, after our 50-minute drive, to head back. By now it was two o'clock.


This is the old Hershey plant, now Tweed and weed! We must go and see if we can see the mural sometime.
How Smiths Falls turned a chocolate factory
 into a marijuana plant

We'd planned to eat in Kemptville, and instead went back to Smiths Falls. It was now 3 o'clock, and I was hungry. I had an eggplant lasagna with a lovely caesar salad, bread with balsamic drizzle. JB had the jambalaya.


Architecture - I'm sure the Hotel Rideau has some stories! It has been refurbished since 2017 and the condos are not yet ready. It was built in 1901.

An archival photo!
Built in 1901, former Hotel Rideau 
 could reopen as mixed-use condo next year
Yesterday I tried to place the pedestal, the base for the bird bath, this time on top of bricks. I think I'd best do some more work on it. Back to square one. I cannot get it even.

The hanging and ledge flower baskets are looking wonderful. It's a shame that they'll soon be gone.


Happy Jenny, a glass of wine, barefoot in the sunshine on the deck.


BTW
This is my client's cat. I've been visiting my client regularly, weekly at first and now twice a week, and September began my 4th year doing so. The cat still doesn't like me! See his ears are down. He was a barn cat that they brought in years ago. He jumped down shortly thereafter.

Saturday, 6 May 2017

Heavy rains in the region = flooding

Central and southern Ontario, and Quebec, are having a huge problem with flooding. It is bad everywhere. People are putting in sandbags: Renfrew County, Muskoka, Toronto Island, Wolfe Island (Kingston), Belleville, NOTL, Ottawa River homes (Cumberland, Constance Bay), Gatineau (west Quebec).

Peak flood waters close portions of Perth. Be careful out there! #ONFlood#Flood2017

Two deaths out east, and two in Quebec.


The weather system has been here for days, dumping water everywhere on top of already saturated lands. The rivers are dangerous. Yesterday we had 38.9 mm (1.5") of rain. It's so hard to believe. It just began raining, again!




Despite this, after my volunteering, I went for a drive. They were lined up for the first night of the season at the drive-in!


It's not going to get better for a time, either!

Buckle up. Here we go, #Ottawa. Rain will continue tonight until roughly Monday. Did I mention snow is likely Sunday overnight into Monday? pic.twitter.com/alYAMtkcQb
— Kyle Smith (@KylesWeather) May 5, 2017