Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts

Friday, 18 April 2014

Tour of the Neighbourhood-Jamesville, Hamilton

 
After an exhausting week,  I slept through Art Crawl so made up for it by taking in a mini crawl of my own the next day.  The weather breaks and pansies appear.  Nice to see flower boxes appearing along the street.
 
 
 
First stop was McCartney and Son where they have added a line of organic ice cream to the menu.  Went with ginger and chai. Delicious.  Took refuge in the park which afforded a fine view of men in kilts; a wedding was in full swing and the bagpipes provided a pleasant soundtrack. Not a fan of the pipes?
 
 
 
 
My quest for seven inch cake tins took me to Chris' Store Fixtures.  Browsers paradise.
 

 
 
 
Christ Church Anglican where the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir were in town.  Lovely voices.
 
 

 





Very Anne Tyler...


Old painted signage.



 
 
The Futbale Club

 
 
Then on to Charred for Matzah Ball soup. Very fragrant, nicely seasoned.

 
 


And no meal would be complete without a Paleta.  This time it's chocolate almond. 


 
 
More street art...
 
 
 
 
 
 
James St.

The Federal Building

Federal Building-detail

The Hydro Building

Hydro Building II
 
James Street-a little TLC required.

If we could do something about the fire escape...
 
 
To the core where the soundtrack changed to the clarinet.  Still battling this eyesore...
 
 
 
The Bell Building

Whitehearn
 

Monday, 4 February 2013

Tour of the Neighbourhood-Chrysanth Show (III)

Spring-like conditions one minute and the next we're plunged right back into our sixth week of Canadian winter. Here's a winter warm up.
 

 
Not to be trifled with...
 

 


The Serpent...


 
 

Thursday, 17 January 2013

Tour of the Neighbourhood~Chrysanth Show (I)

Feeling the need for a little warmth? Temperatures dropped this AM.  I hear tell of (-20C) for next week.  Here are some images from the Fall Mum show back in October.  The Gage Park Greenhouse in Hamilton hosts this annual event. 

The 2012 theme was The Jungle.  Madagascar, India and the rain forests of  South America  and Africa served as inspiration.

The soothing sounds of traditional music filled the rooms and transported visitors to far off shores.

Very nicely done.