Belleville for lunch!

Trip to Belleville: Fall Colours! 
We went to Belleville to have lunch with Nat. She lives in Timmins, in northern Ontario, and I wanted to meet with her during her visit to Belleville, in southern Ontario. All of my friends live elsewhere, it's fun to meet somewhere in the middle. It was a joy to host Yam from Scotland that year, and Susan from Novar, northern Ontario. Dale visited from Huntsville, as well.

We're in the middle of an election... Our local NDP candidate isn't putting out signs, to save the environment. I'm not sure the efficacy of this. We have a re-usable, generic sign at the end of our driveway for the Greens.


This is a drive-by, but one of my favourites! Poor JB, who prefers driving to taking photos (no pressure), this is the only way he can see where we've been...


We went to The Boathouse Restaurant. We were there smack on the nose of noon, and our timing couldn't have been better. We opted to sit outdoors, as those days are nearly done. Well, 'we' isn't true. *I* made the decision!
These clouds moved off.


The servers were great, not particularly fast, but we weren't in a hurry.


Nat helped out another couple! I love her! She's such a good person.


Seafood and pasta. My fave. JB had a spicy jambalaya. He likes spice. We both took some home for dinner the next night. This is how I've lost 6 kg., although I did eat his garlic toast.


The clouds began moving in.


We paid up, and said our goodbyes just as the heavens poured down. We took a little drive around the harbour first. There are some nice condos.  The houses are about $495,000! This is called Harbour Landing.

Originally the site of an Anishinaabe (Mississaugus) village in the 18th century known as Asukhknosk, the future location of the city was settled by United Empire Loyalists, after which it became known as Meyer's Creek after prominent settler and industrialist John Walden Meyers. It was renamed Belleville in honour of Lady Arabella Gore in 1816, after a visit to the settlement by Sir Francis Gore and his wife.

The long ribbons of clouds were lovely.


A nice park, Jane Forrester Park.

It's a great town, with great services.


Smokin' Joe's!


We drove home along highway #2, through Tyendinaga reserve, Mohawks of the bay of Quinte. It was interesting! Pot shops dotted the highway. It's legal in Canada. Of course, Tyendinaga is a First Nation, with their own government.

Day of protest

Now, Sept. 27th was the day of protest in Canada. Our kids went to Parliament Hill in their electric car, marching with the Greens. Many marched, Greta Thuneberg led them in Montreal.

I must say, that while the young people are leading them, we used to have a robust curriculum around the environment. This was prior to our Ontario Curriculum, revised in 1991, whereby big business influenced the provincial government to remove some of the more powerful pieces of the curriculum. There were three of us, teaching gr. 6 in a middle school, and we had a robust curriculum we planned out together. We had 200 kids do much in the way of understanding reduce–reuse–recycle. We did research, understood about renewable resources, pollution, and it culminated in and Earth Day assembly where we shared our knowledge.

WOW. Over 600,000 (!!!) people across Canada marched yesterday in the #GlobalClimateStrike. We are beyond inspired by the passionate and powerful voices fighting for our future. #ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture pic.twitter.com/M9JSa9EMr7

— David Suzuki FDN (@DavidSuzukiFDN) September 28, 2019

In Perth, the week prior.

Trip to Belleville: Fall Colours!

Monday, September 23, we were off. My friend, Natrice, lives in Timmins and she was in Belleville to visit friends. We decided to meet up. The drive was glorious, with the trees looking beautiful. Eye candy! Don't blink, though, as soon the leaves will fall and be blanketed in snow.




Bridge work! Gotta hurry and get it done before winter.


I love the rock cuts.


We drove along highway #7, where the beavers have dammed the rivers. You can see how low the water is by the colour of the rocks.


Tweed announcing their fall fair.


Can you tell there is  ✅ELECTION43📈 Oct. 21st?

This house is lovely!





 We're pretty dry in S.E. Ontario. We were happy to have a storm move in on Thursday.


The lightning map was fascinating as the afternoon storm moved through.