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2024 Street Alive Orillia – 1

It’s summer! And Orillia’s Street Alive is celebrating with flowers. Lots of native Ontario flowers along the main street. The idea is “to get people thinking about planting native Ontario flowers that attract pollinators” said project founder Leslie Fournier. “I must have flowers, always, and always.” ― Claude Monet Collingwood, ON Read more…

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Collingwood Chairs 2024

The last time I posted about Collingwood’s painted Muskoka chairs was in 2019. This year, Collingwood is back with Art on the Street featuring painted chairs again! As always the chairs are colorfully painted by local artists and lined up in Hurontario St. The chairs surely made our walk colorful! Read more…

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Athens, Georgia

It was a very hot and sunny day when we drove to Athens, Georgia. We had a list of what we want to check out but we realized we could not take the humidity. Still we were able to enjoy the street arts of Athens, GA. Colorful street banners by Read more…

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Hamilton, Ohio – Part 2

A few more murals and street art found in Hamilton, Ohio. “Hey Caddy-O” depicts a 1950s mint green Cadillac Coupe de Ville. The mural, which is part of the StreetSpark program, was completed in early July, 2018 painted on the eastern side of the Jeff Pohlman Tire and Auto Service Read more…

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Hamilton, Ohio – Part 1

Hamilton, Ohio – a mix of old & new. Old historical buildings with colorful street art. The county is named after Alexander Hamilton whose life inspired the hit musical of the same name. Alexander Hamilton mural painted on the building at 15 S. D St. in Armstead Park in Hamilton. Read more…

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