Trip to Chesterville: Part 3 in Kemptville

Whoops, more colour!

Nothing like refurbishing an old building. Reduce, reuse, recycle!

I love these old houses, although many in small towns have been converted to apartments. There is such a variety across the southeastern part of the province. 

Most small towns have several churches, since back in the day the Catholics didn't hang out with the Protestants, and vice versa.

These cedars are massive and carefully trimmed!

I love these! Just perfect for the right people.

A wrap around porch for JB. He loves them!

I have fun looking up prices. 

Kemptville, $429,900

Farm with private lake for sale: $3.8 m
–just east of Kemptville, 137 acres!

We'd brought our lunch, in order to have a picnic. I sent us around Kemptville, hoping for a small park, or a spot by the river. Gillian GPS was helpful. I ended up sending us around a suburban area (below, right).

 These were massive homes, who have their own backyard parks with trampolines, and other pieces of equipment. No parks here. As we drove in circles, notice the clouds moving in!

This home, as we left the area, is quite interesting. It would be a great setting for a Murder Mystery!

As we drove, I spotted this signage: but no park, and a closed gate. 

Ever onward...more signs of Autumn. The blackbirds are gathering, practicing flying and getting ready for migration. Farms are harvesting the hay.

Barn sale!

Off we went. I'd heard there was a sale in Kemptville. We pass lots of barns.



It was a dark, dreary day. A very interesting barn, however. Al's closing up shop, and was having a sale.



I loved this piece. So did both Daisy & Annabelle, who had to check it all out. I haven't decided where to place it, but it is inspected.

The flooding in southern Ontario is bad - here are my videos

Not as bad as Muskoka last  April, or Calgary in June, but it is bad. The high waters are flowing, and community after community is being affected. The Rideau River was swollen, and fast flowing.


Smiths Falls Rideau River from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


Smiths Falls hydro dam spring flooding from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
The beaver has disappeared!
We took a tour on a sunny day, Saturday, April 12th. The day before more rain was expected.
They closed the road to these people's homes. The water is so high. Families had to park on highway #43. This is Hilly Lane, near Kemptville, North Grenville. Kemptville Creek was terrible, too.


Flooding in Kemptville 2014 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


Flooding at the locks from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo. Black Rapids Lock Station
I had to take hubby into the city, we stopped at the locks to watch the birds. There were lots of geese, a few mallards and mergansers in the frigid water.

These people have very flooded basement. It's so sad. They have sandbags below the basement window on the left.


Delta Ontario Flooding from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


There is more rain on the way, according to the radar.

• Belleville, Ont., declares state of emergency as floodwaters rise

  
  

  Fifty homes have been hit, and as many as 200 could be affected, if flood waters continue to rise in Belleville, Ont., according to city officials who have declared a state of emergency in the eastern Ontario city. Apr 12

Kemptville Farmer's Market

Sundays from 2 - 4:00!