Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Monday Mural - Bottle Of Wine
Just a simple wall painting with no credit for the artist. I took this photo on January 6, 2012 and I'm glad I did. It has since been painted over. It's a recently renovated restaurant and I am assuming that the mural did not fit in with the new owners decor. I'm linking to Monday Mural.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Monday Mural - Windfields Farm
Artist: David Yeatman, of Aylmer, Quebec. Windfields Farm was the home of champion thoroughbred racehorse Northern Dancer. Both the 1964 Kentucky Derby and the Queen's Plate winner, Northern Dancer is pictured after his historic Kentucky Derby win with Jockey Bill Hartack and E. P. Taylor, owner of Windfields Farm. Windfields Farm became one of the most renowned thoroughbred stables in North America. I'm linking to Monday Mural.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Monday Mural - Camp X
Artist Tony Johnson.
On December 6, 1941, Camp X - Special Training School 103 officially opened on the shores of Lake Ontario. Under the auspices of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's Special Operations Executive and his Canadian Chief of Security, Sir William Stephenson, five hundred secret agent graduates were schooled in a gruelling ten to twelve week curriculum that included hand-to-hand combat, interrogation techniques, psychological warfare, explosives training, as well as espionage, sabotage, and survival skills behind enemy lines.
Hydra, the immensely powerful short wave radio installation at Camp X, numbered among its key operators, William "Bill" Hardcastle. Ian Fleming, author and creator of "James Bond", was also trained here. I'm linking to Monday Mural.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Mother Goose
I first posted a photo of this goose on April 29. In this photo taken on May 10 she's still there. Just like a typical mother, her job is 24 - 7. On this day in warm sunshine she is catching up on her sleep. Canada geese sit on their eggs from 24 to 28 days. Happy Mother`s Day.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Lonely Boy
This is the first baby Canada Goose I have seen this season. He was the only one I saw with his parents. The adults were afraid of me and entered the water deserting this little guy on the shore. He would not follow them into the water. He just stood there peeping and peeping calling them back. Once I moved away a few feet the two parents returned to his side.
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Monday, May 07, 2012
Monday Mural - Busy Wagons
Located at Second and Hurontario Streets on the side of what is now Cafe Chartreuse. The location was chosen because the old building had great visibility and both the wall and the brick were in good shape, and most importantly, the central location. Measuring 12’ x 84’, the mural has the colour and activity of a busy day on the main street of Collingwood in the early 20th century.
The mural was painted by award winning Toronto artist John Hood, using water based acrylic paint which becomes permanent when set. Busy Wagons is an artistic rendering of the view of downtown Collingwood looking north from the Town Hall including people doing activities of all kinds as well as images of horses, bicyclist and the original grain elevators. Horse drawn wagons and shop windows complete the mural. The artist created sketches for the mural from old archival photographs. I'm linking to Monday Mural.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Friday, May 04, 2012
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
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